Coda Gallery
89 E 10th St, New York, NY 10003
The Coda Gallery, a little gallery on 89 East Tenth Street, staged Ronald Tavel’s one-acts The Life of Juanita Castro and Shower after the playwright founded the Play-House of the Ridiculous with John Vaccaro.
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Judson Gallery
239 Thompson St, New York, NY 10012
In 1959, the Judson Gallery was founded in the church’s basement at 239 Thompson Street, which displayed work by Pop and conceptual artists Robert Rauschenberg, Yoko Ono, Claes Oldenburg, and Red Grooms—and was home to several Happenings.
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OK Harris Gallery
465 W Broadway, New York, NY 10012
Early SoHo gallery OK Harris was owned by Ivan Karp, who had earlier played a key role in promoting Pop Art; in 1970, Karp agreed to let Suicide play one of their first show as a group, which was promoted as “Punk Music by Suicide.”
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Paula Cooper Gallery
96 Prince St, New York, NY 10012
In late 1968, Paula Cooper opened the first SoHo art gallery at 96 Prince Street, in the same building that housed the Videofreex loft; a decade later, seventy-seven galleries had been drawn to the neighborhood, where many artists lived and created their works.
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