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June Kelly Gallery celebrates its 25th anniversary with a group exhibition

NEW YORK, NY.- The June Kelly Gallery will celebrate its 25th anniversary in March with a group exhibition of outstanding contemporary art by gallery artists, including several who have been with the gallery since its earliest days. The exhibition will open at the gallery at 166 Mercer Street on March 9 and continue through April 7. “These have been 25 exhilarating and challenging years,” said gallery owner June Kelly. “They have brought me great pleasure, and I am especially pleased that so many of my artists have been with me from the early years.” Among them are painters Stan Brodsky, Carmen Cicero, Francis Hynes, James Little, Philemona Williamson and Nolan Zirin, as well as sculptor Elizabeth Catlett. Kelly said she was also sad to note that several of the important artists she represented had died, including sculptor Jane Schneider and painters