🚨 Last Chance

No major museum nor gallery exhibit closings to report!

🎉 Just In

In the Museums

Mandalas: Mapping the Buddhist Art of Tibet will be opening on Sep 19 at The Met. Otherwise, no major openings to report!

In the Galleries

Jon Serl: No straight lines

📍 David Zwirner | 69th St

⏰ opening Sep 19

❓ robust selection of self-taught artist Jon Serl, as well as contemporary painters who are inspired by his imaginative compositions

🔗 see exhibit details. 

✚ opening reception on Sep 19, 6-8pm

Jiro Takamatsu: The World Expands

📍 Pace | 25th

⏰ opening Sep 20

❓ paintings, drawings, and sculptural objects showcasing Takamatsu’s inventive practice and his role in developing Conceptual Art

🔗 see exhibit details. 

✚ opening reception on Sep 19, 6-8pm

👣 Gallery Walk

Lucky us — a ton of new gallery exhibits opened in the last few weeks! We recommend the following gallery walk in Lower Manhattan based on these recent openings:

1. Start your walk at Ortuzar Projects, where you can see the impressive Suzanne Jackson: Light and Paper. You might recognize some of Jackson’s pieces from the recent Whitney Biennial. In this exhibit, you’ll encounter works from 1980s to the present, showing Jackson’s deep exploration of paper as a medium. These days, Jackson is celebrated her remarkable abstractions that break free from the wall, inviting viewers to engage with the works from all sides.

2. Just a short walk away, your next stop is Almine Rech, featuring Alexandre Lenoir: Between dogs and wolves. Lenoir’s works use masking tape to trap paint and replicate nature. His studio assistants follow detailed protocols; Lenoir himself does not paint, echoing approaches of artists like Andy Warhol and Alighiero Boetti.

3. Next, head over to Anat Ebgi for Amie Dicke: Open Arms. Dicke users materials such as sandpaper and lipstick to deface and deconstruct her images. Her emotionally charged process creates space and distance, allowing viewers to experience images anew.

4. Make your way over to PPOW for two phenomenal exhibits. On the ground floor, Srijon Chowdury: Tapestry showcases meticulously detailed paintings of hypnotic quality. Upstairs, don’t miss Robin F. Williams: Good Mourning, featuring cinematic large-scale paintings with absolute mastery of color. Don’t either of skip these!

5. Finally, a tad further away, walk about 30 minutes to Perrotin, where four impressive exhibitions await. Among them are Oli Epp: Fire the Menu, presenting surrealist works that explore opulence as performance, and Zéh Palito: Cars, Pools & Melanin, which delves into socio-racial contexts in the U.S..

🗓️ Events of the week

• In Conversation: Jean-Andre Antoine (Fotografiska, Sep 17, 6:30pm) — conversation on Street Photography with Jean-Andre Antoine and Idris Talib Solomon; $40 tickets

• Where, in What Form, Shall We Meet Again?: On 20th-Century Art in Korea (The Met, Sep 20, 5:30 pm) — talk on Korean art from the end of the 19th century until 1970; free but advanced registration recommended

• Mandalas — An In-Depth Look (The Met, Sep 22, 2 pm) — group of experts examining the significance of the Tibetan mandala; free but advanced registration recommended

• Book Launch & Talk: Hans Ulrich Obrist & Joan Jonas on Gustav Metzger (Hauser & Wirth, Sep 21, 3pm)

📚 Further Reading

• ‘The Americans’ Made the Photographer Robert Frank a Star. What Came Next? — The NYTimes

• Brooklyn Museum’s New Show Gathers a Who’s Who of 200+ Artists From the Borough — Artnet

• Recap—Here Is Everything You Missed in the Art World This Summer — Artnet

• 7 Art-Adjacent New York Happenings We’re Excited About This Fall — Artnet

• Kusama’s Jerry Maguire? — Puck

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