🚨 Last Chance

In the Museums

Paula Modersohn-Becker: Ich Bin Ich / I am Me

📍 Neue Galerie

⏰ closing Sep 9

❓ the first US retrospective of the prolific career of the German Expressionist, who created the first nude self-portraits by a woman and other groundbreaking works

🔗 see exhibit details. 

Alex Katz: Four Seasons

📍 MoMA

⏰ closing Sep 8

❓ four monumental paintings chronicling the changing of seasons

🔗 see exhibit details. 

✚ LaToya Ruby Frazier: Monuments of Solidarity, showcasing photography, text, video, and performance to revive forgotten stories of labor, gender, and race in the postindustrial era, is closing on Sep 7

✚✚Studio Residency: Sarah Michelson, featuring the choreographer, dancer, and artist, is also closing Sep 8

In the Galleries

No major gallery exhibit closures to report!

🎉 Just In

In the Museums

No major museum exhibit openings to report!

In the Galleries

With summer coming to a close, gallery exhibitions are back in business, returning to normal operating hours. Not sure about you all, but we were really missing our Saturday morning gallery hopping. Last week we covered Wednesday’s gallery openings (Sep 4); check them out here (Arshile Gorky, Dorothea Tanning, and Nengi Omuku).

Oli Epp: Fire the Menu

📍 Perrotin | Orchard St

⏰ opening Sep 6

❓ surrealist paintings exploring the paradoxes of opulence and consumption, with vibrant, visually striking canvases

🔗 see exhibit details. 

✚ opening reception on Sat, Sep 7, 7-10pm

✚✚ Zéh Palito: Cars, Pools & Melanin (paintings exploring racial segregation and right to leisure), Lee Bae: Between (paper-based installation) and MSCHF: Industry Plants (furniture design) are opening the same day, same location

Gabe Benzur: When Lightning Strikes

📍 The Invisible Dog Art Center | Boerum Hill, Brooklyn

⏰ opening Sep 7

❓ part of the 2024 Armory Show’s cultural program, this exhibit features oil paintings of supernatural landscapes inspired by Etruscan mythology, evoking a sense of wonder

🔗 see exhibit details. 

✚ opening reception on Sat, Sep 7, 7-10pm

Amie Dicke: Open Arms

📍 Anat Ebgi | 372 Broadway

⏰ opening Sep 6

❓ using techniques like sanding, caking with cosmetics, and sugar coating, Dicke destructs and conceals source materials, exploring intimacy, transformation, and more

🔗 see exhibit details. 

✚ opening reception on Sep 6, 6-8pm and artist talk with Barry Shwabsky on Sep 7, 5pm

✚ ✚ Tina Girouard: I Want You to Have a Good Time (performance & drawings) opening same day, same location

Pieter Schoolwerth: Supporting Actor

📍 Petzel | 25th St

⏰ opening Sep 5

❓ painting, sculpture, film, and architectural installation, exploring figuration, technology, and the concept of reality in the digital age

🔗 see exhibit details. 

✚ opening reception on Sep 5, 6-8pm; live performance by Aaron Dilloway at 7:45 pm

Gina Beaves: Divine Consumer

📍 Marianne Boesky | 24th St

⏰ opening Sep 5

❓ Comfortcore Paintings, which transfer digital advertisements of domestic goods into textured relief paintings, retreating from her previous focus on the chaos of online culture

🔗 see exhibit details. 

✚ opening reception on Sep 5, 6-8pm

✚✚Jay Heikes: Devolve, exhibiting sculptures imagining a future devoid of human civilization, at the same location, opening the same day

In addition:

• Read last week’s issue for the Sep 4 gallery openings here (Arshile Gorky, Dorothea Tanning, and Nengi Omuku).

• Objects: USA 2024 at R&Company is a group exhibition opening on Sep 6 (with an opening reception at 6-8:30pm) and will feature a few pieces from Ferne Jacobs, who we just recently interviewed!

• Ibrahim Mahama: A Spell of Good Things is opening at White Cube on Sep 5, with an artist talk with Mahama on Sep 4 at 5-6pm, followed by an opening reception at 6-8pm; rsvp here

• Joanne Leonard & Brittany Nelson, a photography exhibit and Reinhard Mucha: Before the Wall came down / Lennep are opening on Sep 7 at Luhring Augustine in Chelsea with a reception & talks; Steve Wolfe: The Brutality of Fact is opening at the Tribeca location with a reception

• Alexandre Lenoir: Between dogs and wolves (abstract painting) is opening at Almine Rech in Tribeca on Sep 6, with a reception on Sep 6, 6-8pm

• Jason Rhoades: Drive II, featuring readymade car sculptures, is opening on Sep 5 (with an opening reception at 6-8 pm) at Hauser & Wirth, 22nd St; Leon Golub: Et In Arcadia Ego is opening same day, same location

• Alejandro García Contreras: ¿Quién no ha intentado convertir una piedra en un recuerdo? and Le'Andra LeSeur: Monument Eternal are opening at Pioneer Works in Red Hook, Brooklyn with the former featuring elaborate sculptures and the latter a titular video

• Julia Jo: Torrent, with stunning, abstract paintings, is opening at Charles Moffett Gallery on Sep 6

• In The Moment: Six Artists from Taiwan opening Sep 7 at Nunu Fine Art, with an opening reception on Sep 6, 6-8pm near Chinatown

🗓️ Events of the week

• The Armory Show (Sep 6-8) — featuring the leading international contemporary and modern art galleries; tickets are $45-60

• Independent 20th Century (Sep 5-8) — art fair championing artists and movements that took place between 1900-2000; tickets are ~$50

• Screening Room: ‘Without Gorky’ (H&W, Sep 7, 3pm) — screening of the documentary, direct by the artist’s granddaughter; register here 

• Book Launch & Reading: ‘Nicole Eisenman: Maker’s Muck’ (H&W, at Parkside Lounge, Sep 8, 5pm) — celebrating gathering and reading with the artist and book contributors; reservations are required

• Free Dance Classes with AILEY at the Whitney (Sep 8) — in celebration of the upcoming exhibit, Edges of Ailey, the Whitney is offering a free outdoor dance class with Amos Machanic at the museum

• Downtown Artists: Neighborhood Tour (New Museum, Sep 5, 6pm & Sep 14, 11 am, etc.) — walking tour stopping by artist homes, studios, and hangout spots; tickets are $15

📚 Further Reading

• For a Great Museum Road Trip, Get In an Empire State of Mind — The NYTimes

• In Defense of the Summer Group Show — Artnet

• For Sarah Arison, MoMA’s New Board President, Being an Arts Patron Is a 365-Day a Year Kind of Job — Cultured

• A Panorama of Design — The NYTimes

• The Four Mysterious Guardians of the Artist Lee Bul — The NYTimes

• When the Frick Reopens, This Rare Masterpiece Will Welcome the Collection Home — Artnet

• A Multi-Year Cultural Initiative Elevating Latinx Stories Is Set to Launch in New York — Artnet

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