Editors’ Picks: 16 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, August 26–Wednesday,
August 28
An auction paddle in action
illustration. Photo by Steve Russell/Toronto Star via Getty
Images.
1. “2019 ASA Personal Property
Connoisseurship Conference” at the Marriott
Marquis
The price tag is hefty to sit in on the American Society of
Appraiser’s 2019 conference, but a ticket grants you access to
three days chock full of panel discussions and presentations,
including, full disclosure, “Ascertaining the State of the Market
in This Information Age” featuring this reporter and the Art
Newspaper’s Steven Kaminski on Tuesday at 10:45 a.m.
Location: Marriott Marquis, 1535
Broadway
Price: $1,295 member/$1,495 non-member
Time: Monday, 7:30 a.m.–8:30 p.m.; Tuesday,
7:30 a.m.–7:30 p.m.; Wednesday, 7:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
—Sarah Cascone
Monday, August 26–late
October
2. Domingo Zapata’s massive mural at One Times
Square
After two weeks of non-stop painting, pop artist Domingo
Zapata’s massive 15-story vinyl canvas mural in Times Square will
be visible to the public for the next month.
Encompassing floors three through 18, across the east, west,
and south facades of One Times Square, the mural—sponsored by
Iberostar resorts and vintner Beodegas Emilio Moro—wraps three
walls of billboard signage. At approximately 300-feet in height and
covering a total 30,000-square-feet, it is the largest vinyl mural
in New York City. The work incorporates themes and highlights from
Zapata’s two-decade career, including his “Polo,” “Flowers,”
“Panda,” and “Flamenco” series. He will also refer to the reception
held at the Vatican in March 2019, when he was invited to paint
alongside Pope Francis.
Location: One Times Square
Price: Free
Time: 24/7
—Eileen Kinsella
Monday, August 26–Thursday,
September 5
John Ransom Phillips, To remain, to
teach robust America love(2004), from the exhibition “Robust
American Love.” A portion of the exhibition’s proceeds will benefit
the Walt Whitman Initiative.
3. “Robust American Love” at BlackBook Presents
The Walt Whitman Initiative marks the
200th anniversary of the great American poet’s birth with
a John Ransom
Phillips exhibition of paintings paired with Whitman
quotes. A proceed of the sales will go toward the initiative’s
efforts to save 99 Ryerson Street in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, where
Whitman lived at the time of the publication of Leaves of
Grass. It’s the only remaining home of the poet in all of New
York City, and although the initiative’s request for landmark
status was denied in 2017, the organization has an upcoming meeting
with the city to discuss reopening the application.
Location: BlackBook Presents, 20 John Street,
Brooklyn
Price: Free
Time: Opening reception, 6 p.m.–7:30 p.m.;
Monday–Thursday, 10 a.m.–4 p.m.
—Nan Stewert
Tuesday, August
27
Sandra Erbacher, The Return of
History (2019), installation view in “Paperwork:
Administrative Practice in Contemporary Art” at the International
Studio & Curatorial Program. Photo by Martin Parsekian.
4. “Sandra Erbacher on
Bureaucratic Systems” at the International Studio & Curatorial
Program
Sandra Erbacher’s piece The Return of History was
commissioned by the International Studio & Curatorial Program for
the group show “Paperwork: Administrative
Practice in Contemporary Art,” on view through September 6. The
piece uses a series of executive desks, manufactured in Germany in
the 1970s and ’80s, and given pro-European names like the Euroflex
and the Euroboss, to examine the idea of the continent as a
dominant power, and how that plays out in an open-plan office. A
presentation about the work by the artist will be followed by a
discussion with exhibition curator Kari Conte.
Location: The International Studio &
Curatorial Program, 1040 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn
Price: Free
Time: Opening reception, 6 p.m.–8 p.m.;
Tuesday–Saturday, 10 a.m.–6 p.m.
—Nan Stewert
Wednesday, August
28
Ahaad Alamoudi, Those who don’t know
falcons grill them (2018), still. Photo courtesy the artist
and Athr Gallery, Jeddah, Saudia Arabia.
5. “RU Talk: Ahaad Alamoudi in
Conversation with Lilly Wei” at Residency
Unlimited
Art writer and curator Lilly Wei will talk with Ahaal Alamoudi
about her work in her native Saudi Arabia through her RU residency.
The artist, a rare woman director in Saudi Arabia, challenges
traditional imagery and showcases a rapidly changing society in
films shot in the desert landscape.
Location: Residency Unlimited (RU), 360
Court Street, Brooklyn (enter the Church through the main
entrance)
Price: Free
Time: 6:30 p.m.
—Sarah Cascone
Wednesday, August 28 and
Thursday, August 29
Madeline Anderson, I Am Somebody,
1970 (still). Photo courtesy of Icarus Films.
6. “Black Beauty on Film”
at the High Line
Media arts organization the Flaherty has teamed up with the High
Line to present two nights of films celebrating Simone
Leigh’s Brick House (through September 2020), the
first art installation
on the High Line Plinth.
