Join pioneering art dealers Michael Findlay and Hal Bromm as they discuss their new books chronicling the birth of New York’s downtown art scene. Findlay, author of Portrait of the Art Dealer as a Young Man, will share vivid stories from his gallery in 1960s SoHo. Bromm, author of New Art, Old Buildings, will recount his experience opening the very first contemporary art gallery in TriBeCa in the 1970s. Don’t miss this firsthand history of how these now-iconic neighborhoods evolved from humble roots to become global art centers.
A downtown pioneer, Hal Bromm established Tribeca’s first contemporary gallery in 1975, followed by an East Village branch in 1984. Since its establishment, Hal Bromm Gallery has organized historically significant exhibitions in New York City and beyond. For five decades, Hal Bromm’s rich history of collaborating with artists, galleries, museums and institutions on the development and curation of avant-garde exhibitions, has provided meaningful context around storied moments in contemporary art.
Michael Alistair Findlay is an art dealer and author residing in New York City. Findlay is a Director of Acquavella Galleries, which specializes in Impressionist and Modern European works of art as well as Post-War American painting and sculpture. Findlay is also the author of three books, The Value of Art: Money, Power, Beauty (2012), Seeing Slowly: Looking at Modern Art (2017), Portrait of the Art Dealer as a Young Man (2024).