Dan Flavin
Series and Progressions
David Zwirner
Nov. 5 - Dec. 19, 2009











Paul McCarthy
White Snow
Hauser & Wirth
Nov. 4 - Dec. 24, 2009












Moyra Davey
My Necropolis
Murray Guy
Nov. 7 - Dec. 24, 2009

Cristina Grajales celebrates the opening of the first Christophe Come exhibition in the United States.

Based in Paris, Christophe Côme creates sculptural furniture and lighting design through his manipulation of industrial materials forming elegant and timeless works of art. He works with wrought iron that is paired with industrial glass and crystal producing unique objects. Fascinated with the characteristics of glass, Côme pushes the limits of the material through carving, melting, slumping and molding to form remarkable sculptures of light.

Sources of inspiration for designs range from architectural wrought ironwork to contemporary sculpture to objects found in nature. His works evoke the architectural austerity of Pierre Chareau and echo the modern sensibility towards materials found in the work of Jean Royére. Nevertheless, Côme’s work speaks with a unique voice that is surprisingly contemporary with his use of pure forms.

Christophe Côme has a remarkable ability to elevate everyday objects to works of art. This exhibition will focus on a collection of unique furniture and lighting designs that illustrate the progression and experimentation in Christophe Côme’s work over the years.


The show opens today, November 5th, with a reception at 6:00pm  and will be displayed through December 24, 2009.

Earlier this week, the Gagosian Gallery on West 21st Street celebrated the opening of an exhibition of Richard Serra's work.

From Gagosian Gallery:

Gagosian Gallery is pleased to present two important sculptures by Richard Serra. Related in both form and scale, Blind Spot (2002-2003) and Open Ended (2007-2008) entail similar concentric structures, each consisting of six weatherproof steel plates. Open Ended was recently exhibited at Gagosian Gallery in London in 2008. The upcoming exhibition brings both sculptures together for the first time.

Serra produces unparalleled large-scale sculptures, many of which are in major museum and private collections worldwide. "Blind Spot / Open Ended" is his first major exhibition in the United States since the retrospective "Richard Serra, Sculpture: Forty Years" at the Museum of Modern Art, New York in 2007...

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Richard Serra's Blind Spot and Open Ended will be on view at the Gagosian Gallery in New York City until December 23, 2009.

In March of this year, Time Out posted a list of "Galleries that Produce Museum-Quality Shows" as part of their New York's Best series, and I would have to agree with their selection.

From Time Out New York:

David Zwirner  Zwirner continues to expand along 19th Street, and now boasts the capacity for three large shows; skylit galleries provide ample room for serenely beautiful installations. 525 W 19th St between Tenth and Eleventh Aves.


Gagosian Uptown  Who can argue with Gagosian? Apparently the man who sued Richard Prince, but the uptown location, especially on the sixth floor, continues to host great exhibitions. 980 Madison Ave between 76th and 77th Sts.

Peter Blum Chelsea  Holding its own up on 29th Street, the gallery boasts a lot of the hottest young names in contemporary art. 526 W 29th St between Tenth and Eleventh Aves.

PaceWildenstein  Much of the best work here is by established artists. 534 W 25th St between Tenth and Eleventh Aves; and 32 E 57th St between Madison and Park Aves.

Hirschl & Adler Modern  This venue often mounts historical survey shows.
21 E 70th St between Fifth and Madison Aves. 

Friedrich Petzel Gallery  With two side-by-side locations, Petzel always delivers a healthy range of American and European artists. 537 W 22nd St between Tenth and Eleventh Ave. 


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Here are just of a few of the shows currently on view in Chelsea...

Matthew Marks Gallery on West 22nd Street
"Peter Hujar: Photographs 1956-58" and
"Rebecca Warren, Feelings" are on display until October 24, 2009.

Lehmann Mappin Gallery on West 26th Street
"Juergen Teller: Paradis" is up through October 17, 2009.

ATM Gallery on West 27th Street
"Virginia Martinsen: A Face on Mars" will be exhibited until October 17, 2009.

Jack Shainman Gallery on West 20th Street
"Tim Bavington: Up in Suze's Room" will be on view until October 10, 2009.

 PaceWildenstein is opening on September 8, 2009 with "Sol LeWitt: Forms Derived from a Cube" at their location on 32 East 57th street, NY from 6-8pm.

