The Clocktower Gallery

Specialties

Founded in 1972 by Alanna Heiss, the Clocktower Gallery is a legendary alternative art space for exhibitions, performances, long-​term and site-​specific installations, and artist residencies.

Located on the 13^th floor of a City-​owned building at 108 Leonard St. in Tribeca, the Clocktower Gallery presents a full calendar of exhibitions, live performances, events and residencies by emerging and established artists of across disciplines. The galleries are open Tuesday-​Friday from 12−5pm, with events multiple evenings a month. All Clocktower programs are all-​ages, and free to the public.

The Clocktower Gallery’s radio station operating at www​.ARTon​AIR​.org is a free and searchable online cultural audio archive with 6,000+ hours of diverse, indexed content, including recordings of all Clocktower events. An unduplicated collection in any media, listen online to non-​commercial & experimental music, audio art, spoken word, cultural news, new media innovation, and restored historic audio

History

Established in 1972.

Over its 40-​year history, the Clocktower Gallery has presented formative work by some of the most important artists of our time, including Gordon Matta-​Clark, Lynda Benglis, Vito Acconci, Laurie Anderson, and David Tudor among many others. Today, the Clocktower presents a full program of exhibitions, performances, and residencies that honor the spirit of the alternative spaces movement by focusing on experimental, interdisciplinary, and intergenerational projects.

Meet the Manager

Alanna H.

Manager

Alanna Heiss, Director of ARTon​AIR​.org and the Clocktower Gallery, is a leader of the early 1970’s alternative spaces movement in New York City, beginning with Under the Brooklyn Bridge, a 1971 outdoor exhibition she organized with Gordon Matta-​Clark, and featuring installations by pioneering American and European artists. She founded the legendary Clocktower Gallery in 1972, founded P. S.1 Contemporary Art Center in 1976, and was its Director until 2008. Heiss has organized over 700 exhibitions at P. S.1 and in art spaces around the world, including the inaugural P. S.1 exhibition Rooms (1976); New York, New Wave (1981); Stalin’s Choice: Soviet Socialist Realism, 1932 – 1956 (1993); Greater New York (2000 and 2005, selecting curator), and Arctic Hysteria (2008); as well as solo shows including Robert Grosvenor (1976); Keith Sonnier (1983); Alex Katz: Under the Stars, American Landscapes 1951 – 1995 (1998); John Wesley: Paintings 1961 – 2000 (2000), and Gino De Dominicis (2008), among numerous

The Clocktower Gallery also recommends

HERE

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Performing Arts

Alanna H. says,

«Listen to recordings of live events & discussion from HERE on the Clocktower Gallery’s radio station, www​.arton​air​.org»

192 Books

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Bookstores

Alanna H. says,

«Readings & events from 192 Books are recorded by the Clocktower Gallery’s radio station, www​.arton​air​.org»

Issue Project Room

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Performing Arts

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Music Venues

Alanna H. says,

«Archival live recordings from ISSUE are available on Clocktower Gallery’s radio station, www​.arton​air​.org»