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CollectionDowntown NYC
Women-Led
A mix of established and next-generation galleries where women set the program, the roster, and the room.
Last updated Jul 13, 2026
Women run these galleries, and it shows on the walls.
Emerging artists hang beside great women of the '80s. The male gaze is taken on directly. Embroidery is treated with the seriousness the art world used to save for painting and steel. More women than is typical, shown like it's normal. And if these spaces had it their way, it would be.
GalleryNoHo
The Hole
Named after a legendary downtown club where every subculture collided, The Hole is where contemporary art gets weird. Glossy, hyper-online, and funny without ever losing their edge, shows here are some of the most visually addictive in the city.
GalleryLower East Side
Uffner & Liu Gallery
Abstract, intimate, and sometimes erotic, art that feels like home, with all the secrets that implies.
GalleryLower East Side
Trotter&Sholer
Sun-filled and full of heart, this Suffolk Street gallery is where artists transform what's in front of them into moments of delight.
GalleryLower East Side
Hannah Traore Gallery
Artists of color break things open in a curved, cream-walled gallery on Orchard Street.
GalleryLittle Italy
Company Gallery
Feminist, queer, theatrical art in a graffiti-covered gallery with a basement speakeasy.
GalleryLittle Italy
Nathalie Karg Gallery
This elegiac, two-storey Elizabeth Street gallery is a place of worship for refined, sensual art.
GalleryChinatown
Hoffman Donahue
Playful, boundary-merging art reflecting on the rituals of everyday life, set against the backdrop of an old-school loft space on the Bowery.
GalleryChinatown
56 HENRY
56 Henry is the emotionally charged anchor of Henry Street’s art community. Openings are like a block party. The exhibitions, sharp, funny, and sometimes devastating, capture the messy, confessional texture of creative life right now.