DCKT Contemporary is opening on September 9, 2009 with  "Castaneda/Reiman: sculptures of paintings of places we’ve never been"  located on 195 Bowery, Ground Floor, NY from 6-8pm.

The Friedrich Petzel Gallery is opening on September 10, 2009 with "Troy Brauntuch"  at their chelsea location on 537 W22nd street, NY from 6-8pm.

The Williamsburg Gallery Association is opening with "Every Second Friday" on September 11, 2009 at 302 Bedford Ave., #81 Brooklyn, NY from 6-9pm with an after party at the Hope Lounge in Williamsburg.
      

Enjoy the burgeoning fall art scene in New York!

 After the slow month of August, people are coming back into the city from their respective summer vacation locations. There's a lot to look forward to in September concerning art gallery openings:


The Andrea Rosen Gallery is opening with Josiah McElheny "Proposals for a Chromatic Modernism" on September 12, 2009. 


The Kitchen on West 19 street, NY will open on September 10, 2009 with "One Minute More", a group exhibition of New York based artists presenting performance based videos, photographs, and sculptural installations. 


The Mary Boone Gallery has put together a group exhibition entitled "View: Fourteen/ Hooking Up" and the opening will take place on September 6, 2009 at its Chelsea location at 514 W 24 street, NY.

The Mary Boone Gallery exhibition will have work from the following artists:

Alexandra Bircken, Barry Le Va, Adam McEwen, Robert Rauschenberg, Michael Edward Smith, Keith Sonnier, Al Taylor, Jason Tomme, and Cy Twombly

The Michael Rosenfeld Gallery recently had an exhibition entitled Abstract Expressionism: Further Evidence (Part One: Painting)  which was open earlier during the summer, but closed on July 31, 2009. This featured Charles Alston, Norman Bluhm, Jay DeFeo, James Brooks, Beauford Delaney, and many more.

In the Fall it will open with the continuation of this exhibit called Abstract Expressionism: Further Evidence (Part Two: Sculpture)
with focus on artists  such as Robert Arneson, Ruth Asawa, Lee Bontecou, Louise Bourgeois, Harold Cousins, Dorothy Dehner, Claire Falkenstein, Herbert Ferber, to name a few.

The exhibition will be held on September 10 - October 31, 2009 at the Michael Rosenfeld Gallery located on:

24 West 57th Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY

Gallery hours are Tuesday–Saturday, 10AM-6PM

 Glitz & Grime: Photographs of Times Square is an exhibition currently on at the Yancey Richardson Gallery in chelsea.

It has been open since July 9, 2009 and will remain open until August 28, 2009- so I would head down there before the last day!

It's located at 535 West 22nd Street #3, New York


From the press release: Yancey Richardson Gallery is pleased to present Glitz & Grime: Photographs of Times Square an exhibition of evocative photographs taken in or inspired by Times Square, the 'crossroads of the world', by both contemporary and classic photographers. The images range from celebratory to sordid, chronicling the changing fortunes of this one hundred year old internationally famous New York landmark of culture, consumption and kitsch. Included are works by Olivo Barbieri, Lillian Bassman, Rudy Burckhardt, Ted Croner, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Alfred Eisenstadt, Mitch Epstein, Elliot Erwitt, Louis Faurer, Robert Frank, George Gardner, David Hilliard, Paul Himmel, Lisa Kereszi, William Klein, Jeff Liao, Benn Mitchell, Andrew Moore, Stephen Shore, Louis Stettner, Dennis Stock, Brian Ulrich, and Dan Weiner.

The Morgan Lehman Gallery recently opened on August 13, 2009 with their current exhibition "Selected Works from Pilliod Records."

It is a group show featuring woodblocks and monotypes printed and published by the collaborative workshop under the same name.

According to Brian Pilliod:

"Time spent in collaboration gives both artist and printmaker the chance to be around for the "ah hah" factor of art making: the light bulb turning on over the artists head. Printmaking is often a breath of fresh air into an artists' working process and the content of their work. "


It's from August 8 - August 28, 2009 and the gallery is open during the summer - Tuesday - Friday 11-6
Address: 317 10th Ave (between 28th & 29th)
New York, NY

The Lower East Side art Gallery OneTwentyEight (128) is having an opening reception on Wednesday August 12 2009 from 6-8pm and will run through August 29.
Gallery hours are WEDNESDAY - SATURDAY 1 - 7 PM and by appointment

It's located on
128 Rivington Street
New York, NY 10002

This is also the location for Sloan Fine Art if interested in taking a look at their upcoming art shows.

