CULTUREINDEX 1 A series
CULTUREINDEX 1 A series of lofty but intimate rooms designed by Foster + Partners freshens up the tightly conceived program at SPERONE WESTWATER (think Tom Sachs, Bruce Nauman, Susan Rothenberg and Julian Schnabel) after 35 years in more conventional SoHo and Meatpacking District spaces. At 257 Bowery; speronewestwater.com 2 & 2A Following a debut on the Upper East Side’s Museum Mile, Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn opted for not one but two satellite spaces to pre sent SALON 94’s ultra-contemporary shows featuring works by the likes of Paula Hayes, Laurie Simmons and Lorna Simpson. At 243 Bowery and 1 Freeman Alley; salon94.com DOING THE NEW NEW YORK ART SCENE Great art has been made for decades on Manhattan’s Lower East Side (LES), but until recently it was generally shown north of 14th Street. In 2007 the city’s art establishment reopened the New Museum on The Bowery and put Massimiliano Gioni, who earned unprecedented acclaim as curator of this year’s Venice Biennale, in charge of the exhibitions. Today a ceaseless stream of gallery openings and a steady southeast migration out of Chelsea – from Lehmann Maupin to Thierry Goldberg – are creating a new arena for the arts. Herewith, a can’t-miss ten-stop tour. MAUD DOYLE AND ANTHONY ROTUNNO 2 1 2a gallery crawl 6 6 The internationally recognised gallery LEHMANN MAUPIN, with outposts in Chelsea and Hong Kong, christened the LES with a zen-like space around the corner from the New Museum, featuring the likes of Tracey Emin and Juergen Teller. At 201 Chrystie Street; lehmannmaupin.com 7 LES mainstay ON STELLAR RAYS, which transformed its space into a dilapidated mo tel for a recent Maria Petschnig exhibition, specialises in visceral performance, video and installation art by an impressive roster of cagerattling artists. At 133 Orchard Street; onstellarrays.com 3 Though it recalls a streetfront railroad apartment, the unassuming Hudson, New York, transplant CALLICOON FINE ARTS boasts some lesser-known powerhouses such as Lebanese painter Etel Adnan. At 124 Forsyth Street; callicoonfinearts.com 3 4 7 8 9 8 One of the area’s more established galleries, LISA COOLEY focuses on the kind of contem plative, minimal works that can – and should – hang in every home, like Erin Shirreff’s abstract, planetary photo graphs. At 107 Norfolk Street; lisa-cooley.com 4 Elizabeth Denny’s eye for upand-coming talent is on wide display at DENNY GALLERY (Amanda Valdez, in particular, is an artist to watch). The space is small and standard issue; the work is anything but. At 261 Broome Street; dennygallery.com 5 Down the hallway of a ge neric Chinatown office build ing, HORTON GAL LERY’s new space combines fluorescent lighting and a floor of 1820s cobblestones from the property’s former life as a brewery. At 55–59 Chrystie Street, Suite R106; hortongallery.com 5 10 9 A favourite among critics, THIERRY GOLDBERG moved from Brooklyn’s Williamsburg via Chelsea to a comfortable tworoom space, where it continues to introduce global artists like Oded Hirsch, Jef frey Kessel and Maya Bloch to the New York market. At 103 Norfolk Street; thierrygoldberg.com 10 The soaring underground space at LU MAGNUS is perfect for bold shows like the recent “Thanks”, an exhibition by Brooklyn artist Adam Parker Smith made up entirely of pilfered artworks. At 55 Hester Street; lumagnus.com THE ART OF EATING, DRINKING AND SHOPPING THE LES CAFFE VITA A perfect pre-gallery caffeine fix thanks to flawless, frothy cappuccinos and smooth, cold-brew ice coffee in summer. At 124 Ludlow Street; caffevita.com SCHAPIRO’S The Jewish-American cuisine is spot-on and served late; the bar is a triple threat of craft beer, classic cocktails and carefully chosen wines. At 120 Rivington Street; +1 212 533 6089 YUNNAN KITCHEN No General Tso’s chicken here: a taste of China’s Yunnan Province means chilled chrysanthemum salad and blistered pork belly. At 79 Clinton Street; yunnankitchen.com MARYAM NASSIR ZADEH Equal parts Factory Girl and Lawrence of Arabia, this boutique culls adventurous pieces from the likes of Jacquemus and Jil Sander. At 123 Norfolk Street; mnzstore.com SELF EDGE A temple of rare and raw Japanese-, Italian- and Americanmade denim as well as rugged handcrafted accessories. At 157 Orchard Street; selfedge.com 46 departures-international.com illustrations by LEIF PARSONS
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