Holiday gift guide!

Issue #11: Dec 14 - Dec 20

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Art Pulse NYC
December 14, 2023

Hello friends! 

 

First off, a few current events:

  1. Vera Molnár, the pioneering artist of Generative Art, died on Dec 7. Read about her here.

  2. Read about the top picks from Art Basel Miami of Naomi Rea, the acting Editor-in-Chief of Artnet.

🚨 Last Chance

In the Museums

No exhibits are closing this week.

 

In the Galleries

Dana Schutz: Jupiter’s Lottery

📍 David Zwirner | 525 & 533 W 19th

⏰ closing on Dec 16

❓ paintings and sculptures depicting allegorical scenes where often grotesque characters negotiate their subjecthood

Schutz, Dana. “Dear Painter”. 2023, oil on canvas. | Source

Rob Pruitt: The Golden Hour

📍 303 Gallery | 555 W 21st

⏰ closing on Dec 16

❓ with works ranging from gradient color fields to journalistic self-portraits, Pruitt focuses on time and identity

Pruitt, Rob. “May 17, 2023”. 2023 | Source

David Novros: Wall Paintings

📍 Paula Cooper | 534 W 21st

⏰ closing on Dec 16

❓ large-scale paintings composed of modular panels that interact with the gallery’s architecture and feature complex color relationships and forms

Novros, David. “Asturias 1”. 2022 | Source

In the following week many exhibits will be closing, including:

  1. Gagosian’s Seeing is Believing: Lee Miller and Friends, A Foreigner Called Picasso, Georg Baselitz, Louise Bonnet, and Brice Marden exhibits

  2. Pace’s Yoo Youngkuk, Raqib Shaw, Picasso: 14 Sketchbooks, and Adrian Ghenie exhibits

  3. Hauser & Wirth’s the Barbra Chase-Riboud and Louise Borgeois exhibit

  4. Read about some of these exhibits from our last issue here.

🎉 Just In

In the Museums

Heads Up: “Atmospheres: Artists on Feminism and the Environment” Tonight!

📍 New Museum

⏰ Thursday, Dec 14 at 6:30 pm

❓ discussion between artists Torkwase Dyson and Joan Jonas, moderated by Candice Hopkins, exploring the intersection of ecology, landscape, and liberation in contemporary art

Don’t Forget to Call Your Mother

📍 Metropolitan Museum of Art

⏰ opening December 18th

🗓️ photography (1970s onward)

❓photographs that evoke nostalgia, as artists explore personal and family histories, as well as cultural and political narratives

In the Galleries

TRANSCENDANTS

📍 Cavin Morris Gallery | 529 W 20th St, 3 Fl.

⏰ opening December 14th

❓visionary drawings and paintings — meaning works that serve as vessels of spiritual connection

➕ Opening reception is tonight, Dec 14, at 6-8pm!

💖 Ongoing Favorites

  • To feel like you’re in the most intricate dream: Raqib Shaw: Space Between Dreams at Pace’s 540 W 25th st location, closing late December

  • For a powerful exhibit (with performance art) on race: Derek Fordjour: SCORE at Petzel’s 520 W 25th st location, closing late December

  • For a melancholy but dreamy art: Louise Bonnet: 30 Ghosts at Gagosian’s 541 W 24th st location, closing late December

  • For a hauntingly beautiful aesthetic: Anj Smith: Drifting Habitations at Hauser & Wirth’s 22nd st location, closing mid January

  • To see the foundational paintings of a sculpture artist: Ruth Asawa Through Line at the Whitney, closing mid January 2024

  • To explore the relationship of two Impressionist legends: Manet/Degas at the Met, closing in early January 2024

  • For intimate African American portraiture: Henry Taylor: B Side at the Whitney, closing in late January 2024

  • To see the works of iconic feminist: Judy Chicago: Herstory at the New Museum, closing in March 2024

Image Sources: Asawa, Bonnet (self-capture), Chicago (self-capture), Fordjour (self-capture), Manet, Smith (self-capture), Taylor

📢 Editor’s Updates

It’s the season of last-minute holiday gift purchases. Perhaps we can help — here are some recommendations for artsy gifts for your loved one:

For the friend who wants a pretty book or magazine to look at… but probably not read:

Hieronymus Bosch. The Complete Works | Source

For the friend who actually wants to read about current events in the art world:

  • Cultured Magazine: a print and digital focused on the intersection of art, architecture, design, and style [$$]

  •  Air Mail: a digital magazine focused on foreign and domestic topics (including art) from top journalists, launched by legend Graydon Carter [$]

For the friend who is still (or forever) decorating their apartment:
For the friend who needs a new distraction, in the form of a creative hobby:

  • Mini art set that includes tools for sketching and painting, and is perfect on-the-go [$$]

  • Linocut kit with all necessary tools and patterns designed by artist Elsie Wong [$]

Linocut Kit | Source

For the friend you’re not sure what to get, so you’re playing it safe:

Nonna’s Grocer “Le Muscatel ~ Grape candle” | Source

For good rules for gift-giving, we recommend checking out this Ground Condition blog post. It’s not entirely art-related, but offers great suggestions for picking out gifts.

Good luck with your holiday shopping!

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