The One Twenty Eight show will exhibit worldwide artists such as
Angela Valeria, Eric Ginsburg, Eva LeWitt, Fran Kornfeld, Gordon Sasaki, Beryl Davies, Haruko Mochimaru, Hortencio Viera, Jamison Sarleschi, Kazuko, Ken Cro-Ken, Linda Berger, Mary Beth Edelson, Peter McCaffrey, Mako Tanaka, Toki Ozaki, Vernita N’Cognita, Wolf Sanet. Suzan Courtney, Sandy Straus, Bibi Lencek, Eizan Miyamoto, Tommy Flynn 

Enjoy the show!

The Flag Art Foundation is a relatively new initiative in Chelsea to exhibit artists. They clearly state they are an exhibition space, this means no selling of artworks, at least not through them. They're also working on loaning these works to potential museums, again a space meant for the exchange of arts and ideas without the direct goal of commerce.

The artwork exhibited focuses on international contemporary artists such as Louise Bourgeois, Richard Patterson, Cindy Sherman, Andreas Gursky, and many more

It's open every Friday from 11am-3pm, but tomorrow they're having a special public viewing of the works on display. The special viewing is on Tuesday August 4 from 6-8pm.
They're located in the Chelsea Arts Tower


545 WEST 25TH STREET, 9TH FLOOR
NEW YORK, NY 10001
(Between 10th and 11th Avenues)

Recent art exhibitions at the Flag Art Foundation have included Drawn Together, Attention to Detail curated by Chuck Close, and Wall Rockets: Contemporary Artist and Ed Ruscha

Today I'm going to go to a different event on the New York art gallery scene. Although Sotheby's is not an art gallery (it's an art auction house), it does have its own exhibition space where interested bidders can go view the artwork before the auction event. This one in particular refers to Arthur M. Sackler and his art collection.

Sotheby's can sometimes seem intimidating to the art lover who does not own millions to actually bid at Sotheby's auctions; however, I still recommend taking advantage of this exhibition and view the art Sackler collected up until his death in 1987.  Since most of these will probably end up in private hands, it's a good opportunity to see Sackler's art collection - works from one of the leading art collectors and philanthropists in the United States. According to a NYT article there's an ecclectic choice from Impressionist and modern art, Chinese furniture, and European sculptures. The actual sales will be dispersed throughout fall and winter sales.

Sotheby's gallery is located on the 10th floor of its building in New York and is open from July 27 until August 21, 2009 (but it won't be open on weekends as indicated on their website).

In New York City, this past weekend, hundreds of artists lined up outside of White Columns in hopes of being a finalist for the art world reality show hosted by Sarah Jessica Parker on Bravo. The sow is aspiring to be the new "Project Runway" or "Top Chef", but with a new twist - this competition is for contemporary visual artists.

There will be 13 finalists selected from casting calls in Miami, Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago.  They will compete for a cash prize, a gallery show, and a sponsored national museum tour. Competition in art and among artists? This has existed since the beginning of time - we all know Michelangelo, Rafael, and Bramante competed with each other for the best artistic commissions.  

This is definitely something I'd be curious to watch in the future. More about the art world reality show can be read in the NYT.

The Figure and Dr Freud is a new exhibition at Haunch of Venison in midtown on Sixth Avenue. It opened on July 8 ,2009 and will be open until August 22, 2009.

Here is some of the press release summarizing the exhibit from the gallery's website:

"Haunch of Venison New York will present 'The Figure and Dr Freud' from July 8-August 22. This group exhibition features portraiture and figurative works by 31 artists spanning the last century, including Brian Alfred, Nobuyoshi Araki, Diane Arbus, Francis Bacon, Cecily Brown, Richard Butler, Chuck Close, George Condo, John Currin, Martin Eder, Alberto Giacometti, Kevin Francis Gray, Naoto Kawahara, Willem de Kooning, Robert Lazzarini, David Levinthal, Robert Mapplethorpe, Tony Matelli, Jonathan Meese, Wangechi Mutu, Alice Neel, Francis Picabia, Pablo Picasso, Patricia Piccinini, Mel Ramos, Daniel Richter, James Rosenquist, David Salle, George Segal, and Tom Wesselmann. This exhibition focuses on the psychological theories developed by Sigmund Freud as a critical lens through which to observe the inner psyches of both artist and subject."

