With New York City being one of the art capitals of the world, it’s safe to say that it stands as a place for new artists looking to make a name for themselves. NYC offers a wide variety of art galleries for emerging artists to display their work.

From commercial to nonprofit art galleries, as well as pop-up and contemporary art galleries, the Big Apple has a slice for everyone. Here’s just a few galleries that showcase work from new artists.

Platforms for the Contemporary

Krause Gallery

Since opening in 2004, Krause Gallery represents emerging to established contemporary artists of local, national and international acclaim. The Krause Gallery offers innovative, original works of art in a variety of media and styles.

Art Gotham

Art Gotham is a cutting-edge art gallery representing emerging and mid-career contemporary artists. With locations in Soho and the East Village, Art Gotham provides a platform for emerging talent and fostering a vibrant artistic community in New York City.

LATITUDE Gallery New York

LATITUDE Gallery New York is a contemporary art gallery located in New York, founded in 2020 by artist, Shihui Zhou. This gallery is dedicated to showcasing cutting-edge works of art by emerging artists of the Asian diaspora.

Mama Projects

MAMA Projects is a contemporary art gallery that offers visibility to cultural producers to further establish their vision within a broader, more diversified, and more accessible art community.

Multiple Mediums

Massey Klein Gallery

The Lower East Side’s Massey Klein Gallery was established by the husband-and-wife team of Garrett Klein and Ryan Massey in 2018. The gallery dedicates itself to uplifting the careers of mid-career and emerging artists. This includes several rising American painters such as Lydia Baker, Elise Ferguson, Nick McPhail, and Bethany Czarnecki.

Gallery 23 NY

Gallery 23 NY is a non-profit, multi-faceted gallery group, located in the heart of New York City’s two art districts: Meatpacking and Chelsea. They're dedicated to showcasing emerging artists, with an emphasis on neo-expressionism, street, and pop art. Their core mission is to exhibit artists who are able to convey their story and invite conversation through dynamic and revolutionary craft.

Agora Gallery

Agora Gallery was first founded in 1984, on Greene Street in Soho, by Miki Stiles. She sought to create a hub for emerging artists working in similar mediums to come together to present their work. Apart from being a gallery, they also offer framing services, art advisory services, and an event space in NYC.

Front Room Gallery

The Front Room Gallery focuses on exhibiting photography, conceptual and installation based work by emerging artists, as well as mid-career ones. They emphasize on photographic images but also including sculpture or video installations.

Brooklyn, New York. The Borough of Kings.

With a name like that, one would assume the city would give off a vibe of richness. And in some ways, it does!

Brooklyn is rich in history, rich in people, and of course, rich in art. Brooklyn’s very streets are adorned with artwork from local graffiti artists, but that’s not the full extent of its art scene.

Brooklyn art galleries have a caliber all their own. Here are a few to check out!

Brooklyn's Best Art Galleries

Billie Elise

Billie Elise is both a design studio and an art gallery. They offer a place for artists, designers and makers to showcase their work in DUMBO, Brooklyn. They also have classes for both jewelry making and incense making.

Luhring Augustine
Luhring Augustine was founded by Lawrence Luhring and Roland Augustine in 1985. The gallery represents a roster of international artists spanning generations, and presents both groundbreaking contemporary and rigorous historical exhibitions.

Working closely with more than thirty artists and estates, the gallery’s dedicated team nurtures decades-long practices and cultivates meaningful relationships with institutions and collectors.

Microscope Gallery
Microscope is a contemporary art gallery founded in 2010 by artists/curators Elle Burchill and Andrea Monti specializing in the works of risk-taking artists — from emerging to established — whose practice includes moving image, sound, performance, photography, and digital art.

Minus Space
This gallery, located in the heart of Dumbo, specializes in reductive abstract art. They showcase work from artists across the globe who all stick to the artistic philosophy that sometimes less is more.

Theodore: Art
Founded by Stephanie Theodore in 2010, Theodore, a contemporary art gallery and consultancy, presenting exhibitions of works by emerging and established artists from the UK, EU and the US, in a variety of settings and contexts.  Theodore: Art offers a window of opportunity to discover promising artists early in their careers. 

Zarolat
Zarolat is an architecture studio and design collective that represents are thriving community of designers, artists and makers. They are a creative initiative that celebrates masterful artisanship.

Both Art Gallery and Nonprofit

A.I.R. Gallery
Located in DUMBO, Brooklyn, A.I.R. Gallery (Artists in Resistance) is a feminist, artist-directed, nonprofit arts organization and alternative exhibition space for women and non-binary artists. Founded in 1972, A.I.R. is the longest-running alternative space for women artists in the United States.

Greenpoint Gallery

The Greenpoint Gallery is a non-profit arts organization that caters to emerging artists. They offer exhibition space, classes and career counseling to help nurture up-and-coming artists.

They also work with youth programs such as NYC- sponsored WLEP (Work, Learn & Grow Program) and the Oasis Youth program where children can learn art, music, and filmmaking.

Smack Melon
Smack Mellon is a nonprofit arts organization located in DUMBO, Brooklyn. Their mission is to nurture and support emerging, under-recognized mid-career, and women artists in the creation and exhibition of new work by providing exhibition opportunities, studio workspace, and access to equipment and technical assistance for the realization of ambitious projects.