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# Fire Breaks Out in Tribeca Building Housing Two Art Galleries
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/fire-breaks-out-in-tribeca-building-housing-two-art-galleries/
- Published: 2025-01-23T23:39:52.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:37:22.000Z
- Description: The Journal Gallery and Asya Geisberg gallery are both located at 45 White Street. Damages are still being assessed.
- Author: Isa Farfan
- Tags: News, New York, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 09:41 (2025)

Two art galleries in Manhattan’s Tribeca neighborhood were affected when a fire broke out in a building on Wednesday night, January 22.

Just before midnight, the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) responded to a fire originating from the cellar of a seven-story mixed-use building at 45 White Street, where two contemporary art galleries are located. The Journal Gallery co-owner Michael Nevin said that while the fire did not reach the space, the gallery suffered damages from FDNY's efforts to stop the blaze. Asya Geisberg Gallery in the building was [reportedly](https://news.artnet.com/art-world/fire-erupts-in-tribeca-damaging-two-galleries-2601129?ref=hyperallergic.com) also impacted. (Asya Geisberg has not yet responded to *Hyperallergic*’s requests for comment.)

According to an FDNY report shared with *Hyperallergic*, the fire was extinguished in approximately four hours*.* Two firefighters suffered minor injuries while responding to the blaze, the cause of which is currently under investigation.

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Damage at the Journal Gallery in Tribeca

Nevin told *Hyperallergic* that “there was damage to the space, but in terms of artwork, we are still assessing.”

Nevin said he first learned of the fire after receiving messages from acquaintances at around 8am this morning, January 23\. He initially thought the messages were referring to his Los Angeles gallery space, which was unaffected by the [recent devastating blazes](https://hyperallergic.com/it-looks-like-a-bomb-exploded-la-artists-grapple-with-loss-as-fires-rage/).

“We were lucky,” Nevin told *Hyperallergic.* “It’s been this very strange start to the year.” 

Nevin said it’s too early to know when the gallery will reopen, adding, “We look forward to being back in the space.”