Inspired by Leigh’s strong portrayal of black female
beauty, curators Jon-Sesrie Goff and Claire Diao have selected
a series of shorts, primarily by woman filmmakers, including
Madeline Anderson, Angela Diabang, Lauren Kelly, and Julie
Dash.
Location: The High Line Spur, at 10th
Avenue and West 30th Street
Price: Free with RSVP
Time: 8 p.m.
—Sarah Cascone
Thursday, August
29
Helen Frankenthaler, Provincetown
Window (1963–64). Photo by Tim Pyle, Light Blue Studio,
courtesy Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, New York. ©2019 Helen
Frankenthaler Foundation, Inc./Artists Rights Society (ARS), New
York. Collection of Josh and Beth Friedman.
7. “Voices From the Artist’s
Archives: Avis Berman on Helen Frankenthaler” at the Parrish
Art Museum
Writer, curator, and art historian Avis Berman gives a talk
about Helen Frankenthaler on the occasion of the Parrish’s current
exhibition, “Abstract Climates: Helen
Frankenthaler in Provincetown,” on view through October 27.
Location: Parrish Art Museum, 279 Montauk
Highway, Water Mill, New York
Price: $12
Time: 5 p.m.–6 p.m.
—Sarah Cascone
A Re-Imagining City Island’s Gateway
design project from graduate students from Rhode Island School of
Design INTAR (RISD). Image courtesy of BRAC.
8. “Re-imagining City Island’s Gateway/Comfort in
Concrete” Panel Discussion at the Bronx River Art
Center
If you’re into urban design or simply want to stay in the loop
about New York City’s upcoming waterfront changes, pay a visit to
the Bronx River Art Center on Thursday. A panel discussion with
former Bronx Borough President and urban planner Adolfo Carrion and
others will be held to discuss two public space design projects:
City Island’s Gateway and the South Bronx Greenway. The panel is in
conjunction with the center’s eponymous current exhibitions,
featuring student work from the Rhode Island School of Design and
BRAC’s own Teen/Young Adult Project Studio.
Location: Bronx River Art Center, 1087
East Tremont Avenue, Bronx
Price: Free
Time: Monday–Friday, 3 p.m.–6 p.m.;
Saturday, 12 p.m.–5 p.m.
—Cristina Cruz
Thursday, August 29–Friday,
September 6
Jason Bard Yarmosky, Harmony
9. “Lovers and Friends” at the Double Diamond
House
New York-based artist Jason Bard Yarmosky is debuting a new
series of photorealist paintings and pencil drawings that depict
people close to him, although his subjects may or may not have ever
met one another. The portraits, which aim to capture the joie de
vivre of people of all ages and celebrate intergenerational
friendships, will be accompanied by a sound installation by
artist Crash 20/20. On opening night, the Double Diamond House
will host a forum to discuss the work, featuring artists Dunja
Gottweis, Jerome Lamaar, Tracey Ryans, Lee Quiñones,
and Delphine Diallo. Location: The Double Diamond
House, 615 Dune Road, Westhampton Beach, New York
Price: Free with RSVP
Time: Opening reception, 3 p.m.–9 p.m.; daily, 1 p.m.–6
p.m.
—Tanner West
Thursday, August 29–Sunday,
December 15
Ander Mikalson, Scores for a
Corridor, for the “FiftyTwo Ft.” series at the Knockdown
Center. Courtesy of the Knockdown Center.
10. “FiftyTwo Ft: Ander
Mikalson” at the Knockdown Center
The “FiftyTwo Ft.” series at the Knockdown Center’s has seen a
number of artist paint murals in the art center’s east corridor.
The latest, Ander Mikalson’s Scores for a Corridor,
is the artist’s largest work to date, featuring text that imagines
various scenes unfolding in the hallway.
Location: Knockdown Center, 52-19 Flushing
Avenue, Maspeth, Queens
Price: Free
Time: Opening
reception, 6 p.m.–9 p.m.; Thursday/Friday, 2 p.m.–6
p.m.; Saturday/Sunday, 2 p.m.–7 p.m.
—Sarah Cascone
Through Friday, August
30
Mathew Brady. Walt Whitman
(circa 1865), digitally enhanced. Photo courtesy of Miriam and Ira
D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints, and Photographs, Photography
Collection.
11. “Walt Whitman: America’s Poet”
at the New York Public Library
A display of artifacts at the New York Public Library marks Walt
Whitman’s 200th birthday. Perhaps New York’s best-known literary
figures, and the most famous poet in the history of the country,
Whitman has remained a presence of the bestseller’s list with
Leaves of Grass, first published in 1855. The NYPL
considers his lasting cultural influence as illustrated by various
pieces from its collection.
Location: The New York Public Library,
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, 476 Fifth Avenue at East 42nd
Street and Fifth Avenue
Price: Free
Time: Monday/Thursday/Friday, 10 a.m.–5:45
p.m.; Tuesday/Wednesday, 10 a.m.–7:45 p.m.
