{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2020}} {{short description|Los Angeles art gallery}} '''Commonwealth and Council''' is an American contemporary art gallery located in Koreatown, Los Angeles.
== History == The gallery was founded in 2010 by artist and curator Young Chung. It began in his apartment on Commonwealth Avenue and Council Street in Historic Filipinotown, where it operated as an informal residency program for emerging artists and a gallery during weekends. The influx of visitors forced Chung to relocate the gallery to its current location Koreatown in 2011, but the gallery kept the name derived from its former address.<ref name=":0"/> In 2016, ''W'' Magazine named it one of "The Best Alternative Art Galleries in Los Angeles."<ref>{{Cite web |first=Steph |last=Eckardt |title=The Best Alternative Art Galleries in Los Angeles|url=https://www.wmagazine.com/story/best-los-angeles-alternative-art-galleries/|website=W Magazine {{!}} Women's Fashion & Celebrity News|date=July 22, 2016 |language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.ft.com/content/b1b1d7f0-2627-11e9-b20d-5376ca5216eb |title=The long-awaited rise of LA's Downtown gallery scene |newspaper=Financial Times |date=8 February 2019 |last1=Gerlis |first1= Melanie}}</ref> In 2018, art lawyer and writer Kibum Kim joined the gallery as co-director.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Fragoza |first={{proper name|Carri|bean|nohide=y}} |author-link={{proper name|Carri|bean|nohide=y}} Fragoza |date=2020-01-30 |title=An Uncommon Bond: The Influential L.A. Gallery Commonwealth and Council Favors Camaraderie Over Business as Usual |url=https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/commonwealth-and-council-gallery-shaping-art-2020s-1202676356/ |access-date=2020-05-05 |website=ARTnews.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |work=baku-magazine.com |url=https://baku-magazine.com/art/los-angeles-art-scene-2018/ |title=Why the Los Angeles art scene is expanding at warp speed |date=3 October 2018 |first=Janelle |last=Zara |access-date=1 August 2024 }}</ref>
Commonwealth and Council shares a building with the project space Visitor Welcome Center.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Inside LA's Underground Art Scene |first=Henri |last=Neuendorf |url=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/la-underground-art-scene-541607|date=2016-07-07|website=artnet News|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-05}}</ref>
Commonwealth and Council began to represent artists formally in 2016.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Commonwealth and Council / Us|url=http://commonwealthandcouncil.com/us|website=Commonwealth and Council|language=en|access-date=2020-05-05}}</ref>
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== External links == * {{Official website|http://commonwealthandcouncil.com}}
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Category:Contemporary art galleries in the United States Category:Art museums and galleries in Los Angeles