Market Gallery, founded by Adam Zhu, has been hosting intimate solo shows from a storage shed on his Chinatown apartment balcony for the past eight months. On July 17, the gallery opened its first group exhibition, "Revolve," in a pop-up space at 51 Mercer Street in Soho, formerly home to Virgil Abloh's Em Pty Gallery. The show, organized by Zhu and his friends Jack Irv and Andrew Kass, features works by emerging and established artists including Lorenzo Amos, Amanda Ba, Maggie Lee, Rene Ricard, and Mike Kelley, and runs until August 10.
The evolution from an unconventional apartment gallery to a street-level pop-up highlights a growing trend of grassroots, artist-run spaces in New York City that bypass traditional gallery models. By pairing young downtown artists with intergenerational figures, "Revolve" underscores the importance of community and lineage in the contemporary art scene. The show's support from streetwear brand Supreme also reflects the blurring lines between fashion, commerce, and art in the current cultural landscape.