80WSE Gallery at New York University

80WSE is an extension of the Department of Art and Art Professions in the NYU Steinhardt School, presenting contemporary and historical exhibitions, which are generated through unique collaborations involving students and faculty from the Department of Art and Art Professions along with professionals working in the field. NYU Steinhardt’s Department of Art and Art Professions is closely tied to the international art world in all its dimensions. The department’s interdisciplinary approach to artistic practice is committed to experimentation, research, and collaboration, underscoring the central role of visual art within contemporary culture.

Founded in 1974, 80 Washington Square East resides in the historic Benedick building on Washington Square Park, originally commissioned in 1879 by iron manufacturer and Metropolitan Museum trustee, Lucius Tuckerman. The building once contained the studios of painters Winslow Homer and Albert Pinkham. The gallery exhibits in two further locations, at Broadway Windows at Broadway and East 10th Street, and Washington Square Windows, next to the gallery.