I certainly won't miss this one!

On July 1rst, the Gavin Brown's Enterprise on West 57th street opened with a new exhibition entitled "The Living and the Dead" with a list of artists to go see. Check out the list of artists featured in this newly opened art exhibition.

It's open from Tuesday to Saturday from 10am to 6pm.

It's a collaboration of 50 artists displaying a variety of works and mediums from film to sculpture and paint.

Some Artists include Uri Aran, Anne Collier, Georg Herold, Jonathan Horowitz, Cindy Sherman, Haim Steinbach, and Spencer Sweeney

The opening itself was a blast with the artists, gallery owners, and a big public supporting the grand opening of this eclectic exhibition.

Although the entire world including myself is devastated Michael Jackson is dead (or is he.....who knows maybe the legend lives on), the trouble in Iran, the elections, the violence, the uncertainty, which is very much a reality is still waiting to resolve itself.

On a happier note, the Chelsea Museum is exhibiting

Influences of Homeland and Diaspora
on the Artistic Language of 56 Contemporary Iranian Artists

and is a beautiful exhibit of artists working in Iran and outside of Iran as part of the diaspora, of all artistic mediums mixing together to tell their story and interpretation of Iran and Iranian art.
Artists residing in Iran: Vahid Sharifian, Barbad Golshiri, Farideh Lashai and Jinoos Taghizadeh
Diaspora: Shirin Neshat, Shahram Entekhabi, Mitra Tabrizian and Shoja Azari

It is an exhibit addressing issues pertinent to Iran as the country and culture it was in the past, the reconstruction of a culture, the daily concerns of Iranians currently living there, and the diaspora hanging onto a strong cultural identity meshed with their present geography.  With the current political events in Iran emphasizing the complex culture and history of this country, it can be sure there will be a lot of emotion conveyed in this exhibition.

Although not directly a "NYC gallery" the Chelsea Museum is a great place to visit in New York, especially for this moving exhibit

It's usually always a fun time to assist one of the Deitch Project activities. I went to one of their 'PIG' programs this weekend as part of The PIG: Sunday School Summer Workshop and Performance Program to see the MGMT video screening of Kids and release party so it was a lot of fun despite the rainy days we've been having lately.

Upcoming activities include

June 28th: Thu Tran and Bad Brilliance

July 5th: Gianni Jetzer of the Swiss institute
5pm

July 12th: Fractal lecture with Icelandic artist Ragnar Egilsson.

July 19th: Q & A Session with Alan Vega, visual artist and member of the highly influential and perennially underground synthpunk duo, Suicide.
5pm

and more can be found on the Deitch Projects website for more PIG activities or shows currently up at their gallery

Check this awesome exhibition out. The artist Angela Dufresne (I love her ideas and paintings) has her 3rd solo exhibition at the CRG gallery in Chelsea located on 535 West 22nd Street, 3rd Floor. It's up from May 7 - July 2, 2009.

She's known for her 'bastard portraits' putting characters together in a setting they might never be in other than in her hypothetical world. These juxtapositions make for creative narratives of supposed, bastard worlds, that she creates because maybe just maybe, she doesn't agree with the one that's present before her and us.

Her colors are deep, intense, have this eerie sensation to them, that simply make her large works amazing to look at.

She has also exhibited and is represented by the Monya
 Rowe Gallery

The CUE Art Foundation is opening the exhibition of the 2008 MFA Grant Recipients from the Joan Mitchell Foundation of the Arts on
June 11 2009. The Exhibition will be up until July 31rst. The opening reception is from 6-8pm

The exhibition will show the necessity of supporting artists through these types of art grants in the early parts of their career. The grants were awarded in 2008 and the exhibition will show their creativity, commitment, and work they have completed since the award. It should show some beautiful fresh works- I highly recommend people to go and support this talent.