The London gallerist Timothy Taylor is set to open a 6,000 square foot gallery in Tribeca, New York, replacing the Chelsea townhouse that he opened in 2016 as his first overseas space. “There has been a big shake-up in our world, in the way a gallery functions and its relationships with artists. But New York remains its pivotal point,” Taylor says.
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"L.A.’s Nino Mier Gallery Will Open Up New York Outpost" - ART NEWS
Nino Mier Gallery, which was founded in Los Angeles in 2015 and has quickly been growing over the past seven years, will soon add a location in New York.
Opening next January, the space will be inaugurated with a solo show of German artist Jana Schröder, who has been with the gallery since its earliest days. The New York location, located in SoHo, on Crosby Street between Spring and Broome streets, will be designed by Markus Dochantschi of StudioMDA and led by Margaret Zuckerman, who has been a director at the gallery since 2018.
In less than a decade, dealer Nino Mier has expanded at a fast clip. He currently operates five locations in L.A., comprised of a campus of four buildings in West Hollywood and a separate location in Glassell Park, as well as a six-story townhouse and annex in Brussels and a project space in Marfa, Texas.
"PHILLIPS EAST"
Phillips Southampton, an exhibition and auction outpost of Phillips Auction House, opened its doors at 1 Hampton Road this past Friday, August 14. The interior exhibition space, designed by studioMDA, was once home to Southampton Town Hall…
"PHILLIPS SOUTHAMPTON TO OPEN WITH SPECIAL EXHIBITION FEATURING BASQUIAT WORK"
“In converting the historic Southampton Town Hall to a contemporary space, we are engaging with the East End community while enriching the cultural scene established by living local artists, various new art galleries, and art institutions,” said Markus Dochantschi of studioMDA.
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Phillips has moved into a two-story, 6,000-square-foot space in Southampton, New York; the interior exhibition area has been redesigned by studioMDA. Its inaugural show at the new space will feature 70 works, giving the public a hint of what will be included in the auction house’s upcoming sales.
“PHILLIPS AUCTION HOUSE TO OPEN HAMPTONS LOCATION" - NEW YORK TIMES
Galleries and other commercial art spaces have begun to reopen in New York but some are still choosing to expand outside the city’s limits to reach clients who have decamped because of the coronavirus pandemic. Phillips, one of the world’s top auction houses, will open a new location in Southampton, N.Y., on Friday.
Seeing how the pandemic has been “impacting our operations and our clients has really got us thinking about how to adapt the business,” Edward Dolman, the chief executive for Phillips, said in an interview.
“It made sense to take art that we would traditionally show solely in Manhattan out to where a lot of our clients decided that they were going to be spending much more of their time,” he added.
“NEW STUDIOMDA DESIGNED PHILLIPS HQ WILL OPEN THIS MAY” - ARCHINECT
"Having worked on numerous cultural spaces, I believe we can create a new kind of auction house with a more exciting relationship to the city to present Phillips' ever-changing exhibitions," said Markus Dochantschi, founder of studioMDA in a statement, speaking to the design focus to create a flexible space that will be able to provide a seamless level of freedom for the building's users.
“DANISH COLLECTOR JENS FAURSCHOU INAUGURATES NEW OUTPOST IN BROOKLYN” - THE ART NEWSPAPER
“The 12,000 sq ft exhibition space, built from a converted industrial warehouse by the firm studioMDA, complements Faurschou’s permanent spaces in Beijing and Copenhagen as well as a biannual pop-up space in Venice.”
“PHILLIPS TAPS MARKUS DOCHANTSCHI’S STUDIOMDA TO DESIGN NEW YORK HEADQUARTERS” - ARTNET
“We chose this outstanding firm for several reasons,” said Edward Dolman, CEO of Phillips. “First and foremost, we selected studioMDA for its consistent design excellence. Markus has developed a strong reputation for the exceptional quality of his work designing some of the most elegant art galleries and exhibition spaces built in the last decade. In addition, his firm’s cultural experience means he not only understands our unique needs, but also the collaborative nature of our business.”
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The goal for these galleries appears to be to maximize the space available not only to artists, but also to collectors. Paul Kasmin’s latest space on 28th Street includes three private viewing rooms totaling 3,400 square feet, while a mere 460 square feet is set aside for public exhibitions and offices. Viewing rooms “allow us to spend uninterrupted time with collectors and curators in order to discuss a single work in detail,” says Nick Olney, a Kasmin director.
That expansion connects to Kasmin’s 509 West 27th Street flagship, which is studded with a stunning 28 skylights and cost a reported $8 million, according to one source.
"KASMIN GALLERY BY STUDIOMDA" - ARCHITECTURAL RECORD
“The art dealer Paul Kasmin, who got his foothold in SoHo before coming to Chelsea, has just opened his fourth establishment in the neighborhood. These have all been designed by studioMDA, headed by Markus Dochantschi, whose reputation as a gallerists’ architect has increased significantly since he started his New York practice in 2002. Dochantschi started by creating display booths at large art fairs, which then led to permanent galleries for some of the same clients. Kasmin was one: as he says, Dochantschi’s approach is “expressly crafted to show art at its best.”