Megan Mulrooney is taking over three of the Los Angeles spaces run by her previous employer, Nino Mier Gallery, and will open under her own name in September. The adjacent West Hollywood galleries include a 5,000 sq ft space.
Mulrooney was a senior director at Nino Mier, which is closing its LA spaces in the summer while keeping its galleries in New York and Brussels. The decision comes after The Art Newspaper reported that, according to former staff, the gallery had underpaid five of its artists in 2018-19. Nino Mier Gallery did not comment on the allegations but said that closing in LA was “a strategic business decision”, which had “nothing to do with recent media reports”.
Mulrooney, a native Angeleno, opens with solo shows of Marin Majić and recent graduate Piper Bangs. An intergenerational group show, organised by Canadian artist Jon Pylypchuk, opens at the same time. Mulrooney does not yet represent artists but says she is planning to.
July 4, 2024