—Sarah Cascone
Friday, August 30–Sunday,
October 13
Brandi Twilley, Summer Friends
(2018). Photo courtesy of Alyssa Davis Gallery.”
12. “kNOW you WON’t” at Alyssa Davis
Gallery
Alyssa Davis Gallery and curator Philip Hinge team up to present
a group show featuring Brittni Ann Harvey, Manal Kara, Nicholas
Sullivan, and Brandi Twilley this Friday. With an exhibition
teaser video featuring the esteemed Spongebob character, Squidward,
and the promise of a CATBOX Contemporary cat
tree installation, this show is sure to deliver a very unique
experience.
Location: Alyssa Davis Gallery, 2 Cornelia
Street #1102
Price: Free
Time: Opening reception 7 p.m.–10 p.m.; by
appointment, email contact@alyssadavis.gallery for more
info
—Cristina Cruz
Through Sunday, September
1
Camille Hoffman, XO, 2019.
Courtesy of the artist and Jenkins Johnson Projects.
13. “A Thousand Plateaus” at
Jenkins Johnson Projects
Never been to the Prospect-Lefferts Gardens project space of San
Francisco’s Jenkins Johnson Gallery before? There’s no better
opportunity than the last week of the art world’s summer. Curated
by contemporary Renaissance Man Hank Willis Thomas with Daphne
Takahashi, “A Thousand Plateaus” brings together four artists—Chris
Berntsen, Camille Hoffman, Kambui Olujimi,
and Patrice Renee Washington—who use collage and assemblage to
piece together dynamic, multifaceted identities freed from the
limits of either/or thinking. Consider it your inspiration to
embrace all you can do, and be, in the final frame of 2019… and
beyond.
Location: Jenikns Johnson Projects, 207
Ocean Avenue, Brooklyn
Price: Free
Time: Monday–Friday, 11 a.m.–6 p.m. (and by
appointment)
—Tim Schneider
Through Sunday, September
15
Walt Whitman owned this Easter greeting
card and posed for it in a studio portrait. Photo courtesy of the
Thomas Biggs Harned Collection of Walt Whitman Materials,
Manuscript Division, Library of Congress.
14. “Walt Whitman: Bard of
Democracy” at the Morgan Library &
Museum
The Morgan Library examines the full scope of Walt Whitman’s
career, beginning with his early journalism work, in this
exhibition celebrating what would have been his 200th birthday.
With loans from the Library of Congress, the show includes a
selection of the poet’s notebooks as well as a letter from Ralph
Waldo Emerson commending the publication of Leaves of
Grass, and other documents illustrating Whitman’s influence on
major figures such as Oscar Wilde and Allen Ginsberg.
Location: The Morgan Library & Museum, 225
Madison Avenue
Price: $22 general admission
Time: Tuesday–Thursday, 10:30 a.m.–5 p.m.; Friday,
10:30 a.m.–9 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.–6 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m.–6
p.m.; daily tours through September 13, 2 p.m.
—Sarah Cascone
Through Saturday, December
21
Lina Iris Viktor, Second
(2017-18). Courtesy of the artist and Mariane Ibrahim Gallery.
15. “Figuring the Floral” at Wave
Hill
While wandering the expansive
grounds and gardens of Wave Hill in the Riverdale section of the
Bronx, visitors should be sure to check out “Figuring the Floral,”
a sumptuous exhibition curated by Eileen Jeng Lynch. Reconsidering
the role of botanical imagery within contemporary art, here floral
imagery’s traditional associations with the decorative and the
feminine are subverted as the blossoming and decaying life cycle of
the flower becomes complexly symbolic of race, gender, age, and
sexuality, among myriad other aspects of identity, in works by
Derrick Adams, Lina Iris Viktor, Ebony G. Patterson, and
Valerie Hegarty, among others.
Location: Wave
Hill, 675 W 252nd Street,
Bronx
Price: $10 for adults, $6 for students and seniors, $4 for
children over 6
Time: Tuesday–Sunday, 9:30 a.m.–5:30
p.m.
—Katie White
Through Sunday, February 16,
2020
An installation view of “Relative Fields
in a Garden: Heidi Howard and Liz Phillips” at the Queens
Museum.
16. “Relative Fields in a
Garden: Heidi Howard and Liz Phillips” at the Queens
Museum
As part of the 2018 Queens International, mother–daughter duo
Heidi Howard and Liz Phillips have built a visual and sonic
installation for the museum’s large atrium. The presentation
includes Howard’s bright, colorful, and flowery paintings alongside
sculptural elements depicting flowers, bamboo, and birch veneer
with a soundscape designed by Phillips that evokes (and
includes recording of) the cityscape. The sounds of wildlife,
running water, and the Department of Sanitation’s garbage trucks
come together with the visual installation to evoke a city
constantly in flux and always surrounded by the nature from which
it emerges.
Location: New York City Building, Flushing
Meadows Corona Park, Queens
Price: $8 suggested donation for adults; free for
children 18 and under
Time: Wednesday–Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
—Tanner West
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