Damon Crain began his career as a professional in contemporary art as a consultant for noteworthy galleries and collectors in New York. After merging personal interest with professional, Damon became recognized as a leading expert in areas of mid-20th century glass and expanded his professional purview to historical design and the studio craft movement. The intersection of these related fields quickly became the primary focus of Damon’s endeavors.

Since 2014 Damon has applied his knowledge of historical art and design to develop a program that gives form to an expanded vision of contemporary art by engaging functional typologies in a salon format setting. The culmination of this vision is Culture Object, which Damon opened in March 2020 in Midtown Manhattan and subsequently mounted over two dozen solo and group exhibitions.

Culture Object’s program seeks to answer the question 'what can art do?' by concentrating on objects that integrate conceptual and functional approaches. We champion work of skillful manufacture that engages with technical innovation and material exploration in service of narrative exposition and the engagement of historical dialogue and classical themes, seen through a lens of contemporary relevance.