Monica King, Who Earned Her Stripes at Pace and Paul Kasmin Galleries, Is Opening Her Own Tribeca Space

Monica King, a veteran of Pace Gallery and Paul Kasmin, has
joined the ever-growing numbers of dealers targeting Tribeca with a
new eponymous gallery.

The inaugural show at Monica King Contemporary will also be the
first New York solo show for the multimedia and performance
artist April Marten. Titled “Frances Wasn’t a Saint,” it opens on
September 6 and runs through through October 12.

The show will feature a range of media, including still images,
multimedia installations, and video works, the latter derived from
isolated performances enacted by the artist. Marten will perform
live at an event scheduled for September 7.

King says she plans to present a broad interdisciplinary program
of 17 international emerging and established artists with an
artist-centric approach.

“It’s long been my intention to open a gallery space that
encourages collectors from all walks of life to approach art with
an unmistakable sense of curiosity,” she said, adding: “My vision
celebrates the vital contribution that contemporary art brings to
our collective society and to each of our individual souls.”

In recent months, about a half dozen new and mid-size galleries
have opened in Tribeca,
enticed by reasonable rents and large spaces in historic buildings.
Crucially, Tribeca is also outside of Chelsea’s flood zone, which
was hit hard during Hurricane Sandy in 2012. Among those now in
Tribeca are James Cohan Gallery, Andrew Kreps, the Journal Gallery, R & Company, and CANADA. Another Kasmin veteran, Clara Ha,
opened a new space, CHART, on Franklin
Street this past May.

King, who began looking at gallery spaces earlier this year and
was focused on Tribeca, told artnet News: “I believed that the
neighborhood had the combination of being cutting edge and vibrant
in a way that only downtown New York City can be, while also having
an abundance of elegantly cultured and creatively curious residents
calling it home.”

King has more than 20 years of contemporary art-world
experience. As director of exhibitions for both Pace and Kasmin,
she organized shows with artists including Chuck Close, David
Hockney, Maya Lin, Joel Shapiro, Kiki Smith, and Fred Wilson, among
many others.

King has also worked with the Sol Lewitt, Adolph Gottlieb
and Bridget Riley estates. Most recently, she served as the
inaugural director of the SOCO Gallery in her home state of North
Carolina. King returned to New York in 2018 to realize her new
gallery.

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