Editors’ Picks: 20 Things Not to Miss in New York’s Art World This Week
Each week, we search New York City for the most exciting,
and thought-provoking, shows, screenings, and events. See them
below.
Monday, September
16–Monday, December 16
Eric Wesley, detail of Inch-Alota
I, 2015. Courtesy of the artist and Bortolami, New York.
1. “Searching the Sky for
Rain” at SculptureCenter
If you’ve ever felt a gallery, museum, or art fair’s attempt to
celebrate diversity has reduced complex artists to overly neat
boxes, SculptureCenter’s new group exhibition is for you. Featuring
Carmen Argote, Charles Gaines, Jacqueline Kiyomi Gordon, and other
artists who, according to the institution, “defy the fracking of
particularities into niche-marketed, T-shirt formulations of
‘identities,’” the show foregrounds work that enriches our
understanding by embracing the abstractions and unknowns that exist
outside familiar categories and oversimplified histories.
Location: SculptureCenter, 44–19 Purves
Street
Price: $10 suggested entry for adults; $5
suggested entry for students
Time: Thursday–Monday, 11 a.m.–6 p.m.
—Tim Schneider
Tuesday, September
17
Martin Wong, TV Party (1988).
Private Collection. Courtesy of the Estate of Martin Wong and PPOW,
New York.
2. “Glenn O’Brien: Center Stage” at Off
Paradise
This inaugural show at Off Paradise, a new project space just
below Canal Street, is inspired by the life of the late writer, TV
producer, and man-about-town Glenn O’Brien. The exhibition is
organized by Natacha Polaert, who runs the gallery, and
is rooted in her personal relationship with O’Brien, who died in
2017. “Generous, inclusive, but also grander than life,” she writes
in a short essay for the exhibition. “Extra-ordinary. Glenn
catapulted himself into the pantheon of great heroes, and for
this he was right. Glenn was sui generis.” The show
includes works by, among others, Alvin Baltrop, Walter Robinson,
Martin Wong, and Andy Warhol, whose
Interview magazine provided O’Brien with his very
first job.
Location: Off Paradise, 120 Walker
Street
Price: Free
Time: Opening reception, 6 p.m.–8 p.m.;
Wednesday–Saturday, 12 p.m.–6 p.m.
—Pac Pobric
Larry Ossei-Mensah. Photo by Miranda
Barnes.
3. “Larry Ossei-Mensah in
Conversation With Dexter Wimberly” at the New York Academy of
Arts
Museum of Contemporary Art
Detroit senior curator Larry Ossei-Mensah will speak
with Dexter Wimberly about his work with such acclaimed artists as
Firelei Baez, Kehinde Wiley, and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye.
Location: New York Academy of Arts, 111
Franklin Street
Price: Free
Time: 6:30 p.m.
—Tanner West
Tuesday, September
17–Saturday, December 7
Cannupa Hanska Luger, The One Who
Checks & the One Who Balances (2018) Photo by Chip Thomas,
Ginger Dunnill, courtesy of the artist.
4. “Utopian Imagination” at
the Ford
Foundation
To close out its inaugural year of exhibitions, the Ford
Foundation has tapped Jaishri Abichandani to curate a
surprisingly hopeful 14-artist group show imagining a just world
characterized by peace and solidarity. Highlights stand to include
a Lola Flash self-portrait and a glass-and-crystal Lee Bul
sculpture of a fragmented woman’s body.
Location: Ford Foundation Gallery, 320 East
43rd Street
Price: Free
Time: Opening reception, 6 p.m.–8 p.m.;
Monday–Saturday, 11 a.m.–6 p.m.
—Sarah Cascone
Wednesday, September
18
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, view of
rotunda and skylight designed by Frank Lloyd Wright from ground
floor. Photo by David Heald, ©Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum,
courtesy of UNESCO.
5. “Frank Lloyd Wright and New
York: Anthony Alofsin with Judith Dupré” at the New York Public
Library
Frank Lloyd Wright spent
some of his final years designing the Guggenheim in New York (while
living at the Plaza Hotel) yet he once called the city an
“unlivable prison.” This conversation between Frank Lloyd Wright
scholar Anthony Alofsin and writer and structural historian Judith
Dupré reassesses the architect’s conflicted relationship with New
York, the city that at once tormented, challenged, and inspired
him.
Location: New York Public Library, Stephen
A. Schwarzman Building, Celeste Auditorium
Price: Free, registration recommended
Time: 6:30 p.m.
