"My economics degree made me more attuned to the global picture, and more sceptical of capitalism's default setting: perpetual growth at any cost. It's hard to unsee," Guthery tells The Art Newspaper. "Art starts to look less like a space for risk and more like an industry of supply and demand, speculation and status, with 'affordable' risks quietly deciding what gets made."
"After they decided to join forces last summer, the duo found a 3,000-sq.-ft space in Manhattan's Chinatown (151 Lafayette Street, fourth floor) that would allow them to hold as many as three exhibitions at once in its two galleries and screening room. The Latvian performance artist Jana Jacuka will inaugurate the space with an event on 12 February. This will be followed by a robust programme of solo presentations, beginning with the Danish artist Nina Beier (21 February-9 May)."
Summer Guthery and Francesca Sonara are launching Times, a nimble non-profit art space in Manhattan's Chinatown with a planned three-year obsolescence. Guthery's economics background fostered skepticism of perpetual-growth capitalism and inspired a commitment to small-scale efficiencies and responsiveness. Times rejects legacy institutional models in favor of flexibility and meeting artists' present needs. The 3,000-sq.-ft venue includes two galleries and a screening room and can present up to three exhibitions simultaneously. Programming opens with a Jana Jacuka performance on 12 February, followed by solo shows including Nina Beier, and a cohort exploring absurdity, economic uncertainty and alternative presentation models.
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