Mitchell-Innes & Nash

People

Staff Members

Mike Amrhein - Preparator
Lucy Dew - Gallery Manager
Jessica Duffett - Gallery Associate
Jay Gorney - Director of Contemporary Art
Alina Kohlem - Gallery Assistant
Peter Tecu - Preparator
Robert Grosman - Director
Kara Gustafsson - Financial Manager
Sheldon Mukamal - Registrar
Ashley Robinson - Assistant to Lucy and David
Mamie Tinkler - Artists and Estates

Lucy Mitchell-Innes

Director
In 1994 Lucy Mitchell-Innes left Sotheby's to set up her own business as a private dealer and art advisor. Two years later, her husband David Nash joined her in opening Mitchell-Innes & Nash on Madison Avenue; since, the Gallery has opened a second space in Chelsea. Mitchell-Innes & Nash shows both emerging artists and established masters. In its exhibitions program, it often combines these interests, presenting cutting-edge works against the backdrop of their predecessors.

Before starting her own business, Ms. Mitchell-Innes was the Worldwide Director of Contemporary Art and a Senior Vice President at Sotheby's. She joined the firm in London in 1981 and transferred to New York two years later as Director of Contemporary Art in North America. In 1992 she was appointed head of the Contemporary Art Division Worldwide.

Ms. Mitchell-Innes holds a BA and an MA in art history from the Courtauld Institute of Art, where she specialized in 19th and 20th century European and American art. After leaving the Courtauld, she worked for the Henry Moore Foundation as a research assistant; she then worked for Air and Space, an experimental program that provided studio and exhibition space to artists whose work conventional galleries found too radical.

Lucy Mitchell-Innes continues to handle Contemporary paintings, drawings, and sculpture. She has placed important works by 20th century masters such as Johns, de Kooning, Pollock, Rauschenberg and Warhol into private and public collections of international significance. Her privileged and ongoing relationship with the Roy Lichtenstein Estate has further extended her reach and has given her greater access to collectors and institutions.

In 2009 Lucy Mitchell-Innes was appointed President of the Art Dealers Association of America for a 3 year term.

David Nash

Director
David Nash left Sotheby's in 1996 to join his wife, Lucy Mitchell-Innes, in opening a gallery on Madison Avenue. In 2005 they extended their reach into Chelsea with a space on 26th Street.

Mr. Nash spent thirty-five years at Sotheby's, where he sat on the Board of Directors. He was also in charge of the International Impressionist and Modern Art Department and all the firm's Fine Arts departments in New York. He joined the firm's newly formed Impressionist Paintings Department in London in 1961 and transferred two years later to New York. Mr. Nash sat on the Art Advisory Panel for the IRS for fourteen years, retiring in 2001. He now serves on the Board of the Art Dealers Association of America and on the Board of IFAR.

David Nash was involved in every Impressionist and Modern paintings auction held at Sotheby's in both New York and London. He is responsible for the sale of over one billion dollars' worth of Impressionist art in New York alone. In consequence, he has strong, long-standing relationships with many of the major dealers, collectors and museums in the field of 19th and 20th century fine arts. At the Gallery, Mr. Nash continues to handle the sale of important Impressionist and Modern works and to appraise such works for museums and private collectors.

Jay Gorney

Director of Contemporary Art
Jay Gorney has had over twenty-five years of experience discovering new artists and exhibiting their work. In 1985, he opened his first gallery, Jay Gorney Modern Art, in New York's East Village. There he showed Haim Steinbach and Alexis Rockman. In 1988 he moved the gallery to SoHo where he showcased Jessica Stockholder, Martha Rosler, James Welling, Sarah Charlesworth, and Catherine Opie. In his thematic exhibitions he presented a wide range of artwork including works by Michaelangelo Pistoletto, Mike Kelley, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Michael Snow, and Joseph Kosuth.

In 1999 Mr. Gorney opened a new gallery in Chelsea with John Lee and Karin Bravin. There, he mounted noteworthy exhibitions of Gillian Wearing, Justine Kurland, Paul Noble, Allen Ruppersberg, and Jessica Stockholder. In 2005 Mr. Gorney joined Mitchell-Innes & Nash as the Director of Contemporary Art, bringing many of these artists with him.

Mr. Gorney is a widely respected gallerist. He is known for his commitment to artists, for the depth of his vision and for his close ties with museums.