Rental Gallery Reopens in East Hamptons
Rental Gallery Reopens in East Hampton The collaborative gallery has previously existed in Los Angeles and New York City New York (January 16, 2017) — Rental Gallery is proud to announce its new location at 87 Newtown Road in East Hampton, New York. Owned and directed by artist-dealer Joel Mesler, the nomadic and collaborative Rental has existed in earlier iterations in Los Angeles (2004-2007) and New York City (2007-2010). The inaugural show will be a Rental retrospective, gathering artists who have shown in the space over the years. It will open in May 2017. Rental will remain open throughout the year, presenting longer-run exhibitions, often of an experimental character, supplemented by a robust, monthly exhibition calendar during the summer season. The move to the Hamptons responds to systemic shifts in the art market. A decade of rising rents in art centers, combined with a global move towards an art fair-driven calendar, has left brick-