Elephant Magazine is pleased to announce partnership with Showrunner, the app offering a comprehensive guide to art in New York and Los Angeles.
Founded by an unlikely mix of entrepreneurs whose backgrounds range from data-science to art advising, Showrunner boasts not only an exhaustive list of art happenings across both cultural capitals, but also a wealth of data that allows users to search by “neighborhood,” “subject,” and “style.” Users can save shows to lists, share them with friends, and mark exhibitions they’ve seen. Think Goodreads or Letterboxd for the art world.
This is an exciting development given the notorious exclusivity and “IYKYK” culture that has long defined the industry. Showrunner, which even offers users a heads-up on after-work private views, could help ensure that the scene is no longer populated solely by insiders.
“Showrunner started with a simple observation,” says Hannah Deits, one of the app’s founders. “We are art collectors, software engineers, data scientists, and an art advisor who saw an opportunity to build something better for the art world. We were using multiple apps and websites just to keep track of shows and none of them quite did the job. So we built the one we wished existed, and that became Showrunner. We cover every show, including museums, and add new features each week to better serve everyone from seasoned art advisors and collectors to anyone curious about the art world. Users can browse a feed of shows, sort by subject, medium, or style, save shows to lists, share them with friends, and mark what they’ve seen.”
The app officially launched for iPhone and Android in May 2025. One year on from its launch, Showrunner is celebrating with two new partnerships: Future Fair and Elephant Magazine.
As part of the partnership, Elephant will contribute to the Showrunner ecosystem with a monthly guide to exhibitions in NYC. The Six Best is a new monthly column in which contributor and writer of The Rose Period, Rose Florence Anderson, shares an edit of the city’s most exciting shows. Each edition highlights the exhibitions worth seeing alongside the unusual, overlooked, and little-known stories behind them, written for the curious rather than the credentialed. “There’s no insider art jargon here,” says Anderson.
On the decision to partner with Elephant, Deits points to the publication’s artist-led ethos. “Elephant is an artist-led publication and that alignment feels natural to us. Showrunner was built with artists at the center, and Elephant’s coverage reflects the same perspective. We’re excited to work together to surface what’s happening in the art world and bring it to more people.”
