Do You Miss Seeing Art, But Are Unable (or Unwilling) to Go Into a Gallery? These Shows Are Designed to Be Seen From the Street
As authorities in cities around the world begin to ease lockdown
restrictions, the prospect of going out and looking at art is once
again becoming a real possibility—even if, depending on where you
are, you still can’t actually enter an art gallery.
So galleries and museums have been getting creative. In the
early days of New York’s lockdown, Bill Powers of the Half Gallery
in New York quickly organized a show called “Under Glass,”
which took advantage of the gallery’s floor-to-ceiling windows to
present a window display. (Speaking to WWD in April, Powers said that
while initially he waffled over a space with so many windows, “now
it may turn out to be the thing that saves us for a couple of
months.”)
In New York’s suburbs, meanwhile, artist Warren Neidich
arranged the first edition of “Drive By Art (Public Art in This
Moment of Social Distancing),” in which 52 artists showed works
outdoors that you could literally drive past and see. (Two new
editions are slated for May 23 in Los Angeles.)
Even in cities like Dallas and Berlin, where galleries and
museums have begun to reopen, you can see art safely from the
street. We rounded up some of our favorite examples of socially
distanced exhibitions below.
“Under
Glass”
Half Gallery, New York
“Under Glass” at Half Gallery in New
York. Courtesy of Half Gallery.
“Under Glass” at Half Gallery in New
York. Courtesy of Half Gallery.
“Under Glass” at Half Gallery in New
York. Courtesy of Half Gallery.
“Under Glass” at Half Gallery in New
York. Courtesy of Half Gallery.
“Under Glass” at Half Gallery in New
York. Courtesy of Half Gallery.
Drive-By-Art (Public Art in This Moment of Social
Distancing)
Various Locations, South Fork, Long Island
Artist Dianne Blell’s “Table for Two /
Separate Tables” in Drive-by-Art.
A sidewalk-installation by Laurie
Lambrecht in South Fork, Long Island. Courtesy of Drive-by-Art’s
Facebook. @laurielambrechtstudio
Works by Bruce M Sherman in the
Drive-by-Art installation. Courtesy of the artist.
Installation by Toni Ross, courtesy the
artist and Drive-by-Art.
Sculptures by Eric Fischl, courtesy of
the artist and Drive-by-Art.
Nasher Windows
Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas
A view of the Nasher Sculpture Center in
Texas. Courtesy of the Nasher Sculpture Center.
Tamara Johnson, Deviled Egg and Okra
Column (2020). Photo: Trey Burns, courtesy of Nasher
Windows.
Xxavier Edward Carter, Start Livin’
in a Brave New World (2020). Courtesy Nasher Windows.
“Bojan
Sarcevic: Thank You for Pointing to Your Perineum“
BQ Gallery, Berlin
Outside view of “Bojan Sarcevic: Thank
You for Pointing to Your Perineum” at BQ, Berlin.
Outside view of “Bojan Sarcevic: Thank
You for Pointing to Your Perineum” at BQ, Berlin.
Outside view of “Bojan Sarcevic: Thank
You for Pointing to Your Perineum” at BQ, Berlin.
Outside view of “Bojan Sarcevic: Thank
You for Pointing to Your Perineum” at BQ, Berlin.
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