Maccarone is a contemporary

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neighborhood of New York City.Robin Pogrebin (June 11, 2015)
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History

Founded in 2001 by Michele Maccarone, the gallery opened in an abandoned electronics store at 45 Canal Street. The gallery was among the first to exhibit in

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, and the space allowed for the mounting of several projects historic in scope and unique to the space, including young artists alongside historic figures. For the opening show by

Christoph Büchel Christoph Büchel (born 1966) is a Swiss artist known for provocative contemporary installations. He received international attention for constructing a mosque in a Venice church and suggesting that prototypes for Donald Trump's wall should be c ...

, visitors had to sign a waiver before crawling through a carved hole in the wall to enter various small rooms, some of which were only four feet high. In 2007, the gallery moved to the West Village where it inhabits a space at 630

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. In 2012, Maccarone took over the lease from a space that had been home to a dry cleaner around the corner but in the same building as her gallery at 630 Greenwich Street. Between 2005 and 2007, Maccarone presented exhibitions at MC, a project space she operated jointly with the dealer Christian Haye in

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. On September 19, 2015 – one day before the scheduled debut of

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nearby – Maccarone Los Angeles opened at 300 South Mission Road in

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. Located in an industrial building constructed in 1926 and transformed by Jeffrey Allsbrook and Silvia Kuhle of Los Angeles-based firm Standard, the new space has , including a vacant lot to show outdoor sculpture.

Artists

In addition, the gallery manages various artist estates, including: *

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Otto Muehl Otto Muehl (16 June 1925 – 26 May 2013) was an Austrian artist and convicted sex criminal, who was known as one of the co-founders as well as a main participant of Viennese Actionism and for founding the Friedrichshof Commune. In 1943, Muehl h ...

In the past, the gallery has worked with the following artists and estates: *

Carol Bove Carol Bove (born 1971) is an American artist based in New York City. She lives and works in Brooklyn. Early life and education Born in 1971 in Geneva, Switzerland to American parents, Bove (pronounced bo-VAY) was raised in Berkeley, California, ...

(2011–2023) *

Nate Lowman Nate Lowman (born 1979 in Las Vegas Valley) is an American artist working in the genre of pop art. He grew up in Idyllwild, California, where he graduated from Idyllwild Arts Academy. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from New York Uni ...

(–2019)Alex Greenberger (24 May 2019)
Nate Lowman Joins David Zwirner
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References

External links

official site

"Michele Maccarone" Interviewed
by Amy Kellner, 2010 by Nick Stillman, ''The Brooklyn Rail'', July 2005.

by Holland Cotter. ''The New York Times'', May 20, 2005.
"Felix Gmelin: Maccarone Inc."
by Margaret Sundell. ''ArtForum'', Sept 2004

by Alex Mar. ''New York Magazine'', December 1, 2003
"Christian Jankowski at Maccarone, Inc, New York"
by Stephanie Cash. ''Art in America'', September 2002. * https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/16/arts/design/16robe.html?_r=1&oref=slogin/ "Art in Review: Christoph Büchel"] by Roberta Smith. ''The New York Times'', December 21, 2001. *
The Frieze Art Fair: Amanda Sharp and Michele Maccarone
interviewed by Mark Fletcher of WPS1 {{Coord, 40, 43, 51, N, 74, 0, 30, W, display=title Contemporary art galleries in the United States Art museums and galleries in Manhattan Art museums and galleries established in 2001 2001 establishments in New York City