nyc art scene

a carefully curated calendar & cumulative catalog of new york city's most interesting art exhibitions and events. hand picked by Arthur Seen & Team

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Opens Thurs, June 20, 6-8p:

“The Relics”
 Shi Zhiying

James Cohan Gallery, 533 W26th St., NYC

Shi Zhiying’s first exhibition in the United States, well known in her native China for stark monochromatic paintings of uniform vistas — open water, Zen sand gardens, carpets of grass — that flood the viewer’s field of vision. Her fluent observational painting embodies, and promotes, intense reflections on individuality and the passage of time. “Some things haven’t changed, from the distant past all the way to the present and the future,” the artist states. “They are things which everyone possesses.” The Relics debuts large-scale oil paintings of decorative and religious relief carvings and intimate portraits of antique vessels.

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continues thru Oct 6:“HOPPER DRAWING” Edward HopperWhitney Museum, 945 Madison Ave, NYC (at 75th St)whitneymuseum.tumblr.comthe first major museum exhibition to focus on the drawings and creative process of Edward Hopper (1882–1967). More than anything else, Hopper’s drawings reveal the continually evolving relationship between observation and invention in the artist’s work, and his abiding interest in the spaces and motifs—the street, the movie theatre, the office, the bedroom, the road—that he would return to throughout his career as an artist. The exhibition surveys Hopper’s significant and underappreciated achievements as a draftsman, and pairs many of his greatest oil paintings, including Early Sunday Morning (1930), New York Movie (1939), Office at Night (1940) and Nighthawks (1942), with their preparatory drawings and related works.

continues thru Oct 6:

“HOPPER DRAWING”
 Edward Hopper


Whitney Museum, 945 Madison Ave, NYC (at 75th St)
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the first major museum exhibition to focus on the drawings and creative process of Edward Hopper (1882–1967). More than anything else, Hopper’s drawings reveal the continually evolving relationship between observation and invention in the artist’s work, and his abiding interest in the spaces and motifs—the street, the movie theatre, the office, the bedroom, the road—that he would return to throughout his career as an artist. The exhibition surveys Hopper’s significant and underappreciated achievements as a draftsman, and pairs many of his greatest oil paintings, including Early Sunday Morning (1930), New York Movie (1939), Office at Night (1940) and Nighthawks (1942), with their preparatory drawings and related works.

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recently opened:

“Criss Cross”
 Susan Bee

Accola Griefen Gallery, 547 W27th St., NYC (634)

Black and white film stills are the pictorial basis of the majority of Susan Bee’s new oil paintings… solitary individuals, couples and familial groups depicted in these works are nearly overwhelmed by tumultuous passages of paint that threaten to separate and engulf the figures. Her works are full of tension as well as tenderness. - thru June 29

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Closing May 25:

“Between Silver Light and Orange Shadow”
 Elena Sisto

Lori Bookstein Gallery, 138 Tenth Ave., NYC (bt W18th & W19th St)

For the last three years, Elena Sisto’s paintings have explored the formative years of young women artists. Three-quarter profiles of women against the backdrop of the studio or partially hidden behind the canvas provide a portal into the psychology of a unique cast of characters. Though certainly abstracted into cartoonish guises, Sisto’s figures still maintain unique personalities and dispositions that hint at the possibility of narrative. The most recent paintings show an increasingly tighter cropping of the picture plane.

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Opens Wed, May 1, 6-8p: “Bestiary” John NewsomMarc Straus Gallery, 299 Grand St., NYCNewsom’s first one-person exhibition in NY in seven years. At first blush these dense oil paintings with owls, raccoons, deer, hummingbirds, wheat fields – seem remarkably American and indeed Newsom, long in New York, comes from the heartland of middle America. But these are no more about a cockatoo bird than is a Phillip Guston painting about a potato or a Susan Rothenberg about a horse. - thru June 30

Opens Wed, May 1, 6-8p:

“Bestiary”
 John Newsom

Marc Straus Gallery, 299 Grand St., NYC

Newsom’s first one-person exhibition in NY in seven years. At first blush these dense oil paintings with owls, raccoons, deer, hummingbirds, wheat fields – seem remarkably American and indeed Newsom, long in New York, comes from the heartland of middle America. But these are no more about a cockatoo bird than is a Phillip Guston painting about a potato or a Susan Rothenberg about a horse. - thru June 30

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Opens Thurs, May 2, 6-8p:

“The Lovers”
 James Gortner

Lyons Wier Gallery, 542 W24th St., NYC

Gortner’s first solo exhibition in New York City presents a series of paintings based on his relationship with photographer Carolina Palmgren, the symbolism found in the Tarot, and his theories on artistic production.  - thru June 1

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Opens Thurs, Apr 18, 6-8p: “Something on Water” Hans BendaMiyako Yoshinaga Gallery, 547 W27th St., NYC (#204)German artist Benda’s evocative oil paintings reflect a state of urgency, with a calm and observant realistic perspective. - thru May 25

Opens Thurs, Apr 18, 6-8p:

“Something on Water”
 Hans Benda

Miyako Yoshinaga Gallery, 547 W27th St., NYC (#204)

German artist Benda’s evocative oil paintings reflect a state of urgency, with a calm and observant realistic perspective. - thru May 25

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Opens March 28, 6-8p: “Far and Long Gone By” Maya BrodskyRare Gallery, 547 W27th St., NYC (#514)Brodsky exhibits two groups of diverse but intimately related oil paintings - one focusing on the present, the other on the past. - thru May 2

Opens March 28, 6-8p:

“Far and Long Gone By”
 Maya Brodsky

Rare Gallery, 547 W27th St., NYC (#514)

Brodsky exhibits two groups of diverse but intimately related oil paintings - one focusing on the present, the other on the past. - thru May 2

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Opening Now, Oct 20, 6-9p: “exhale” Jeremy GeddesJonathan LeVine Gallery, 529 W20th St., NYC (9th Floor)new paintings by Melbourne-based artist Jeremy Geddes, in what will be his debut solo exhibition in the United States. “exhale” is a series of 17 paintings rendered in meticulous detail, an arduous process that combines scrupulous observation, fine brushwork and delicate layers of glaze. Geddes’ work generates a tension between man-made environments in flux and the fragility of living bodies. - thru Nov 17

Opening Now, Oct 20, 6-9p:

“exhale”
 Jeremy Geddes

Jonathan LeVine Gallery, 529 W20th St., NYC (9th Floor)

new paintings by Melbourne-based artist Jeremy Geddes, in what will be his debut solo exhibition in the United States. “exhale” is a series of 17 paintings rendered in meticulous detail, an arduous process that combines scrupulous observation, fine brushwork and delicate layers of glaze. Geddes’ work generates a tension between man-made environments in flux and the fragility of living bodies. - thru Nov 17

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Opens July 18, 6-9p: “Limbo Express” Ulrike TheusnerY Gallery, 165 Orchard St., NYCGerman artist Ulrike Theusner’s first solo show in New York. Through black and white ink drawings and oil painted canvases Ulrike represents the “Limbo’, the unknown grey area between existences here populated by bizarre whimsical creatures and situations. - thru Aug 4

Opens July 18, 6-9p:

“Limbo Express”
 Ulrike Theusner

Y Gallery, 165 Orchard St., NYC

German artist Ulrike Theusner’s first solo show in New York. Through black and white ink drawings and oil painted canvases Ulrike represents the “Limbo’, the unknown grey area between existences here populated by bizarre whimsical creatures and situations. - thru Aug 4

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