Blake Gopnik narrates the fate of Chelsea’s Middle Class through the eyes of Postmaster’s Gallery’s Magda Sawon:

In the days right after Sandy, “you could really see the difference between the haves and have-nots,” said Sawon, noting the teams of hazmat-suited pros who were “polishing the deluxe headquarters of world art” versus the small-time dealers “in galoshes cleaning up.”

Which raises an interesting question: in an era when more small galleries are reducing their physical footprint and relying more on art fairs for visibility and marketing will the mid-size gallery that has taken a body blow retrench to the art fair circuit?

How Hurricane Sandy Rocked the Art Galleries in Chelsea (Daily Beast)