NEWYORK/MIAMIBEACH — December2,2025— Southern Guild today announced plans to open a new gallery at 75 Leonard Street in Tribeca in March 2026, transitioning from its current Los Angeles location. The announcement coincides with the gallery’s debut at Art Basel Miami Beach, marking a key moment in its expansion and global growth.
The 4,000-square-foot ground-floor New York space, located in a restored cast-iron building, will include two exhibition galleries, a viewing room, and offices. The Tribeca location strengthens the gallery’s commitment to creating deeper opportunities for its artists within one of the world’s most dynamic cultural centers.
This announcement follows a year of rapid growth for Southern Guild, with debut presentations at Frieze Los Angeles, Frieze New York, and Frieze London, as well as strong showings at FOG, Expo Chicago, The Armory Show, and Aspen Art Fair.
“We see Southern Guild not only as a gallery, but as a cultural anchor in a global ecosystem – a platform where artists pass on knowledge systems, sustain their practices on their own terms, and join together to articulate a movement,” said Trevyn McGowan, who co-founded Southern Guild with her husband, Julian. “Our new Tribeca space is a physical affirmation of that mission, reinforcing that what we build must be reciprocal, respectful, and rooted in the long game.”
“California gave us the space to listen, to gather, and to understand how Southern Guild’s South African foundation could meaningfully enter the American cultural landscape. In LA, we became a conduit for continental and diasporic voices, opening deeper conversations around African and African-American modernity,” said LA-based Director Andréa Delph, who will relocate to New York City to head up the Tribeca gallery. “I’m excited to return to the city that raised me, and to bring this work forward in New York, where the community we cultivated in LA can evolve in a new context.”
Southern Guild represents more than 30 international artists whose practices combine conceptual rigor, material experimentation, and cultural perspective. Recent institutional acquisitions include works entering the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Brooklyn Museum, Princeton University Art Museum, Pérez Art Museum Miami, and the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art.
The move to New York follows a successful period in Los Angeles, where Southern Guild opened its first U.S. gallery in February 2024. The gallery will begin the process to relocate its Los Angeles location in January 2026 following the Driftwork exhibition, curated by Essence Harden, while continuing to nurture relationships with artists, collectors, and communities established on the West Coast.
Founded in 2008 by Trevyn and Julian McGowan, Southern Guild champions artists who push material, form, and cultural perspective through collaborative practice.
Defined by experimentation and technical mastery, the gallery is a place where artists advance their work through dialogue and shared inquiry. The Tribeca opening marks the next step in this trajectory, expanding the gallery’s global presence while remaining grounded in its artist-driven ethos. A robust public program of talks, panels, artist walkabouts, and gatherings will continue in New York, furthering the gallery’s commitment to fostering dialogue across cultures, disciplines, and generations.
