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Must-See Art Guide: New York Galleries and Art Fairs to See this Week
This week's guide includes Yoko Ono, Russell Young, Nan Goldin, and more.
Judith Probst
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New York has the longest street in the United States, the most frequented bridge, and the largest subway line in the world, but it is also known for its record-breaking auctions. Never before has so much money been spent at a single sale. This Monday, art in the amount of more than $700 million went under the hammer at Christie’s New York, including the most expensive artwork Les Femmes d´Alger by Pablo Picasso, which was purchased for almost $180 million. Several other world records were broken in this sale.
If you don’t want to spend your money at a record-breaking auction, you can discover new art at the art fairs going on this week. Explore the vibrancy of Harlem, its participating cultural institutions, and emerging Harlem artists at the FLUX Art Fair. Or experience the most exciting contemporary galleries from around the world at Frieze New York, the world’s leading contemporary art fair. Over 190 galleries are showing their inventory on the East River. Talks and educational programs are included. And, located on the Hudson River, Art Miami New York caters to both seasoned and new art collectors who are looking to experience the best of what the global contemporary art market has to offer. In Red Hook, you have the opportunity to explore contemporary African art at the 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair.
While all these art fairs are going on, a lot of galleries have special exhibitions to engage fair visitors coming to their exhibition spaces. Paintings and drawings from the Ani Art Academies can be seen in the exhibition “SEXƎƧ,” the third collaboration with Rehs Contemporary. If you want to see Hopper-esque paintings of America and New York by Nigel van Wieck, don’t miss “Connect,” closing tomorrow. You also have a bit more time to discover the solo exhibition of Pop artist Russell Young with his new portfolio “Jackie O.” To see more exhibitions going on in the city check out last week’s edition of the Must-See Art Guide: New York and 6 Must-See New York Gallery Shows During Frieze New York.
New York, which hosted a record 56 million tourists in 2014, is home to hundreds of art museums, which have a lot of interesting shows to offer as well. After the controversial Björk show at MoMA, the curator has attempted to calm adversaries with the next show by multimedia artist Yoko Ono. The “Yoko Ono: One Woman Show 1960–1971” opens this Sunday.
If you would like to enjoy the nice weather and art at the same time, visit the exhibition “Frida Kahlo: Art, Garden, Life” in the New York Botanical Garden, where a rare display of more than a dozen original Kahlo paintings and works on paper are featured. Learn more about Kahlo’s life and enjoy Mexican-inspired events.
Try to break your own record and visit as many as art events as you can this month in New York!
Exhibition: “SEXƎƧ”
When: April 18–May 15, 2015
Where: Rehs Galleries, Inc., 5 E. 57th Street, New York, NY
Exhibition: “Nigel van Wieck: Connect”
When: April 23–May 15, 2015
Where: Didier Aaron, 32 E. 67th Street, New York, NY
Exhibition: “Annette Lemieux: Everybody wants to be a catchy tune.”
