White Columns is New York's oldest alternative art space. The organization was founded in 1970 by a group of artists that included Gordon Matta-Clark, Tina Girouard, Suzanne Harris and Jeffrey Lew. Formed out of necessity, as opportunities for forward-thinking artists were still scarce at that time, the organization quickly established itself as a platform for exploring new ways of both making and displaying art, becoming in turn a catalyst for the wider “alternative art space” movement of that era. Originally located in SoHo and known as the 112 Workshop/112 Greene Street, the organization was renamed White Columns in 1980. Throughout 56 years of operation the organization's original mandate has remained intact: to provide support to a broad and diverse range of artists who have yet to benefit from wider critical, curatorial or commercial attention.