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ground floor is a side room that shows off the building's geothermal heating and cooling system: They drilled
down deeper than the Empire State Building is high in order to make it work.
536 LaGuardia Place, btw. Bleecker and W. 3rd sts.
212/683-0023.
www.aiany.org
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Artists Space
Young artists get exposure on the walls of this SoHo collective, which has been broadening
horizons since 1972.
38 Greene St., 3rd floor, btw. Broome and Grand sts.
212/226-3970.
www.artists space.org
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The Drawing Center
This downtown institution supports the often-overlooked discipline of drawing.
Lectures and screenings, some of which are free, add to the “draw” at this newly expanded space.
35 Wooster St., btw. Broome and Grand sts.
212/219-2166.
www.drawingcenter.org
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Grey Art Gallery
This small gallery basically doubles as NYU's fine arts museum. There's nothing sophomoric
about the visual art displayed here—rotating exhibitions are thoughtful and usually broadly scoped.
100 Washington Sq. E., btw. Washington Sq. S. and N.
212/998-6780.
www.nyu.edu/greyart
. Suggested admission $3, not enforced.
Swiss Institute
The artists shown here often have a Swiss connection. The recent move to a former Deitch
Projects' space has brought a higher profile and a lot more square footage.
18 Wooster St., btw. Grand and Canal sts.
212/925-2035.
www.swissinstitute.net
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Midtown/Uptown
With the avant-garde ensconced downtown and in Brooklyn, the galleries that breathe the rarified air of the Up-
per East Side tend toward the staid side. Art here is of a classic bent, though the definition of classic is pretty
elastic these days. Expect to see master works ranging from the Renaissance to the last couple of decades. And if
you thought the asking prices were wacky downtown, wait until you see these . . .
Subway: 6 to 68th St.; F to 63rd St.; N/Q/R or 4/5/6 to 59th St.
Americas Society Art Gallery
The Americas, from Canada all the way down to Patagonia, are the focus
of shows here.
680 Park Ave., at 68th St.
212/628-3200.
www.americas-society.org
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The Grolier Club
This society shows of its love of books and graphic arts in galleries on two separate
floors. Shows are free, as are some of the club's bibliophilic lectures.
47 E. 60th St., btw. Park and Madison aves.
212/838-6690.
www.grolierclub.org
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Hirschl & Adler Galleries
After a quarter-century in a landmarked town house, this gallery recently de-
camped for expanded digs in the Crown Building. A dozen shows a year show off exquisite 18th- to 20th-century
European and American painting and decorative arts.
730 Fifth Ave., btw. 56th and 57th sts.
212/535-8810.
www.hirschlandadler.com
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The Pace Gallery
Modernism is the new classicism, and this successor to PaceWildenstein specializes in
the best of it.
32 E. 57th St., btw. Fifth and Madison aves.
212/421-3292.
www.thepacegallery.com
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Other locations:
Chelsea,
534 W. 25th St., 510 W. 25th
St., and 545 W. 22nd St., btw. Tenth and Eleventh aves.
212/929-7001.
Richard L. Feigen & Co.
Master works of the last few centuries are the focus here.
34 E. 69th St., btw. Park and Madison aves.
212/628-0700.
www.rlfeigen.com
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