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Real Grownup Apartment Status isn't achieved through tossing that futon (or at least sticking a throw pillow over its wine stains), or finally trading in your Ikea 'Lack' coffee table for something with fewer Sharpied-over scratches—that state is reached by buying art. Luckily, New Yorkers are surrounded by some of the country's best galleries. Unluckily, most of the pieces in those galleries are soul-crushingly expensive. That's why we've rounded up 14 of our favorite places to shop for affordable prints, photos, paintings, wall hangings, sculptures, and more—from home goods stores with excellent selections of original works, to museum gift shops and Lower East Side print collectives.
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