Where else can you eat food and sip fine tea or wine, get your hair done, view art exhibitions and listen to piano recitals, readings, and lectures throughout the year and do it all under one roof? At ARIUM of course. Founder and Artistic Director Jamie Titus has developed ARIUM as a place that artists can call home. Choose from a combination of delicious soups, salads and sandwiches and try one of the 90 types of teas available. Wine is also served by the glass. And don’t forget to stop by for brunch and try the blintzes. The service is always friendly and attentive.
The Bohen Foundation is a private not-for-profit foundation that supports contemporary art and culture and requires maximum spatial flexibility to allow the exhibition of different media. Eight shipping container sections are used to create the permanent functions of the foundation and each can be moved on rails set within the old printing factory’s floor. Movable wall partitions are also used to create flexible gallery spaces. In the basement level, films and other multi-media installations are shown.
Heller Gallery exhibits contemporary sculpture with a focus on glass and wood. Since 1973, Heller Gallery has been at the center of the emergence of glass art. Exhibitions feature new work by both internationally acclaimed and emerging artists. Open 11am – 6pm Tuesday to Saturday.
Brought to you by Ivy Brown, a 21 year resident of the Meatpacking District, Ivy Brown Gallery is an eclectic mix of art and photography. The interior gallery space has moving walls and lights so that the individual artists can hone their installations to fit their needs. There is also a store on site that sells limited editions of artist-made items ranging from jigsaw puzzles to napkins to dolls. Open Monday – Saturday from 12pm – 5pm.
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H.P. France Group started 22 years ago, as a single fashion boutique in Tokyo. Today H.P. France Group is an international operation with 75 boutiques worldwide. In 2005 they opened the hpgrp Gallery New York directly above their upscale retail store Destination. The gallery exhibits contemporary art. Open Tuesday – Sunday 11am – 6pm.
Milk Studios and Gallery is a full service photo studio. The ground level of the Milk Studios is a 6,000 square foot raw gallery space and features contemporary and creative popular art shows. The large white space has 12-foot ceilings and columns and six removable walls. The floor is glossy epoxy-coated concrete. The venue also has a catering preparation area, but no kitchen, and high-speed Internet access. The space holds 650 for receptions or 400 for seated events. The whole complex is 45,000 square feet and also offers production and casting services.
Phillips de Pury & Company opened shop in the Meatpacking District in 2003. They focus solely on the sale of the best works of contemporary art, design, jewelry and photography. Simon de Pury, his partners and team of specialists are dedicated to the company’s unique approach to the auction market.
White Columns is one of New York’s oldest alternative art spaces. It was founded in 1970 to present and uphold the most challenging and creative visual arts by under-supported artists. White Columns consists of an ongoing program of culturally diverse exhibitions and services for visual artists. It is a not-for-profit gallery which is open to the public, free of charge, eleven months per year. Many of this country’s most prominent artists received their first major exposure through a White Columns show.
Featuring contemporary and pop art from names such as David Hockney, Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg, Robert Rauschenberg, Frank Stella, Andy Warhol and Tom Wesselmann.
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