Where is the largest photography gallery?

[John Brady]

I am trying to do some research for a business idea.

What is the largest gallery dedicated to photography any of you are aware of?

Are there any as large as ten thousand square feet located in a prime retail location?

How about sales per square foot?

Any information or thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
John Brady
www.timeandlight.com

[Kirk Gittings]

Commercial gallery? or space committed to photography? I would guess that the George Eastman House is the largest committed to photography?

[John Brady]

Commercial gallery? or space committed to photography? I would guess that the George Eastman House is the largest committed to photography?

I am thinking of a retail gallery, one selling the work of various photographers. The Eastman House is awesome but I think of it as more of a museum.

An example I have is the A Gallery in New Orleans. Only I am trying to find a larger example.

jb

[David Spivak-Focus Magazine]

Howard Greenberg Gallery is pretty big here in NY. I've never been to Stephen Cohen's before, but I hear his gallery is also pretty big. It's very difficult, unless you're filthy rich, to have a large space for a gallery... rent can be extremely expensive and if you have a couple of bad shows in a row...POOF.

[John Brady]

Howard Greenberg Gallery is pretty big here in NY. I've never been to Stephen Cohen's before, but I hear his gallery is also pretty big. It's very difficult, unless you're filthy rich, to have a large space for a gallery... rent can be extremely expensive and if you have a couple of bad shows in a row...POOF.

Thanks, thats the kind of information I'm looking for.

I am imagining a gallery that is more of a retail center selling the photographic work of various artists, as opposed to a gallery just doing rotating exhibits.

I haven't worked out all the details yet so I am looking for examples to develop a business plan.
Thanks, jb

[Louie Powell]

I don't think the galleries at the Eastman House are all that large - yes, the museum itself is extensive, but the actual gallery space is rather limited.

The Museum of Modern Art in New York has a more extensive photographic gallery than the Eastman House.

While I've not have the opportunity to visit either of these places, the galleries that I had always understood to be very extensive are
- the J. Paul Getty gallery
- the Museum of Photographic Arts in Balboa Park in San Diego

[Mark Sampson]

I think for the OP's purpose, museums don't count. There must be some large commercial galleries out there, how else could you show Struth/Gursky/Burtynsky et al? It's been a while since I was in NYC, so I have really no idea how large the spaces are these days.

[John Brady]

Thanks Mark, thats correct I am looking for large retail spaces selling the work of current artists. The one example I had was the AGallery in New Orleans, but it is no more than two thousand sq ft.

Clyde Butcher has a gallery in the everglades that is about two thousand feet but it features primarily his work. It is a fantastic gallery that I love to visit but I am looking for larger examples if there are any.

Thanks
jb
www.timeandlight.com

[QT Luong]

The Mountain Light Gallery in Bishop, CA is the largest I have seen, and functions partly as a store (aka retail gallery). I am unsure of exact surface, but you could ask Justin Black who sometimes posts here. Of course the real estate there is slightly less expensive than in Manhattan.

[shmoo]

The Peter Fetterman Gallery in Santa Monica is small, but the quality of what they have for sale is amazing...and pretty extensive.