Take the Bolt Bus, Mega Bus or Chinatown bus (or if you prefer Amtrak or NJ Transit) up to NY for the day to see some great art. The Chinatown bus(from 11th and Filbert in Philly) will take you to the LES galleries while all of the other public transport will drop you near Chelsea. The fall gallery season just started and galleries are putting their best work forward. Here is quick rundown of some possible shows to check out:
In Chelsea(most galleries are West of 10th Ave and between 21st and 29th streets):
Anton Henning at Zach Feuer, 530 W. 24th St.
http://zachfeuer.com
Sarah Sze at Tanya Bonakdar, 521 W. 21st St.
http://www.tanyabonakdargallery.com
Laurent Grasso at Sean Kelly, 528 West 29th St.
http://www.skny.com
Tall Tales at Fred Torres (plugging my own show) 527 W. 29th Street
http://www.fredtorres.com/
Other Galleries of Interest in Chelsea:
Jeff Bailey (W. 26th Street) http://www.baileygallery.com
Fredericks and Freiser (536 W. 24th St.) http://www.fredericksfreisergallery.com
Perry Rubenstein (527 W. 23rd St.) http://www.perryrubenstein.com/
Cheim and Read (547 W. 25th St.) http://www.cheimread.com/
Gagosian, 522 West 21st St. (see also 555 West 24th Street) http://www.gagosian.com
In The Lower East Side:
David Shaw Sculpture at Feature Inc., 131 ALLEN ST NY NY 10002
http://www.featureinc.com
Louise Despont at Nicelle Beauchene, 21 Orchard Street
http://www.nicellebeauchene.com/
See Also:
Liz Cohen at Salon 94, 243 Bowery
http://www.salon94.com
DAVE COLE at Dodge Gallery, 15 RIVINGTON STREET
http://dodge-gallery.com
Additional Locations / Shows to Check out:
The MET (http://www.metmuseum.org/) and if you have time catch the Charles Burchfield exhibition at The Whitney (http://whitney.org/). For additional info on current and upcoming shows in NY check out http://www.artcat.com/
