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Chrysler Building grants rare exclusive access toMelbourne artist
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BEAT MAGAZINE· 17/11/2025 · Words by Staff WriterNew York’s Chrysler Building access granted to Marco Luccio for upcoming Manhattan exhibition opening at 14Gallery on 27 November.
Melbourne will step inside the raw pulse of New York when artist Marco Luccio opens Manhattan at 14 Gallery this month. Luccio is one of the only artists ever granted access to work inside the Chrysler Building, creating some of the exhibition’s most powerful works from this rare vantage point across rooftops, sidewalks and throughoutManhattan.
This series marks a new high point for Luccio. Works are visceral, layered and filled with the tension, movementand intensity of the city that has shaped him for more than 20 years. Painted and drawn in the weather, noise and unpredictability of New York, the pieces carry the urgency of the streets themselves.
Manhattan by Marco Luccio
What: Exhibition of New York works by Marco Luccio
When: Opening 27 November
Where: 14 Gallery, Melbourne
Standing beside the gargoyles and looking down over Midtown from inside the Chrysler Building, Luccio createdsome of the most arresting works in the exhibition. It’s a privilege previously held by Margaret Bourke White.Additional pieces were made during his residency at the Australian American Association, where he worked dayand night in front of windows overlooking the Empire State Building.
This is not a romanticised New York. Luccio reveals the city’s grit, density and fleeting beauty with a truthfulnessthat has become his signature.
Marco Luccio is an award-winning, internationally exhibited artist whose work is held in the collections of theNational Gallery of Victoria, National Gallery of Australia, New York Public Library, and the Museum of the City ofNew York. In 2025, he was selected as a VCE Art case study.