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Quiet Week Following NYC's Spring Art Week 💤
Issue #79: May 13 - 19
Art Pulse NYC
May 13, 2025
📌 Highlights
🚨 Last chance to see Yuri Yuan’s existential paintings at Alexander Berggruen.
🎉 Check out black-and-white paintings from Alexis Ralaivao and textile pieces from Jovencio de la Paz, opening at Kasmin and PPOW, respectively.
💖 Our read of the week is Artists Elizabeth King and Louise Bonnet on A.I. Uprisings, Email Meltdowns, and Making Work From the Inside Out (Cultured Mag), bring you an interview with the sculptor and painter.
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🚨 Last Chance
In the Museums
No closings to report.
In the Galleries
Yuri Yuan: Hide and Seek is closing at Alexander Berggruen on May 14. The exhibit features landscape and interior paintings exploring existential themes of longing and loss.
Yuri Yuan Song of the Nightingale, 2024 oil on canvas60 x 48 in. Copyright the artist. Courtesy of the artist and Alexander Berggruen, NY. Photo: Daniel Greer
🎉 Just In
In the Museums
No openings to share, but last week, Hilma af Klint opened at the MoMA, Superfine: Tailoring Black Style at The Met, and Faith Ringgold at the Guggenheim.
In the Galleries
Alexis Ralaivao: Éloge de l’ombre (In Praise of Shadows)
📍 Kasmin
⏰ opening May 15
❓ black-and-white paintings that explore composition, light, and shadow through intimate portraits and still lifes inspired by film noir and Japanese aesthetics
Jovencio de la Paz: el lugar de los milagros / the place of miracles
📍 PPOW
⏰ opening May 16
❓integrating ancient weaving techniques with emergent technologies
🗓️ Events of the week
Creative Convening — Monstrous Beauty: A Feminist Revision of Chinoiserie (The Met, May 17, 10:30am-4pm) — deep dive into themes from the exhibit through dynamic conversations, presentations, and readings from scholars
📚 Further Reading
Artists Elizabeth King and Louise Bonnet on A.I. Uprisings, Email Meltdowns, and Making Work From the Inside Out — Cultured Mag
Can These Six Artists Predict the Fate of the Art Market? — The NYTimes
With Guarantees Galore, Christie’s Has a Rocky Start to Auction Week — The NYTimes
The Letter From Georgia O’Keeffe That Changed Yayoi Kusama’s Life — Artnet
8 Standout Booths at Independent — The NYTimes
At Gagosian, Jim Shaw Explores America Line by Line — Artnet
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