George Adams Gallery

George Adams Gallery The George Adams Gallery represents and exhibits the work of both established and emerging artists. George Adams’ association began there in 1980, with Mr.

The George Adams Gallery traces its origins to the Allan Frumkin Gallery, Chicago, founded in 1952. In 1959 Allan Frumkin opened a second location in New York, which eventually became its principal location. Adams and Mr. Frumkin forming a partnership in 1988 changing the gallery’s name to Frumkin/Adams. Following Mr. Frumkin’s retirement in 1995, the gallery became the George Adams Gallery and in

2005, after 46 years on 57th Street, relocated to West 26th Street in Chelsea. Today, the George Adams Gallery represents the estates of Robert Arneson (1930-1992), Jack Beal (1931-2013), Elmer Bischoff (1916-1991), Joan Brown (1938-1990) and Gregory Gillespie (1936-2000), while regularly exhibiting the work of contemporary artists such as Luis Cruz Azaceta, Chris Ballantyne, Enrique Chagoya, Diane Edison, Amer Kobaslija, Andrew Lenaghan, Peter Saul, Katherine Sherwood, William T. Wiley, and other emerging and under-recognized artists.

‘Chicago Style,’ is on view in the lower level gallery at 38 Walker Street through February 25. “The choice of tar as a ...
01/22/2025

‘Chicago Style,’ is on view in the lower level gallery at 38 Walker Street through February 25.

“The choice of tar as a material was particularly apt…Westermann knew that tar was commonly used to seal wooden vessels, to protect them from leaking and the corrosive work of salt…Turning to the subject of the “Death Ship” repeatedly in the seventies allowed Westermann to refine the basic components of his story about life and death in the Pacific.” David McCarthy, ‘H.C. Westermann at War: Art and Manhood in Cold War America,’ 2004.

Pictured: H.C. Westermann, “The Death Ship (Black Tar Death Ship)”, 1974. Wood, plate, glass, tar, tin, brass, 18 1/4 x 39 1/4 x 15 1/8 inches

‘Chicago Style’ is on view at George Adams Projects in the lower level gallery at 38 Walker Street through February 15. ...
01/18/2025

‘Chicago Style’ is on view at George Adams Projects in the lower level gallery at 38 Walker Street through February 15.

Pictured: Ellen Lanyon, “Club Car III,” 1966. Acrylic on canvas, 25 x 36 inches.

Allan Frumkin Gallery played a key role in supporting many of the artists featured in ‘Chicago Style,’ currently on view...
01/16/2025

Allan Frumkin Gallery played a key role in supporting many of the artists featured in ‘Chicago Style,’ currently on view at George Adams. Allan Frumkin gave Leon Golub his first solo exhibition in Chicago in 1956, and featured him in exhibitions at his location in New York from 1959–1963.

“Leon Golub’s show of new paintings at the Allan Frumkin Gallery, 32 East 57th Street, raises a minor historical question, ‘What ever happened to those Chicago monsters?’ Four years ago when the Museum of Modern Art announced its ‘New Images of Man’ exhibition, ‘Here come the monsters,’ was a catchphrase for New York artists and dealers who, riding high on the abstract expressionist wave, concealed wary unease beneath the kind of amused condescension usually reserved for the intellectual analysis of horror films. But the monsters turned out to be figmentary. There never was a Chicago Monster School, in truth, except as constituted by a single painter, Mr. Golub.” – Excerpt from The New York Times, ‘Leon Golub: New Show Indicates That the World Has Picked Up a Bit in Two Years’ by John Canaday, 1963.

Pictured: Pictured: Leon Golub, “Head ###IX,” 1959. Oil on canvas, 42 1/2 x 34 1/4 inches.
Detail: Leon Golub, “Head ###IX,” 1959. Oil on canvas, 42 1/2 x 34 1/4 inches.
From the Frumkin Adams Archive: “Detail of a head from ‘Combat 1.’” The New York Times, Sunday, November 24, 1963 by John Canaday.

