Design Hunting - Where We Make Art Now

Where is art being made in New York right now? It’s not easy to find a space, given the city’s real-estate prices, but what I found was that artists often worked together to help one another out. Hugh Hayden makes art out of a former fruit distributor’s warehouse in East Williamsburg, where he landed after leaving a space in the Bronx that he had gone in on with a group of friends, including Hannah Levy, who is still there. I visited Hiba Schahbaz, who fell for the windows of an old commercial building in Bushwick and has changed studios several times within it. Firelei Báez credits her ability to adapt to her upbringing, when she moved around often. She got priced out of the Bronx but ended up in a space in Red Hook, and enterprising as they all are, each artist has made their space perfect for what they need.

Best,
Wendy Goodman

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