James Cohan Gallery

James Cohan Gallery
Established 1999
Location
  • 533 West 26th Street (Chelsea)
  • 291 Grand Street (Lower East Side)
Coordinates 40°45′01″N 74°00′15″W / 40.7503°N 74.00415°W / 40.7503; -74.00415Coordinates: 40°45′01″N 74°00′15″W / 40.7503°N 74.00415°W / 40.7503; -74.00415
Type Art gallery
Website jamescohan.com

The James Cohan Gallery is a contemporary art gallery in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. It opened a branch in the former French Concession of Shanghai in 2008,[1] and in 2015 opened a third branch, in Manhattan's Chinatown.[2]

Controversy

A coalition of Asian American groups entered and protested Omer Fast's October 2017 exhibit that attempted to reproduce stereotypical Chinatown aesthetics. Fast apologized but not before characterizing the protesters as few in number and comparing them to the right-wingers who stormed Charlottesville earlier in the year.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Tinari, Philip (July 18, 2008). "Shanghai Express". Retrieved July 18, 2008.
  2. ↑ Sheets, Hilarie M. (July 30, 2015). "James Cohan Gallery Expands to Lower East Side". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  3. ↑ Nadja, Sayej (20 October 2017). "New York's Chinatown Hits Back at Omer Fast's 'Poverty Porn' Art Exhibition". The Guardian.
  4. ↑ Fuchs, Chris (19 October 2017). "Chinatown Activists Criticize Art Installation Called 'Racist,' 'Poverty Porn'". NBCNews.com.

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