Join us for a reception tonight 6–8 pm in the lower level gallery at 38 Walker Street. The exhibition ‘Chicago Style’ fe...
01/10/2025

Join us for a reception tonight 6–8 pm in the lower level gallery at 38 Walker Street. The exhibition ‘Chicago Style’ features works by Joanna Beall, Roger Brown, Leon Golub, Miyoko Ito, Ellen Lanyon, Gladys Nilsson, Jim Nutt, Ed Paschke, Barbara Rossi, H.C. Westermann, and Karl Wirsum.

Pictured: H.C. Westermann, “The Human Fly,” 1971. Ink and watercolor on paper. 29 3/4 x 22 3/8 inches.

New acquisition! George Adams is pleased to announce the Brooklyn Museum’s recent acquisition of Tom Burckhardt’s painti...
01/08/2025

New acquisition!

George Adams is pleased to announce the Brooklyn Museum’s recent acquisition of Tom Burckhardt’s painting “Shabby Lingo” (2023).

Tom Burckhardt was born in New York City in 1964. He attended SUNY Purchase and graduated with a BFA in painting in 1986, after which he attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. His work has been the subject of over thirty solo exhibitions at institutions including the McNay Art Museum in San Antonio, TX; the Hudson River Museum in Yonkers, NY; and the Knoxville Art Museum in Knoxville, TN. Burckhardt was a participant of the 2016 Kochi-Muziris Biennale in Kerala, India and an artist in residence at the Yaddo Foundation in New York State in 2019 and Pepper House, Kochi, India in 2020. He has received numerous grants and awards, including three grants from the New York Foundation for the Arts, a Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant, a Guggenheim Foundation Grant, two Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grants, and the Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Foundation Award from the American Academy. He currently teaches part-time at SUNY Purchase.

Pictured: Tom Burckhardt, “Shabby Lingo,” 2023. Oil on linen, 70 x 60 inches

Join us for the reception of ‘Chicago Style’ on Friday, January 10 from 6-8 pm featuring works by Joanna Beall, Roger Br...
01/07/2025

Join us for the reception of ‘Chicago Style’ on Friday, January 10 from 6-8 pm featuring works by Joanna Beall, Roger Brown, Leon Golub, Miyoko Ito, Ellen Lanyon, Gladys Nilsson, Jim Nutt, Ed Paschke, Barbara Rossi, H.C. Westermann, and Karl Wirsum.

‘Chicago Style’ is currently on view through February 8, 2025.

George Adams is pleased announce the acquisition of Arnaldo Roche Rabell’s painting “Aqui y Alla” by the Museum of Conte...
12/20/2024

George Adams is pleased announce the acquisition of Arnaldo Roche Rabell’s painting “Aqui y Alla” by the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago. The work was included in the exhibition ‘entre horizontes: Art and Activism Between Chicago and Puerto Rico’ from August 2023 - May 2024.

Arnaldo Roche Rabell (1955-2018) was born and raised in Puerto Rico and earned his MFA from SAIC in 1984. After graduating, he split his time between Puerto Rico and Chicago, a duality that is apparent in his paintings. His work can be found in the collections of the Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, San Juan, PR; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Art Institute of Chicago; El Museo del Barrio, New York; The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C., among others.

Pictured: Arnaldo Roche Rabell, “Aqui y Alla (Here and Now),” 1989. Oil on canvas, 84 x 120 inches.
Installation view: ‘entre horizontes: Art and Activism Between Chicago and Puerto Rico,’ MCA Chicago. August 19 - May 5, 2024. Photo: Shelly Ragsdale © MCA Chicago.

Happy Holidays from George Adams Gallery. The gallery will be closed from December 24 through January 6, reopening on Ja...
12/19/2024

Happy Holidays from George Adams Gallery. The gallery will be closed from December 24 through January 6, reopening on January 7 with our regular business hours.

Our current exhibition, ‘Chicago Style,’ will be on view through February 8, 2025, with a reception on January 10 from 6–8pm.

