From Groveland to Lowry Hill: A Gallerist's New Chapter

Andrea Bubula, the former director of Groveland Gallery, opened Lowry Hill Gallery on March 7, 2026, in a roughly 3,400-square-foot storefront at 1009 W. Franklin Ave., near the recently reopened Hennepin Avenue. She runs it with gallery manager Muriel Lang.

The new space carries forward relationships built over Bubula's tenure at Groveland Gallery, the long-running gallery on Groveland Terrace, just up the hill from the Walker Art Center, that has championed Minnesota and regional artists for decades. In a business where collectors often follow the dealer who has learned their taste, that history is a head start.

Bubula and Lang have built the gallery around representational painting, drawing and fine-art prints by Minnesota and regional artists, and the gallery represents the estate of the late Minnesota painter Mike Lynch. The storefront has 15-foot ceilings, uninterrupted exhibition walls, free street parking and full wheelchair access. The focus deliberately sets it apart from the Walker's contemporary program a short walk away.

The location is pointed. Opening on Franklin near a Hennepin Avenue corridor the city spent years rebuilding is a small bet on that street's future, and it adds a street-level commercial gallery to a neighborhood better known for its institutional art neighbor. The gallery's schedule includes an upcoming exhibition of work by Kirsten Tradowsky, "Annemarie's Vision".