BELLWETHER GALLERY TO CLOSE
Another hip Chelsea gallery has announced that it is closing. Becky Smith, director of Bellwether, located at its space at 134 Tenth Avenue, sent out an email to supporters on Wednesday, June 16, 2009, stating that she had decided to shutter the space due to the "current financial climate." Bellwether opened ten years ago in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and quickly became one of several must-see galleries in the local art scene. Over the years the gallery helped launch or nurture the careers of many artists who are now fairly well known, including Ellen Altfest, Tanyth Berkeley, Adam Cvijanovic, Trevor Paglen, Sharon Core and Charlotta Westergren. Smith plans to continue to work with gallery artists, and promises "several shows with them in a Bellwether-at-large capacity."
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