Elliott Templeton Fine Arts

“The enjoyment of art is the only remaining ecstasy that’s neither immoral nor illegal.”

- Elliott Templeton

This gallery was founded by world-famous artist-photographer Jack Pierson. He drew inspiration from Somerset Maugham's novel, The Razor's Edge (1944). The hero? Elliott Templeton, a fictitious American bachelor art dealer, seduced by the promise of aristocratic, post-war Paris.

The interiors are by Fernando Santangelo. You may know his sumptuous style from Dimes Square’s Nine Orchard Hotel or LA’s Chateau Marmont (hold please while we dream of Martinis under a palm). Think champagne-colored walls and all the glamorous antique bronze fixtures.

Start in the front room, an intimate space where conversation seems to…go there. It's a space you can drink in the work, often celebrating the lusciousness of paint, the nude male bodies, and clothed debonair gentlemen who feel plucked from a 1950s film.

Then, move to the back room. More art on the walls, a built-in bookshelf, and a huge table frothing with flowers, ceramics, and other delicious objets d’art. Spoiler alert: the whole experience might (ok, definitely) inspire you to reimagine your living room.

Jack Pierson founded Elliott Templeton in the fall of 2023. He had always wanted to be a shopkeeper, like the Greenwich Village antique dealers he visited in the 1990s—the ones run by gay men with exquisite taste.

Jack is at the gallery most weekends, and so is art writer and curator Evan Lincoln, who is a director at the gallery and regularly curates gorgeous shows. Ask them about the art on view, and allow them to expertly lead you towards details you might not notice on your own. Time will dissolve.