If you’re hanging out with friends or family this Thanksgiving weekend, I can’t think of a more entertaining way to share the holiday festivities than my ALL-NEW Lower East Side gallery tour on Sat. Nov. 29.  This neighborhood, with over 125 galleries and growing, has become the world’s mecca for fresh, young artists making a splash in the art scene.  Not only that, but the gallery owners there are young themselves, including a 29 year-old dealer we met on last month’s L.E.S. tour, having only her second show ever that already managed to make it into my top 7 exhibits!

Highlights of this Saturday’s L.E.S. tour: (1) a female artist’s paintings using airborne drones – instead of dropping bombs, she ordered them to drop paint, (2) digital photos that an artist infected with computer viruses, wreaking havoc to gorgeous, wildly colorful effect, and (3) a young artist’s edgy video piece that a NY Times critic called “captivating” and “heartening.”  These are just 3 of 7 fabulous shows.

It so happens that all the exhibits we’ll be visiting this Saturday are suitable for all ages and backgrounds.  And yet, there will be a lot of forward thinking on display: the majority of these shows take advantage of the latest technology, some in ways you could never imagine.

We’re lucky that Thanksgiving always falls on a Thursday, because by Saturday the galleries are open for business and eager to have us admire their work.  Come be part of the celebration!

Rafael Risemberg, Ph.D., Director
New York Gallery Tours