Gallery Sped Gentrification, Then Fell Victim
I was going to go off on the absolute foolishness of this Brooklyn Paper article:
Cinders Gallery, a six-year-old art space on the corner of Hope Street, will close and look for a new home
Six years? That’s what passes for pioneering these days? Splutter, splutter [sound of head exploding].
But then I read this piece at the L Magazine, which actually manages to interview the gallery owner and report the story without all the headline hyperbole of the Brooklyn Paper. In fact, L reporter Benjamin Sutton gets right to the nut of the issue with his first question for owner Kelie Bowman:
[Q:] The tone of the Brooklyn Paper article about the gallery was perplexing…
Kelie: Yes the title on the Brooklyn Paper article is a strange one. I don’t think we are to blame for gentrification, but instead the rezoning that was passed a couple years back.
Stupid headlines.
