Greene Naftali is a contemporary art gallery located in the

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neighborhood of

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Owner

Carol Greene is an American art dealer and founder of Greene Naftali. She was born and raised in

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, and received a B.A. from

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. After college, Greene moved to New York City, where she began working at John Good Gallery in

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. In 1995, she opened Greene Naftali. In addition to her gallery, she is involved in a number of arts organizations, including

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, 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

. 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, including Rachel Harrison,

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, Jacqueline Humphries, Paul Chan,

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, Michael Krebber, and

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. Greene Naftali is also renowned for its ambitious performance programming with music events by

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, the NNCK Blues Band,

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, and Electrophilia with

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. In 2008 and 2018, the gallery and

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organized "Painting: Now and Forever", a large-scale, ongoing survey of contemporary painting, covering 10 years each. Greene Naftali has been featured in several "top galleries" lists, in publications such as

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, and

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Locations

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

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, and a ground floor space, which opened in 2014 with a solo exhibition by

. In 2016, Greene Naftali opened Greene Naftali Garage, a temporary exhibition space at 227 Leonard Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

Artists

Greene Naftali represents numerous living artists, including: *

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(since 2019) * Paul Chan *

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(since 2017) *

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* Rachel Harrison * Jacqueline Humphries * William Leavitt * Walter Price In the past, the gallery has worked with the following artists and estates: *

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Major Exhibitions

* ''Tell Everyone'', October 12 - November 12, 1995. The inaugural exhibition featuring work by Blake Rayne and

, among others. * ''Broken Home'', May 3 - June 7, 1997. 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. * ''Painting Now & Forever Part II'', July 3 - August 15, 2008. Originally coordinated by gallerists Pat Hearn and Matthew Marks, Greene Naftali began exhibiting the "Painting Now & Forever" exhibition series in 2008, its second iteration. The show included the work of

Kai Althoff Kai Althoff (born 1966 in Cologne) is a German visual artist and musician. Life and work Kai Althoff was born in Cologne, Germany, in February 1966. He is a multimedia artist and a painter. Borrowing from moments of history, religious iconogra ...

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Daan van Golden Daniël (Daan) van Golden (4 February 1936 – 10 January 2017) was a Dutch artist, who has been active as a painter, photographer, collagist, installation artist, wall painter and graphic artist.

Wade Guyton Wade Guyton (born 1972) is an American post-conceptual artist who among other things makes digital paintings on canvas using scanners and digital inkjet technology. Early life and education Guyton was born in Hammond, Indiana, in 1972, and grew ...

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, Charline von Heyl, Sergej Jensen, Mike Kelley,

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, Michael Krebber,

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, R.H. Quaytman,

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Paul Thek Paul Thek (November 2, 1933 – August 10, 1988) was an American painter, sculptor and installation artist. Thek was active in both the United States and Europe, exhibiting several installations and sculptural works over the course of his life. Po ...

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, and Katharina Wulff, among others. * Paul Chan, ''Sade for Sade's Sake'', October 22 - December 5, 2009. * Rachel Harrison, ''The Help'', May 4 - June 16, 2012. *

, ''Design For Showing Rock Videos'', September 9 - October 4, 2014. The first exhibition in the gallery's ground floor space. * ''Jacqueline Humphries'', October 27 - December 16, 2017. 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.”Travis Diehl (13 January 2022)
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References

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