When: March 26–May 16, 2015
Where: Kent Fine Art, LLC, 210 11th Avenue, 2nd Floor, New York, NY
Exhibition: “Joan Semmel, Across Five Decades”
When: April 2–May 16, 2015
Where: Alexander Gray Associates, 526 W. 26th Street, New York, NY
Exhibition: “Jaime Davidovic: Tapes Period. 1969-1975” and “Luis Roldán: Eidola”
When: April 2–May 16, 2015
Where: Henrique Faria, 35 East 67th St. 4th Floor, New York, NY
Art Fair: “Collective Design”
When: May 13–17, 2015
Where: Collective Design, Skylight Clarkson Sq, 550 Washington Street, New York, NY
Art Fair: “Flux Art Fair”
When: May 14–17, 2015
Where: The Corn Exchange Building, 81 East 125th St, New York, NY
Art Fair: “Frieze New York”
When: May 14–17, 2015
Where: Randall’s Island Park, 20 Randall’s Island Park, New York, NY
Art Fair: “Art Miami New York”
When: May 14–17, 2015
Where: Pier 94, 55th Street and West Side Highway, New York, NY
Art Fair: “1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair”
When: May 15–17, 2015
Where: Red Hook, Pioneer Works, 159 Pioneer Street, New York, NY
Exhibition: “Erika Vogt”
When: May 10–June 4, 2015
Where: Simone Subal Gallery, 131 Bowery, 2nd floor, New York, NY
Exhibition: “Yves Hayat: Violent Luxury”
When: May 14–June 6, 2015
Where: Galerie Mark Hachem, 988 Madison Avenue, New York, NY
Exhibition: “Jackie O, A New Release by Russell Young”
When: May 14–June 7, 2015
Where: Taglialatella Galleries, 231 10th Avenue, New York, NY
Exhibition: “Jane Dickson: Seen” and “Giordanne Salley: Full Moon Hot Sun”
When: May 12–June 14, 2015
Where: steven harvey fine art projects, 208 Forsyth Street, New York, NY
Exhibition: “Ricci Albenda: Supercallefragelistic-Expialledocious! (Universal Color, Part I)” and “Alberto de Michele, Gregory Gentert, Adam Gordon”
When: May 14–June 20, 2015
Where: Andrew Kreps Gallery, 525 W. 22nd Street, New York, NY
Exhibition: “Boston to New York: David Armstrong, Nan Goldin, and Mark Morrisroe”
When: May 14–June 20, 2015
Where: ClampArt, 531 W. 25th Street, New York, NY
Exhibition: “Jacqueline Humphries” and “Works on Paper”
When: May 15–June 20, 2015
Where: Greene Naftali Gallery, 516 West 26th Street, 8th floor, New York, NY
Exhibition: “Julia Wachtel: Empowerment”
When: May 16–June 20, 2015
Where: Elizabeth Dee Gallery, 545 W 20th St, New York, NY
Exhibition: “Alice Channer: Half-life”
When: May 10–June 21, 2015
Where: Lisa Cooley, 34 Orchard Street, New York, NY
Exhibition: “FICTIONS AND CONSTRUCTIONS: Rui Chafes, Felix R. Cid and Xavier Robles de Medina”
When: May 15–June 21, 2015
Where: CATINCA TABACARU GALLERY, 250 Broome Street, New York, NY
Exhibition: “Li Hui: Ksana”
When: May 12–June 27, 2015
Where: Sandra Gering Inc, 14 E. 63rd Street, New York, NY
Exhibition: “Sarah Dwyer: Sunk Under”
When: May 14–June 27, 2015
Where: Jane Lombard Gallery, 518 W. 19th Street, New York, NY
Exhibition: “Cildo Meireles”
When: May 15–June 27, 2015
Where: Galerie Lelong – New York, 528 W. 26th Street, New York, NY
Exhibition: “Happy Together”
When: May 15–July 3, 2015
Where: Tina Kim Gallery, 545 W. 25th Street, 3rd Floor, New York, NY
Exhibition: “Marjorie Strider: Come Hither”
When: May 8–August 1, 2015
Where: Broadway 1602, 1181 Broadway Floor 3, New York, NY
Exhibition: “Yoko Ono: One Woman Show, 1960–1971”
When: May 17–September 7, 2015
Where: Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53rd Street, New York, NY
Exhibition: “From Bauhaus to Buenos Aires: Grete Stern and Horacio Coppola” and “Art on Camera: Photographs by Shunk-Kender, 1960–1971”
When: May 17–October 4, 2015
Where: Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53rd Street, New York, NY
Exhibition: “Frida Kahlo: Art, Garden, Life”
When: May 16–November 1, 2015
Where: The New York Botanical Garden, 2900 Southern Blvd, New York, NY
Exhibition: “Lynda Benglis: Water Sources”
When: May 16–November 8, 2015
Where: Storm King Art Center, 1 Museum Rd, New Windsor, NY
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