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Major Thomas Schütte Exhibition Opening at the MoMA
Issue #51: Sep 24 - Sep 30
📌 Highlights
🚨 In the museums, Jenny Holzer and Vivian Maier are closing. In the galleries, it’s the final days of Matvey Levenstein (Kasmin) and At-Will Adaptation (Eli Klein).
🎉 The exhibition on Thomas Schütte is opening at the MoMA! David Salle at Gladstone is opening with a reception.
📢 Lots of interesting events this week, from artist talks to lectures. Check them out below.
💖 Read our Ongoing Favorites below. Our must-read of the week is: Mother Nature Is His Accomplice (NYTimes).
🚨 Last Chance
In the Museums
Jenny Holzer: Light Line
📍 Guggenheim
⏰ closing Sep 29
❓ the conceptual artist legend Holzer, especially known for text-based works, will be exhibiting a reimagination of her landmark 1989
Jenny Holzer Exhibition | Self-Captured
Vivian Maier: Unseen
📍 Fotografiska
⏰ closing Sep 29
❓ 200 works from the 1950s-80s, including vintage and modern prints, films, and more reflecting on post-war America and the American dream
✚ Bruce Gilden: Why These? is closing the same day
Vivian Maier, 1959 | Courtesy of Fotografiska
In addition:
Isaac Julien: Lessons of the Hour closes at MoMa on Sep 28 (Sep 29 for members)
In the Galleries
Matvey Levenstein: Zone
📍 Kasmin Gallery | 28th St
⏰ closing Sep 28
❓ intimate paintings presenting fictionalized impressions of interiors and landscapes
At-Will Adaptation
📍 Eli Klein | 398 West St
⏰ closing Sep 28
❓ showcasing new, experimental works exploring adaptation, selective perception, and transformation in modern society by Quan Wenfei, Yang Shuai, and Echo Youyi Yan during their residencies
Echo Youyi Yan “How to Egg”,2024 | Courtesy of the artist and Eli Klein Gallery © Echo Youyi Yan
🎉 Just In
In the Museums
Thomas Schütte
📍 MoMA
⏰ opening Sep 29 (Sep 26 for members)
❓ the most comprehensive U.S. exhibit of Schütte’s career, exploring the variety of his work, from intimate watercolors to vivid ceramics
Thomas Schütte. “Bronzefrau Nr. 17 (Bronze Woman No. 17)”, 2006. | Photo: The Art Institute of Chicago / Art Resource, New York. © 2024 Thomas Schütte / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
In the Galleries
David Salle: New Pastorals
📍 Gladstone Gallery | 24th St
⏰ opening Sep 26
❓ paintings developed in collaboration with AI, trained on masterworks and his own previous Pastorals series
✚ opening reception on Sep 26, 6-8pm
✚✚ Robert Rauschenberg: Arcanums opened on Sep 21 at Gladstone 64 and Carrie Mae Weems: The Shape of Things opened Sep 24 at the 21st St location
Steve McQueen
📍 Dia Chelsea | 22nd St
⏰ opened Sep 20
❓ exploring the possibilities of film as a medium while addressing power dynamics
Note, Helen Marden: The Grief Paintings was extended an additional week, and is now closing Sep 28.
🗓️ Events of the week
In Conversation: Shaping our Common Future Through the Power of Art (Hauser & Wirth, Sep 24, 6-7pm) — a panel discussion in celebration of the launch of FUTURE OURS, a public art exhibition across NYC in response to the UN Summit of the Future; free
Art & Architecture of the Modern Japanese Home (The Met, Sep 29, 2-3pm) — conversation with scholars, followed by a meet the author event; free with admission
Mary Sully: Native Modern — A Conversation (The Met, Sep 30, 6-7pm) — historian and Met curator discussing the artist’s distinctive work; free, but advanced registration required
Paul Pfeiffer on Bruce Nauman (Dia Chelsea, Sep 26, 6:30pm) — part of the Artists on Artists lecture series; free
Hilary Harkness Book Launch (The Flag Art Foundation, Sep 26, 6-8 pm) — book signing of Harkness’s first comprehensive monograph; free
Works & Process: Martha Graham Dance Company: Baye & Asa (Guggenheim, Sep 29, 7 pm) — dance highlights from the commissioned expansion of Cortege 2023; $35-$55
Opening Weekend Concert (American Academy of Arts and Letters, 4 pm) — performance at the newly reopened museum; $10
📚 Further Reading
Elizabeth Catlett: Revolutionary Artist, Radical Inspiration — The NYTimes
Artist Thomas Schütte Is Allergic to Categorization. A New MoMA Show Embraces His Stubborn Eclecticism. — Cultured Mag
What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries in September — The NYTimes
Mother Nature Is His Accomplice — The NYTimes
Why TikTok Is Obsessed with a 16th-Century Tragic Teen Queen — Artnet
As It Reaches Middle Age, New York’s Storefront for Art and Architecture Looks Ahead—and Inwards — Cultured Mag
Two Art Dealers on How to Emerge From a Market Downturn Smarter, Stronger, and Smaller — Cultured Mag
The Artnet Numbers — Puck News
A Trip to the Many Worlds of Hellboy’s Creator — The NYTimes
💖 Ongoing Favorites
For an iconic installation of word & political art: Jenny Holzer: Light Line, closing in September at Guggenheim
For an intimate view into mid-20th century America: Vivian Maier: Unseen Work, closing in September at Fotografiska
For hyperrealistic dreamlike works you can stare at for awhile: Srijon Chowdhury: Tapestry, closing in October at PPOW Gallery
To explore the paradoxes of modern indulgence through hyperrealism x surrealism: Oli Epp: Fire the Menu, closing in October at Perrotin Gallery
To admire the late-career collages of a legend: Encyclopedia: The Late Collages of Dorothea Tanning, closing in October at Kasmin Gallery
For a widespread celebration of design: Objects: USA 2024, closing in January at R&Company
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