The Opening Gallery

During spring 2024 the gallery presented a selection of Watermill Center former artists-in-residence including Eileen O’ Kane Kornreich, Christopher Knowles with Sylvia Netzer, D. Graham Burnett and "The Order of the Third Bird," and Brian Block. The Opening launched Soho Loft Project in 2024 and has hosted two editions of the New York Arab Festival and events organized by MoMA curators and collaborates with Sorbonne Art Gallery in Paris. The nonprofit cultural venue and initiative supported a heteroclite art ecosystem that attempts to go beyond prevalent gallery models in Tribeca. The Opening was founded by Sozita Goudouna, PhD and in 2023 partnered with the London-based publisher Eris to present exhibitions related to publications by Kenneth Goldsmith, Andres Serrano, ORLAN, and Lucas Samaras among other acclaimed contributors and artists.