—Rachel Corbett
Dor Guez, Lilies of the Field,
Jerusalem, Mosque Al-Aqsa (2019). Archival inkjet print, based
on pressed flowers created by the American Colony in Jerusalem
(1900–14). Photo courtesy of the artist, Dvir Gallery, Brussels,
and Carlier Gebauer Gallery, Berlin.
6. “The Nation’s Groves: Artist
Dor Guez in Conversation with Sara Reisman” at the 8th
Floor
Jerusalem-born artist Dor Guez will speak with Sara Reisman,
director of the 8th Floor, about how his work has been inspired by
the Israeli government’s reforestation efforts. His photography
uses the landscape and flora of Israel to highlight lesser-known
aspects of the region’s history, such as the pressed flowers kept
as souvenirs by late 19th- and early 20th-century religion
pilgrims.
Location: The 8th Floor, 17 West 17th Street,
8th Floor
Price: Free with RSVP
Time: 6 p.m.–8 p.m.
—Nan Stewert
Wednesday,
September 18–Sunday, January 5, 2020
A Japanese Buddhist artwork. Photo
courtesy of the Newark Museum.
7. “Beyond Zen: Japanese Buddhism Revealed” at
the Newark Museum
The Newark Museum, known for its holdings in Asian art, is
digging deep into its collection of Japanese works dating from 1615
to the present day, unearthing a number of works that haven’t been
on view in over 100 years for this exploration of the role of
visual art in the practice of Buddhism. The show includes
paintings, sculptures, textiles, ritual objects, and ceramics,
among other works.
Location: The Newark Museum, 39 Washington
Street, Newark, New Jersey
Price: $15
Time: Wednesday–Sunday, 12 p.m.–5 p.m.
—Sarah Cascone
Thursday, September
19
The Drawing Center, located at 35
Wooster Street in Soho. Photo courtesy of the Drawing Center, New
York.
8. Benefit Auction and
Party at the Drawing Center
One of Manhattan’s most beloved contemporary art centers, now
under the leadership of esteemed curator Laura Hoptman, holds
its annual fundraiser. In addition to cocktails and music, guests
will have the chance to bid on works donated from the likes of John
Currin, Chris Ofili, Laura Owens, and Mary Weatherford in a silent
auction.
Location: The Drawing Center, 35 Wooster
Street
Price: $175
Time: 6:30 p.m.–9:30 p.m.
—Sarah Cascone
Molly Roy, City of Women,
featuring subway route symbols from the Metropolitan Transportation
Authority. From Nonstop Metropolis: A New York City Atlas
by Rebecca Solnit and Joshua Jelly-Schapiro. Courtesy of University
of California Press.
9. “City of Women Map 2.0: A
Conversation With Joshua Jelly-schapiro and Julie Scelfo” at
the New York Transit
Museum
As New York City finally begins to rectify the imbalance of
public monuments honoring men vs. women, the New York Transit
Museum is hosting an evening dedicated to the City of Women map
from Rebecca Solnit and Joshua Jelly-Schapiro’s 2016
book Nonstop Metropolis: A New
York City Atlas. Reimagining the subway map with each stop
named after an influential local woman, the map, drawn
by artist Molly Roy, is currently
on view in the museum’s show “Navigating New York” (through
January). In a talk with journalist Julie Scelfo, Jelly-Schapiro
will unveil an updated version of the map.
Location: The New York Transit
Museum, 99 Schermerhorn
Street at Boerum Place, Brooklyn
Price: $15
Time: 12 p.m.–6 p.m.
—Sarah Cascone
10. “Artist Safety Hosting: A
Discussion on Practice” at the Goethe-Institut New
York
Ifrah Mansour, My Aqal, Banned &
Blessed (2018). Photo ©Michael Wilson.
In an evening of conversations featuring the likes of former
artist-in-residence Rashwan Abdelbaki, Cuban artist and
activist Tania Bruguera, and former Queens Museum director
Laura Raicovich, the
New York City Artist Safe
Haven Residency Program celebrates the release of the
publication of a new guide for art institutions looking to assist
artists facing persecution, censorship, human rights violations, or
other hardships.
Location: Goethe-Institut New York, 30 Irving
Place
Price: Free
Time: 7 p.m.
