An Orchard Street Gallery Papered In Local Art

LAAMS sits on Orchard Street in the Lower East Side, a narrow storefront where local artists' paintings cover the walls from floor to ceiling and climb the stairwell. The name reads as Like A Art Museum Store, and the layout matches it, with framed work packed salon-style above racks of independent streetwear, sneakers, zines, and prints. Nothing is roped off, and you can flip through a bin of paintings the same way you would a record crate. New pieces rotate in often, the hang shifts week to week, and most of the makers are based nearby.