THE ARTIST’S INSTITUTE RELOCATES TO UPTOWN MANHATTAN SITE

The Artist’s Institute—a non-profit research and exhibition space that showcases the work of a single artist for six months at a time—is leaving its Lower East Side location. The Institute’s new address, 132 East 65th Street, is a ground-floor space in a Hunter College–owned town house.

“A town house feels right for the Artist’s Institute because it’s intimate,” director Jenny Jaskey said in an interview with Artnews‘s Andrew Russeth.

The new venue can boast of a bigger space, climate control, and an improved library. Founded in 2010, the organization is about to begin its eleventh season. The first artist to exhibit in the new space is Hilton Als. He has agreed to organize three shows, including one that revolves around the experience of trans women in 1970s New York.

“The most important part about our name is the possessive, ‘Artist’s Institute,’” Jaskey said. “I think that that possessive relates to how we think about working with an artist. I want this to feel like Hilton’s institute.”