Jack Shainman Gallery was founded in 1984 in Washington, DC by Jack Shainman and Claude Simard. Soon after opening, the gallery relocated to New York City occupying a space in the East Village before moving to 560 Broadway in SoHo and then to its current location at 513 West 20th Street in Chelsea in 1997. In 2013 the gallery opened The School, a 30,000 square foot exhibition space in a former schoolhouse in Kinderhook, New York; and in 2025 will open a new flagship location in Tribeca.
The focus of the gallery since its inception has been to exhibit, represent and champion artists from around the world by mounting major exhibitions of their work in the gallery, presenting artworks at important fairs, securing museum exhibitions and publishing major catalogues and scholarly essays.