Pictured: H.C. Westermann, Untitled (Palm Tree #1), 1969. Ink and watercolor on paper, 22 3/8 x 29 3/4 inches.

‘Chicago Style’ is currently on view in the lower level gallery at 38 Walker Street. The exhibition features works by Jo...
12/18/2024

‘Chicago Style’ is currently on view in the lower level gallery at 38 Walker Street. The exhibition features works by Joanna Beall, Roger Brown, Leon Golub, Miyoko Ito, Ellen Lanyon, Gladys Nilsson, Jim Nutt, Ed Paschke, Barbara Rossi, H.C. Westermann, and Karl Wirsum.

Pictured: Installation view: ‘Chicago Style,’ George Adams Projects, New York, NY, 2024

‘Chicago Style’ is on view through February 8, 2025. The exhibition features works by Joanna Beall, Roger Brown, Leon Go...
12/14/2024

‘Chicago Style’ is on view through February 8, 2025. The exhibition features works by Joanna Beall, Roger Brown, Leon Golub, Miyoko Ito, Ellen Lanyon, Gladys Nilsson, Jim Nutt, Ed Paschke, Barbara Rossi, H.C. Westermann, and Karl Wirsum. George Adams Projects will have a reception January 10.

‘Chicago Style’ traces the development of a unique Chicago aesthetic, shaped by artists from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) and the Hyde Park Art Center. These artists rejected the dominant trends of New York and the West Coast, creating diverse and unconventional work in movements like surrealism, figuration, abstraction, and social commentary.

Pictured: Installation view: ‘Chicago Style,’ George Adams Projects, New York, NY, 2024

‘Chicago Style’ features works by Joanna Beall, Roger Brown, Leon Golub, Miyoko Ito, Ellen Lanyon, June Leaf, Gladys Nil...
12/13/2024

‘Chicago Style’ features works by Joanna Beall, Roger Brown, Leon Golub, Miyoko Ito, Ellen Lanyon, June Leaf, Gladys Nilsson, Jim Nutt, Ed Paschke, Barbara Rossi, H.C. Westermann, and Karl Wirsum. The exhibition is on view December 13 - February 8, with a reception January 10.

Pictured: Karl Wirsum, “Shella,” c. 1970-1971. Acrylic on board in artist’s frame, 21 1/4 x 24 1/4 inches.

‘Chicago Style,’ opens this Friday, December 13 and will be on view in the lower level gallery at 38 Walker Street throu...
12/11/2024

‘Chicago Style,’ opens this Friday, December 13 and will be on view in the lower level gallery at 38 Walker Street through February 8, 2025.

“Untitled” (c. 1953-1955) marks a pivotal moment in Miyoko Ito’s evolving style and process. By this time, her work shifted from depicting figures and domestic objects, embracing a geometrically structured, collage-like arrangement of interlocking shapes in muted tones of green, blue, orange, and yellow. The painting’s richly textured surface, adorned with small squares of gauze, underscores the tactile nature of her practice. Ito also refined an intricate underpainting technique, using charcoal and colored pencils to sketch foundational drawings. These lines, paired with the delicate white space around them, created subtle gaps between solid color forms—a method that became central to her practice.

Pictured: Miyoko Ito, “Untitled,” c. 1953-55. Oil on canvas, 50 x 34 inches.

‘Peripheral Vision,’ an exhibition of acrylic paintings and sketchbooks by Andrew Lenaghan is closing tomorrow Saturday,...
12/06/2024

‘Peripheral Vision,’ an exhibition of acrylic paintings and sketchbooks by Andrew Lenaghan is closing tomorrow Saturday, December 7.

Pictured: Andrew Lenaghan, ‘Varick Street,’ 2021. Acrylic on panel, 25 1/4 x 18 inches.

Final days to view Andrew Lenaghan, ‘Peripheral Vision’. The exhibition of paintings and sketchbooks in the lower level ...
12/05/2024

Final days to view Andrew Lenaghan, ‘Peripheral Vision’. The exhibition of paintings and sketchbooks in the lower level gallery at 38 Walker Street closes Saturday, December 7.

