DAVID NOLAN GALLERY ANNOUNCES EXPANSIVE MOVE TO TRIBECA!: Opening September 9, 2026

As the art world contracts, David Nolan Gallery expands to a 6,000-square-foot space in TriBeCa, opening September 9th with VALERIO ADAMI: Alice in the Land of Violence

New York City, the center of culture, like the world at large, is in a state of flux. David Nolan Gallery is meeting that moment with a bold expansion: this fall, the gallery relocates from the Upper East Side to a 6,000-square-foot space at 74 Leonard Street in TriBeCa — a stunning 1920s building with original cast-iron columns, 15-foot ceilings, and skylights that flood the space with natural light.

“At a time when the art world is contracting, in my usual subversive fashion, I wanted to place a bet on the industry and show my confidence in my artists and long-time collectors, along with expanding our collaborations with other galleries outside the U.S.,” says David Nolan. “There is rarely a perfect time to expand or open a new gallery space. After almost 40 years in the business, my gallery has watched change come many times over. I passionately believe in art and in the artists I exhibit, and in the loyal collectors and curators I’ve worked with — many of them for 20 to 30 years. I feel certain that this is the right moment to expand.”

The gallery consists of two floors, built and designed in 2023 by studioMDA, known for minimal gallery spaces that highlight the art being exhibited. Markus Dochantschi also designed David Nolan Gallery’s first space in Chelsea on 29th Street in collaboration with Richard Artschwager.

For Nolan, the move is more than a change of address. “Galleries need to be more unrestrained in how they use great spaces,” he says. The gallery’s new TriBeCa home will host programming beyond exhibitions that include unexpected pairings of artists, musicians, athletes, and performers.

David Nolan Gallery first opened in 1987, with an ongoing historical aspect to its programming. While the gallery still participates in art fairs around the world, “enlarging our presence in New York City is one way to better serve our artists and clients,” says Nolan. The contemporary program will run alongside historical presentations that put the gallery’s contemporary artists in a new context, creating cross-cultural juxtapositions that have been part of the gallery’s core since the late 1980s.

The gallery inaugurates its new home with a solo exhibition of works by Valerio Adami (b. 1935), one of Italy's most distinctive post-war painters and internationally recognized artists. VALERIO ADAMI: Alice in the Land of Violence features a body of work created between 1962-1967, before the artist defined his signature graphic, hard-edged style. The works on view move between fantasy, reality, and commercialism, a fitting metaphor for the changes underway at the gallery itself. Drawing its title from one of the works in the show, the exhibition brings together Adami’s raw, exuberant paintings of the 1960s, works that embrace the postwar era of high fashion, automobiles, and commercial culture — what British artist Richard Hamilton called Pop Art, developing in parallel with the American Pop of Warhol and Lichtenstein. The presentation includes sixteen major paintings and twelve drawings from the period.

In November, the gallery will show new and recent sculptures by Chakaia Booker (U.S., b. 1963) that utilize black car tires, her preferred medium since the 1980s, along with a tapestry, photographs, and multi-layered collaged works on paper. In December, the gallery will show drawings and paintings by Henri Michaux (Belgian born, French,1899–1984) and Jaeheon Lee (South Korean, b. 1976). 

Looking ahead to 2027, the gallery will expand its programming to bring attention to overlooked artists — those whose work has been reduced to a single commercial facet, or passed over by more fashionable, exclusive corners of the art world. “Learning about new and unknown artists is one of the most exciting parts of New York City,” Nolan says. “Having a gallery that believes in the power of artists, in any medium, is our greatest honor. With our new space, we will showcase new talent and discoveries, across multiple mediums. We believe in New York City and we believe in artists.”