The Rising Stars
Want to see where art is heading next? These are the places to watch.
Last updated Aug 8, 2025
The newbies. The up-starters. Maybe even the up-setters.
These are the spaces where the rulebooks aren’t just being abandoned, they’re being rewritten. You’ll witness experimentation and disruption, see glimmers of the future on the horizon, and 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.
The Rising Stars
5 Venues
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
Blade Study
Escape the algorithm inside this tiny, but mighty, gallery for internet explorers, anime theorists, and meme mythmakers.
17 Pike 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
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
The newbies. The up-starters. Maybe even the up-setters.
These are the spaces where the rulebooks aren’t just being abandoned, they’re being rewritten. You’ll witness experimentation and disruption, see glimmers of the future on the horizon, and 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.
The Rising Stars
5 VenuesBelow 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
Blade Study
Escape the algorithm inside this tiny, but mighty, gallery for internet explorers, anime theorists, and meme mythmakers.
17 Pike 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
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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