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GALLERY HISTORY

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GALLERY HISTORY

  • 1980s

    Founded in SoHo in 1987, David Nolan Gallery’s original mission was to showcase contemporary works on paper along with painting and sculptures by American and European artists, and to produce monographs alongside tightly curated historical exhibitions. The first solo show at the gallery – an exhibition of early drawings by Sigmar Polke - was followed by presentations of now-canonical German artists, including Georg Baselitz, Martin Kippenberger, Dieter Roth, Gerhard Richter, Hermann Nitsch, Rosemarie Trockel and Albert Oehlen. In this same period, the gallery began showing works by major American artists including William Copley, Carroll Dunham, Fred Sandback, Al Taylor and Barry Le Va.

    • Roberta Smith's review of David Nolan Gallery's first exhibition (Sigmar Polke), New York Times, 1987

      Roberta Smith's review of David Nolan Gallery's first exhibition (Sigmar Polke), New York Times, 1987

    • Dieter Roth's exhibition

      Dieter Roth's exhibition

    • Barry Le Va's exhibition

      Barry Le Va's exhibition

    • Barry Le Va and David Nolan, New York City, 1989

      Barry Le Va and David Nolan, New York City, 1989

  • 1990s

    In 1993, David Nolan Gallery had its first exhibition with Richard Artschwager, which was succeeded the following year with a show of work by Scottish artist Ian Hamilton Finlay. In the late 1990s, another two key American artists were introduced to the program, Jim Nutt and Peter Saul. Further growth was marked by the inclusion of New York-based artists Mel Kendrick and Steve DiBenedetto in the mid-2000s, at a time when the gallery also began working more closely with the Estate of George Grosz. 

    • Martin Kippenberger's exhibition, 1994

      Martin Kippenberger's exhibition, 1994

    • Martin Kippenberger's exhibition, 1994

      Martin Kippenberger's exhibition, 1994

    • Ian Hamilton Finlay's exhibition

      Ian Hamilton Finlay's exhibition

    • Arnulf Rainer's exhibition

      Arnulf Rainer's exhibition

  • 2000s

    In 2007, David Nolan Gallery mounted an important survey of contemporary Romanian art, which included work by Adrian Ghenie and Gabriela Vanga, alongside Ciprian Mureşan and Şerban Savu, both of whom continue to work with the gallery. In 2008, the gallery expanded and relocated to Chelsea. The new gallery was Markus Dochantschi and StudioMDA's first art gallery project in New York; the building façade was designed by Richard Artschwager for David Nolan. A major Richard Artschwager exhibition inaugurated the gallery's new space.

    • David Nolan Gallery in Chelsea

      David Nolan Gallery in Chelsea

    • David Nolan and Markus Dochantschi

      David Nolan and Markus Dochantschi

    • Richard Artschwager

      Richard Artschwager

    • Richard Artschwager's exhibition

      Richard Artschwager's exhibition

    • Ian Hamilton Finaly's exhibition at Nolan Judin, Berlin

      Ian Hamilton Finaly's exhibition at Nolan Judin, Berlin

    • Ian Hamilton Finlay's exhibition

      Ian Hamilton Finlay's exhibition

    • George Grosz's exhibition

      George Grosz's exhibition

    • Mel Kendrick's public art at Madison Square Park, 2009

      Mel Kendrick's public art at Madison Square Park, 2009

    • Peter Saul's exhibition

      Peter Saul's exhibition

  • 2010s

    Artists Julia Fish, David Hartt, Jonathan Meese, Wardell Milan, and Jorinde Voigt joined David Nolan Gallery's program. 

