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Tribeca, New York
Built, 2017-2018
Ales Ortuzar
Contemporary Art Gallery
3,500 Square Feet
Ortuzar Projects is technically a gallery, but in some ways it’s more like a small museum. Situated in a light-filled space with tall tin ceilings and exposed brick, the ambitious new exhibition platform is home to heavily researched shows from artists historically overlooked by the Western canon.
Ortuzar Projects’s program is limited to only four exhibitions per year— a pace that’s closer to that of a museum than the nine or ten shows that most galleries trot out annually. It fits Ortuzar’s character—a stylish and soft- spoken Spaniard who doesn’t seem interested in rushing. “I believe in quality, not quantity,” he says on a warm day in May as sun streams in through the gallery’s back windows. “I’d rather do fewer shows and put more effort into them. The art world is an amazing thing—there’s room for every kind of gallery and every kind of model.”
Operating on a two-year timeline, Ortuzar Projects aims to provide artists with “a lasting, expanded visibility through exhibitions and the publication of significant scholarly catalogues.”
T.W. Ryan, Thomas Ryan
Local Architect:
Jonathan Man
Contractor:
Euda Construction
Photography:
Michael Arnaud