47 Canal is a contemporary art gallery in New York City. It was founded in 2011 by artist Margaret Lee and art dealer Oliver Newton. History 179 Canal In 2009, Lee began organizing performances, parties, and art exhibitions in her studio building in Downtown Manhattan. An artist-run project space, 179 Canal was named after its address, 179 Canal Street. 179 Canal's first exhibition, Nobodies New York, was organized by Josh Kline, and opened on May 1, 2009. It featured Anicka Yi, Antoine Catala, Amy Yao, and other artists whom Kline was in dialogue with at the time. Other notable events held there include solo exhibitions by Antoine Catala, and Debo Eilers and Kerstin Brätsch's first collaboration as KAYA; Moving Shapes and Colors, a group exhibition curated by the now Art in America editor Brian Droitcour; and a performance by BFFA3AE. In April 2010, Yi and Kline participated in a two-person exhibition entitled Loveless Marriages. Joanna Fiduccia in Artforum wrote that this evoked "a spirited irreverence that serves as a foil for deeper critical juices." 179 Canal closed in 2010 after its landlord, who had offered reduced rent throughout the gallery's first year, informed Lee that she could only continue to use the space at market rate. In October 2010, Matthew Higgs invited her to curate 179 Canal / Anyways, a group exhibition at White Columns, a nonprofit organization in New York's Meatpacking District. This "anti-retrospective" encapsulated 179 Canal's "roaming eccentricity," according to Artforum'''s Colby Chamberlain. In December 2010, 179 Canal participated in NADA Miami, showing works by Yi, Nolan Simon, and Michele Abeles, as well as a collaborative photo project initiated by Lee. The gallery received a nomination for “Best Alternative Space of the Year” at Rob Pruitt’s Second Art Awards at the Guggenheim. 47 Canal 2011–2013 In 2011, Lee founded 47 Canal as a commercial project with her partner Oliver Newton. The name change represented the gallery's new address in Manhattan's Chinatown. Many artists who had shown at 179 Canal were given exhibitions in the gallery’s first year, such as Kline, Yi, and Abeles. A younger generation of New York-based artists were also introduced to the gallery’s program during this period, including Amy Lien & Enzo Camacho and Stewart Uoo. 2014–2019 In 2014, 47 Canal relocated to the second floor of 291 Grand Street, but retained its name. The first exhibition at this venue was New Feelings by Antoine