INVENTING DOWNTOWN: ARTIST RUN GALLERIES/ NEW YORK CITY (HB)

Inventing Downtown charts the development of artist-run galleries in Lower Manhattan from the early 1950s to the mid-1960s, showing how the area s multicultural spirit played a major role in shaping the artworks exhibited there. The book explores 14 key spaces in which styles such as Pop, Minimalism, and performance and installation art thrived. Excerpts from 33 revealing interviews with artists, critics, and dealers, conducted by Billy Kluver and Julie Martin, offer unique personal insight into the era’s creative milieu.