During August, many of the city's white-hot galleries, like Galerie Max Hetzler (Zimmerstrasse 90/91; 49-30-229-2437; www.maxhetheer.com), close, leaving the much-hyped art quarters feeling like cultural wastelands.
Condo's painting, "The Manhattan Strip Club," soared well beyond its estimated price, proving once again that the seedy East Village scene always has a place in Midtown's posh art quarters.
The magnets for a new art quarter in Bethnal Green were Maureen Paley (21 Herald Street, 7729-4112) and the Wilkinson Gallery (242 Cambridge Heath Road, 8980-2662).
And once enlightenment has been attained, the system will be boxed up and moved to the Institute For Spatial Sound in Hungary, a permanent facility as part of the Art Quarter Budapest, where further explorations into the possibilities of controlled omni-directional sound can be explored.
On Sept. 5, Ascent started the school year in new 11,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art quarters in the United Way building on Grand Boulevard in Deer Park.
The photography museum's new home, which opened April 4, has not only a highly visible entrance on the park's main avenue, but also state-of-the-art quarters with four times as much space.
Because the winters tend to be long and cold, the city possesses an extensive underground network connecting several downtown malls and a subterranean arts quarter.
Or enjoy the relaxed, arty vibe at Tadioto, which has relocated to 24b Tong Dan Street after the authorities snuffed out its fabulous former spot at Zone 9 in late 2013 (an arts quarter that emerged from an abandoned medicine factory with hip coffee shops, bars and art collectives).
Art lovers should look out for Christmas Steps, a beautiful lane that's home to the arts quarter of the city, and if you're a fan of architecture, check out the Wills Memorial building, one of the city's most recognisable, with its gothic revival tower soaring high above the streets.
Plans are being drawn up for an arts quarter in Worcester which would include a concert venue and gallery.
It was getting late, so I left the arts quarter and headed north.