Pictured: Andrew Lenaghan, “Marushka in Backyard,” 2024. Acrylic on panel, 9 3/4 x 25 3/4 inches.

Final days to view Andrew Lenaghan, ‘Peripheral Vision’. The exhibition of paintings and sketchbooks in the lower level ...
12/04/2024

Final days to view Andrew Lenaghan, ‘Peripheral Vision’. The exhibition of paintings and sketchbooks in the lower level gallery at 38 Walker Street closes Saturday, December 7.

Pictured: Installation view: Andrew Lenaghan, ‘Peripheral Vision’. George Adams Gallery, New York, NY 2024.

George Adams Projects is pleased to announce Chicago Style, a group exhibition tracing the historical and thematic inter...
11/27/2024

George Adams Projects is pleased to announce Chicago Style, a group exhibition tracing the historical and thematic intersections of key figures in Chicago’s mid-to-late 20th-century art scene. Featuring works by Joanna Beall, Roger Brown, Leon Golub, Miyoko Ito, Ellen Lanyon, June Leaf, Gladys Nilsson, Jim Nutt, Ed Paschke, Barbara Rossi, H.C. Westermann, and Karl Wirsum, the exhibition examines the relationships between these artists and the distinct aesthetic approaches that emerged in Chicago during this transformative period in American art. ‘Chicago Style’ opens December 13 in the lower level at 38 Walker Street.

Pictured: Roger Brown, ‘Dzibilichaltun,’ 1977. Oil on canvas, 56 1/4 x 72 inches.

George Adams Gallery will be closed for Thanksgiving from November 28-30. The gallery will resume normal business hours ...
11/27/2024

George Adams Gallery will be closed for Thanksgiving from November 28-30. The gallery will resume normal business hours on Tuesday, December 3.

‘Peripheral Vision,’ the current exhibition of acrylic paintings and sketchbooks by Andrew Lenaghan is on view in the lower level gallery at 38 Walker Street through December 7.

‘Peripheral Vision,’ an exhibition of recent paintings and sketchbooks by Andrew Lenaghan is on view in the lower level ...
11/23/2024

‘Peripheral Vision,’ an exhibition of recent paintings and sketchbooks by Andrew Lenaghan is on view in the lower level gallery at 38 Walker Street through December 7. Artist Andrew Lenaghan chronicles his surroundings in Brooklyn and Manhattan in acrylic paint throughout his sketchbooks and on larger scale panel.

Pictured: Andrew Lenaghan, “Power Station, Midwood, Brooklyn,” 2021. Acrylic on panel, 18 x 33 inches.

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Wednesday 10am - 6pm
Thursday 10am - 6pm
Friday 10am - 6pm
Saturday 11am - 6pm

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History of the Gallery

The George Adams Gallery traces its origins to the Allan Frumkin Gallery, Chicago, founded in 1952. In 1959 Allan Frumkin opened a gallery in New York, which later became its principal location. George Adams’ association began with the New York gallery in 1980; he and Mr. Frumkin formed a partnership in 1988 when the gallery’s name was changed to Frumkin/Adams. Following Mr. Frumkin’s retirement in 1995, the gallery became the George Adams Gallery and in 2005, after 46 years on 57th Street, relocated to West 26th Street in Chelsea. Today, the George Adams Gallery represents the estates of Robert Arneson (1930-1992), Elmer Bischoff (1916-1991), Joan Brown (1938-1990), Roy De Forest (1930-2007), and Gregory Gillespie (1936-2000), while regularly exhibiting the work of contemporary artists such as Enrique Chagoya, Diane Edison, Amer Kobaslija, Andrew Lenaghan and Peter Saul, as well as with emerging and under-recognized artists. Having a long association with art from the San Francisco Bay Area, the gallery’s program maintains a focus on furthering the appreciation of art from the region.