Lomex

Lomex was founded by Alexander Shulan in 2015 in Eva Hesse's former Bowery studio -- a piece of art-historical real estate so charged that the location itself functioned as a mission statement. The gallery's emphasis on "New New York art" positions it as a chronicler of the city's ongoing creative reinvention, a role that requires both curatorial conviction and a genuine connection to the communities producing the work. The move from the Bowery to Tribeca in 2021, followed by a second Walker Street space in 2023, signals a gallery in expansion mode without losing its editorial identity. Shulan has maintained the program's downtown sensibility -- scrappy, intellectually ambitious, resistant to easy categorization -- while gaining the physical infrastructure to present more ambitious exhibitions. Two Tribeca spaces is a statement of intent. What distinguishes Lomex from other young New York galleries is its self-conscious engagement with the city's art-historical lineage. The Eva Hesse connection was not accidental; it was a declaration that the gallery sees itself as part of a continuum of downtown New York art-making that includes minimalism, post-minimalism, and the successive waves of creative energy that have defined the city's art scene. For collectors, this translates to artists who think historically even as they work in the present.