About Pacific Press New York

New York hangs more art in a week than anyone can see in a month, which is a planning problem before it is a critical one. Pacific Press New York exists to solve it: exhibitions and openings sorted by neighborhood, by closing date and by whether the trip is repaid. Coverage runs from museum surveys on Fifth Avenue to two-room galleries in Bushwick and the Lower East Side, with equal attention to the Chelsea circuit and to spaces that only open on weekends.

The output is guides and explainers. Each entry names the address, the nearest train, the hours that are actually kept, the admission or lack of it, and how much of an afternoon the show needs. Nothing is listed without someone going. Press releases are treated as claims, not descriptions, and we mark shows that photograph better than they hang. Openings are noted with the caveat that a crowded room is a poor place to look at painting.

Art holds the criticism and the material writing; Exhibitions tracks what is currently up, with closing dates. Events covers openings, talks, fairs and performance nights, and Artists profiles the people whose work fills the walls. Guides is the routing desk, neighborhood by neighborhood. Art News reports gallery moves, museum decisions and program announcements, while Business News follows rents, fair costs and the money keeping these rooms open.

Published within the VUGA Enterprises Network, Pacific Press New York is a VUGA Media Group title.