It's hard to recommend the Louvre at this time of year, with a half-hour wait guaranteed. Photo: Peggy Roalf, July 2015 

Before NYC galleries shut their doors for a summer break, take a walk on the Lower East Side. Here is DART’s list of go-to contemporary art galleries, plus the New Museum—which attracted many of these venues to their current addresses. Some galleries are already on summer hours, so check before you go.

Betty Cunningham Gallery, 15 Rivington Street, NY, NY. Information.

Callicoon Fine Arts, 49 Delancey Street, NY, NY. Information.

Catinca Tabacaru Gallery, 250 Broome Street, NY, NY. Information.

Eleven Rivington, 195 Chrystie and 11 Rivington Streets, NY, NY. Information.

Foley Gallery, 59 Orchard Street, NY, NY. Information.

Frosch&portman, 53 Stanton Street, NY, NY. Information.

Gallery Molly Krom, 53C Stanton Street, NY, NY. Information.

Garis & Hahn, 263 Bowery, NY, NY. Information.

Hionas Gallery, 124 Forsyth Street, NY, NY. Information.

Invisible Exports, 89 Eldridge Street, NY, NY. Information.

Jack Hanley Gallery, 327 Broome Street, NY, NY. Information.

James Fuentes, 55 Delancey Street, NY, NY. Information.

Lisa Cooley, 107 Norfolk Street, NY, NY. Information

Lodge Gallery, 131 Chrystie Street, NY, NY. Information.

Marlborough | Broome Street, 331 Broome Street, NY, NY. Information.

New Museum, 235 Bowery, NY, NY. Information.

Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, 327 Broome Street, NY, NY. Information.

On Stellar Rays, 1 Rivington Street, NY, NY. Information.

Rachel Uffner Gallery, 170 Suffolk Street, NY, NY. Information.

Sargent’s Daughters, 179 East Broadway, NY, NY. Information.

Simon Preston, 301 Broome Street, NY, NY. Information.

Station Independent Projects, 138 Eldridge Street, NY, NY. Information.

Thierry Goldberg Gallery, 103 Norfolk Street, NY, NY. Information.

Whitebox Art Center, 329 Broome Street, NY, NY. Information.