Hasidic Art Gallery Opens in Crown Heights

A Hasidic Art Gallery, called the Betzalel Gallery, just opened in Crown Heights at 567 Empire Boulevard. The opening reception featured drawings and watercolors by the Jewish artist Itshak Holtz. WNYC covered the new space, the first of its kind in the neighborhood, and said: “The throwback references here depict a simpler time, when families were large and lived in the Old World shtetls of Eastern Europe. It’s not quite Soho, but on Empire Blvd. and Kingston Ave., situated next to a laundromat.” The director and curator moved Betzalel from Borough Park to be closer to his clientele. The most expensive painting is asking $175,000, other paintings start from $3,000. Check out the Facebook page here.
Brooklyn’s Hasidic Art Scene Expands with New Gallery [WNYC] GMAP