Bushwick art gallery’s closing seen as symbol of local arts scene’s decline
Arts-minded Brooklyn residents are sad that Signal, a well-known gallery at 260 Johnson Ave., Bushwick, will close after a final one-night exhibition, “No Signal,” on Nov. 2.
The gallery was opened in 2012 by Kyle Clairmont Jacques, then a designer, and Alexander Johns, who worked for an art-book publisher, according to Artsy. The space on Johnson Avenue, which formerly housed a rug warehouse, is larger than most galleries in West Chelsea, a hub for avant-garde art.
“The gallery started out with a very particular goal, to stage really ambitious projects by young artists in a very professional-looking way — because we thought it was something the neighborhood could use, and young artists could use,” Johns told Artsy.