—Sarah Cascone
Thursday, September
19–Saturday, October 26
Brian Willmont, Holy Mountain
(2019). Image courtesy of the artist and Victori +Mo
11. “Brian Willmont: Mirage,
Mirage” at Victori+Mo
In his second solo show at the gallery, Willmont is focusing on
how modern desires are filtered through everyday technology,
expressed with trompe l’oeil techniques and his skillful blend of
abstraction and decorative elements with symbolism. His paintings
are created with a continual process of addition and subtraction as
he mixes handmade with digital imagery.
Location: Victori+Mo, 242 West 22nd
Street
Price: Free
Time: Opening reception, 6 p.m.–8 p.m.; Hours by
appointment only.
—Eileen Kinsella
Thursday, September
19–Friday, November 22
Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall, St. John’s
University. Photo courtesy of the Yeh Art Gallery.
12. “Diplomacy” at Yeh Art Gallery
Owen Duffy, the new director of St. John University’s art
gallery, presents his first show since taking up the post.
Artists Christopher K. Ho, Lena Henke, Shahpour Pouyan, Reuven
Israel, Alex Hayden, Carla Edwards, Anton Ginzburg, Ryan Flores,
Hai-Hsin Huang, Claudia Martínez Garay, and Claudia Peña Salinas
have created new works inspired by the campus’s historic Sun
Yat Sen Memorial Hall, which was completed in 1973. Constructed
during the Cold War with aid from the Taipei government as the US
government was considering formally recognizing the People’s
Republic of China in Beijing, the hall evokes themes of soft power,
national identity, and diplomacy.
Location: Yeh Art Gallery, St. John’s
University, 8000 Utopia Parkway, Jamaica, Queens
Price: Free
Time: Opening reception, 4 p.m.–7 p.m.;
Tuesday–Friday, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. and by appointment
—Sarah Cascone
Friday, September
20–Wednesday, September 25
Image from “RIMOWA Archive Collection:
1898–2019″. Photo courtesy RIMOWA.
15. “RIMOWA Archive Collection:
1898–2019” at Sotheby’s
RIMOWA partners with Sotheby’s
this week for a retrospective exhibition detailing the luxury
luggage brand’s 121-year story. From heritage steamer trunks to
aluminium cases inspired by aircraft design, these pieces—some over
a century old—collectively provide a glimpse into the history of
air travel from the brand’s inception to the current day. Also in
the exhibition are RIMOWA’s artist collaborations, including pieces
by Daniel Arsham, Alex Israel, and others.
Location: Sotheby’s New York, 1334 York Avenue
Price: Free
Time: Monday–Saturday 10 a.m.–5 p.m.,
Sunday, 1 p.m.–5 p.m.
—Noor Brara
Friday, September 20–Sunday,
September 22
A view of the NY Art Book Fair. Photo:
Charlie Rubin.
13. NY Art Book Fair at MoMA PS1
Printed Matter’s annual event is back this year with more than
350 exhibitors from galleries, booksellers, zine publishers, and
other small press outfits from all over the world. The fair is
always jam-packed with young, cool people and makes for great
shopping for those who want to dip their toes into the art
collecting pool without breaking the bank.
Location: MoMA PS1, 22–25 Jackson Avenue,
Long Island City
Price: Public hours are free
Time: Friday, September 20, 1 p.m.–7 p.m.;
Saturday, 11 a.m.–8 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m.–7 p.m.
—Caroline Goldstein
Robert McCann, Red Becoming Green
Becoming Red. Courtesy of Amos Eno Gallery.
Hundreds of artists will throw open the doors of their studios
this weekend for the 13th annual Bushwick Open Studios, offering
visitors a chance to discover and even buy affordable works by the
neighborhood’s emerging artists. To get the most out of your time,
consider hitting up buildings that house many studios, such as the
42 artists at Active Space Studios (566
Johnson Avenue), the 20 members of Wayfarers (1109 DeKalb Avenue), or
the 90 artists and galleries in 1717 Troutman, a converted
textile factory. Local organizations including art and technology
incubator Eyebeam (199 Cook Street) and Amos Eno Gallery (56 Bogart Street),
Space776 (229 Central Avenue), and Tornadothings Gallery (35 Meadow Street)
will also take part in the festivities. This year, the organizers
are producing a 60-artist group show, “Seeking Spaces,” at the BOS
Hub (936 Madison Street).
