Company Gallery
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Company Gallery is a contemporary art gallery located at 145 Elizabeth Street in the Lower East Side neighborhood of Manhattan. It was established in 2015 by Sophie Mörner and Taylor Trabulus became a partner in the gallery in 2022.
History
In 2003, Swedish artist Sophie Mörner started Capricious Magazine, devoted to the work of emerging photographers who were often also women and/or queer.Cassie Packard (13 May 2022), [https://www.ft.com/content/947ad29f-91f9-47b0-a7e5-14b7c43254f3 Frieze Frame’s Sophie Mörner: ‘I don’t like being compartmentalised’] Financial Times. The magazine soon expanded into a publishing initiative supporting feminist and queer journals.Cassie Packard (13 May 2022), [https://www.ft.com/content/947ad29f-91f9-47b0-a7e5-14b7c43254f3 Frieze Frame’s Sophie Mörner: ‘I don’t like being compartmentalised’] Financial Times. It also operated Capricious Space, a project space in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, which closed in 2011.iO Tillett Wright (2 March 2011), [https://archive.nytimes.com/tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/02/the-lowdown-sophie-morner/ The Lowdown: Sophie Morner] T: The New York Times Style Magazine.Cassie Packard (13 May 2022), [https://www.ft.com/content/947ad29f-91f9-47b0-a7e5-14b7c43254f3 Frieze Frame’s Sophie Mörner: ‘I don’t like being compartmentalised’] Financial Times.
In 2013, the space re-opened as Capricious 88 on the fifth floor of 88 Eldridge Street in Chinatown, sharing a building with Miguel Abreu Gallery and David Lewis Gallery.Andrew Russeth (25 October 2013), [https://observer.com/2013/10/capricious-plans-lower-east-side-gallery/ Capricious Plans Lower East Side Gallery] The New York Observer. By 2015, the gallery rebranded as Company.Cassie Packard (13 May 2022), [https://www.ft.com/content/947ad29f-91f9-47b0-a7e5-14b7c43254f3 Frieze Frame’s Sophie Mörner: ‘I don’t like being compartmentalised’] Financial Times. In 2021, Company moved to a 4,000 square-foot, standalone space on Elizabeth Street nearby,Sarah Douglas (12 December 2023), [https://www.artnews.com/art-news/artists/ambera-wellman-hauser-and-wirth-second-collective-impact-collaboration-1234689623/ Ambera Wellmann Is Now Jointly Represented by Company Gallery and Hauser & Wirth in Second ‘Collective Impact’ Collaboration] ARTnews. designed by BoND.{{Cite web |title=In the News |url=https://www.aiany.org/news/in-the-news-201/ |access-date=2023-05-26 |website=AIA New York |language=en-US}}
The gallery was recipient of the 2019 Frieze New York Frame award.{{cite news |last1=Valentine |first1=Victoria L. |title=Scenes From Frieze New York: A Look at African American Art Throughout the Fair |url=https://www.culturetype.com/2019/05/03/scenes-from-frieze-new-york-a-look-at-african-american-art-throughout-the-fair/ |access-date=June 14, 2021 |date=May 3, 2019}}
Artists
Company Gallery has been representing the following artists:
- Tosh Basco
- Jonathan Lyndon Chase
- Yve Laris CohenAlex Greenberger (12 January 2018), [https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/elizabeth-lamb-joins-new-yorks-company-gallery-director-9644/ Elizabeth Lamb Joins New York’s Company Gallery as Director] ARTnews.
- TM Davy
- Raúl de NievesAlex Greenberger (12 January 2018), [https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/elizabeth-lamb-joins-new-yorks-company-gallery-director-9644/ Elizabeth Lamb Joins New York’s Company Gallery as Director] ARTnews.
- Hayden Dunham
- Leyla Faye
- Estate of Barbara HammerAlex Greenberger (12 January 2018), [https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/elizabeth-lamb-joins-new-yorks-company-gallery-director-9644/ Elizabeth Lamb Joins New York’s Company Gallery as Director] ARTnews.
- Katherine Hubbard
- Colette Lumiere
- Troy Michie
- Jeanette Mundt
- Women's History Museum
- Ambera Wellmann (since 2020, shared with Hauser & Wirth since 2023)Sarah Douglas (12 December 2023), [https://www.artnews.com/art-news/artists/ambera-wellman-hauser-and-wirth-second-collective-impact-collaboration-1234689623/ Ambera Wellmann Is Now Jointly Represented by Company Gallery and Hauser & Wirth in Second ‘Collective Impact’ Collaboration] ARTnews.
- Cajsa von ZeipelAlex Greenberger (12 January 2018), [https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/elizabeth-lamb-joins-new-yorks-company-gallery-director-9644/ Elizabeth Lamb Joins New York’s Company Gallery as Director] ARTnews.
In the past, the gallery worked with additional artists, including the following:
- Tiona Nekkia McCloddenSarah Douglas (12 December 2023), [https://www.artnews.com/art-news/artists/ambera-wellman-hauser-and-wirth-second-collective-impact-collaboration-1234689623/ Ambera Wellmann Is Now Jointly Represented by Company Gallery and Hauser & Wirth in Second ‘Collective Impact’ Collaboration] ARTnews.
References
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External links
- [https://companygallery.us/ Official website]
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Category:Art museums and galleries established in 2014
Category:Art museums and galleries in Manhattan