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| Formerly | Arbitrage Gallery |
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| Company type | Art gallery |
| Founded | 1982 (43 years ago) (1982) |
| Founder | Anita Shapolsky |
| Headquarters | 152 East 65th Street,, United States |
| Website | anitashapolskygallery |
TheAnita Shapolsky Gallery is an art gallery that was founded in 1982 by Anita Shapolsky. It is currently located at 152 East 65th Street, onManhattan'sUpper East Side, in New York City.
The gallery specializes in 1950s and 1960sabstract expressionist art, known as theNew York School. It exhibitsexpressionism,geometric abstraction andpainterlyabstraction. The gallery most frequently exhibits works inoil andacrylic, as well as sculpture. It focuses on second-generation abstract expressionists, while also representing younger artists, older Latin Americanabstract artists,women artists,African-American artists and established artists.
Anita Shapolsky was born in New York as Anita Kresofsky.[1] She attendedHunter College, where she earned a B.A. and where her interest in art began, andNew York University, where she earned an M.A.[1][2] She married Martin (Meyer) Shapolsky, a realtor. They had a son, Ian, and a daughter, Lisa, together. Martin died in 1992.[1]
Shapolsky began collectingancient art, and in the 1970s started to collectcontemporary art, focusing onabstract expressionism.[3][1] Anita Shapolsky opened the gallery in 1982 on the second floor of 99Spring Street inSoHo, inManhattan.[1][4][5][6] It was originally known as the Arbitrage Gallery, or alternatively, the Arbitrage Art Gallery.[1][7] At the time, it housed a collection of Americanabstract art from the 1950s.[6]
In 1984, the gallery moved to 99 Spring Street and in that space they began to display Latin American and women artists.[1][4][6][8][9] In 1997, the gallery moved to two floors in abrownstonetownhouse at 152 East 65th Street on theUpper East Side of Manhattan.[1][4][6][10]
The gallery specializes in 1950s and 1960sabstract expressionism, known as theNew York School, and exhibitsexpressionism,geometric abstraction, andpainterlyabstraction.[1][2][5][11][12] It most frequently exhibits works inoil andacrylic, as well as sculpture.[5] The gallery focuses on second-generation abstract expressionists, while also representing younger artists, older Latin Americanabstract artists,women artists,African-American artists, and established artists.[1][5][13][10]
In 1998, the gallery set up the Anita Shapolsky Art Foundation in a 10,000-square-foot (930 m2), 1859 formerPresbyterian church inJim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, a two-hour drive from New York City.[1][6][13][14] There, through the non-profit501(c)3 organization, during the summer Anita Shapolsky provides educational programs for children, and exhibits abstract artists and contemporary artworks.[1][6][13]
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