New York-based gallery Clearing, known for artists like Korakrit Arunanondchai, has closed its doors after 14 years.
The closure, which includes both its New York and Los Angeles spaces, comes on the heels of its last solo shows: for Coco Young in NY in June, and Henry Curchod in LA in July. Olivier Babin, founder of Clearing, said in a statement: “It was not an easy decision. Until the very end, we hoped to turn the corner. But with no viable path forward, we are closing today because we can no longer operate at the standards we’ve always held ourselves to — for our artists, our teams, and our entire community.” No clear reason for the closure was given.
The Clearing Gallery opened in 2011 in Brooklyn. It quickly became one of the emerging names in the New York art scene, thanks to artists like Korakrit Arunanondchai, Harold Ancart, and Marguerite Humeau. It expanded to Brussels in 2012 and then to Los Angeles in 2020. However, trouble began in 2024 when the Brussels branch broke off from Clearing and became a separate entity under Lodovico Corsini.
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The closure of the Clearing comes just a day after the news that Kasmin, another niche NY gallery, would cease operations and rebrand as a new entity. Two other galleries, Venus Over Manhattan and Blum, closed this month – not to mention bigger names like David Lewis, which have closed this year. This only adds to the growing list of New York galleries shutting down.
