Dead Skin

Nine Grand Opening and [TBD] Opening Reception
Friday, October 10, 2025
6–9 PM
9 Monroe St, New York, NY 10002

Nine, a new curatorial partnership in Manhattan’s Chinatown / Two Bridges area, is pleased to announce its public opening with an inaugural exhibition Group Shower, opening October 10, 2025. The exhibition is collaboratively curated by blue boy, Curmudgeon, Living Skin, and Service––the four projects anchoring the new space.

Located at the basement of 9 Monroe St, the space brings together artist-run and alternatively driven projects in a shared home for experimentation, gathering, and collective imagination.  Established through a network of peers sourced by Living Skin to push the narrative of alternative spaces, Nine houses rotating exhibitions, public programs, and community-centered activations. The four co-resident initiatives each hold distinct and independent approaches, while intersecting around values of care, attention, and transformation:

Together, the collective is dedicated to advancing critical dialogue around alternative curatorial and artistic practices, foregrounding experimentation as a vital force within contemporary art. By supporting underrepresented perspectives, fostering interdisciplinary exchange, and connecting regional and metropolitan contexts, Nine functions as both a site of artistic experimentation and a hub for public engagement.