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I think some galleries are going to go the private dealer route, and with all the money saved from expensive overhead, they will be able to do more art fairs, which can be where they raise their profile and make more international sales.
"Galleries" are private dealers now. The storefront is pure cost and earns nothing. But those wealthy international buyers won't buy unless it exists.
"Galleries" are private dealers now. The storefront is pure cost and earns nothing. But those wealthy international buyers won't buy unless it exists.
It was a good point Henna made about the fairs though.
But the wealthy collectors (also) go to the major galleries, who will not be giving up spaces and who will not be moving to Harlem. Except possibly "branches," as I mentioned already.
You, like me, don't want the same thing that is happening downtown to happen to Harlem (Disneyland), but you really do seem to be in denial (or wishful thinking) that upper class whites see Harlem as a legitimate place to move to or to open successful businesses in.
The fact is, Harlem is blowing up. And rightfully so.
Denial despite a credible source (the New York Times) mentions two galleries that have already moved to Harlem, and others that are moving.
She hates gentrification and big business. But denial never stops anything.
I recall in the 90s parking my car easily on W 14 area to hang out in the West Village. Recently dropped my daughter off so she could go to the Whitney Museum. That area is beyond overdevoleped now.
I recall in the 90s parking my car easily on W 14 area to hang out in the West Village. Recently dropped my daughter off so she could go to the Whitney Museum. That area is beyond overdevoleped now.
It has been transformed into a museum-industrial complex; an entire experience.
This is not the same experience as the gallery one, although Chelsea certainly transformed into its own "experience center." Ditto 57th, if vastly different and with a different if sometimes overlapping audience.
The museums with very strong permanent collections do not need this development as much or at all. I will watch the Studio Museum with great interest in the coming few years. How will they position themselves; what sort of experience. Lacking a strong permanent collection they need to do something. Let's see what it is. In some ways the Wallach is better positioned already.
Forget it, New York is done when it comes to galleries. The LES is the last gasp, and it won't be long before they are priced out of there. The galleries are going to be moving to Detroit.
And when Harlem gets 'hotter', the galleries are gonna move again.....!!!!!!!
Inwood?
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