Modern Magazine Three New York Galleries Find New Spaces
Todd Merill Studio, 80 Lafayette Street, New York, NY 10013
Marc Fish, Vessels, 2016
PRICED OUT OF NOHO, Todd Merrill Studio has moreย than doubled its Manhattan real estate by relocating toย the ground floor of a 1915 building at the corner of Lafayetteย and White Streets downtown. The gallery heldย its opening celebration on May 12โwith an inauguralย exhibition of twentieth- and twenty-first-century furniture,ย lighting, and decorative workโafter months ofย renovation that included tearing out a drop ceiling andย chipping away at five layers of accumulated flooring inย order to bring its new building back to its original state.ย Fifteen-foot-high windows now filter soft northeastย light into the capacious four-thousand-square-foot gallery,ย illuminating works by the likes of Niamh Barry, Paulย Evans, Yard Sale Project, Mark Fish, and Erin Sullivan,ย among others.
Todd Merrill grew up in South Burlington, Vermont,ย and is from a long line of antiques dealers. He openedย his first gallery, Todd Merrillโs Antiques, more than fifteenย years ago, and has since established himself as aย go-to man for vintage studio design. In 2009 he broadenedย his scope to include contemporary art, and theย white cube Marble Gallery, which adjoins the largerย Main Gallery in the new space, is dedicated to thematicย and solo artist exhibitions. Beth Katlemanโs porcelain studdedย โ3D wallpaper,โ Folly, a variation of which wasย recently acquired by Dior for its Hong Kong and Londonย stores, is on view through October.
Todd Merrill Studio is one of a number of galleriesย moving downtown as part of a migration that has evenย begun to include blue-chip contemporary art galleriesย from Chelsea. Now, on the western fringe of Chinatown,ย Todd Merrill Studio is optimally located in the corridorย between the galleries in the Lower East Side and TriBeCa. Not a bad move. toddmerrillstudio.comย ย โSammy Dalati
Modern Magazine Three New York Galleries Find New Spaces