Caitlin MacBride, Remembering the Pigment Shop That Taught Me How to See, Hyperallergic, 24 September 2025
Kremer’s New York City location, a painter’s paradise and key resource for conservators, is closing in November. For artists, the loss goes far beyond a storefront.
Upon entering Kremer Pigments on 29th Street and Eighth Avenue in Manhattan, visitors were greeted by bags and bottles of color: lapis lazuli, vermillion, malachite, a wide variety of ochres and iron oxides, oils from walnut, sunflower. There was even a corner in the back piled high with bags of beeswax that smelled like honey.
In its September 7 newsletter, Kremer announced the closure of its New York City store. After over 30 years of specializing in sourcing and producing raw materials for artists, the family-run German business determined that the city’s rising rent, the United States government’s new tariffs, and the difficulty of having shipments trapped in customs for months made it impractical to continue.