Project Native Informant, a London gallery known for its focus on internet-influenced art, announced it will close after 12 years. Founder Stephan Tanbin Sastrawidjaja cited the volatile global economic, political, and social environment, along with personal factors, as reasons for the decision. The gallery launched in 2013 in a Mayfair garage before moving to the East End, and its final show was a solo exhibition for Sean Steadman that closed over the summer.
The closure is part of a broader wave of gallery shutdowns that has hit New York particularly hard, with galleries like Clearing, Blum, and Tilton closing, but is now spreading to other regions including Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Europe. Project Native Informant had regularly participated in major art fairs such as Art Basel and Frieze, and its closing underscores the increasingly unsustainable conditions for mid-sized commercial galleries in the current market.