Location: Various locations in
Bushwick, Brooklyn
Price: Most events are free; the official
opening and closing parties are $10 in advance, $15 at the door
Time: Vary by location
—Sarah Cascone
Friday, September
20–Sunday, November 3
Work by Alex Da Corte. Courtesy of
Karma.
16. “Alex Da Corte:
Marigolds” at Karma
It’s been a year and a half since Alex Da Corte transformed the
East Village stalwart Karma into a spooky red-hued dreamscape, full
of glowing neon pies in windows, a video featuring the singer St.
Vincent cosplaying as a ’50s housewife, and a gigantic cat
sculpture hanging ominously in the center of the room. Since that
triumphant gallery show, Da Corte has expanded his palette on a
global level, making more and more ambitious projects that continue
to riff on his neo-Lynchian notions of Americana, including outings
at the 57th Carnegie International and the Venice Biennale earlier
this year. Now, he returns to the East Village for another show at
Karma called “Marigolds,” which will be accompanied by a fully
illustrated catalog from Karma Books.
Location: Karma, 188 East 2nd Street
Price: Free
Time: Opening reception, 6 p.m.–8 p.m.;
Tuesday–Saturday, 10 a.m.–6 p.m.
—Nate Freeman
Friday, September 20,
2019–Sunday, May 17, 2020
A visitor interacts with Zachary
Lieberman’s Expression Mirror in Cooper Hewitt’s “Face Values”
installation at the 2018 London Design Biennale. Photo David
Levene.
17. “Face Values: Exploring Artificial Intelligence”
at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design
Museum
Step into the Cooper Hewitt’s Process Lab and come face to face
(literally) with the future of technology and Artificial
Intelligence. Designers including R. Luke DuBois and Zacharay
Lieberman reckon with the potential benefits, and terrifying
possibilities of its imminent rise.
Location: Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design
Museum, 2 East 91st Street
Price: general admission is $16
Time: Sunday–Friday, 10 a.m.–6 p.m.; Saturday, 10
a.m.–9 p.m.
—Caroline Goldstein
Saturday, September
21–Saturday, December 14
18. “Ministry for All by Carla Juaçaba
and Marcelo Cidade” at Storefront for Art and
Architecture
Esplanada dos Ministerios, Brasilia.
Photo courtesy of the Storefront for Art and Architecture.
Architect Carla Juaçaba and artist Marcelo Cidade, two
Brazilians, have teamed up to create a site-specific
installation, removing the concrete panels on the Storefront for
Art and Architecture facade to reveal the plywood and insulation
foam under the surface. The show is named after Oscar Niemeyer’s
complex of civil buildings in Brazil’s capital, Brasilia, a planned
city constructed from 1956 to 1960. Just as the function of those
buildings has changed over the years during different political
administrations, the intervention at the Storefront space
demonstrates the mutability and vulnerability of architecture.
Location: Storefront for Art and Architecture,
97 Kenmare Street
Price: Free
Time: Opening reception, 3 p.m.–6 p.m.;
Tuesday–Saturday, 11 a.m.–6 p.m.
—Sarah Cascone
Through
Sunday, October 27
Botond Keresztesi, House of
Arts”, (2019). Courtesy of ASHES/ASHES.
19. “NOSZTROMO” at ASHES/ASHES
For this show, this LES gallery promises an all-European roster
of artists. Among the standouts is Romanian artist Botond
Keresztesi’s surreal mixed-media paintings, which come across like
a 21st-century, cyberpunk Magritte.
Location: ASHES/ASHES, 56 Eldridge Street
Price: Free
Time: Wednesday–Sunday, 12 p.m.–6 p.m.
—Cristina Cruz
Through Saturday, November
2
Margarita Cabrera, Space in Between:
Nopal (Sol Espinoza), 2016, Courtesy of Ruiz-Healy Art
20. “Margarita Cabrera:
Engendering New Landscapes” at Ruiz-Healy Art
Ruiz-Healy Art presents a solo show by Margarita Cabrera
tackling the current hot-button issue of tension along the
US/Mexican border. Along with her fabric cacti sculptures, viewers
can look forward to a new series of collages, “Pepita Para El Loro
Para Que Hable o Calle.” Made of United States border patrol
uniform fabric, the work alludes to the extinction risk faced by
the Mexican parrot due to the US pet trade.
Location: Ruiz-Healy Art, 74 East 79th
Street, 2D
Price: Free
Time: Tuesday–Saturday, 11 a.m.–6 p.m.
—Neha Jambhekar
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