Greene Naftali is a contemporary art gallery located in the
Chelsea neighborhood of
New York City.[1]
Owner
Carol Greene is an American art dealer and founder of Greene Naftali. She was born and raised in
Quincy, Massachusetts, and received a B.A. from
Harvard University. After college, Greene moved to New York City, where she began working at John Good Gallery in
SoHo. In 1995, she opened Greene Naftali. In addition to her gallery, she is involved in a number of arts organizations, including
Artists Space, where she serves on the board of directors. Greene lives in New York City with her partner, artist
Craig Kalpakjian.
History
Carol Greene and Gloria Naftali founded Greene Naftali in 1995, making it one of the first galleries to open in
Chelsea.[2] The gallery shows contemporary art in various media—including painting, video, music, and fashion—and has a reputation for championing emerging artists as well as historical figures,[3] including
Rachel Harrison,
Dan Graham,
Jacqueline Humphries,
Paul Chan,
Helen Marten, Michael Krebber, and
Tony Conrad.
The gallery occupies two spaces in the West Chelsea Building at 508 W. 26th Street: an 8th-floor space, which opened in 1995 with a group exhibition including
Laura Owens, and a ground floor space, which opened in 2014 with a solo exhibition by
Dan Graham.[8][9]
In 2016, Greene Naftali opened Greene Naftali Garage, a temporary exhibition space at 227 Leonard Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.[10]
Artists
Greene Naftali represents numerous living artists, including:
Tell Everyone, October 12 - November 12, 1995.[17] The inaugural exhibition featuring work by Blake Rayne and
Laura Owens, among others.
Broken Home, May 3 - June 7, 1997.[18] The gallery curated the group exhibition, Broken Home (1997), which was recreated in 2007 at the Rose Art Museum and featured Robert Gober, Vito Acconci, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Dan Graham, and Franz West.
Michael Krebber, Here It Is: The Painting Machine, October 11 - November 8, 2003.[19]
Dan Graham, Design For Showing Rock Videos, September 9 - October 4, 2014.[23] The first exhibition in the gallery's ground floor space.
Jacqueline Humphries, October 27 - December 16, 2017.[24]
In 2022, Greene Naftali held a voter-registration drive for the duration of a Paul Chan exhibition; those who signed up received an original drawing Chan made “as a gesture of appreciation for affirming the basic and inalienable right to vote in America.”[25]