Chelsea art guide: New and old favorites
A visitor at the Michael Riedel show at the David Zwimmer Gallery in Chelsea sits down to listen to an audio presentation. (Mar. 9, 2013) Credit: Natan Dvir
It took only 10 years for West Chelsea to transform from an area of windswept blocks dotted with taxi garages to the undisputed center of the international art world. Now, European and Asian tourists are seen unfolding maps as they decide where to get off the High Line to look at paintings. And in the past few months, some of the biggest galleries in all of New York have opened between 10th Avenue and the West Side Highway. Much of the action is walking distance from Penn Station. Your Chelsea Art Guide begins here.
