Mapping lower Manhattan around the world with participating institutions using data from 2019 CONDO New York and Alyssa Davis Gallery.
Sao Paolo galleries.
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We qualify these galleries as "emerging" or "downtown" regardless of where they are located. Yes, like "off-off-broadway". theatre.
Data
Of this list of the top emerging galleries worldwide notice that many are extinct, have moved locations, are housed by other galleries, have become other galleries, are being run out of townhouses, apartments or temporary spaces but have not run out of artists. The average year of establishment is 2016.
This is not a strong indicator of economic performance but it does show the expansion of the contemporary art market through networks of capital endowed with IT. Condo, an underdog alternative to the global art fair,
Regardless of their respective success or even existence today, we include them here in order to show the high network density of the contemporary art world. Ironically, it seems that it is better to have an address in Manhattan than an actual location in Manhattan, as many of the following galleries listed as closed or otherwise in limbo, remain listed on Google Maps and active on instagram.
Selected Galleries