After 25 Years, Casey Kaplan Gallery Doubles Down on New York—with Anniversary Tributes and Expansion Plans

When Casey Kaplan opened his namesake art gallery in his hometown New York, he was not far removed from menial work for some of the city’s premier dealers and flush with connections less to artists of note than to their assistants. One of his first exhibitions showcased Joe Letitia, whose day job at the time was in the studio of Chuck Close, and others focused on young upstarts he managed to find while on the prowl around alternative spaces and art schools.
Now, 25 years later, Kaplan is m