     

    • David Nolan, Julia Fish, David Hartt, Maureen Bray, and Wardell Milan

      David Nolan, Julia Fish, David Hartt, Maureen Bray, and Wardell Milan

    • Valentina Branchini and Mel Kendrick

      Valentina Branchini and Mel Kendrick

    • Mel Kendrick and Barry Le Va at Kendrick's exhibition opening

      Mel Kendrick and Barry Le Va at Kendrick's exhibition opening

    • David Nolan and Jonathan Meese's work

      David Nolan and Jonathan Meese's work

    • David Nolan and Jonathan Meese

      David Nolan and Jonathan Meese

    • David Hartt

      David Hartt

    • Jim Nutt and Valentina Branchini

      Jim Nutt and Valentina Branchini

    • Colm Tóibín and David Nolan

      Colm Tóibín and David Nolan

    • Julia Fish and Valentina Branchini

      Julia Fish and Valentina Branchini

    • Andy Hall and David Nolan

      Andy Hall and David Nolan

    • Mel Kendrick and Mark Getty

      Mel Kendrick and Mark Getty

    • Barry Le Va and David Nolan

      Barry Le Va and David Nolan

    • Jorinde Voigt

      Jorinde Voigt

    • Claire Chase performing in collaboration with Jorinde Voigt

      Claire Chase performing in collaboration with Jorinde Voigt

    • Barry Le Va and David Nolan Gallery team

      Barry Le Va and David Nolan Gallery team

    • Jim Nutt

      Jim Nutt

    • David Hartt

      David Hartt

    • Wardell Milan and David Nolan with Milan's billboard in Miami

      Wardell Milan and David Nolan with Milan's billboard in Miami

    • Jim Nutt and Hans Ulrich Obrist

      Jim Nutt and Hans Ulrich Obrist

    • Ciprian Mureşan and David Nolan

      Ciprian Mureşan and David Nolan

    • Gary Garrels, Joel Wachs, and Ciprian Mureşan

      Gary Garrels, Joel Wachs, and Ciprian Mureşan

    • Jonathan Meese, Brigitte Meese, and David Nolan

      Jonathan Meese, Brigitte Meese, and David Nolan

    • Jack Shear, Ray Learsy, Jasper Johns, and David Nolan

      Jack Shear, Ray Learsy, Jasper Johns, and David Nolan

    • David Nolan with Wardell Milan's poster in Los Angeles

      David Nolan with Wardell Milan's poster in Los Angeles

    • Germano Celant and David Nolan

      Germano Celant and David Nolan

    • Photo with Lawrence Wiener and Barry Le Va in Le Va's sketchbook

      Photo with Lawrence Wiener and Barry Le Va in Le Va's sketchbook

    • Joyce Pensato and David Nolan

      Joyce Pensato and David Nolan

  • 2020s

    David Nolan Gallery has continued to build on its reputation of showing leading international artists, adding Dorothea Rockburne in 2020, and announcing its newest location on the Upper East Side, inaugurated in spring 2020 with an exhibition of new works by Jorinde Voigt and the gallery's fourteenth solo show of Barry Le Va. In 2021, Brazilian painter Paulo Pasta's first show at David Nolan Gallery marked the artist's first solo presentation in all North America. In 2022, American artist Chakaia Booker joined the program, followed by Iraqi-American painter Vian Sora in 2023, and the estates of Enrico Baj and Rodolfo Abularach in 2024.

    • David Nolan Gallery team, 2020

      David Nolan Gallery team, 2020

    • David Nolan and Mel Kendrick at The Addison Gallery of American Art

      David Nolan and Mel Kendrick at The Addison Gallery of American Art

    • Jorinde Voigt at the Menil Drawing Institute

      Jorinde Voigt at the Menil Drawing Institute

    • Jack Shear and David Nolan, "The Collector and the Art Dealer" exhibition

      Jack Shear and David Nolan, "The Collector and the Art Dealer" exhibition

    • Chakaia Booker and David Nolan

      Chakaia Booker and David Nolan

    • Vian Sora and Jerry Saltz

      Vian Sora and Jerry Saltz

    • Jonathan Meese and David Nolan

      Jonathan Meese and David Nolan

    • Valentina Branchini and Paulo Pasta

      Valentina Branchini and Paulo Pasta

    • David Nolan and Young-Jae Lee

      David Nolan and Young-Jae Lee

    • Antoine Lefebvre and our Art Handler Team

      Antoine Lefebvre and our Art Handler Team

    • David Nolan and Valentina Branchini

      David Nolan and Valentina Branchini

    • Alaina Simone, Gabriella Hétu, and Tharini Sankarasubramanian

      Alaina Simone, Gabriella Hétu, and Tharini Sankarasubramanian

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