Places in Chelsea

Bombay Talkie

Bombay Talkie, created and owned by Sunitha Ramaiah is a Indian "street food" bistro that the melds the worlds of Ramaiah's childhood in Southern India with her adulthood in Manhattan.  Skillfully bringing together a sleek interior aesthetic with the playful drama of Bollywood-inspired canvases, Bombay Talkie contemporizes the regional cuisines of the tiny roadside cafes that dot the Indian subcontinent.

Recommended by Nini Ordoubadi

Bottino

BOTTINO is the second New York restaurant for Daniel Emerman and Alessandro Prosperi. Their first, BAROCCO, was an art world institution, operating in TriBeCa from 1986 until 1999. Following in that tradition, BOTTINO opened in 1998, a pioneer in burgeoning West Chelsea.

Recommended by Nini Ordoubadi

Cheim & Read Gallery

Founded by John Cheim & Howard Read in 1997.

Its principal focus is the representation of an international group of contemporary artists whose diverse practices include painting, drawing, sculpture, and photography.

Recommended by Peter McGough

Dance Theater Workshop

One of America’s preeminent performing arts institutions, Dance Theater Workshop maintains an uncompromising mission to identify, present, and support independent contemporary artists and companies to advance dance and live performance in New York and worldwide.

Dance Theater Workshop is a center for the development and presentation of contemporary dance and performance, and for the artists who create it. Dance Theater Workshop fully presents over 110 performances by some 45 different artists and companies each year.

Now entering our fifth decade as a leading performing arts center, Dance Theater Workshop has grown into a multi-faceted organization that provides professional programs and resources to independent artists, and cultivates public involvement in the arts.

Recommended by Noémie Lafrance

David Zwirner Gallery

David Zwirner was incorporated in 1992. The gallery opened its doors in February 1993 on the ground floor of 43 Greene Street in SoHo. Marked by pioneering exhibitions by Stan Douglas, Jason Rhoades, Toba Khedoori, Rachel Khedoori, and Diana Thater, the early years established David Zwirner as a home for innovative, emerging artists working across media. Over the years, the gallery has helped foster the careers of some of the most influential artists working today, including Luc Tuymans and Neo Rauch, who both had their U.S. debut exhibitions at David Zwirner in 1994 and 2000 respectively.

Recommended by Fred Cray

Eyebeam Art & Technology Center

Eyebeam is the leading not-for-profit art and technology center in the United States.

Founded in 1996 and incorporated in 1997, Eyebeam was conceived as a non-profit art and technology center dedicated to exposing broad and diverse audiences to new technologies and media arts, while simultaneously establishing and demonstrating new media as a significant genre of cultural production.

Recommended by Josh Hadar

Home Night Club

Home is a welcome addition to Chelsea on the West 27th Street, a place where New York's elite hang their hats.  The space is a powerful blend of comfort and style with a touch of smoldering decadence:

Recommended by Danny Jacobs

Honey Space

Honey Space is an independent exhibition space dedicated to presenting compelling work by contemporary artists in  a non-commercial setting. Situated in a former warehouse that has intentionally been left raw, Honey Space presents exhibitions that are by necessity site-specific, and are designed such that the space can operate without any staff. Metal security gates open in the morning, go down at night and throughout the day the space is open to the public.

Honey Space was founded in 2008 by Thomas Beale and is located on the West Side Highway in Chelsea.

Recommended by Ad Hoc Art

James Cohan Gallery

James Cohan Gallery features contemporary art, painting, sculpture, video, installations, photography and editions by established and emerging American and international artists.

Recommended by Trenton Doyle Hancock

Jonathan Levine Gallery

Formerly operating as Tin Man Alley Gallery in Philadelphia and New Hope, PA, the Jonathan LeVine Gallery moved to New York in January 2005 and opened with a group exhibition, "Pop Pluralism" on February 5th.

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