Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art
Curated by artist and AIDS/HIV activist Avram Finkelstein, the ambitious exhibition is one of the first exhibition projects presented at Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art’s newly-designed gallery space that opened its doors earlier in 2007. Artpseak editor Osman Can Yerebakan talked with Finkelstein about FOUND.
until September 10, 2017
Lehmann Maupin
Adapting its title from a work by Gibson, From whisper to a scream proposes various modes to look at the current socio-political landscape through geometric abstraction, color, and form. Artspeak editor Osman Can Yerebakan spoke with the exhibition curator Anna Stothart about her decision to bring these three artists together.
until September 1, 2017
Sperone Westwate
Combining elements from traditional European painting with global socio-political consciousness, the Iranian-American artist leaves mesmerizing marks on the canvas, building narratives on displacement, tragedy, and chaos.
until June 24, 2017
Site: Brooklyn
The exhibition encompasses the artist's latest body of work, including tapestry, drawing, and sculpture that Berg uses to recapture the fleeting moment of creation.
until June 11, 2017
Fort Gansevoort
The exhibition brings together works from early 2000s with a recent body of work installed around Fort Gansevoort’s distinct architectural interior within a three-story Greek Revival house.
until July 8, 2017
Marianne Boesky Gallery
Heikes explores the physical and perceptual barriers inspired by today’s social and political landscape through his installations that guide the viewer around the space with their abstract angles and forms. Yasemin Vargi interviewed Jay Heikes about his recent body of work.
until June 17, 2017
Galerie Eva Presenhuber
“Before I start to work on a new painting, I have a clear vision of its motif, temperature, and its form. However, the process of painting itself is the chance to lead me to a point and solution that I could not have thought of in advance. Sometimes, the painting is finished when any trace of the primary idea has dissolved.” — Tobias Pils
until June 17, 2017
Sandra Gering Inc.
Blending characteristics of traditional Chinese art with a contemporary approach, Jennifer Wen Ma creates delicate, ephemeral installations using hand cut paper, ink, glass, and light.
until July 28, 2017
Pace/Macgill Gallery
From the very beginning of his photographic career at Conde Nast in 1943, Penn was highly interested in the theatricality of the clothes. Instead of simply capturing the fabrics, he was organizing the photoshoots around a theme or an event that acted as context for the garments.
until June 29, 2017
Gladstone Gallery
Street-cast from an upstate town where the artist spends some of her time, the opaque figures reflect Neshat’s interpretation of American identity. Artspeak director Osman Can Yerebakan spoke with Neshat about Dreamers.
until June 17, 2017
Skarstedt Gallery
His sharp grasp of ennui and fatigue embedded in upper middle-class backyard pools and well-decorated interiors makes strong commentary on a lifestyle he mostly grew up with.
until June 24, 2017
Luhring Augustine
Clark, who is known for his work in film and photography, such as Tulsa series and Kids, focusing on teenagers experimenting with drug and alcohol use while starting to discover their sexuality,
until June 18, 2017
The Jewish Museum
Painting Poetry sheds light on the artist’s influential role in the New York art scene for the first half of 20th century, a period when many creative figures fled war-torn Europe to relocate in New York.
until September 24, 2017
Gagosian Gallery
Titled after the namesake pastel on paper work, Custom-Built Intrigue brings together historic works the gallery gathered through loans from collectors and institutions.
until June 30, 2017
James Cohan Gallery
“The body and symbols of its functions are delivered to the viewer in the final image. By the same token, my paintings strip down to essential form in an attempt to counter the preexisting order of things, and question dominant modes of thinking about the female body.” — Amy Feldman
until June 4, 2017
Paul Kasmin Gallery
“I have always depicted lives, people, and environments I desire at their best; this is my phantasy universe in a way. I, for sure, had to face many difficulties and challenges due to the nature of my paintings next to amazing things that happened thanks to them.” — Taner Ceylan
until May 13, 2017
