New Art Galleries Enjoy a Los Angeles Advantage: Space
Submitted by Steve on September 17, 2015
From Melena Ryzik, writing for The New York Times:
Michele Maccarone, in a flowy black jumpsuit, was striding across the cement floor of her cavernous new gallery (in Los Angeles) last week, debating where brightly colored abstract paintings by Alex Hubbard should go. “There’s just, like, this endless amount of really incredible space,” she said, as Mr. Hubbard and assistants moved the weighty frames for his solo show. At 35,000 square feet indoors, with an additional 10,000 square feet outside earmarked for a sculpture garden, the Maccarone gallery, in industrial Boyle Heights, is the length of a city block.
In true Los Angeles fashion, the broker drove prospective clients around from the front door to the back, judging it too big simply to walk through.