Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art (MOCHA): 584 Broadway, 1985 - Late 1990s

In March 1985, the Cayman Gallery converted into the Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art (MoCHA) under the guidance of Nilda Peraza. Housed in a bigger space at 584 Broadway that reflected the museum’s own growing influence and breadth of exhibitions, MoCHA remained at the center of SoHo’s Contemporary art scene, only a few blocks away from where the Cayman Gallery once operated. MoCHA’s expanded programming prioritized showing Latin American artists rather than promoting a specific style of art, which brought a wide range of diversity to their audiences in New York City.

MoCHA remained open for five years, closing its doors in the late 1990s. Just as the Cayman Gallery did, MoCHA was a pioneer in showing work by Latin American and Caribbean artists who are well known today. These artists include Ana Mendieta, Pepón Osorio, Andres Serrano, Lygia Pape, Cecilia Vicuña, César Paternosto, Gabriel Orozco, and Yolanda López, as well as Freddy Rodríguez, Juan Sánchez, and Raquel Rabinovich, whose work is represented by Hutchinson Modern & Contemporary.