David Zwirner will open its latest area in Chelsea on Might 8 with a solo present for Michael Armitage.
Situated at 533 West nineteenth Avenue, the brand new, two-story location is adjoining to Zwirner’s two linked nineteenth Avenue areas and a block away from its West twentieth Avenue gallery. Zwirner has occupied this lot since 2002 and the brand new constructing, designed by Selldorf Architects, replaces one which was torn down final yr. The bottom flooring can have 18-foot-tall ceilings and the three nineteenth Avenue areas can have a mixed 6,000 sq. toes of exhibition area. The brand new higher flooring will home places of work for the gallery.
In 2023, Zwirner deserted plans for five-story, 50,000 square-foot headquarters on West twenty first Avenue, telling the New York Instances the trigger was a developer’s “monetary headwinds throughout Covid.” A report in Artnet Information a pair weeks later revealed that the LLC for the property, managed by developer Casco Improvement, had filed for Chapter 11 chapter, with a Zwirner-affiliated LLC being an unsecured creditor with a declare of $28.8 million.
Michael Armitage, Don’t Fear There Will Be Extra, 2024.
©Michael Armitage/Courtesy the artist and David Zwirner
The Armitage exhibition, titled “Crucible,” is the artist’s first with Zwirner for the reason that gallery started co-representing him, with White Dice, in 2022. (The artist’s first Zwirner present was initially scheduled for final yr in New York.) It should function 11 work and 14 carved-teak panels. Specializing in themes of migration, the brand new works will proceed the Kenyan British artist’s lengthy concern with depicting varied tableaux of Kenyans and present occasions within the nation which have a surrealist, dream-like high quality to them.
