What’s Behind the Recent Wave of New York Gallery Closures?

Photo caption: The shuttered storefront of Fortnight Institute gallery at East 3rd Street in Manhattan, which closed its doors after an eight-year run. Photo credit: Maya Pontone / Hyperallergic. Article by Maya Pontone. Hyperallergic – April 25, 2024.

“This address was my favorite spot,” veteran art dealer Betty Cuningham told Hyperallergic on a sunny spring morning at her longtime gallery space on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. A staple figure in the New York art scene since opening her first venture, Cuningham Ward, in 1972, she has operated her namesake space at 15 Rivington Street since 2014. […]

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