Commonwealth and Council explained

Commonwealth and Council is an American contemporary art gallery located in Koreatown, Los Angeles.

History

The gallery was founded in 2010 by artist and curator Young Chung. It began in his apartment on Commonwealth Avenue and Council Street in Historic Filipinotown, where it operated as an informal residency program for emerging artists and a gallery during weekends. The influx of visitors forced Chung to relocate the gallery to its current location Koreatown in 2011, but the gallery kept the name derived from its former address. In 2016, W Magazine named it one of "The Best Alternative Art Galleries in Los Angeles."^{[1] [2]} In 2018, art lawyer and writer Kibum Kim joined the gallery as co-director.^{[3] [4]}

Commonwealth and Council shares a building with the project space Visitor Welcome Center.^[5]

Commonwealth and Council began to represent artists formally in 2016.^[6]

References

1. Web site: Steph . Eckardt . The Best Alternative Art Galleries in Los Angeles. W Magazine Women's Fashion & Celebrity News. July 22, 2016 . en-US. 2020-05-05.
2. News: The long-awaited rise of LA's Downtown gallery scene . Financial Times . 8 February 2019 . Gerlis . Melanie.
3. Web site: Fragoza . . Carribean Fragoza . 2020-01-30 . An Uncommon Bond: The Influential L.A. Gallery Commonwealth and Council Favors Camaraderie Over Business as Usual . 2020-05-05 . ARTnews.com . en-US.
4. Web site: baku-magazine.com . Why the Los Angeles art scene is expanding at warp speed . 3 October 2018 . Janelle . Zara . 1 August 2024 .
5. Web site: Inside LA's Underground Art Scene . Henri . Neuendorf . 2016-07-07. artnet News. en-US. 2020-05-05.
6. Web site: Commonwealth and Council / Us. Commonwealth and Council. en. 2020-05-05.