🚨 Last Chance

In the Museums

The Facade Commission: Nairy Baghramian

📍 The Met

⏰ closing May 28

❓four abstract polychrome sculptures on the facade of the Met

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In the Galleries

Arthur Jafa: Black Power Tool and Die Trynig

📍 David Zwirner | 52 Walker

⏰ closing May 24

❓site-specific installation alongside paintings, sculptures, and films that delve into personal, political, and industrial themes, specifically around Black existence in the Western world

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Sharif Bey: Crowns Encoded

📍 albertz benda | 515 W 26th

⏰ closing June 1

❓ ceramic and mixed-media sculptures exploring themes of power and authority through physical presence

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🎉 Just In

In the Museums

Vivian Maier: Unseen Work

📍 Fotografiska

⏰ opening May 31

❓200 works from the 1950s-80s, including vintage and modern prints, films, and more reflecting on post-war America and the American dream

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In addition:

• Martin Beck: Last Night, a 13.5 hour film, is opening at the MoMA on June 2, with free admission starting at 5:30

In the Galleries

Tabula Rasa

📍 Paula Cooper Gallery | 534 W 21st

⏰ opening May 30

❓works exploring conceptual strategies around photography, drawing the exhibition name from Sarah Charlesworth’s pivotal 1981 artwork

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✚ opening reception on May 30, 5-7pm

Stephen Shore

📍 303 Gallery | 555 W 21st

⏰ opening May 29

❓Shore’s Topographies series, including aerial views of rural and suburban landscapes captured with a drone

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Robert McCann: Science Fiction

📍 Amos Eno Gallery | Bushwick

⏰ opening May 30

❓paintings exploring the strangeness of life with themes of technology and fragility of the body

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✚ opening reception on May 31, 6-8pm

✚ Aruni Dharmakirthi: Shrine Room, including textile works exploring migration and memory, is also opening May 30, with an opening reception on May 31

📢 Editor’s Update

As always, NYC is brimming with more gallery exhibits than any one of us can handle. Here are six diverse exhibits that we think are worth a visit:

Ernie Barnes: In Rapture

Ortuzar Projects (Tribeca) | until June 15 | dynamic, joyful, expressive

A retrospective of the late painter Ernie Barnes, with vibrant paintings that celebrate everyday life and Black joy. The works beautifully capture rhythm and movement.

Lucas Arruda: Assum Preto

David Zwirner (Chelsea) | until June 15 | meditative, subtle, evocative

New paintings, including serene seascapes and monochromes, as well as a site-specific light installation, evoking themes of light, memory, and emotion through subtle color variations.

Amy Sillman: To Be Other-Wise

Gladstone (Chelsea) | until June 15 | vibrant, introspective, abstract

Recent paintings, works on paper, and video that explore the intricate relationship between body, form, and language. Stylistically, Sillman strikes a balance between abstraction and figuration.

Bernadette Despujols: Exquisite Cuerpo

Rachel Uffner (Lower East Side) | until June 29 | intimate, emotive, feminine

Oil paintings poignantly exploring family, womanhood, and ecological consciousness. Stylistically marked by dynamic brushstrokes and heavy impasto resulting in a deeply personal visual narrative.

Giuseppe Penone: Hands - Earth - Light - Colors

Marian Goodman (Midtown) | until June 29 | meditative, subtle, evocative

Unique sculptures, photographs and canvases centered on the theme of touch. Penone delicately balances natural and industrial elements, inviting contemplation on our connection to nature.

Maurizio Cattelan: Sunday

Gagosian (Chelsea) | until June 15 | provocative, confrontational, moving

Massive installation, powerfully critiquing economic inequality and gun accessibility in America.