Mitchell-Innes & Nash, a long-standing gallery in New York’s Chelsea district, will close after 28 years in business. The gallery, which has represented works by Pat O’Neill, Pope.L, Gideon Appah, Jean Arp and Sarah Braman, will transform into a project-based consulting space. Until the business relocates, Chelsea will temporarily operate as a private art consulting agency rather than a public gallery space.
“Moving forward, we will work under a new model that will advise select primary market artists and estates, provide art advisory services to individual collectors and foundations, and represent artworks in both the primary and secondary markets,” founders Lucy Mitchell-Innes and David Nash revealed in a joint statement on Instagram.
On June 15, the Mitchell-Innes & Nash Gallery closed its final exhibition, a solo show by Joanne Greenebaum. The gallery noted that in the interim, it will use the summer to support its roster of artists and legacies.
Originally opened on the Upper East Side in 1996 and relocated to Chelsea in 2005, Mitchell-Innes & Nash Gallery has been an integral part of the New York gallery scene, hosting over 200 exhibitions in its three decades. Speaking of the gallery’s closure, the founders added: “We loved operating our Chelsea space and welcoming visitors from all over the world. It made the journey even more meaningful.”
The news comes on the heels of a string of gallery closures in New York, including Cheim & Reid, Washburn Gallery, and Betty Cuningham Gallery in the Chelsea neighborhood, while the same trend continues downtown, with neighborhood tastemakers like Fortnight Institute, Simone Subal Gallery, and Helena Anrather closing.
