James Fuentes

James Fuentes is an American gallerist whose eponymous contemporary art gallery opened in Manhattan, New York, United States in 2007.

[4][5] Previously, the gallery occupied two spaces on the Lower East Side of Manhattan including its original address at 35 Saint James Place.

Before opening his eponymous gallery, James Fuentes worked for several notable galleries including Gavin Brown's Enterprise and Jeffrey Deitch, where he served as a Director.

[6][7] Artists represented by James Fuentes include Alison Knowles, Didier William,[8] Amalia Ulman, Oscar yi Hou, Dalton Paula, and Lizzi Bougatsos, and the estates of Juanita McNeely,[9] Kikuo Saito, Geoffrey Holder, and Ed Baynard.

[12] Alongside regular exhibitions of represented artists, the gallery has also exhibited special presentations of artists like Lonnie Holley and historical works by artists including Thornton Dial, Jonas Mekas, and Andy Warhol, whose eight-hour film, Empire (1965), the gallery screened in full for the first month of the work's 50th-anniversary year.