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It was located on Meserole Avenue, in the storefront of a former deli from which it took the name. At one point it operated a sister venue in Berlin.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kley |first1=Elisabeth |title=Cleopatras, the Greenpoint Polish |url=https://www.artnet.com/magazineus/features/kley/cleopatras-in-greenpoint-5-24-12.asp |access-date=3 February 2026 |work=www.artnet.com}}</ref> |
It was located on Meserole Avenue, in the storefront of a former deli from which it took the name. At one point it operated a sister venue in Berlin.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kley |first1=Elisabeth |title=Cleopatras, the Greenpoint Polish |url=https://www.artnet.com/magazineus/features/kley/cleopatras-in-greenpoint-5-24-12.asp |access-date=3 February 2026 |work=www.artnet.com}}</ref> |
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Cleopatras begun with a ten-year lease takeover in Greenpoint, when Kate McNamara found the space via painter [[Andrew Guenther]]. The space had the facade and signage of a deli still inctact, named Cleopatras. Mcnamara then approached Brigid Donahue, and in turn Erin Somerville and Bridget Finn, all of whom she knew via the NY art scene, and who held |
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As of the 2020s, Brigid Donahue is one of the directors of Hoffman-Donahue, Erin Somerville is Deputy Director of White Columns, Bridget Finn is director of Art Basel Miami Beach, and McNamara is a curator based in Providence. |
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Latest revision as of 15:41, 6 February 2026
Cleopatras was an art gallery in Greepoint, Brooklyn from 2008 to 2018. It was founded by Bridget Donahue, Erin Somerville, Bridget Finn, and Colleen Grennan.
It was located on Meserole Avenue, in the storefront of a former deli from which it took the name. At one point it operated a sister venue in Berlin.[1]
Cleopatras begun with a ten-year lease takeover in Greenpoint, when Kate McNamara found the space via painter Andrew Guenther. The space had the facade and signage of a deli still inctact, named Cleopatras. Mcnamara then approached Brigid Donahue, and in turn Erin Somerville and Bridget Finn, all of whom she knew via the NY art scene, and who held
As of the 2020s, Brigid Donahue is one of the directors of Hoffman-Donahue, Erin Somerville is Deputy Director of White Columns, Bridget Finn is director of Art Basel Miami Beach, and McNamara is a curator based in Providence.
