Announcing the launch of 1500 Gallery, located in New York City’s West Chelsea gallery district at 511 West 25th Street, #607. 1500 Gallery specializes in Brazilian photography, and is the first art gallery in the world with this explicit focus. 1500 interprets the notion of “Brazilian photography” to comprise photography made by Brazilian photographers, as well as images bearing a conceptual or thematic relationship to Brazil. 1500 represents the work of 17 artists, both emerging and established: 6 of 1500’s photographers are represented in the Sao Paulo Museum of Art’s Collection of Photography. 1500’s collection of images includes both contemporary and vintage photography.

1500’s inaugural exhibition is a group show entitled Brazilian, which will run Feb 11 – May 1.

1500 Gallery represents the following photographers: Rémy Amezcua, Julio Bittencourt, Bruno Cals, João Castilho, Marc Dumas, Antonio Augusto Fontes, Bina Fonyat (1945-1985), Edouard Fraipont, Garapa (collective), Christian Gaul, Hirosuke Kitamura, Marc van Lengen, Murillo Meirelles, Gustavo Pellizzon, Eduardo Queiroga, Vincent Rosenblatt, Jens Stoltze.