Pomegranate Gallery

Specialties

We exhibit Iraqi art and rent the gallery as a venue on a limited term basis dependent on the event.

Rental specs:

* Prime SoHo location on the ground floor

* Great subway access for the B, D, F, R, 6, C, E, 5, 6

* 18 ft. monumental, high loft ceilings

* Cast-​iron architecture with a open, airy floor plan and wood floors

* Historical building well kept

* 3,000 sq./ft.

* Rate varies from $ 2200 – 4200 dependent on days desired and duration of event

* Event can not last past 10 p.m.

* Gallery venue is ideal for a wide range of events: corporate, holiday parties, private parties, film shoots, fashion shows, receptions, product launches, pop-​up events, poetry readings, book openings and live music.

History

Established in 2006.

The Oded Halahmy Foundation For The Arts, Inc. is a non-​profit cultural organization created to fund original artistic expression of peace and hope in the Middle-​East. The Foundation is hosted by the Pomegranate Gallery in Soho, New York, which has hosted numerous cultural activities serving to foster appreciation of Middle Eastern artists and generate hope for the region’s peaceful future.

Meet the Business Owner

Oded H.

Business Owner

Pomegranate Gallery was established by the modernist sculptor, Oded Halahmy, a forty year resident of SoHo. Halahmy — whose large abstract sculptures are in numerous museums including the Guggenheim, the Hirschhorn, and the Israel Museum in Jerusalem — felt compelled to open a gallery that would introduce Americans to the serious artistic initiatives from the Middle East. He observes that Americans are not only becoming increasingly international in their art collecting, but hopes that his gallery focusing on works from his native Iraq will the serve as a cultural ambassador to awaken American consciousness of Baghdad’s leading role in fine arts from the Arab world. In fact, Baghdad has historically been viewed as the cultural capitol of the Middle East and primary innovator in the fine arts. «As an artist born in Baghdad, it is very exciting for me to bring works by the leading contemporary Iraqi artists to New York City,» says Halahmy. «Some of these artists continue to survive