Founded by Paul Kasmin (1960–2020) in SoHo in 1989,
Kasmin cultivates a rigorous exhibition program that places historic
figures of Post-War art in dialogue with the evolving practice of
established and emerging
artists working today. For over 30 years, the
gallery has nurtured the careers of eminent modern and contemporary
artists including Tina Barney, Walton Ford, James Nares, Roxy Paine,
Elliott Puckette, Mark Ryden, Bosco
Sodi, and Bernar Venet, among many others, and put
on the first-ever U.S. gallery shows of artists including Les Lalanne.
Kasmin was among the first galleries to move to Chelsea in 2000 and
continues to expand its
program to include more artists and estates, now
encompassing three gallery spaces anchored in the heart of the Chelsea
Arts District at 10th Avenue and 27th Street.
In addition to supporting contemporary artists,
Kasmin leads the field in advocating for the legacy of artist estates,
currently representing some of the most influential artists of the 20th
century, including Constantin
Brancusi, William N. Copley, Stuart Davis, Max
Ernst, Barry Flanagan, Jane Freilicher, Robert Indiana, Lee Krasner, and
Robert Motherwell. The gallery also specializes in the presentation of
large-scale sculpture and
engages in public art projects around the world,
with recent examples including: Roxy Paine's ongoing installation Cleft in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Bernar Venet's Arc Majeur along the E411 Highway
in Belgium, Alex Katz' Park Avenue Departure
on Park Avenue in New York (2019), Mark Ryden’s Dodecahedron at PMQ
Gardens in Hong Kong (2018) and Bosco Sodi’s Muro in Washington Square
Park, New
York (2017). Complementing the gallery’s robust
exhibitions program, Kasmin is also dedicated to furthering academic
research on its artists and develops scholarly publications that shed
new light on their diverse
practices. The gallery has published comprehensive
catalogs including William N. Copley X-Rated, Lee Krasner’s Umber Paintings, Alexander the Great: The Iolas Gallery 1955-1987,
Impasse Ronsin, and the first English translation of a monograph-scale book of Max Ernst’s sculpture. In September of 2018, Brancusi & Duchamp: The Art of Dialogue
opened to the public,
looking at the creative and personal relationship
between the two artists. Dedicated to cultivating collectors and working
with artists from around the world, Kasmin participates in a range of
international art fairs
across Europe, the Americas, and Asia.
Marking a new chapter of curatorial ambition for the
gallery, Kasmin expanded the gallery’s footprint in Chelsea with the
opening of its fourth space in October 2018. The new, purpose-built
gallery designed by
studioMDA features a rooftop sculpture garden
overlooking The High Line, representing a first-of-its-kind model for
publicly sited sculpture. Rejecting the dichotomy that pits
brick-and-mortar against new methods of
programming, the gallery’s new rooftop sculpture
garden places Kasmin’s roster of artists and exhibitions in conversation
with one of the most innovative platforms for art developed in recent
years,
reimagining how a gallery can engage with art and
the public.
Kasmin gallery spaces are located at 509 West 27th Street and 297 Tenth Avenue, and the Kasmin Sculpture Garden is viewable from The High Line at 27th Street with access on 28th Street.
Diana Al-Hadid
Alma Allen
Theodora Allen
Sara Anstis
Ali Banisadr
Tina Barney
Judith Bernstein
JB Blunk
Mattia Bonetti
Constantin Brancusi
Saint Clair Cemin
William N. Copley
Cynthia Daignault
Ian Davenport
Stuart Davis
Max Ernst
Liam Everett
Barry Flanagan
Walton Ford
Jane Freilicher
vanessa german
Daniel Gordon
Elliott Hundley
Robert Indiana
Lee Krasner
Les Lalanne
Matvey Levenstein
Jasper Morrison
Robert Motherwell
James Nares
Roxy Paine
Robert Polidori
Elliott Puckette
George Rickey
James Rosenquist
Mark Ryden
Jan-Ole Schiemann
Bosco Sodi
Dorothea Tanning
Naama Tsabar
Bernar Venet
David Wiseman
Milton Avery
Marcel Broodthaers
Scott Burton
Paul Cezanne
Liu Dan
Lynne Drexler
Marcel Duchamp
Simon Hantaï
David Hockney
Hans Hoffman
Peter Hujar
Alex Katz
Elaine de Kooning
Morris Louis
Henri Matisse
Kenneth Noland
Jules Olitski
Sigmar Polke
Joel Shapiro
Chaim Soutine
Frank Stella
Andy Warhol
Tom Wesselman