Minus Space began as an online curatorial and critical project presenting reductive and concept based art.
[1] Reductive art includes geometric abstraction, artwork that deals with repetition, monochrome or limited color, seriality.
[8] Hyperallergic selected the Minus Space exhibition Roberta Allen: Works from the 1970s as "Best of 2014: Top 10 Brooklyn Art Shows.
[10] In 2008 Minus Space also curated an exhibit to re-present abstract shaped canvas paintings as new, made by Mark Dagley first shown with Tony Shafrazi Gallery 20 years earlier in 1987.
[15] In 2013, Minus Space organized, in collaboration with artist John Zinsser, a large survey exhibition examining the history and legacy of gallerist Julian Pretto (1945-1995) and his downtown New York galleries, active during the mid-1970s through the mid-1990s.
The exhibition featured the work of more than 40 national and international artists in an array of different media, including painting, drawing, sculpture, installation, video, and poetry.
Minus Space has also exhibited work by Josef Albers,[8] Rene Pierre Allain,[18] Taka Amano,[18] Carl Andre,[18] Stephen Antonakos,[18] Robert Barry (artist),[18] Tom Brazelton,[18] Farrell Brickhouse,[18] Rosemarie Castoro,[18] Peter Downsbrough,[18] Kathy Drasher,[18] Anoka Faruqee,[19] Gail Fitzgerald,[18] Suzan Frecon,[18] Michelle Grabner,[20] Christian Haub,[18] Nancy Haynes,[18] Marcia Hafif,[18] Betsy Kaufman,[18] Melissa Kretschmer,[18] Gary Lang,[18] Ellen Lanyon,[18] Christopher Lea,[18] Julian Lethbridge,[18] Daniel Levine,[18] Sol LeWitt,[18] Tom Martinelli,[18] Douglas Melini,[19] Gregory Montreuil,[18] Olivier Mosset,[18] Victoria Munro,[20] Mary Obering,[18] Antonella Piemontese,[18] Donald Powley,[18] Lucio Pozzi,[18] Daniel Reynolds,[18] Stephen Rosenthal,[18] Michael Scott,[19] DM Simons,[18] Phil Sims,[18] Cary Smith,[18] Ted Stamm,[8] Steven Steinman,[18] Ted Victoria,[18] Merrill Wagner,[18] Oliver Wasow,[18] Stephen Westfall.
The chronology includes major events, exhibitions, and writings in the development of reductive and concept-based art in Europe, South and North America from 1800 to date.