Bowery and Beyond
Last updated May 13, 2026
The Bowery has been up, down, and sideways.
Gilded Age wealth, Yiddish theater, Skid Row, cold lofts where artists worked against a backdrop of sirens. Now it's glass towers next to kitchen supply stores and Supreme (still with lines around the block). The street has never settled. That's the point.
The New Museum, with its new Rem Koolhaas wing, anchors the art scene. Scattered along Chrystie and Stanton off Sara D. Roosevelt Park are a few newcomer galleries worth finding.
But its neighborhood originals are the reason to come. Howl!, named after Ginsberg. Westwood, championing painters who lived in those freezing lofts. Tibor de Nagy carries the Frank O'Hara era forward. And Steven Harvey Fine Arts celebrates the New York Studio School. They're not reviving the archive, they are it.
Slip into Freemans via the alleyway for oysters, steak, and a breather from the noise. Or grab a coffee at Bungee Space, the concept store with vintage clothing and books by way of Beijing.
Don’t drift into NoLita. Head east instead.
GalleryLower East Side
Westwood Gallery
Want to understand the cultural DNA of the downtown NYC art? Spend an afternoon at Westwood Gallery. The old-school scene is alive and well here, with shows that spotlight artists who kept making work long after trends moved on.
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Alternative SpaceLower East Side
Howl! Arts Howl! Archive!
The spirit of the bohemian East Village screams in this living shrine to its artist icons, past and present.
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MuseumLower East Side
New Museum
The most contemporary of New York’s contemporary museums. It’s where we go to get to know the artists, ideas, and conversations shaping what’s new, now, and what’s coming next and feel slightly ahead of it.
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GalleryLower East Side
Tibor De Nagy Gallery
A haven for poetic painting where every flick of paint holds worlds of intention in one of America’s first modern art galleries.
View Venue
GalleryLower East Side
Steven Harvey Fine Arts
Explore the rigors and elegance of decades of New York painting at this tiny storefront off the Sara D. Roosevelt Park.
View VenueThe Bowery has been up, down, and sideways.
Gilded Age wealth, Yiddish theater, Skid Row, cold lofts where artists worked against a backdrop of sirens. Now it's glass towers next to kitchen supply stores and Supreme (still with lines around the block). The street has never settled. That's the point.
The New Museum, with its new Rem Koolhaas wing, anchors the art scene. Scattered along Chrystie and Stanton off Sara D. Roosevelt Park are a few newcomer galleries worth finding.
But its neighborhood originals are the reason to come. Howl!, named after Ginsberg. Westwood, championing painters who lived in those freezing lofts. Tibor de Nagy carries the Frank O'Hara era forward. And Steven Harvey Fine Arts celebrates the New York Studio School. They're not reviving the archive, they are it.
Slip into Freemans via the alleyway for oysters, steak, and a breather from the noise. Or grab a coffee at Bungee Space, the concept store with vintage clothing and books by way of Beijing.
Don’t drift into NoLita. Head east instead.
GalleryLower East Side
Westwood Gallery
Want to understand the cultural DNA of the downtown NYC art? Spend an afternoon at Westwood Gallery. The old-school scene is alive and well here, with shows that spotlight artists who kept making work long after trends moved on.
Alternative SpaceLower East Side
Howl! Arts Howl! Archive!
The spirit of the bohemian East Village screams in this living shrine to its artist icons, past and present.
MuseumLower East Side
New Museum
The most contemporary of New York’s contemporary museums. It’s where we go to get to know the artists, ideas, and conversations shaping what’s new, now, and what’s coming next and feel slightly ahead of it.
GalleryLower East Side
Tibor De Nagy Gallery
A haven for poetic painting where every flick of paint holds worlds of intention in one of America’s first modern art galleries.
GalleryLower East Side
Steven Harvey Fine Arts
Explore the rigors and elegance of decades of New York painting at this tiny storefront off the Sara D. Roosevelt Park.
