1 David Zwirner (19th St) 525 West 19th Street, New York, NY 10011 New York Walked in expecting white-cube snooze, left rattled. Scale of the rooms hits like a subwoofer. 2 David Zwirner (20th St) 537 West 20th Street, New York, NY 10011 New York Five stories of quiet. good for clearing your head after a loud session. 3 Pace Gallery 540 West 25th Street, New York, NY 10011 New York Eight floors, a library, a terrace — basically a whole studio complex but for paintings. Overwhelming in a good way. 4 Gagosian (24th St) 555 West 24th Street, New York, NY 10011 New York Cavernous. Feels like tracking drums in an empty airplane hangar. Great reverb energy. 5 Gagosian (541 24th St) 541 West 24th Street, New York, NY 10011 New York Smaller sibling space down the block. Less overwhelming, still heavy-hitter rosters. 6 Hauser & Wirth (22nd St) 542 West 22nd Street, New York, NY 10011 New York New ground-up build, Selldorf again. Natural light in here is unreal, like a perfect room tone. 7 Greene Naftali 508 West 26th Street, New York, NY 10001 New York Top floor freight elevator ride is half the experience. Programming's always a little left-field, I respect it. 8 303 Gallery 555 West 21st Street, New York, NY 10011 New York Tighter rooms, sharper curation. Feels like a well-EQ'd mix, nothing wasted. 9 Kasmin 509 West 27th Street, New York, NY 10001 New York Always surprised by the sculpture garden out back. Good spot to decompress mid-crawl. 10 Printed Matter 231 11th Avenue, New York, NY 10001 New York Not a gallery exactly but basically one. Artist books and zines, digging through bins here is like crate digging for vinyl. 
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