Skoto Gallery
Gallery in The Chelsea 20th area
Skoto Gallery was established in 1992 as a space where some of the best works by African artists can be exhibited within the context of a diverse and totalized audience. As one of the first galleries specializing in contemporary African Art in New York City, it has been instrumental in the progression of this rapidly growing field.
Inspite of its major commitment to contemporary African Art, the gallery has also managed to expand, deepen and diversify its involvement with contemporary issues by engaging a wide range of art and artists in its programming. Its inaugural exhibition was curated by African-American jazz luminary Ornette Coleman. Towards this end, the gallery has increasingly become a nexus of possibilities not only for contemporary African art but for mainstream artists of any ethnic or cultural persuasion. It has become a site where the adventurous viewer and collector can be involved in an ongoing cultural dialogue.
The gallery sees art in ecumenical terms and often organizes exhibitions to show the submerged relationships of a post-modern global culture after modernism.
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Permanent Artists/Collection
Aime Mpane, Afi Nayo, Bright Bimpong, Diako, Donald Locke, El Anatsui, Etiye Dimma Poulsen, Frank Bowling, Mohammad Omer Khalil, Obiora Udechukwu, Osi Adu, Olu Amoda, Owusu-Ankomah, SoHyun Bae, Tayo Adenaike, Tesfaye Tessema, Wosene Worke Kosrof, Pefura, Juliana Zevallos
Opening hours
From 11:00 to 18:00
Closed on Mondays, Sundays
Fee
Free
Access
Address: 529 W 20th St., 5 Fl., New York, NY 10011
Phone: 212-352-8058 Fax: 212-352-8079
Between 10th and 11th Ave. Subway: C/E to 23rd Street, A/C/E to 14th Street, L to 8th Avenue.
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