BLUM gallery will move to Tribeca from East 66th Street to the large space that is now Ortuzar Projects.
The gallery, which opened at 5 White in 2018, is renovating 10,000 square feet between White and West Broadway.
Plus a mother and child are struck by an ebike on Broadway; Ortuzar Projects will move to 5 White; Clive Davis sells his apartment on Leonard. / 2 comments
Plus: state funds for Hudson River Park, New York Law School bfast series, a show at Ortuzar Projects. / 7 comments
Plus: College acappella festival in Battery Park City; Spanish surrealist show; NYC food history exhibit; swap meet.
Plus: Trump's in-laws' citizenship ceremony; restaurateur accused of "culture of fear"; local thefts; touching up the Alice in Wonderland mural; Oculus photo essay; La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela; jazz in the 1970s.
Plus: The history of a building at Duane and Hudson; Pier 17's balloon installation; the conversion of 1 Wall; Don Wagyu review; Raul Guerrero at Ortuzar Projects. / 4 comments
Plus: Tribeca Art+ Culture Night is this Thursday; finally, seating in the Oculus; Cadillac is shooting here yet again; Raul Guerrero art exhibit; a poem about "The Valley of Tribeca." / 4 comments
Plus: Progress at Noted café and cocktail bar; progressive breakfast at four galleries tomorrow; "Airmail Paintings" at Alexander and Bonin; "Blank Pro" shoot.
Plus: Sidewalk doohickey on Duane; "Faces Places," the wonderful documentary by Agnès Varda and JR; Peter Roehr show at Ortuzar Projects; Battery Park City's Golden Jubilee. / 2 comments
Plus: Allegations that an area chef behaved inappropriately; the Sunday routine of fitness guru Taryn Toomey; two art fairs going on now; Michel Parmentier show reviewed. / 3 comments
Reasoning that a gallery must "prove it wants to exist," founder Ales Ortuzar has committed to just two years, with four shows a year. The focus is on art from the 20th and 21st centuries, particularly work that hasn't been seen in New York City in a while.
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