#somerset-house

#somerset-house

While New York's design center has become even more concentrated in Tribeca in recent years, a handful of new galleries are bringing their energy to Long Island City, the Lower East Side, and the Meatpacking District. Interestingly, all four are not staking their survival on a gallery model alone; the majority of the new spaces featured here are reviving brick and mortar as an extension of their thriving businesses.

A row of semi-derelict houses on Strand is to be restored as part of an expansion of the neighbouring Courtauld Institute and art gallery. The Courtauld recently completed a refurbishment of its art gallery spaces and is now turning to the other side of the estate - its teaching and research centres. As part of the refurbishment, their centre facing into Somerset House will be newly connected to a suite of neighbouring townhouses that face out onto Strand.

"Since my first pop-up in 2018, I've been searching for a space to call home. After various false starts, I could not have hoped for a more beautiful location than Somerset House."