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Founded in 1982 by artists and architects in downtown New York
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10/05/2026

Now Open 🧱The Biography of a Building: Runik’s House of Culture by HAJDE! FOUNDATION and Petrit Halilaj (Petrit Halilaj) with Ars Atelie

Thank you for joining us to kick off this special two-site exhibition spanning New York and Kosovo, with an opening conference with Halilaj, Ars Atelie, Ana Janevski and José Esparza Chong Cuy.

We are now open all weekend! Visit the show Wednesday–Sunday from 12–6 pm and learn more at the link in our bio. 🔗

09/29/2026

We set a new bar at the Oyster Bar last night 🍸

Thank you to everyone who joined us in honoring Mel Chin, Deana Haggag, and SO–IL!

We are so grateful to share that this year, we surpassed our fundraising goal—a major milestone that will support our 2027 programming. For the first time ever, we also held a live auction for unforgettable stays and dinners, donated by supporters.

The 2026 Gala was hosted by the Board of Directors and the Storefront Circle, whose support has helped to further our mission, exhibitions, and programs.

This event was sponsored by , who have generously supported us for five Galas. The Gala Party was co-hosted by the Storefront Alliance.

To add to the fun, tap the link in our bio and make a donation. 🔗

Event production: erica sarlo & company, photos: Mindu Matulis

Mel Chin with surprise oyster stick on stage

Graphic identity in Storefront Newsprint form, design: Pentagram Natasha Jen

Storefront Executive Director and Chief Curator José Esparza Chong Cuy

Special Guest Dan Mahboubian Rosen

Honoree Deana Haggag with Commissioner Diya Vij NYC Dept of Cultural Affairs

Honorees Jing Liu and Florian Idenburg of SOLID OBJECTIVES IDENBURG LIU

Board President Justin Beal Justin Beal 🕳

Remarks from Honoree Deana Haggag, a longstanding supporter of our organization and cultural leader

We set a new bar at the Oyster Bar last night 🍸

Thank you to everyone who joined us in honoring Mel Chin, Deana Haggag, and SO–IL!

We are so grateful to share that this year, we surpassed our fundraising goal—a major milestone that will support our 2027 programming. For the first time ever, we also held a live auction for unforgettable stays and dinners, donated by supporters.

The 2026 Gala was hosted by the Board of Directors and the Storefront Circle, whose support has helped to further our mission, exhibitions, and programs.

This event was sponsored by , who have generously supported us for five Galas. The Gala Party was co-hosted by the Storefront Alliance.

To add to the fun, tap the link in our bio and make a donation. 🔗

We set a new bar at the Oyster Bar last night 🍸

Thank you to everyone who joined us in honoring Mel Chin, Deana Haggag, and SO–IL!

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09/22/2026

Stay somewhere unforgettable. Support Storefront. 🏡

As part of our upcoming Gala, we’ve secured stays at extraordinary houses with distinctive architecture and remarkable settings with all proceeds going toward Storefront’s exhibitions and programs throughout the year.

Tap the link in bio to bid online, or place a live bid at the Gala on September 28. 🔗

Casa Valhalla, Punta Mita, Nayarit, Mexico by Tatiana Bilbao: a five-level architectural masterpiece perched on the cliffs of Punta Mita.

Tap the link in bio to bid online, or place a live bid at the Gala on September 28. 🔗

Strever Farm Longhouse by Studio Fierro: A unique convergence of architecture, landscape, and preservation. Half of the land remains forested, while the other half supports a grassland and bird habitat.

Tap the link in bio to bid online, or place a live bid at the Gala on September 28. 🔗

Hacienda Tzalancab, Mérida, Yucatán, México by Alberto Kalach: 624-acres featuring a swimming pool, reflecting ponds, and restored wild gardens with native deer.

Tap the link in bio to bid online, or place a live bid at the Gala on September 28. 🔗

09/04/2026

We are currently closed and will resume gallery operations with a new exhibition opening September 26, 2026.

Our facade remains on view with an artwork by Denilson Baniwa. Across Manhattan and Brooklyn, signs from Alex Strada’s “Public Address” are posted on city infrastructure, with a central installation in Columbus Park, Brooklyn.

