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Tips & tricks for visiting museums & galleries
Issue #9: Nov 30 - Dec 6
Art Pulse NYC
November 30, 2023
Hey there!
“I have spent 30 years translating words into images and spaces — transforming texts on a page into kinetic sculptures that encompass viewers with light and song and use magic to later their perspective” — Es Devlin. Read about her retrospective at the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum here. The exhibit just opened 2 weeks ago, and looks super cool!
The New Museum just announced that Judy Chicago: Herstory and Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo): Nothing New have been extended through March 3, 2024! You still have plenty of time to check out these acclaimed exhibits.
🚨 Last Chance
In the Museums
Cecily Brown: Death and the Maid
📍 Metropolitan Museum of Art
⏰ closing on December 3rd
🗓️ contemporary
❓50 paintings, incorporating both figuration and abstraction, with themes of life’s transience and vanity.
📏 small exhibit (~50 works)
➕ read our thoughts on the exhibit here
➕➕ read Jackson Arn’s article on the exhibit
➕➕➕ Art for the Millions is closing on Dec. 10
Brown, BFF, 2006-15, Oil on linen | Self-Captured
In the Galleries
No major exhibits are closing in the galleries. Check out what’s opening below!
🎉 Just In
In the Museums
Heads Up: A Celebration — Look Again: European Paintings 1300-1800
📍 The Met | 5th Ave
⏰ Sunday, Dec 3 at 1-4 pm
❓ explore the reopened galleries featuring >700 works of European Art; the event will include art making, gallery chats, artist talks, a performance, and more
🔗 see event details. Free with museum admission.
➕ A few more Met events to have on your radar: Virtual Premiere of the new Africa & Byzantium exhibit tonight (Nov. 30 at 7-7:30 pm), and Artists on Artworks — Africa and Byzantium (Friday, Dec. 1 at 6-7 pm | registration required, but free)
No new major exhibits are opening in the museums. Check out our ongoing favorites below!
In the Galleries
Heads Up: Celebrate Ursula No. 9 Tonight!
📍 Hauser & Wirth | 18th St
⏰ Thursday, Nov. 30 | 7:30 - 10 pm
❓ join contributors of Hauser & Wirth’s beautiful magazine, Ursula, to celebrate their 9th issue
🔗 see event details. Free.
Brittney Leeanne Williams: Huddle
📍 Alex Berggruen | 1018 Madison Ave, Fl. 3
⏰ opening Nov 30
❓an exploration of the play between the body, architecture, and nature, emphasizing femininity through vibrant colors and abstract forms and focusing on themes of community
➕ opening reception on Nov 30, 5-7 pm
Williams, “A Passing Dance: A Tulip Dome Sits Atop a Bent Back”, 2023, oil on panel
Marina Cruz: Belonging and Belongingness
📍 albertz benda | W 26th St
⏰ opening Nov 30
❓multidisciplinary work, including painting, photography, and sculpture, that delves into Cruz’s family history, focusing on garments made by her grandmother
➕ opening reception on Nov 30, 5-7 pm
💖 Ongoing Favorites
For a blend of figuration & abstraction: Cecily Brown: Death and the Maid at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, closing this weekend!
To feel like you’re in a dream: Louise Bonnet: 30 Ghosts at Gagosian’s 541 W 24th st location, closing late December
To see the foundational paintings of a sculpture artist: Ruth Asawa Through Line at the Whitney, closing January 2024
To see the works of iconic feminist: Judy Chicago: Herstory at the New Museum, closing in March 2024
To explore the relationship of two Impressionist legends: Manet/Degas at the Met, closing in January 2024
For intimate African American portraiture: Henry Taylor: B Side at the Whitney, closing in January 2024
📢 Editor’s Updates
Today, we want to share with you a few tips around visiting museums & galleries!
Museums
💸 Visiting museums in NYC can be expensive, but most have programs in place to make the experience more affordable:
Most museums offer free entry on a weekly or monthly basis (double check if reservations are required):
Weekly: the Guggenheim on Saturday at 6-8 pm, the Whitney on Friday night at 7-10 pm, the New Museum on Thursdays at 7-9 pm.
Monthly: at the MoMA it's the first Friday of the month at 4-8 pm, and Brooklyn Museum on Saturdays at 5-11 pm (though, it's unavailable in December and January).
at the Met, students in the tristate area and NY residents can always get in for pay-what-you-wish. Read more cases that’ll get you complimentary admission here.
💳 Memberships for museums you love can very well be worth it. Take for example the Guggenheim membership — it’s $85 a year; if you go >2 in a year, it’s worth it from the admission price alone. It’s even more desirable, if you want to attend member-only events, bring guests, discounts, etc. (not to mention it’s tax-deductible 😛 )
📚 Many museums are committed to fostering education and being a space for community gathering. While we call out interesting talks and events, it’s difficult to cover all available offerings. If you’re planning on visiting a particular museum, it’s absolutely worth checking their events page in case a tour, talk, workshop, or performance is taking place. One consistent example of this is ‘Date Night at the Met’ (Friday & Saturdays from 5-9 pm).
Galleries
💸 Most galleries have the wonderful benefit of being free, given that their typical purpose is to showcase art to sell it.
⏰ Almost all galleries are closed on Sundays. If you want to have a gallery-hopping day, it has to be during business hours or on a Saturday. Pay attention to their hours when planning your visits.
🪩As we’ve noted in the newsletter, galleries frequently have opening receptions. This is a quintessential NY experience — not only are you the first to see the exhibit, but it’s also a great way to meet new people! These are usually complimentary & don’t require advanced sign up.
Let us know which exhibits or events you go to!
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