Queer Thoughts gallery closes, the third downtown New York space to shutter in three months.
Installation view of Ser Serpas and Bri Williams, “Bare Teeth” at Queer Thoughts, 2018. Courtesy of Queer Thoughts, New York.
After 11 years, tastemaking New York gallery Queer Thoughts has closed its doors. The gallery, founded by Miguel Bendaña and Sam Lipp in Chicago in 2012, was known for its offbeat sensibility and its commitment to supporting emerging artists.
Over the years, Queer Thoughts has exhibited the work of a diverse range of artists, including Diamond Stingily, David Rappeneau, and Megan Marrin. Many of these artists have gone on to achieve critical acclaim and exhibit at major museums around the world, including Puppies Puppies, who was the first artist to show at the gallery and will have a New Museum solo show opening next month.
“The evolution of the gallery far exceeded our dreams and expectations, and after 11 years we decided to close the gallery to pursue other projects, namely our individual artistic practices,” said Bendaña and Lipp in a statement to ARTnews.
Queer Thoughts will be the third gallery in downtown New York to close in the last two months, after JTT in Tribeca and Foxy Production in Chinatown.
