I was really excited to read this, but I think the methodology is lacking. True art scenes are not defined by galleries, or fine art institutions, but people who occupy a space who do art. Which is totally different. it’s the low income individual who is a starving artist. It’s graffiti on the walls (wynwood Miami). I once lived in a shoddily converted warehouse with a bunch of artists, there were no galleries near us, there was a granite mill though.