The London dealer Timothy Taylor is relocating his Chelsea gallery to New York’s hip Tribeca neighbourhood on 20 April, a move he says came about as a “happy accident”—though one that points to a wider trend, not only among art galleries.
Over the past five years or so, the likes of mega dealer David Zwirner and smaller outfits such as Chapter Gallery, Denny Denim and Canada have flocked to Tribeca and have now reached a critical mass of around 50 galleries. Taylor thinks Tribeca is “increasingly defining itself by volume”—both in terms of galleries and the number of visitors to the area. “But I’m not suggesting there’s going to be a mass migration from Chelsea,” he adds.