The Painting Center
The Painting Center is a non-profit organization in New York City with strong roots in the art community and a reputation for integrity in its programming. Our mission is to provide exhibition opportunities for emerging, mid-career, and established artists. Curators use our space to present contemporary thesis exhibitions on visual arts, artists, and art-making practices. The Painting Center has continually built upon its purpose of offering an alternative space dedicated to the exhibition of painting and various media, regardless of market appeal. The Painting Center is a gathering place for artists and those who love art; it is a democratic arena that fosters dialogue, experimentation, and community among artists. It does not champion one school or tradition but welcomes and encourages diverse viewpoints.
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Current exhibitions
The Painting Center
New York Chelsea
last week
Alisa Henriquez: Beneath the Palms
31 Mar - 25 Apr 2026
547 West 27th Street, Suite 500, NY 10001, New York
Tue 10am-4pm, Wed-Sat 11am-6pm
not open today
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Henriquez’s latest work imaginatively re-stages inherited family mythologies and stories set within the lush landscape of Jamaica
The Painting Center
New York Chelsea
last week
Thomas Berding: Projections in the Deluge
31 Mar - 25 Apr 2026
547 West 27th Street, Suite 500, NY 10001, New York
Tue 10am-4pm, Wed-Sat 11am-6pm
not open today
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recent work continuing Berding’s decades-long exploration of painting as a space for “re-ambiguating the world through collapsing histories and categorical understandings”
Forthcoming exhibitions
The Painting Center
New York Chelsea
forthcoming
Mary Crenshaw: Inhale
28 Apr - 23 May 2026
547 West 27th Street, Suite 500, NY 10001, New York
Tue 10am-4pm, Wed-Sat 11am-6pm
not open today
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Crenshaw’s portraits of immigrants and cigarette stubs, in thrifted picture frames, explore themes of displacement, resilience, value, and disposability
The Painting Center
New York Chelsea
forthcoming
Perri Neri: Caught Looking
28 Apr - 23 May 2026
547 West 27th Street, Suite 500, NY 10001, New York
Tue 10am-4pm, Wed-Sat 11am-6pm
not open today
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“an intimate series of portrait paintings born from a radical shift in practice and a contemporary experiment in collaboration”
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547 West 27th Street, Suite 500
NY 10001
New York
United States
+1 212 343 1060
NY 10001
New York
United States
+1 212 343 1060
Open: Tue 10am-4pm, Wed-Sat 11am-6pm
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