Hi everyone,

Starting off with a little recommendation from us - the David Zwirner podcast just released an episode on Ruth Asawa, in light of an exhibition of her work at the Whitney. Give it a listen - it’s an informative chat, featuring artists EJ Hill and Sarah Sze (whose exhibit at the Guggenheim just closed)!

🎉 Just In

In the Museums

Picasso in Fontainebleau

📍 MoMA

⏰ Opening October 8th

❓ monumental paintings by Picasso produced during his 3-month stay in Fontainebleau, France

📏 small exhibit, large works

🔗 see exhibit details.

➕ stop by the new Ed Ruscha exhibit, which opened last month

Henry Taylor: B Side

📍 Whitney Museum of Art

⏰ Opened October 4th

🗓️ contemporary

❓ memory-based portraiture that capture humanity & social context, including challenges faced by Black Americans in the United States

📏 medium exhibit

🔗 see exhibit details.

➕ check out the multi-media collection by Harry Smith, the augmented reality art project by Nancy Baker Cahill, and installations by Rose B. Simpson, all of which just opened at the Whitney

Spike Lee: Creative Sources

📍 Brooklyn Museum

⏰ Opening October 7th

🗓️ contemporary (b. 1957)

❓ immersive installation featuring personal items that creatively inspired Lee throughout his career

📏 medium exhibit (1 floor)

🔗 see exhibit details.

In the Galleries

Currently, there are no other major exhibition openings for galleries. However, there are ongoing exhibits that we think you should check out!

📢 Editor’s Updates

The other day, we visited 10 exhibits from Hauser & Wirth, David Zwirner, 303, Gladstone, and Gagosian - that’s only scratching the surface of the impressive exhibitions on view this month. To note just a few...

Louise Bourgeois: Once there was a mother, at Hauser & Wirth, is a quick but noteworthy stop. Including works created by Bourgeois in her nineties, she explores themes of maternity across a number of prints and sculptures. Many of her works have the uniquely feminine touch of an embroidered signature “LB”. In particular, one piece stood out: The Passage. The beautiful and abstract work depicted a mother in bleeding blue ink on what appeared to be layered mesh.

A block away, David Zwirner presents Wolfgang Tillmans: Fold Me - if you hadn’t seen Tillmans recent exhibit at the MoMA, this is a must. This exhibit features his newest body of works, with images ranging across portraiture, landscape, abstraction, and more. The curation is playful: a blend of massive and tiny prints, at heights far above eye-level, hung by paper clips on the thinnest nail. In one moment, you’ll come across a massive scale photo, of the highest quality, featuring mangos and plastic bags, which is almost comical as we typically wouldn’t think this deserves such a large scale. The next, you’ll stand speechless, lost in the repetitive motions of water perfectly captured by Tillmans’ camera lens.

In the same David Zwirner location, you should not miss the incredible works of Njideka Akunyili Crosby, whose layered compositions stunningly explore her African identity.

In addition to these, we stopped by

• David Zwirner’s Toba Khedoori (highly recommend)

• Hauser & Wirth’s Nicolas Party: Swamp and Ed Clark: The Big Sweep (loved Party’s works, featuring a play on Renaissance portraiture)

• Gagosian’s Ashley Bickerton Susie's Mother Tongue (interesting, bit of a mixed bag)

Let us know which exhibits you go to!

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