Artists are usually challenged to think outside the box, but Julia Trotta, curator of Chelsea art gallery Fake Estate, forces them to think inside a very small box…a 100-square-foot former utility closet that she found on Craigslist, to be exact. “There is an intimacy that really forces people to engage,” says Trotta. “When you’re submerged in the exhibition, it’s almost like your senses are heightened.”
    And Trotta knows a thing or two about getting people’s attention—her grandmother is iconic feminist art critic Linda Nochlin. The feminism strain is evident at Fake Estate, where Trotta shows experimental exhibitions by mostly young, women artists. The debut exhibition, On The Absent, features Patricia Iglesias’ abstract cartography inspired by the architecture of a Brooklyn hospital.
    “I love collaborating with the artists, “Trotta says. “Guiding and editing their work in preparation for show is an amazing process.” She encourages all of her artists—who also include Victoria Calabro, Caroline Achaintre, and Glynnis McDaris—to create limited-edition prints. So, go now, but go alone—only six people fit inside at a time.
LAUREN PISHNA

Fake Estate
526 West 26th St., #502A, NY

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