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Launch party at Dia Chelsea
Issue #37: June 18 - June 24
📌 Highlights
🚨 No museum exhibits closing; Pat Phillips, Neil Jenney, and more gallery exhibits closing.
🎉 Bruce Gilden at Fotografiska, Michael Williams at Gladstone, Malcolm Morley at Petzel and more opening with a few opening receptions this week. Plus, a launch party at Dia Chelsea for a new journal on Thursday.
💖 Read our Ongoing Favorites & Further Reading below.
🚨 Last Chance
In the Museums
No exhibits are closing in the museums this upcoming week.
In the Galleries
Pat Phillips: It Was Sunny, but Then It Started to Rain
📍 PPOW | 392 Broadway
⏰ closing June 22
❓personal, historical, and pop cultural works with rich details, exploring race, class, labor, and more in dreamlike compositions

Pat Phillips, “This Is Not a Drill”, 2024
📍 Gagosian | 541 W 24th
⏰ closing June 22
❓meticulous North American landscape studies that highlight human intervention in nature

NEIL JENNEY “North America Divided”, 1992–99 | © Neil Jenney, Courtesy Gagosian
Tammi Campbell: As Long As It Lasts
📍 Anat Ebgi | 372 Broadway
⏰ closing June 21
❓illusions of iconic artworks by male artists, serving as both homage and critique
In addition:
Alan Saret: The Rest of Me at Karma Gallery, closing June 22
Maria Lassnig: Drawings at Petzel, closing June 22
Aruni Dharmakirthi: Shrine Room and Robert McCann: Science Fiction, at Amos Eno, closing June 23
🎉 Just In
In the Museums
Bruce Gilden: Why These?
📍 Fotografiska
⏰ opening June 21
❓gritty, true-to-life street photography across large-scale color portraits, as well as black-and-white photos
In the Galleries
Heads Up: e-flux Index Launch
📍 Dia Chelsea | 537 W 22nd
⏰ June 20, 6:30 pm
❓ launch of the first print issue of e-flux Index, a new journal surveying contemporary culture
🔗 free, register for events here
Michael Williams: Studiosis
📍 Gladstone | 515 W 24th
⏰ opening June 20
❓new paintings and drawings capturing the interior of Williams’ studio, focusing on mundane studio objects and the physicality of the artist’s hand
✚ opening reception on June 20, 6-8pm
✚✚ The Secret History opening at Gladstone 64, with an opening reception on June 20, 5-7pm

Michael Williams “Interior Portrait” 2024 | Source
Malcolm Morley: Painting as Model
📍 Petzel | 520 W 25th
⏰ opening June 20
❓38 pieces from 1959 to 2014 with landmark paintings and sculptures, highlighting Morley’s innovative use of the grid and exploration of themes like advertising and consumerism
✚ opening reception on June 20, 5-7pm
Sublime Spirit
📍 Marianne Boesky | 507 W 24th
⏰ opening June 20
❓summer group exhibition with works from 12 international artists exploring human desire to connect with nature
✚ opening reception on June 20, 6-8pm
✚✚ Material World is opening the same day, same location
In addition:
Patterns at Luhring Augustine, opening June 21, with an opening reception June 20, 6-8pm
Ed Baynard: Fire Island Pines 1981 at James Fuentes Gallery, opening June 21 with an opening reception June 21, 6-8pm
Jean-Pierre Villafañe: Playtime at Charles Moffett, opening June 21
📚 Further Reading
How Groundbreaking Is Vivian Maier’s Photography? — New York Times
A Bold Brazilian Artist Makes Her U.S. Debut, Drawing on MoMA’s Walls — New York Times
Omar Mismar Mines Ancient Strife for His Stunning Contemporary Mosaics — Artnet
Behind Closed Doors — Airmail
Portraits of the Young Artists… — Puck News
💖 Ongoing Favorites
To bask in a comprehensive collection of monumental Black artists: Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys, closing in July
To celebrate innovative Black artistic expression of the 1920s-40s: The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism, closing in July
To see the latest and greatest in American Art: The Whitney Biennial: Event Better Than The Real Thing, closing in August
For a reimagined iconic installation of word art: Jenny Holzer: Light Line at the Guggenheim, closing in September
Image Sources: self-captured
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