Why not both? After running SPY Projects for four years, the LA-born gallerist Pietro Alexander is swapping coasts. Rechristened under his name, Pietro Alexander opened last week with his wedding to filmmaker and writer Sara Apple Maliki, taking place in the thirty minutes before the public opening.The last time someone got married in the space, located at 59 Wooster, it was the early 80s. That was when his uncle first opened the building, running it as an art space while living on the floor above. The rooms have sat largely untouched in subsequent years, with Alexander describing it as a “time capsule locked in amber.” Aptly named The Wedding Show, the inaugural exhibition melds together emerging and late-career artists across sculpture, painting, and installation from Ken Price, Craig Kauffman, Cristine Brache and Jaxon Demme (who Pietro and Apple first met each other through). While finding his feet in New York’s starkly different art world, Alexander sat down with Ellie Rines, the dealer behind 56 Henry who’s known for turning her downtown space into something of a blue chip incubator. In conversation, the two find out they have more in common than they initially realized. They’re both self-described landline dealers who believe the art world is far more regional than it appears, and that their common guiding principle is to commit first and figure it out as you go. At the gallery last week, the two reminisced about when people were hooked on buying art from JPEGs, and what it actually takes to open a gallery in 2026.