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\n\tMurmurs, a gallery located in Downtown Los Angeles that was known for its eye for spotting rising talent, announced this week that it will close after seven years in business. Its final exhibition was a solo for Rodrigo Ram\u00edrez Rodr\u00edguez, which ended on June 27.<\/p>\n
\n\tIn an Instagram post, cofounders Allison Littrell and Morgan Elder and director Gabrielle Datau wrote that the \u201cbittersweet news\u201d came after \u201ca long period of reflection.\u201d They cited the \u201cintense economic squeeze\u201d that the art world is currently facing.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cOur passion has always been rooted in championing ambitious sculpture and installation\u2014work that is experiential, profound, and often difficult to commodify,\u201d they wrote. \u201cRather than compromise the programmatic integrity that defines\u00a0Murmurs, we have decided to redirect our energy into modalities that can more sustainably support the artistic ecosystem while mitigating financial pressures placed upon artists.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tMurmurs is the latest gallery to close over the past year, which has noticeably impacted the LA gallery scene at all levels. Among those that have closed in LA include Blum, LA Louver, and the Box, while Tanya Bonakdar and Marian Goodman Gallery have closed their LA outposts. Other galleries known for their venturesome programs that have announced an end to their businesses include Galerie Philipp Zollinger in Zurich, High Art in Paris, Project Native Informant in London, and Lyles & King, which made its announcement earlier this month.<\/p>\n
\n\tMurmurs opened in August 2019 with the goal of \u201ccarv[ing] out a distinct sanctuary for ideas and practices that the traditional art world often overlooks,\u201d the team wrote. The gallery\u2019s name \u201cwas chosen for its meaning \u2014 the collective undercurrents running through a society that are not obviously apparent,\u201d according to its website. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n\tIts inaugural exhibition was a show exhibition titled \u201cAs Above, So Below,\u201d which explored \u201ca contemporary perspective of Renaissance Humanist philosophy [that] considers nature as a tool to shift human perception and forge a relationship between inner and outer realms,\u201d according to a description.<\/p>\n
\n\tIn the years since, it would establish itself as a gallery to watch, mounting prescient exhibitions for artists whose stars were on the rise, including Sula Berm\u00fadez-Silverman, who is included in the 2026 Whitney Biennial; Alison Nguyen, who will be included in the forthcoming 2026 Busan Biennale; Ruben Ulises Rodriguez Montoya, who was recently the subject of a solo exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Art, San Diego; and Roksana Pirouzmand, who was featured in the 2023 edition of the Made in L.A. biennial.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe gallery mounted over 40 exhibitions during its run, as well as hosting performances and public gatherings and having a cafe and retail shop on site. It also participated in major art fairs like Zona Maco, Frieze Los Angeles, Frieze London, the Armory Show in New York, and Liste in Basel, Switzerland. At the time of its closure, it represented seven artists, including Rodriguez Montoya, Ron Athey, Karla Ekaterine Canseco, and Marsha Pels.<\/p>\n
\n\tIn their post, the Murmurs team described its final show for Ram\u00edrez Rodr\u00edguez as a fitting end to their project: \u201cIt is a brilliant distillation of what\u00a0Murmurs\u00a0has always stood for: art that is poignant, urgent, and fiercely independent.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tThey added, \u201cStepping away from our physical space is incredibly difficult.\u00a0Murmurs\u00a0has been our home, our passion, and our daily reality for nearly a decade. We are immensely thankful to the artists who trusted us with their visions, our collaborators, staff, collectors, and everyone who stepped through our doors or simply shared their time with us. The real impact of\u00a0Murmurs\u00a0isn\u2019t found in the walls of a building, but in the community we built together. While this format is ending, our dedication to the arts is not. We believe that championing artists is about keeping dialogue alive, offering genuine advocacy, and showing up for the community.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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