I’ve been leading fewer gallery tours in Soho, and more tours on the “exploding” Lower East Side.  But the legendary Soho galleries are still cutting-edge, so my next Soho gallery tour will happen this coming Saturday.  There’s no telling when the next Soho tour will be, so take advantage of this one while you can.  We’ll visit a total of 7 ALL-NEW extraordinary exhibits that day.

Soho, of course, used to be the world’s center for contemporary art, until most of its galleries moved en masse to Chelsea in the 1990s, when real estate prices in Soho skyrocketed, and Chelsea could offer much larger industrial-sized spaces for a lot less money. But there are still several galleries left in Soho, and sometimes even a new one sprouts up.  One gallery, for example, not only moved from Chelsea BACK to Soho a few years ago, but this past year they opened up a SECOND space in Soho just two blocks away. They’re the exception, of course, but it does show that Soho remains a desirable neighborhood for the art world. Maybe TOO desirable, which is why Soho is still so expensive.

Besides the wonderfully innovative “downtown” art you’ll see on the Soho tour, the neighborhood itself is about the most charming of any in Manhattan.

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