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

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/whats-behind-the-recent-wave-of-new-york-gallery-closures/
- Published: 2024-04-30T09:00:14-05:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

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. […] Click here to view original web page at hyperallergic.com