Jack Shainman Gallery

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Jack Shainman Gallery is a contemporary art gallery in New York City. The gallery was founded by Jack Shainman and his then-partner Claude Simard (19562014) in 1984 in Washington, D.C. The gallery has a focus on artists from Africa, East Asia, and North America.[1]

In 1986, the gallery moved to New York to open a gallery in the East Village, followed by a move to Soho.[2] From 1997, it was headquartered in the Chelsea gallery district.[2] In 2014, the gallery opened a 2,800 m2 (30,000 sq ft) exhibition space called The School in Kinderhook, New York.[3]

In 2022, the gallery announced plans to open a 1,900 m2 (20,000 sq ft) space, designed by Shainman's niece Gloria Vega Martín,[2] in the historic Clock Tower Building at 108 Leonard.[4] The space soft opened at with a solo exhibition by Richard Mosse in January 2024,[5][2] and officially opened as the gallery's flagship location in January 2025 with an inaugural solo exhibition by Nick Cave.[6][7]

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