Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Buying Art in Brooklyn

Here’s the latest from the Beep’s office. I bolded the interesting parts. So, did anybody go to this last year?

“smART” BROOKLYN GALLERY HOP

On Saturday, November 21 and Sunday, November 22, 70 participating Brooklyn art galleries will offer visitors outstanding exhibitions and refreshments as well as a unique opportunity to learn more about Brooklyn’s expanding art scene and galleries during the second annual smART Brooklyn Gallery Hop, an initiative of Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz and Brooklyn Tourism.

The exciting and diverse galleries participating include The Boiler, BRIC Rotunda Gallery, Chassidic Art Institute, DUMBO Arts Center, Kentler International Drawing Space, MoCADA, Momenta Art, Proteus Gowanus and Skylight Gallery (complete list below).

The free smART Brooklyn Gallery Hop features bus loops that depart from select hubs every hour on the hour from 1 pm–5 pm and run through four different gallery districts, allowing participants to hop on and off the bus within each line’s loop. Additionally, a “Tour of Four” bus tour (not a loop) will offer visitors a chance to experience unique art galleries “off the beaten path”:

• Williamsburg, Bushwick, Greenpoint — BLUE LOOP (Saturday). Hub: Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, 135 Broadway (at Bedford)
• Bedford-Stuyvesant, Clinton Hill, Fort Greene — RED LOOP (Saturday). Hub: MoCADA, the Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Art, 80 Hanson Place (at South Portland)

Gerald Jones, "Vessels," (oil painting) at Zion Gallery in Bed-Stuy

• Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO, Red Hook — GOLD LOOP (Sunday). Hub: Brooklyn Borough Hall/Tourism Visitors Center, 209 Joralemon (Between Court and Adams)
• Boerum Hill, Gowanus, Park Slope — GREEN LOOP (Sunday). Hub: Brooklyn Lyceum, 227 4th Ave. (at President)

Guiseppe Stampone, "Shaft way Elevator Installation," inspired by The Divine Comedy of Dante, at Invisible Dog, Boerum Hill. Photo credit: Julian Navarro

• Bay Ridge, Crown Heights, Sunset Park — TOUR OF FOUR Galleries (Sunday). Hub: Brooklyn Museum of Art, 200 Eastern Parkway (at Washington)

Buses will be staffed with expert art docents offering smART tip sheets about collecting and buying art.

The smART Brooklyn Gallery Hop is a collaborative effort between the public and private sectors working to advance local economic development and increase awareness and support of the arts.

RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED. For more information, visit www.visitbrooklyn.org.

For photos of some of the works on display at this year’s smART Brooklyn Gallery Hop, visit our flickr page at www.flickr.com/photos/smartgalleryhop.

PARTICIPATING GALLERIES

BLUE LOOP – SATURDAY

Bushwick • Greenpoint • Williamsburg
HUB: Williamsburg Art and Historical Center
135 Broadway (at Bedford)

BUSHWICK

English Kills
Norte Maar
NURTUREart

GREENPOINT

Janet Kurnatowski Gallery

WILLIAMSBURG

A.M. Richard Fine Art
ART 101
Black & White Project Space
Capricious Space
Causey Contemporary
Cinders
Dam, Stuhltrager Gallery
Figureworks
Fleetwing Gallery
Front Room
Gitana Rosa Gallery
Klaus Von Nichtssagend Gallery
Like the Spice Gallery
Momenta Art
Parker’s BOX
Pierogi
Sideshow
Slate Gallery
Southfirst
Spread Art
The Boiler
The Hogar Collection
Williamsburg Art & Historical Center

RED LOOP – SATURDAY

Bedford-Stuyvesant • Clinton Hill • Fort Greene

HUB: MoCADA
80 Hanson Place (at South Portland)

BEDFORD-STUYVESANT

Afroart – Designs
George Washington Carver Gallery
House of Art
The Rising Arts (TRA) Gallery
Skylight Gallery
Zion Gallery

CLINTON HILL

Clinton Hill Simply Art & Framing Gallery
EX Galleries
The Rising Arts Gallery

FORT GREENE

Jon Frum Art Foundation
MoCADA

GOLD LOOP – SUNDAY

Brooklyn Heights • DUMBO • Red Hook

HUB: Brooklyn Borough Hall/Tourism Visitors Center
209 Joralemon Street (between Court & Adams)

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS

BRIC Rotunda Gallery

DUMBO

A.I.R. Gallery
BAC Gallery
Central Booking
DUMBO Arts Center
Farmani Gallery
Henry Gregg Gallery
Klompching Gallery
Kris Graves Projects
LAND – League Artists Natural Design
Randall Scott Gallery
Smack Mellon
Spring design & art
The Giacobetti Paul Gallery
Umbrage Gallery

RED HOOK

BWAC – Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition
Kentler International Drawing Space
WORK Gallery

GREEN LOOP – SUNDAY

Boerum Hill • Gowanus • Park Slope

HUB: Brooklyn Lyceum
227 4th Avenue (at President)

BOERUM HILL

Clover’s Fine Art Gallery & Cafe, Inc.
Metaphor Contemporary Art
Micro Museum
Shop Art
The Invisible Dog

GOWANUS

Brooklyn Artists Gym
Proteus Gowanus

PARK SLOPE

440 Gallery
Open Source
Under Minerva Art Gallery

TOUR OF FOUR – SUNDAY

HUB: Brooklyn Museum of Art
200 Eastern Parkway (at Washington)

BAY RIDGE

Gallery 364

CROWN HEIGHTS

Chassidic Art Institute
FiveMyles

SUNSET PARK

Tabla Rasa Gallery