Gallerist Hannah Traore Is Remaking the Art World for Creatives of Color

For budding art dealer Hannah Traore, the artist always comes first. It’s the driving ethos behind her new namesake space in Manhattan’s Lower East Side. The gallery provides a platform for marginalized artists to show their work as they want to, without the pressures of societal constraints. As Traore explains, artists of color are often expected to create pieces centering race and identity—themes on which the value of their work is sometimes judged—while their white counterparts are allowed to simply create. “My ultimate goal is to be a platform that gives artists the ability to dream and do what they… Read Full Article