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80WSE Gallery
80 Washington Square East is a 3,500-square-foot gallery affiliated with the Department of Art and Art Professions that presents contemporary and historical exhibitions. The gallery resides in the historic Benedick building at Washington Square Park, originally commissioned in 1879 by Lucius Tuckerman, a wealthy iron manufacturer.
Each spring, the gallery hosts MFA Thesis exhibitions. Throughout the school year, student installations from the MFA, BFA, Visual Arts Administration, and Costume Studies MA programs are on view in the Project Space.
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