Gagosian gave its Madison Avenue townhouse to Marcel Duchamp, the man who put a urinal in a gallery and broke the twentieth century open, and the extended run ends August 28. Blue-chip galleries hang museum-quality loans and charge nobody a cent to walk in, which is the best-value art in New York. If you can get to the Upper East Side before six on the closing day, take the free look.
What to expect
980 Madison is a converted townhouse gallery with staffed front desks and quiet, well-lit rooms. There is no ticket, no bag check queue and usually no crowd. The Duchamp rooms sit alongside a Robert Rauschenberg exhibition drawn from the Cy Twombly Foundation, closing the same day.
Good to know
- Take the 6 to 77th Street; the gallery is at Madison Avenue and 76th Street
- Gagosian is open weekdays only, so plan the visit accordingly
- Admission is free and no booking is required
- The Rauschenberg exhibition in the same building closes the same day
- The building is a converted townhouse; ask at the desk about step-free access
- The Met is a ten-minute walk away if you want to make an afternoon of it
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Common questions
Does it cost anything?
No. Gagosian, like almost every commercial gallery in New York, is free to enter with no ticket.
What are the gallery's hours?
980 Madison Avenue is open Monday through Friday, 10am to 6pm.
What else is showing there?
Robert Rauschenberg: Important Early Works from the Cy Twombly Foundation is in the same building and closes on the same date.
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