Keepin' Louisville weird since March 2018, Sheherazade Gallery is a one-car-garage-turned gallery space, clearly a labor of love from and for the art community. It's always open, meaning you can stagger out of Mag Bar in the middle of the night to see the exhibition. But your only viewpoint is through the locked glass door. (For some reason, Yelp has business hours posted here -- ignore 'em.)
In a way, the gallery -- look for it on the Magnolia side -- is mad genius. First of all, it's an awesome use of a one-car garage. Also, there's no overhead required to have some dude sit and stare at his laptop when the gallery is 'open'. And what could be more populist than a gallery that doesn't require its patrons to do anything except turn their necks as they walk down the street?
Of course, any gallery is only as good as its art. The advantages and restrictions of this space are stark enough to encourage some really interesting installations, especially if they are site-specific creations. My first visit, I'm pleased to report, was unimpeded by smudgy glass, and I resisted the temptation to press my own nose up to the window. But the daytime glare did present some problems.
Whether future exhibitions prove to be interesting or not, we all have a lot more reason to turn down this particular block of Magnolia. read more