Cultured: A Guide to the Newest Galleries on the Block in Tribeca, the Rising Art-Market Epicenter of New York

Over the last decade, Tribeca has become New York's must-visit destination for gallery hoppers. Here's an inside look at the neighborhood's newcomers.

By Katie White
January 8, 2024

Michiko Itatani, "Cosmic Encounters” (Installation View), 2023. Image courtesy of Storage.

Storage
52 Walker

While blue-chip galleries have certainly been flocking to Tribeca recently, experimental spaces, too, have been laying down roots. The most buzzed-about among this lot might be Storage, a space run by artist and dealer Onyedika Chuke, which has brought the work of artists such as Emory Douglas and Rick Lowe to new prominence. The artist-run space first opened in his Chinatown studio back in 2020 but moved to Walker Street in 2022. Born in Nigeria, Chuke grew up as a foster child in New York and has said he is drawn to works that speak to community-building and mutual aid because of those experiences. At last year's NADA Miami, the gallery made a critical impression with a presentation of works by artists Adam Lupton, Elizabeth Flood, and Baxter Koziol. It's currently running Chicago-based painter Michiko Itatani's New York solo debut in the Tribeca space.