contemporary art gallery
A contemporary art gallery is normally a commercial art gallery operated by an art dealer which specializes in displaying for sale contemporary art, usually new works of art by living artists. This approach has been called the "Castelli Method" ...
in Manhattan, New York City, owned by Michael Foley. Since opening in 2004, Foley Gallery has moved from the
Chelsea
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Rosalind Solomon
Rosalind Fox Solomon (born 1930) is an American photographer based in New York City.
Life and education
Solomon was born on 2 April 1930 in Highland Park, Illinois.Polixeni Papapetrou,
Rachell Sumpter
Rachell Sumpter (born November 18, 1982, in Los Angeles, California) is an internationally recognized illustrator and artist working in Seattle, Washington. A graduate of the Art Center College of Design, Sumpter's exhibitions have included solo ...
and
Hank Willis Thomas
Hank Willis Thomas (born 1976 in Plainfield, New Jersey; lives and works in Brooklyn, NY) is an American conceptual artist working primarily with themes related to identity, history, and popular culture.
Early life and education
Hank Willis Th ...
.
Background
Michael Foley opened Foley Gallery in 2004. Years prior, Foley began art dealing by invitation of Frish Brandt, the former director, (now president) of
Fraenkel Gallery
Fraenkel Gallery is a contemporary art gallery in San Francisco founded by Jeffrey Fraenkel in 1979. Frish Brandt, president of the gallery, joined in 1985.
Fraenkel Gallery has presented more than 350 exhibitions, with a focus on photography and ...
. While under Brandt's direction, Foley became friendly with photographers
Richard Misrach
Richard Misrach (born 1949) is an American photographer. He has photographed the deserts of the American West, and pursued projects that document the changes in the natural environment that have been wrought by various man-made factors such as ...
,
Adam Fuss
Adam Fuss (born 1961) is a British photographer.
Early life
Adam Fuss was born in England in 1961. His father manufactured women's coats and his mother was an Australian fashion model. Fuss's father suffered a stroke in 1963 and required cons ...
, and
Hiroshi Sugimoto
is a Japanese photographer and architect. He leads the Tokyo-based architectural firm New Material Research Laboratory.
Early life and education
Hiroshi Sugimoto was born and raised in Tokyo, Japan. He reportedly took his earliest photographs ...
In November 2016, ''Document'', by Henry Leutwyler published by
Steidl
Steidl is a German-language publisher, an international publisher of photobooks, and a printing company, based in Göttingen, Germany. It was started in 1968 by Gerhard Steidl and is still run by him.
Overview
The company was started by Ger ...
was released at Foley Gallery. Other book launches have included ''Jewish Treasures of the Caribbean,'' by Wyatt Gallery and ''Circadian Landscape'' by Jessica Antola.