Faced with rising rents, galleries in Chelsea are slowly moving to areas such as the Lower East Side. Multi-tenant buildings have been affected the most, with small dealers suffering a lack of foot traffic, while large galleries have opened up mega-spaces that also steal viewers. With the High Line‘s popularity and increasing gentrification, rents are only slated to continue increasing.

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‬Andrea Rosen Gallery to expand on 24th Street, Chelsea to a new venue named Gallery 2. “We’ll begin in September with an artist whom I can’t name just yet. It will be the artist’s first solo show in New York,” says Rosen.

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The Dia Art Foundation hires architect Roger Duffy to construct its new Chelsea home, “We want to make sure that 22nd Street will re-engage with new generations of artists,” says Dia’s director Philippe Vergne.

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