Robert Bunkin is a figurative painter, art historian and curator. He studied at the Brooklyn Museum Art School, earned an undergraduate degree from CUNY and an MFA from Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University. Bunkin studied in Florence, Italy between 1986-88. He returned to Italy in 2000 to perfect his fresco technique at […]

JOIN US FOR WESTFEST 2023! Join us April 27-30 for the 13th annual WestFest dance festival, featuring the work of 25 cutting-edge artists in two unique programs presented throughout Westbeth’s historic, storied spaces. WestFest is a cutting edge, curated dance festival presenting established and emerging movement artists in the historic Westbeth Artists' Residence in West […]

HIT GIRLS Women in Punk in the USA in 1975 - 1983 By Jen B Larsen Valerie Ghent: "Wow! I just discovered that I’m in a new book about women in punk and new wave from 1978-1983 called “Hit Girls.” The band I was in as a teenager, Dizzy and the Romilars, is featured with […]

MICHAEL MOSS WITH SORIN LERESCU - BOWS/ENSEMBLE FOR STRINGS AND PIANO Bows/Ensemble for Strings and Piano: Rosi Hertlein (violin), Sunjay Jayaram (violin), Melanie Dyer (viola), Lenny Mims (cello), Ken Filiano (bass), Anthony Coleman (piano), Michael Moss (clarinet). The First Fridays Concert on May 5 at Westbeth is a collaborative evening featuring Michael Moss’ new group, […]

PROSE Susan Stenson is a retired ophthalmologist, who spent her nearly five-decade career at NYU- Langone Medical Center, where she was involved in patient care, clinical research, and teaching, with a special emphasis on Medical Ethics and Public Health. She is based in Manhattan and has had a lifelong interest in writing and literature. POETRY […]

We have moved to another space in the Westbeth basement - a little bit bigger and brighter . But still in keeping with our 39 years of Bargains Galore and Affordable Art. Here are some photos of our new space which is still in tech rehearsal :) but getting ready for our grand opening. Masks […]

An exhibition of new abstract paintings by Dana Gordon and The Painting Center in New York. Dana Gordon is an American abstract painter who began his art career working as assistant to Tony Smith and George Sugarman in the late 1960s in New York. Later he was a professor of art at the Universities of […]

May 31–June 24, 2023 Westbeth Gallery 55 Bethune St NY NY Robbie Acklen (Sisag) Clio Bravo Idrobo Debra Cartwright Eliza Lu Doyle Grace Haynes Amanda Horowitz Hongzhe Liang Desiree Morales Nora Normile Khairullah Rahim Carrie Marie Schneider Jennifer Shear Sacha Vega Playback, a group exhibition at Westbeth Gallery, links the interplay among biography, narrative, and […]