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38 Walker Street
New York, NY 10013
212 564 8480


The George Adams Gallery traces its origins to the Allan Frumkin Gallery, founded in Chicago in 1952 with a New York location opening in 1959. George Adams’ association with the New York gallery began in 1980, with Mr. Adams and Mr. Frumkin forming a partnership, Frumkin/Adams Gallery, in 1988. Upon Mr. Frumkin’s retirement in 1995, the gallery assumed its present identity of George Adams Gallery. 


From its inception, the gallery has introduced and promoted a diverse range of artists, most notably from the San Francisco Bay Area and Latin America, while mounting regular exhibitions of 20th Century European master drawings by such artists as Max Beckmann, Lovis Corinth, James Ensor, Alberto Giacometti, and Henri Matisse, among others. The rich history of the gallery includes the careers of artists such as Jeremy Anderson, Robert Barnes, William Beckman, Mel Chin, Joseph Cornell, Manny Farber, Paul Georges, Paul Granlund, Theodore Halkin, Robert Hudson, June Leaf, Arthur Liepzig, Maryan, James McGarrell, Willard Midgette, Philip Pearlstein, James Surls, James Valerio, and Sandy Winters. Beginning with Roberto Matta in the 1950s, the gallery played an important role in introducing contemporary Latin American art to American audiences. Subsequently the gallery gave first solo exhibitions in the United States for artists Luis Cruz Azaceta (1979), Jose Bedia (1991), Rosana Palzyan (1998), and Yoan Capote (2004), as well as exhibitions of works by Carlos Alfonzo, Luis Benedit, Juan Francisco Elso, and Arnaldo Roche-Rabell. 


Today, the George Adams Gallery represents the estates of Robert Arneson (1930-1992), Jack Beal (1931-2013), Elmer Bischoff (1916-1991), Joan Brown (1938-1990), Roy De Forest (1930-2007), and Gregory Gillespie (1936-2000), while regularly exhibiting the work of contemporary artists such as Luis Cruz Azaceta, Enrique Chagoya, Diane Edison, Amer Kobaslija, Andrew Lenaghan, Peter Saul and William T. Wiley, and other emerging and under-recognized artists. Having a long association with art from the San Francisco Bay Area, the gallery’s program continues to champion art from the region through research and historical exhibitions of work by artists both from its roster and others.

Artists Represented:
Estate of Robert Arneson
Luis Cruz Azaceta
Chris Ballantyne
Estate of Jack Beal
Estate of Elmer Bischoff
Estate of Joan Brown
Enrique Chagoya
Diane Edison
Roy De Forest
Estate of Gregory Gillespie
Amer Kobaslija
Andrew Lenaghan
Tony May
Katherine Sherwood


Works Available By:
Jeremy Anderson
Jose Bedia
Alfred Leslie
Ron Nagle
Gladys Nilsson
Manuel Neri
George Ohr
Ed Paschke
Peter Saul
Richard Shaw
H.C. Westermann
William T. Wiley
Karl Wirsum

 

 
Gallery exterior, 38 Walker Street. Courtesy of George Adams Gallery.


 
Online Programming

Essays & Interviews



‘Essay & Interviews’ comprises multiple video series’, artist interviews, reminiscences, highlights from our archives, and more. Initially produced remotely during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, this platform now hosts a variety of material relating to the programming of the gallery’s physical space and beyond. Read more on our website, at the link below: https://www.georgeadamsgallery.com/essays-interviews

 
Current Exhibitions

Craig Calderwood

Ambrosia Salad, Bad Panacea and Other Works



November 3, 2023 - December 22, 2023
Craig Calderwood, Bad Panacea, 2023. Upholstery fabric, acrylic, wrought iron, One Shot enamel paint, 59 1/2 x 36 inches.

Peter Saul

Selected Works on Paper from the 1960s



November 3, 2023 - December 22, 2023
Peter Saul, Marfak, 1965. Crayon, ink on museum board, 30 x 40 inches.

 
Past Exhibitions

Katherine Sherwood

Cajal's Revenge: New Paintings, 1998 - 2008



September 8, 2023 - October 28, 2023

Matjames Metson

A Tower



September 8, 2023 - October 28, 2023

Robert Arneson

Astonishing Possibiltiies for Self-Expression



May 19, 2023 - August 11, 2023

Enrique Chagoya

Borderless



April 7, 2023 - May 13, 2023

Maya Brodsky

Moments of Being



February 23, 2023 - April 1, 2023

Arnaldo Roche Rabell

Dualidades



January 6, 2023 - February 18, 2023

Sue Coe

Political Television



November 3, 2022 - December 22, 2022

Katherine Sherwood

Pandemic Madonnas and Other Views from the Garden



September 9, 2022 - October 29, 2022

Robert Arneson, Gustav Hamilton, Lucia Hierro, Nina Katchadourian, Scott Reeder, Edgar Serrano, Mungo Thomson, Alice Tippit, Trevor Winkfield

(m)ad-libs



July 7, 2022 - August 19, 2022

Robert Colescott

Frankly...



May 12, 2022 - July 1, 2022

Doug Biggert

Hitchhikers and a Sandal Shop



March 31, 2022 - May 7, 2022

Elmer Bischoff/Tom Burckhardt

A Dialogue



February 3, 2022 - March 19, 2022

Amer Kobaslija

In Passing



December 9, 2021 - January 29, 2022

Craig Calderwood & Terri Friedman & Cathy Lu & Cate White

Shapeshifters



October 28, 2021 - December 4, 2021

H. C. Westermann

Le Bandeur



September 9, 2021 - October 23, 2021
To inaugurate George Adams Gallery’s new Tribeca space, we are pleased to present drawings, prints and illustrated letters by H. C. Westermann, exploring his depictions of America.

Joan Brown

Drawn from Life: Works on Paper, 1970-1976



October 8, 2020 - December 19, 2020

Jack Beal, Manny Farber, Kevin Frances, Kija Lucas, Tony May

Documents



July 16, 2020 - September 26, 2020

Luis Cruz Azaceta

Personal Velocity: 40 Years of Painting



March 5, 2020 - May 30, 2020

Andrew Lenaghan

Places Have Their Moments



January 16, 2020 - February 29, 2020

Katherine Sherwood

In the Yelling Clinic: 2010-2019



November 7, 2019 - January 4, 2020

Robert Arneson

The Anti-War Works: 1982-1986



September 12, 2019 - October 26, 2019

Body/Object



July 11, 2019 - August 23, 2019
A group exhibition of paintings and drawings from the 1970s to the present.

Amer Kobaslija

Florida Diaries



April 25, 2019 - June 1, 2019

Joan Brown

The Students



April 25, 2019 - June 1, 2019

Jeremy Anderson

Between, Beyond: 1953-64



March 7, 2019 - April 20, 2019

Chris Ballantyne

Temporal: Recent Paintings and Watercolors



January 10, 2019 - March 2, 2019

Elmer Bischoff

Studies from Life



January 10, 2019 - March 2, 2019

30 Years: Frumkin/Adams - George Adams Gallery



November 8, 2018 - December 22, 2018

Luis Cruz Azaceta

Luis Cruz Azaceta, 1984 - 1989



September 13, 2018 - November 3, 2018

Tony May

Paintings, Objects, and Devices



June 28, 2018 - August 17, 2018

Enrique Chagoya

Then and Now: Aliens Sans Frontières



April 26, 2018 - June 23, 2018

Gregory Gillespie

Mind/Body/Spirit



March 1, 2018 - April 21, 2018