Magenta Plains

Magenta Plains is a contemporary art gallery founded in 2016 by David Deutsch, Chris Dorland, and Olivia Smith. The gallery originally opened on the Lower East Side and relocated to a multi floor 4,500 square foot space at the intersection of Canal Street and Bowery in 2022. With an intergenerational emphasis, the gallery's mission is to foster context and meaning for the development of new ideas and emerging art as well as to present and preserve older generations of artists' work.

The gallery represents artists including Alex Kwartler, Anne Libby, the Estate of Barbara Ess, Bill Saylor, Chason Matthams, Don Dudley, Ebecho Muslimova, Jane Swavely, Jennifer Bolande, Jibade-Khalil Huffman, Ken Lum, Liza Lacroix, Peter Nagy, Rachel Rossin, the Stan VanDerBeek Archive, Tiril Hasselknippe and Zach Bruder. Additionally, the gallery presents a dynamic discourse through its program of curated group shows and project-based solo exhibitions including Sascha Braunig, Danica Lundy, Daniel Boccato, Matthew Metzger, and Alexis Rockman.

Magenta Plains has presented memorable historical solo exhibitions including William Wegman’s rare, altered photographs and drawings from the 1970s and 80s, Lillian Schwartz’ debut New York solo gallery show at age 89, German artist Georg Herold’s caviar paintings and sculptures, and a critically acclaimed exhibition of paintings from the 1980s by Martha Diamond. The gallery also looks forward to upcoming presentations of works in collaboration with the Estates of Alan Uglow and Tina Girouard.