The School
Still looks like a school from the outside.
How about this: A NYC-based gallerist has turned a 30,000 square foot former elementary school in Kinderhook into a gallery (yes, that Kinderhook). Its name: The School. (Because of course it is.)
From a NYT T Magazine recap of the opening (with slideshow) this past weekend of Jack Shainman Gallery's The School:
The last time artwork adorned the walls of the Martin Van Buren school in Kinderhook, N.Y., it had been commissioned at the request of elementary school teachers. On Saturday, however, both new and retrospective pieces by the artist Nick Cave were installed throughout the newly converted 30,000-square-foot building, while dancers costumed in Cave's idiosyncratic Soundsuits performed outside for a crowd of art-world cognoscenti and local residents. ...
Joining Dia Beacon, Storm King, the much-hyped forthcoming Marina Abramovic Institute and other new galleries that recently cropped up in the area, the reworked 1929 Federal Revival building and its five-acre property -- situated near the main square of the quaint, picturesque village -- offer yet another lure for art seekers heading north from the city.
Or, as Vogue would like you to know: "In case you hadn't heard, upstate New York is the art world's latest hotspot." (There's also video from the opening at that link.)
The School will be open to the public on Saturdays from 11 am-5 pm starting May 31, according to the gallery's website.
Also: The new season at the Art Omi's Fields Sculpture Park in nearby Ghent opens June 14.
(Thanks, Jamie)
photo via Jack Shainman Gallery FB
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Looks like the NYC hipster invasion is creeping closer and closer to Albany by the day...
... said abc on May 21, 2014 at 9:59 PM | link
Is it hipster to have contemporary art in your community?
I'm excited for more art venues/projects to move into our community. Many people discount what art does for a community, but just look at DIA: Beacon. DIA made a home in Beacon and it has helped their economy greatly. Other complimentary businesses flocked to the area, home values went up (rents went up), tourism increases.
Every million counts: http://observer.com/2011/08/the-economic-impact-of-dias-beacon/
... said maryelise on May 22, 2014 at 9:44 AM | link
Nice post Maryelise. Thank you.
... said Jamie on May 23, 2014 at 11:16 AM | link