1 David Zwirner David Zwirner Chelsea 525 West 19th Street New York, NY blue-chip contemporary — think huge names, bigger ceilings museum-grade, hushed, slightly intimidating front desk energy i come for the AC in summer and stay for the free press release i pretend to understand 2 52 Walker 52 Walker Tribeca 52 Walker Street New York, NY experimental, rotating curatorial program small space, big swings — never the same thing twice this is the one i namedrop when i want people to think i'm still 'in the industry' 3 Company Gallery Company Gallery Lower East Side 145 Elizabeth Street New York, NY queer and feminist-forward emerging artists the opening crowd always looks like they're about to go to a different, cooler party after started as a zine — if that's not gallery-girl lore i don't know what is 4 Nicelle Beauchene Gallery Nicelle Beauchene Gallery Tribeca 7 Franklin Place New York, NY emerging and mid-career painters, quietly strong rosters low-key, no pretension, somehow always has the best lighting underrated compared to the mega-galleries two blocks over — tell your friends, don't tell your landlord 5 Studio 10 Studio 10 Bushwick 56 Bogart Street Brooklyn, NY artist-run, experimental, emerging voices one of the OG tenants of the bogart building — this is where bushwick gallery culture basically started my barista shift ends literally two blocks from here, zero excuse not to pop in 6 Robert Henry Contemporary Robert Henry Contemporary Bushwick 56 Bogart Street Brooklyn, NY figurative and abstract painting, strong artist rosters same bogart building chaos — floor after floor of studios and shows the owner once remembered my coffee order from the shop, i nearly cried 7 Amos Eno Gallery Amos Eno Gallery Bushwick 56 Bogart Street, Suite 115 Brooklyn, NY artist-member co-op, rotating membership shows scrappy, democratic, the opposite of chelsea's velvet-rope energy this is the gossip hub — every opening here someone's dating someone else in the building 8 Momenta Momenta Bushwick 56 Bogart Street Brooklyn, NY nonprofit, socially engaged contemporary art one of the longest-running tenants in the building — feels like the elder statesman of the floor ask them about their residency program, they'll talk your ear off and it's great 
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