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Great art has been made for decades on Manhattan\u2019s Lower East Side (LES), but until recently it was generally shown north of 14th Street. In 2007 the city\u2019s art establishment reopened the New Museum on The Bowery and put Massimiliano Gioni, who earned unprecedented acclaim as curator of this year\u2019s Venice Biennale, in charge of the exhibitions. Today a ceaseless stream of gallery openings and a steady southeast migration out of Chelsea\u2014from Lehmann Maupin to Thierry Goldberg\u2014are creating a new arena for the arts. Herewith, a can\u2019t-miss ten-stop tour.<\/p>\n

A series of lofty but intimate rooms designed by Foster + Partners freshens up the tightly conceived program atSperone Westwater<\/strong>\u00a0(think Tom Sachs, Bruce Nauman, Susan Rothenberg and Julian Schnabel) after 35 years in more conventional SoHo and Meatpacking District spaces.\u00a0At 257 Bowery;\u00a0speronewestwater.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Following a debut on the Upper East Side\u2019s Museum Mile, Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn opted for not one but two satellite spaces to present\u00a0Salon 94<\/strong>\u2019s ultra-contemporary shows featuring works by the likes of Paula Hayes, Laurie Simmons and Lorna Simpson.\u00a0At 243 Bowery and 1 Freeman Alley;\u00a0salon94.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Though it recalls a street-front railroad apartment, the unassuming Hudson, New York, transplant\u00a0Callicoon Fine Arts<\/strong>\u00a0boasts some lesser-known powerhouses such as Lebanese painter Etel Adnan.\u00a0At 124 Forsyth St.;\u00a0callicoonfinearts.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Elizabeth Denny\u2019s eye for up-and-coming talent is on wide display at\u00a0Denny Gallery<\/strong>\u00a0(Amanda Valdez, in particular, is an artist to watch). The space is small and standard issue; the work is anything but.\u00a0At 261 Broome St.;\u00a0dennygallery.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Down the hallway of a generic Chinatown office building,\u00a0Horton Gallery<\/strong>\u2019s new space combines fluorescent lighting and a floor of 1820s cobblestones from the property\u2019s former life as a brewery.\u00a0At 55\u201359 Chrystie St., Ste. R106;\u00a0hortongallery.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

The internationally recognized gallery\u00a0Lehmann Maupin<\/strong>, with outposts in Chelsea and Hong Kong, christened the LES with a zen-like space around the corner from the New Museum, featuring the likes of Tracey Emin and Juergen Teller.\u00a0At 201 Chrystie St.;\u00a0lehmannmaupin.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

LES mainstay\u00a0On Stellar Rays<\/strong>, which transformed its space into a dilapidated motel for a recent Maria Petschnig exhibition, specializes in visceral performance, video and installation art by an impressive roster of cage-rattling artists.\u00a0At 133 Orchard St.;\u00a0onstellarrays.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

One of the area\u2019s more established galleries,\u00a0Lisa Cooley<\/strong>\u00a0focuses on the kind of contemplative, minimal works that can\u2014and should\u2014hang in every home, like Erin Shirreff\u2019s abstract, planetary photographs.\u00a0At 107 Norfolk St.;\u00a0lisa-cooley.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

A favorite among critics,\u00a0Thierry Goldberg<\/strong>\u00a0moved from Brooklyn\u2019s Williamsburg via Chelsea to a comfortable two-room space, where it continues to introduce global artists like Oded Hirsch, Jeffrey Kessel and Maya Bloch to the New York market.\u00a0At 103 Norfolk St.;\u00a0thierrygoldberg.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

The soaring underground space at\u00a0Lu Magnus<\/strong>\u00a0is perfect for bold shows like the recent \u201cThanks,\u201d an exhibition by Brooklyn artist Adam Parker Smith made up entirely of pilfered artworks.\u00a0At 55 Hester St.;\u00a0lumagnus.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Art of Eating, Drinking and Shopping the LES<\/h3>\n

Caffe Vita:<\/strong>\u00a0A perfect pre-gallery caffeine fix thanks to flawless, frothy cappuccinos and smooth, cold-brew ice coffee in summer.\u00a0At 124 Ludlow St.;\u00a0caffevita.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Schapiro\u2019s:<\/strong>\u00a0The Jewish-American cuisine is spot-on and served late; the bar is a triple threat of craft beer, classic cocktails and carefully chosen wines.\u00a0At 120 Rivington St.; 212-533-6089.<\/em><\/p>\n

Yunnan Kitchen:<\/strong>\u00a0No General Tso\u2019s chicken here: A taste of China\u2019s Yunnan Province means chilled chrysanthemum salad and blistered pork belly.\u00a0At 79 Clinton St.; 212-253-2527;yunnankitchen.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Maryam Nassir Zadeh:<\/strong>\u00a0Equal parts Factory Girl and Lawrence of Arabia, this boutique culls adventurous pieces from the likes of Jacquemus and Jil Sander.\u00a0At 123 Norfolk St.;mnzstore.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Self Edge:<\/strong>\u00a0A temple of rare and raw Japanese-, Italian- and American-made denim as well as rugged handcrafted accessories.\u00a0At 157 Orchard St.;\u00a0selfedge.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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