🚨 Last Chance

In the Museums

Shana Moultan: Meta/Physical Therapy

📍 MoMA

⏰ closing April 21

❓site-specific installation, encompassing performance, video, and sculpture, capturing banality and enormity of everyday life

🔗 see exhibit details.

In the Galleries

Jamian Juliano-Villani: It

📍 Gagosian | 541 W 21st St

⏰ closing April 20

❓showcasing mixed media techniques with critique of consumer culture and social taboos

🔗 see exhibit details.

Elsa Rensaa: Out of the Wilderness and Into the Blue

📍 James Fuentes | 555 Delancey

⏰ closing April 20

❓ lush visual narratives with meticulous applications of acrylic washes, filled with connections to art history and the underground NY culture

🔗 see exhibit details.

✚ Kikuo Saito: Color Codes closing the same day at 52 White St

Michal Rovner: Pragim

📍 Pace Gallery | 520 W 25th St

⏰ closing April 18

❓ video works, prints, and installations on wild poppies (Pragim in Hebrew), exploring themes of identity and dislocation

🔗 see exhibit details.

✚ Loie Hollowell: Dilation Stage and Thomas Nozkowski: Everything in the World are both closing on April 20, at the same location

Takesada Matsutani / Kate Van Houten: Paris Prints,

📍 Pace Gallery | 18th St

⏰ closing April 20

❓ part-two of the exhibit, featuring hard-edge silkscreens in vibrant colors developed through the intimate creative process of two artists over half a century

🔗 see exhibit details.

In addition:

• Robert Mapplethorpe: Unique Constructions at Gladstone (UES) is closing on April 20

• Susan Chen: Plan B at Rachel Uffner Gallery (LES) is closing on April 20

• Soliloquies at Petzel Gallery (Chelsea) is closing on April 20

• Jess Valice: Mara at Almine Rech (UES) is closing on April 20

🎉 Just In

In the Museums

No major exhibits are opening in the museums this week.

In the Galleries

Sharif Bey

📍 albertz benda | W 26th St

⏰ opening April 18

❓ ceramic and mixed-media sculptures emphasizing scale and investigating power through ornamentation

🔗 see exhibit details.

📢 Editor’s Updates

We are about a few weeks away from NYC’s Art Week, when numerous art fairs are taking place. While art fairs are an opportunity to purchase works for those exploring the market, they’re also a phenomenal opportunity to bask in the offerings of many galleries at once. Here’s what you can explore in May:

Frieze

🗓️ May 2 - May 5

💵 $98 for single-entry tickets

📍 Chelsea - The Shed

With more than 60 leading galleries from 25 countries, you’ll see high-quality contemporary artworks from both emerging talents and icons represented by the likes of David Zwirner, Hauser & Wirth, 303 Gallery, Kurimanzutto, and more. Additional programing here.

Future Fair

🗓️ May 2 - May 4

📍 Chelsea — 28th St

💵 $30-40 for tickets

More focused on growing small art galleries and the artist they represent, Future Fair priorities equitability, transparency, and quality in their accessible showcase of diverse art.

NADA

🗓️ May 2 - May 5

📍 Chelsea - 548 West

💵 $55 for tickets

With 92 galleries, art spaces and non-profits from 15 countries, along with a special section Focus curated by curator and writer Simon Wu, NADA is committed to sharing the cultural mecca that NYC is.

Independent Art Fair

🗓️ May 9 - May 12

📍 Chelsea

💵 $38 for early-bird tickets (which are still available)

Geared towards inspiring art networking for informed Contemporary Art audiences, the Independent Art Fair showcases internationally recognized artists, as well as lesser known artists, offering curatorial and market attention.

The Other Art Fair

🗓️ May 16 - May 19

📍 Park Slope - ZeroSpace

💵 ~$25 for early-bird tickets (which are still available)

Fighting against the elitism of the art world, The Other Art Fair prioritizes sharing affordable artworks from 120 independent artists, along with performances, DJs, and a bar to enjoy all-the-while.

Hope to see you at the fairs!

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