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Back-to-Back at the Guggenheim: Orphism’s Farewell, Beatriz Milhazes' Debut
Issue #70: March 4 - 10
📌 Highlights
🚨 It’s your last chance to see the major Orphism exhibit at the Guggenheim and Allison Janae Hamilton at Marianne Boesky.
🎉 Lots opening… Beatriz Milhazes at the Guggenheim and The Book of Esther in the Age of Rembrandt at the Jewish Museum. Exhibits showcasing Julio Galán, Richard Learoyd, Léon Spilliaert, and much much will open in the galleries this week.
💖 Our read of the week is: A New New Museum, for Humans and Robots and Everyone in Between (The NYTimes), noting the reopening of the New Museum with an exhibit tackling timely questions about technological change.
📢 Stop by the Conversation and Book Signing with Tavares Strachan in light of the new exhibit Travas Strachan: Starless Midnight at Marian Goodman.
🚨 Last Chance
In the Museums
Harmony and Dissonance: Orphism in Paris, 1910 - 1930
📍 Guggenheim
⏰ closing March 9
❓over 90 works examining the vibrant abstract art of Orphism, with artists like Robert & Sonia Delaunay, Marcel Duchamp, Francis Picabia, and more investigating the transformative possibilities of color, form, and motion
In addition, Ink and Ivory: Indian Drawings and Photographs Selected with James closes today, March 4, at The Met on Feb 28.
In the Galleries
Owen Fu: Own Alone
📍 PPOW
⏰ closing March 8
❓ surreal domestic scenes cast in a nocturnal glow where the distinction between reality and dreams disintegrates

Owen Fu, “The Bird, the Shadow, and the Thorns”, 2024
Allison Janae Hamilton: Celestine
📍 Marianne Boesky
⏰ closing March 8
❓exploring the interplay between land and sky, incorporating sculptures, paintings, photographs, and film
✚ Serge Alain Nitegeka: Configurations in Black, showcasing new paintings and sculptures of geometric abstraction, also closes March 8 at the gallery
In addition:
Medieval masterpieces: Treasures of the Medieval World closes at Luhring Augustine on March 8
Abstract style: Frank Wimberley: Before More After Less closes at Berry Campbell on March 8
🎉 Just In
In the Museums
Beatriz Milhazes: Rigor and Beauty
📍 Guggenheim
⏰ opening March 7
❓mural-like, abstract paintings developed through the innovative technique “monotransfer”
The Book of Esther in the Age of Rembrandt
📍 The Jewish Museum
⏰ opening March 7
❓paintings, prints, and drawings representing the biblical Book of Esther made by Rembrandt van Rijn and his contemporaries
In the Galleries
julio galán: a collaborative exhibition between luhring agustine chelsea & kurimanzutto
📍 kurimanzutto & lurhing augustine chelsea
⏰ opening Mar 6, with opening reception at 6-8pm
❓considered the preeminent Mexican painter of his generation, Galán’s multidisciplinary practice addresses issues of identity, gender, culture, and social constructs in works that layer self-representation with larger themes of cultural and sexual difference
Richard Learoyd: A Loathing of Clocks and Mirrors
📍 Pace Gallery
⏰ opening Mar 7
❓portrait, still life, and landscapes photographs produced with his custom-built camera obscura between 2018 and 2025

Richard Learoyd, Untitled Portrait, 2024 © Richard Learoyd, courtesy Pace Gallery
Zorawar Sidhu and Rob Swainston
📍 Petzel
⏰ opening March 7, with reception 6-8pm
❓prints featuring woodcuts, screenprints, and etchings by the artist duo; the works represent both social and natural landscapes in the context of climate disaster, political activism, and global events.

Zorawar Sidhu and Rob Swainston “Raft”, 2023-2025 | Photo: Zorawar Sidhu. Courtesy of the artist and Petzel, New York
Léon Spilliaert
📍 David Zwirner
⏰ opening Mar 5, reception 6-8pm
❓haunting self-portraits, brooding coastal landscapes, and Symbolist-infused dreamscapes, capturing solitude and mystery with an enigmatic dark palette

Léon Spilliaert, “Dame au pince-nez (Lady with Lorgnette)”, 1907. | Courtesy of Agnews, Brussels and David Zwirner
In addition:
Immersive, multisensory landscape: Tavares Strachan: Starless Midnight opens at Marian Goodman on March 7 with a reception 6-8pm
Intimate narratives: Aaron Gilbert: World Without End opens March 7 with a reception 6-8pm at Gladstone
Abstraction and realism in dialogue: Walter Price: Pearl Lines opens on Mar 6 at Greene Neftali with a reception 6-8pm
Animal representation: Walton Ford: Tutto opens at Gagosian on Mar 6, with an opening reception at 6-8pm
Transforming material into memory: Joël Andrianomearisoa: MIRACLE opens at Almine Rech on Mar 6, with a reception at 6-8pm
🗓️ Events of the week
Tavares Strachan & Phong Bui | Conversation and Book Signing (Marian Goodman, Mar 8, 4-6pm) — registration recommended
Free First Friday at Noguchi (Noguchi Museum, Mar 7, 11am-6pm) — registration recommended; from 3-5pm there’ll be art-making in the galleries
Beyond Emulation: Rethinking Chinese Archaistic Bronzes, 1100–1900 (The Met, March 11, 11am-12pm) — Learn more about the misunderstanding surrounding these bronzes and celebrate their artistic and cultural significance.
📚 Further Reading
A New New Museum, for Humans and Robots and Everyone in Between — The NYTimes
A Brave Neuendorf World — Puck News | to read the full article sign up here
A Disruptor Asks, Is New York Finally Ready for ‘DOOM’? — The NYTimes
This Spring, the Guggenheim Shines a Light on One of Brazil's Most Beloved Artists — Cultured
This Month, Show Up for These 12 Unmissable New York Solo Shows by Women Artists — Cultured
Camille Henrot Takes On the Arbitrariness of Social Rules at Hauser & Wirth — Observer
Forget Orphism. Synchromism Was the Really Interesting Art of Its Day — Artnet
Guggenheim Lays Off 20 Employees as Financial Challenges Persist — The NYTimes

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