Juan Puntes, founder of White Box, has a mission – to link contemporary art with ethical issues and to counter highly commercialized art with work that is underrated or overlooked.

His New York gallery is run as a non profit exhibition space, and he encourages his innovative curators to exhibit provocative work. 

Recent shows include work by Iraqi artist, Adel Abidin, whose show Abidin Travels turned the gallery space into a travel agency selling real holidays to a post -US invasion Iraq and an exhibition by Belgian artist, Pieter Vermeersch who is concerned with the  way space is perceived and likes to paint directly on the walls, doors or windows to engage viewers with the environment.

Puntes also supports internships and benefit events and White Box’ s annual programs have included exhibitions aimed at getting voters to register, work with local low-income neighbourhoods and collaboration with local women’s prisons on inmate art.

With a regular, rotating audience of around 12,000 art lovers, White Box has a reputation  as a venue for distinctive and thought-provoking contemporary art.

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