SNAPSHOT: David Zwirner Takes Younger Galleries Under Wing During CV Crisis

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Published on www.snapeditions.com; May 1, 2020 by Nathan Jones

Olivia Smith in front of work by Don Dudley. Courtesy of Magenta Plains. Photo: Don Stahl.

The reality of inter-gallery relationships is, of course, much more nuanced. For Olivia Smith, a cofounder of Lower East Side venue Magenta Plains, her gallery’s participation in Platform is a recognition of the vital importance of galleries like hers within the larger arts ecosystem. “I think that the Zwirner platform is an acknowledgement of that work that we do . . . . It really seems like he believes that we have a stake in this just as much as he does, or his level of galleries do. I think that it’s been incredibly collaborative.”