🚨 Last Chance

In the Museums

No major exhibits are closing in the museums this week.

In the Galleries

Huma Bhabha: Welcome…to the one who came

📍 David Zwirner | 537 W 20th St

⏰ closing April 13

❓sculptures and drawings exploring the expressive possibilities of the figure through innovative materials

🔗 see exhibit details.

✚ Bill Traylor: Works from The William Louis-Dreyfus Foundation is closing at the same location, same day

Richard Prince: Early Photography, 1977-87

📍 Gagosian | W 21st St

⏰ closing April 13

❓ showcasing Prince’s renowned photography works including his cowboy, girlfriend, and advertisement photographs, employing “rephotography” to challenge authorship and critique American culture

🔗 see exhibit details.

No One Thing: David Smith, Late Sculptures

📍 Hauser & Wirth | W 22st St

⏰ closing April 13

❓ seven critical works from the last five years of the pivotal and inventive 20th-century sculptor’s life

🔗 see exhibit details.

✚ Walkthrough of the exhibit with artist Arlene Shechet on April 13— rsvp here

In addition:

• Richard Hunt: Early Masterworks at White Cube (UES) is closing on April 13

• John Giorno: Jasmine Burn at kurimanzutto (Chelsea) is closing on April 13 with a closing event at 4-5pm

• Chuck Close: Red, Yellow and Blue: The Last Paintings at Pace (Chelsea) is closing on April 13

• Julia Scher: American Landscape and Jacqueline de Jong: Narrative/Non-Narrative at Ortuzar Projects (Tribeca) is closing on April 13

🎉 Just In

In the Museums

No major exhibits are opening in the museums this week.

In the Galleries

Joe Bradley: Vom Abend

📍 David Zwirner | 533 W 19th

⏰ opening April 11

❓ large-format paintings exploring compositional balance

🔗 see exhibit details.

✚ opening reception April 11, 6-8pm

✚✚ David Zwirner is also presenting Amadeo Luciano Lorenzato at their East 69th St location, opening with a reception April 11

In addition:

• Cara Nahaul: Tender Island opening at Alexander Berggruen (UES) on April 10

• Tanya Merill: Watching Women Give Birth On The Internet And Other Ways Of Looking opening at 303 Gallery (Chelsea) on April 12

📢 Editor’s Updates

The 81st edition of the Whitney Biennial, the Whitney Museum’s showcase of contemporary American art which occurs every two years, recently opened. Entitled ‘Even Better Than the Real Thing’, the exhibit aims to amplify the voices of artists who are examining AI’s impact on authenticity and confronting marginalization in our society.

While the exhibit can be overwhelming—as is often the case with both group and highly popular exhibitions—it also offers an invaluable glimpse into the creative minds of 71 emerging and established American artists. The exhibition delves into contemporary issues ranging from abortion to environmental challenges, providing rich cultural commentary.

A few standouts from the exhibition include:

Jes Fan

Jes Fan develops sculptures from 3D-printed CAT scans of his own body, along with hand-blown glass structures resembling organs. Drawing inspiration from the self-healing incense trees of Hong Kong, Fan explores the resilience and recovery of queer bodies and bodies of color. One of the pieces is, peculiarly and engagingly, embedded within the gallery wall, inviting viewers to peer through an aperture to see the sculpture.

Eddie Rodolfo Aparicio

Eddie Rodolfo Aparicio’s ‘Paloma Blanca Deja Volar/ White Dove Let us Fly’ is crafted from tree amber and is designed to change over time with exposure to light and heat. The work draws a poignant comparison between Amber-producing trees and the experiences of Central American and Mexican immigrants — both of which faced acceptance and then rejection in California.

B. Ingrid Olson

The Whitney has interspersed two series from B. Ingrid Olsen. The first comprises of first-person photographs beautifully layered to capture moments within other moments, echoing the fluidity of memory. The second features reliefs that act as containers for absent body parts.

Across the works of Fan, Aparicio, and Olsen, there is a fine balance between visual mastery and conceptual depth. To see these, and more of the innovative American artists, stop by the Whitney by August.

Read a critique on the Biennial here.

(Bonus: We also popped by the excellent Harold Cohen: Aaron exhibit, which shares some of the earliest explorations of AI artmaking. The works are incredibly impressive and human-like.)

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