Emerging artists, take note: There’s a bright spot peeking through the horizon for 2022. Horizon, a new art space and residency program, will open its doors in downtown L.A. in February, the foundation announced on Friday. Former Whitney Museum of American Art curator Christopher Y. Lew will serve as chief artistic director of Horizon Art Foundation, traveling frequently to L.A. from his home in New York. L.A.-based May Xue, who previously steered Hong Kong’s K11 Art Foundation as general manager and director of education and institutional relations, is the initiative’s CEO. The L.A.-based Chinese art patrons Jason Li and Harry Hu are the sole funders of the nonprofit. Horizon’s mission?…