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The leading galleries’ floor space grew eightfold in 24 years, then fell by a seventh

Reported floor area, in square feet, of 39 gallery spaces open at the end of each year (2026: on October 3)

The numbers
YearSquare feet
200049,600
200149,600
200249,600
200371,600
200471,600
200571,600
200671,600
200775,400
200875,400
200991,400
2010107,900
2011107,900
2012123,600
2013141,600
2014174,100
2015197,100
2016310,100
2017288,600
2018303,600
2019320,100
2020330,100
2021308,100
2022350,850
2023390,550
2024418,050
2025374,050
2026361,050

Spaces with no reported size are left out, so the totals are a floor. Source: On View, from figures given by the galleries, their architects and the press when each space opened.

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