Rising Galleries
The newbies. The up-starters. Maybe even the up-setters. Witness experimentation, disruption, and the future of art on the horizon.
Last updated Aug 29, 2025
These are the spaces where the rulebooks aren’t just being abandoned, they’re being rewritten.
Discover emerging artists on everyone’s lips. The art comes with strong points of view and has plenty to say about the world around us. When you’re in these places, there’s a strong feeling that there’s nowhere else to be but right here, right now, and that is their gift.
Rising Galleries
12 Venues
MARCH
East Village vibes meet Southern warmth inside this double-wide storefront on Avenue A, where you can expect a mix of NYC up-and-comers and artists exploring Black craftsmanship.
62–64 Avenue A
New York, NY 10009
Half Gallery
In the mood for love? Head to this glass-walled gallery where desire and fantasy simmer beneath the surface. If art were an aphrodisiac…
235 East 4th Street
New York, NY 10009
Hannah Traore
A spectrum of artists of color push boundaries, subvert labels, and start conversations at this womb-like subterranean space on Orchard Street.
150 Orchard Street
New York, NY 10002
Company Gallery
Get immersed in utopian futures with feminist and queer art and artists at this graffiti-covered street-level gallery with subterranean speakeasy.
145 Elizabeth Street
New York, NY 10012
Derosia
Self-aware, socially-motivated (but never shouty) paintings plug you into the here and now on the second-floor of an office building in the heart of Little Italy.
197 Grand Street, 2W
New York, NY 10013
Ulrik
Take the pulse of the new New York scene at this spacious, sunny second-floor gallery overlooking Canal Street where artistic careers are launched and revitalized.
175 Canal Street, Floor 3
New York, NY 10013
Below Grand
In a display window and closet in a Chinese kitchen supply store on Orchard Street and a storefront on Allen Street, artist-and-curator rebels stage experimental shows that stretch art world rules.
53 Orchard Street
New York, NY 10002
Entrance
The spirit of the zine and DIY maker-culture collides with exquisite taste in this sunny storefront gallery with basement on Ludlow Street.
48 Ludlow Street
New York, NY 10002
Management
Otherworldly, metaphysical works blur the boundaries between mysticism and philosophy on the fourth floor of a Chinatown office building.
39 East Broadway, Suite 404
New York, NY 10002
Elliott Templeton Fine Arts
The highly covetable, highly aesthetic art in a two-room Henry Street gallery named for a fictional gay art dealer can be summed in one word: romantic.
105 Henry Street
New York, NY 10002
These are the spaces where the rulebooks aren’t just being abandoned, they’re being rewritten.
Discover emerging artists on everyone’s lips. The art comes with strong points of view and has plenty to say about the world around us. When you’re in these places, there’s a strong feeling that there’s nowhere else to be but right here, right now, and that is their gift.
Rising Galleries
12 VenuesMARCH
East Village vibes meet Southern warmth inside this double-wide storefront on Avenue A, where you can expect a mix of NYC up-and-comers and artists exploring Black craftsmanship.
62–64 Avenue A
New York, NY 10009
Half Gallery
In the mood for love? Head to this glass-walled gallery where desire and fantasy simmer beneath the surface. If art were an aphrodisiac…
235 East 4th Street
New York, NY 10009
Hannah Traore
A spectrum of artists of color push boundaries, subvert labels, and start conversations at this womb-like subterranean space on Orchard Street.
150 Orchard Street
New York, NY 10002
Company Gallery
Get immersed in utopian futures with feminist and queer art and artists at this graffiti-covered street-level gallery with subterranean speakeasy.
145 Elizabeth Street
New York, NY 10012
Derosia
Self-aware, socially-motivated (but never shouty) paintings plug you into the here and now on the second-floor of an office building in the heart of Little Italy.
197 Grand Street, 2W
New York, NY 10013
Ulrik
Take the pulse of the new New York scene at this spacious, sunny second-floor gallery overlooking Canal Street where artistic careers are launched and revitalized.
175 Canal Street, Floor 3
New York, NY 10013
Below Grand
In a display window and closet in a Chinese kitchen supply store on Orchard Street and a storefront on Allen Street, artist-and-curator rebels stage experimental shows that stretch art world rules.
53 Orchard Street
New York, NY 10002
Entrance
The spirit of the zine and DIY maker-culture collides with exquisite taste in this sunny storefront gallery with basement on Ludlow Street.
48 Ludlow Street
New York, NY 10002
Management
Otherworldly, metaphysical works blur the boundaries between mysticism and philosophy on the fourth floor of a Chinatown office building.
39 East Broadway, Suite 404
New York, NY 10002
Elliott Templeton Fine Arts
The highly covetable, highly aesthetic art in a two-room Henry Street gallery named for a fictional gay art dealer can be summed in one word: romantic.
105 Henry Street
New York, NY 10002
King's Leap
A rising generation of artists whose shared techno and Tumblr experiences splinter into dystopian visions, futuristic dreams, and meta commentaries on 21st-century life.
105 Henry Street Street, Store 5
New York, NY 10002
Foreign & Domestic
Process is worshipped in this bunker-like basement gallery, which champions local and international artists and the immigrant-powered spirit of the LES.
24 Rutgers Street
New York, NY 10002
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