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New York City art museums among them most popular In the world—— Metropolitan Museum of Art (called the Metropolitan Museum) and Museum of Modern Art According to The Art Newspaper, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) attracted 5.4 million and 2.8 million visitors respectively in 2023.

CNBC asked artists to name their top New York galleries, from well-known to underground.

London screen printing artist Diego Arellano Love the Chelsea Gallery in Manhattan because they have large rooms with high ceilings. “Places like C24, Hauser & Wirth, and Dia feel like small contemporary museums—just without the visitor lines (and free!),” he told CNBC via email. Arellano said these galleries sometimes stage “bolder” exhibitions than larger organizations.

C24 Gallery Featuring artists in sculpture, ceramics, photography, and painting, while she is chelsea An exhibition by filmmaker Steve McQueen will open on September 20th. Hauser & Wirth Owns two Chelsea galleries, both currently showing work by Hungarian-born American artist Rita Ackermann.

brooklyn resident and artist Zhuo Xiong Also favor Chelsea Gallery. Gladstone Gallery – which has two branches in Chelsea – is one of his favourites. “The artists they selected and the exhibitions they curated were top-notch,” he told CNBC via email. Zwirner The gallery’s current exhibitions, at its locations at 519 and 525 West 19th Street, feature the work of more than 60 employees.

Bear also chose Tribeca Gallery P·P·O·WFounded over 40 years ago by dealers Wendy Olsoff and Penny Pilkington, it currently presents “Airhead,” a group show based on the concept of teaching.

Artist and actor Edward Akrout is a fan of the area Miria The gallery opened last September and claims to be “New York City’s first Ukrainian art gallery.”

Akrout runs a non-profit organization art shieldThe group supports artists threatened by conflict or censorship and said it was looking forward to the launch of “Saints,” a book documenting the war in Ukraine by photographer Sasha Maslov, which will Launched in Mriya in the autumn. Akrut said in an email to CNBC that “Saints” paints “a portrait of ordinary Ukrainians who acted courageously and elevated themselves to sainthood.”

Arellano loves New York City because its famous galleries are located next to each other. “You basically have access to whitneyMuseum of Modern Art and Guggenheim The Whitney Museum of American Art is in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District, the Museum of Modern Art is in Midtown, and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum is further north on the Upper East Side.

The Museum of Modern Art is “special” to British artist Kate Lewis, who first visited the museum when she was 17. place,” she told CNBC via email, referring to French artists Henri Matisse and Degas. Edgar Degas and the American realist painter Edward Hopper.

Louis created Botanical style collage He also recommended “can’t miss” exhibitions at the Whitney Biennial, according to newspaper reports. its current program”Even better than the real thing,” according to the gallery’s website, showcases the work of 71 artists and groups that “grapple with many of today’s most pressing issues” — such as how artificial intelligence affects our understanding of reality.

Xiong said the Metropolitan Museum of Art had the greatest influence on his painting career. “The Met’s collection is extremely diverse, with everything from Egyptian mummies to Chinese porcelain, ancient Chinese bronzes, Chinese calligraphy and painting, and European medieval works,” he said.

Xiong, who is from Inner Mongolia, said the Qing Dynasty painting guide “Mustard Seed Garden Painting Book” collected by the Metropolitan Museum had an influence on his upcoming exhibition in London. “Gone with the windis on display at London’s Maison Pan Gallery, housed in the vaults that once formed the National Gallery’s archives, until August 15.

Arellano describes the Museum of Experimental Art swiss academy A hidden gem in the East Village, he said he loved its lobby bookstore, Printed Matter, which also hosts fairs and launches.

Also in the East Village, artists and costume designers Brilliant machine (Formerly known as Matthew Flower) Recommended mom galleryconnected to the La Mama Experimental Theater Club theater space. “It supports artists pushing the boundaries of their medium,” he told CNBC via email.

Not far away penetrationThe space is run by Cay Sophie Rabinowitz, a former Basel art director and “art world insider,” according to the gallery’s website. Daze describes her as a “genius in the art world” and says the gallery’s eponymous print magazine is “top-notch.”

If you don’t want to go to a gallery, Arellano said there are plenty of creative works to see on the city’s streets. “Walking around for hours in New York, listening to conversation and music, and seeing millions of stickers and billboards and posters and what they write and draw on the walls, is more enjoyable than anywhere else I’ve been Gave me more materials and inspiration.