With only 40 galleries spread over three enormous upstairs floors, the atmosphere is open and airy.
The four galleries, spread over 13,000 square feet, explore the history of science fiction, interstellar journeys, futuristic worlds and aliens.
In September, a new piece of the art-hub jigsaw fell in place with the opening of Gillman Barracks, a cluster of contemporary-art galleries spread over several former military barracks, a 15-minute drive from the city center.
The size is right; the atmosphere is light and bright, especially now that the show is back in its original digs in Chelsea, with some 40 galleries spread over three floors of the former Dia building.
Well-lighted and accessible, these two museums are a world away from Pushkinskaya 10, a historic warren of galleries spread around the Museum of Nonconformist Art, founded 20 years ago by artists who occupied the building and never left, with little evidence of renovation to mark their stay.
With more than 400 galleries spread across town, there is always some fantastic show going on somewhere.
Piled usually in the corners of galleries or spread across a gallery floor again, like minimalist floor installations the candy sculptures had a designated ideal weight; pieces of candy were intended to be replenished by the exhibitors as the supplies were depleted.
In a show about surveillance and control, the forum's awkward gallery space, spread over five levels of its narrow, wedge-shaped headquarters, becomes an advantage.
There is fifty-three thousand square feet of gallery space spread over the main body of the building and the pavilions, making this one of the largest museums of modern art in the country.
On one long wall of his gallery is spread out a Damien Hirst of 32 fish in formaldehyde from 1993, called Because I Can't Have You I Want You.