Tap the link in our bio to learn more. Photo: Michael O 🇹🇹

08/29/2026

Today is the final chance to visit 归舟: Longings, Returns by Sim Chi Yin. Alongside the exhibition, Sim presented two nights of performance. She brought us into her fifteen-year-long research into her grandfather’s deportation and execution—a story that is shared by tens of thousands of others who were a part of the mass deportations in Malaya. Through this performance-installation, Sim both uncovers and rearranges archival histories, and reaches towards forms of return.

Tap the link in our bio to learn more and watch the full excerpt. 🔗

🎥: Mick Bongiovi

08/25/2026

This is the final week to visit Sim Chi Yin’s “归舟: Longings, Returns,” on view through this Saturday, August 29.

Sim’s three-channel video installation embeds two goddesses in the triangular end of the gallery: Mazu, the protector of seafarers, and Guanyin, who represents mercy and compassion. These two Chinese folk figures look in and across the space, towards the wider end, where two other video channels play. A small effigy boat anchors the center of the installation. Modeled after vessels used in Chinese folk ritual practice—the piece has been modified to resemble the steamship “Van Riemsdyk” which Sim’s grandfather was deported on—for a symbolic final passage to the next world/life.

Tap the link in our bio to learn more about the exhibitor and plan your visit.

1. Photo: Luis Corzo. 2–3: videos courtesy of the artist

08/04/2026

“I wish they understood what was, is no longer working. What is, hasn’t been born yet.”

Alexandra Delano’s reading is part of Alex Strada’s “Public Address” which included an intimate public program that brought artists and community members together to reflect on homelessness, migration, the arts and civic life in and beyond the city.

Expanding on the themes of Strada’s exhibition, this conversation emphasized how art creates space for critical dialogue.

Tap the link in our bio to watch the full video. “Public Address” is on view in Brooklyn throughout the summer.

06/26/2026

DAAR—Decolonizing Architecture Art Research, an architecture/art practice convened by Sandi Hilal and Alessandro Petti, is the inaugural recipient of the Kyong Park Prize for Art and Architecture.

Honoring the legacy of Storefront’s founder Kyong Park, the prize recognizes critical practices at the intersection of art, architecture, and politics, providing an unrestricted award of 25,000 USD. This award emerges from multiple stages of evaluation by a distinguished interdisciplinary jury composed of Negar Azimi, Thomas Keenan, Manuela Moscoso, Marina Otero Verzier, Eugenie Tsai, and Mabel O. Wilson.

A public ceremony celebrating the inaugural Kyong Park Prize will be held this Friday, June 26 at 7 pm as part of the Annual Gathering hosted by the Entity of Decolonization in Entity of Decolonization, Borgo Ex (Rizza), Sicily. This includes a lecture by Sandi Hilal and Alessandro Petti, introductions by José Esparza Chong Cuy and Marina Otero Verzier, and a conversation with DAAR and Kyong Park moderated by Manuela Moscoso and Guillermo Ruiz de Teresa.

Tap the link in our bio to read the full statement.

Design: Natasha Jen / Pentagram Natasha Jen

06/23/2026

On September 28, artists, architects, designers, and supporters will come together at the iconic Grand Central Oyster Bar to celebrate the people and ideas shaping New York City’s culture at our annual Gala.

We are proud to honor architecture and design firm SO-IL, arts leader Deana Haggag, and artist Mel Chin. This event is one of our most important fundraising moments of the year, with all contributions directly supporting our future exhibitions and public programs.

Join the Storefront Circle, reserve a table, or purchase tickets at the link in our bio. 🎟️

Designed by Pentagram / Natasha Jen Natasha Jen, inspired by Grand Central Oyster Bar

04/27/2026

Join us tomorrow, April 28 from 6:30–8 pm for a Listening Session. Inside the new exhibition “Black Fire!,” we will explore sonic archives and radical alternate imaginaries through vinyl, audio recordings, and soundscapes. Each host brings distinct practices rooted in sound, memory, and speculative world-making. Part conversation, part back-to-back set, the session invites audiences into an intimate encounter with the otherworldly frequencies embedded in archival and experimental sound.

We are joined by scholar of African Self-Liberation Mhoze Chikowero, Grammy-nominated creator and writer, Shana L. Redmond, scholar of African American and Africana Studies, Zoé Samudzi, and Thandi Loewenson, whose exhibition creates space for the session.

This event is free and open to the public, but RSVP is strongly encouraged. Sign up at the link in our bio. 🔗

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