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Paulien Lethen, artist and founder/director of Holland Tunnel Gallery
Sep – Nov 2023 was the last exhibition of Holland Tunnel Newburgh NY.
Paulien Lethen, founder-director of Holland Tunnel Gallery, concludes an eventful history of 26 years. In 1997 she organized the first art show with works of artists friends and herself in her newly installed garden shed in Williamsburg, Brooklyn on the occasion of the Williamsburg Open Studio Tour. Holland Tunnel Gallery Williamsburg NY was born.
The New York Times described it as ‘one of the quirkiest spaces in Williamsburg’ and ‘the tiniest gallery in the metropolitan area’. Stairmasters, mega art projects in the staircase of her house next to the Williamsburg gallery, took place from 2004-2020. Holland Tunnel Newburgh NY was launched in 2018. In 2000 she opened the summer extension on the island Paros, Greece, with her sister Heleen Schuttevaêr.
Besides being an artist, Paulien Lethen has always set herself the goal to provide a platform for art and bring people together. Finale, and beyond? It is her wish and aim that an organization, foundation or museum will provide Newburgh with a new cultural destination in the gallery space and adjoining park garden.