The Chelsea Arts District, sometimes also called the West Chelsea Arts District or the Chelsea Gallery District is a region of
Chelsea, Manhattan
Chelsea is a neighborhood on the West Side of the borough of Manhattan in New York City. The area's boundaries are roughly 14th Street to the south, the Hudson River and West Street to the west, and Sixth Avenue to the east, with its northern b ...
, New York City, that runs from 18th to 28th Street between
Tenth Avenue and
Eleventh Avenue that is known for its concentration of
art galleries
An art gallery is a room or a building in which visual art is displayed. In Western cultures from the mid-15th century, a gallery was any long, narrow covered passage along a wall, first used in the sense of a place for art in the 1590s. The lon ...
. It developed as part of the neighborhood's rezoning and shift in the international art market in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
While galleries have relocated to other areas due to rising rents and the distance from the
subway,
new galleries have taken their place and the area remains an arts hub.
While many galleries feature a rotating series of exhibits, the district is also known for longterm or permanent projects, such as
Joseph Beuys
Joseph Heinrich Beuys ( , ; 12 May 1921 – 23 January 1986) was a German artist, teacher, performance artist, and art theorist whose work reflected concepts of humanism, sociology, and anthroposophy. He was a founder of a provocative art mov ...
' ''
7000 Oaks
''7000 OaksCity Forestation Instead of City Administration'' (german: 7000 Eichen Stadtverwaldung statt Stadtverwaltung) is a work of land art by the German artist Joseph Beuys. It was first publicly presented in 1982 at documenta 7.
The project
...
'' which began in 1988 with five trees that marked
Dia Chelsea
Dia Chelsea is an art museum in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York City and is operated by Dia Art Foundation. Opened in 1987 at 548 West 22nd Street as the Dia Center for the Arts, Dia Chelsea has since moved across the street to a series of con ...
's opening and was extended in 1996 and remains due to a partnership with the Departments of Parks & Recreation and Transportation.
See also
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West Chelsea Historic District
The West Chelsea Historic District is a portion of the neighborhood of Chelsea in Manhattan, New York City. It was designated as the city's 92nd historic district in July 2008 by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission.
It encompasses ...
References
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Art in New York City
Chelsea, Manhattan