Editors Picks: 19 Things Not to Miss in New Yorks Art World This Week – artnet News

Each week, we search New York City for the most exciting and thought-provoking shows, screenings, and events. See them below.

Abdallah Benanteur,To Monet, Giverny (1983). Collection of the Barjeel Art Foundation, Sharjah, UAE.

1. Taking Shape: Abstraction From the Arab World, 1950s1980s at the Grey Art Gallery

The Grey Art Gallery presents some 90 works from theBarjeel Art Foundation in Sharjah, UAE, that show the rise of abstract painting and sculpture in the Arab world beginning in the 1950s. Featured artists include Etel Adnan, Shakir Hassan Al Said, Kamal Boullata, Huguette Caland, Ahmed Cherkaoui, Saloua Raouda Choucair, Rachid Korachi, and Hassan Sharif.

Location:The Grey Art Gallery at NYU, 100 Washington Square EastPrice: $5 suggested donationTime: Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, 11 a.m.6 p.m.; Wednesday, 11 a.m.8 p.m.;Saturday, 11 a.m.5 p.m.

Sarah Cascone

2. Lil du Collectionneur at Gabriel & Guillaume

Nancy Gabriel and Guillaume Excoffier bring their Paris/Beirut design gallery to New York for the first time, for an exhibition in the penthouse of New Yorks historic Steinway Hall. Built in 1925 and now a registered historical landmark, the space will host contemporary and vintage mid-century design objects from the likes of Zaha Hadid, Max Ingrand, and Gabriella Crespi.

Location:Steinway Hall, 111 West 57th StreetPrice:FreeTime: Opening reception, 6 p.m.8 p.m. and by appointment, 9 a.m.7 p.m.

Nan Stewert

Jason Stopa, Interior Pleasures (2019). Courtesy of Monica King Contemporary.

3. Surface Tension: A Conversation with Jason Stopa at Monica King Contemporary

Artist and curator Jason Stopa will join Katherine Bradford and Craig Stockwell, along with Two Coats of Paint founder Sharon Butler and Hyperallergic editor Thomas Micchelli, for an evening of conversation on the occasion of New Skin Stopas latest curatorial project, on view at the gallery through January 25. The exhibition, which includes works by Michael Berryhill, Shirley Kaneda, and Clare Grill, among others, places emphasis on works that toy with idea of representation, conjuring ideas of objects, but leaving space for imagination.

Location: Monica King Contemporary, 39 Lispenard Street, East EntrancePrice: FreeTime: 6 p.m.

Nan Stewart

Darren Bader, no title, not dated. Comprised of fruits and vegetables. Image courtesy the artist and Andrew Kreps Gallery.

4. fruits, vegetables; fruit and vegetable salad at the Whitney Museum

Do you have a hankering for saladand art? Weve got the work for you. Artist Darren Baders untitled, undated work featuring various vegetables and fruitswhat he has referred to as natures impeccable sculptureare set individually atop light-colored wooden plinths at the Whitney, and while the perishables, well, perish, they will be removed by museum assistants and chopped, sliced, and diced to make a fresh salad.

Location:Whitney Museum, 99 Gansevoort StreetPrice:$25 general admissionTime:Salad making and eating Monday, 3 p.m.6 p.m.; Wednesday, 3 p.m.6 p.m.; Friday, 7:30 p.m.10 p.m.; Sunday, 3 p.m.6 p.m.

Caroline Goldstein

Vaughn Spann, Beach Side (2019). Courtesy of the artist and Almine Rech.

5. Vaughn Spann: The Heat Lets Us Know Were Alive at Almine Rech

For his first show since joining Almine Rech, rising star Vaughn Spann will be showing 12 brand new paintings that seemingly run the gamut from figurative to abstract works. InBeach Side, a striking woman with deliberately accentuated collarbonesone for each of the two heads sprouting from her neckwears the colors of the Pan-African flag on her swimsuit on a sandy beach. Spann paints two-headed people relatively frequently, putting ideas of dual identities front and center.

Location: Almine Rech,39 East 78th Street,Price: FreeTime: Opening reception, 6 p.m.8 p.m.; TuesdaySaturday, 10 a.m.6 p.m.;Saturday, 11 a.m.6 p.m.

Tanner West

Anne-Charlotte Finel, Jardins (Gardens)(2017), film still. Courtesy of the artist.

6. Anne-Charlotte Finel: Jacklighting at the Chimney

French artist Anne-Charlotte Finel gets her first US solo show, featuring three video works. The exhibition title is named after the nocturnal hunting practice of shining bright lights at animals in order to blind them. The lighting in Finels work suggest some kind of night-vision goggles, a disorienting approach to shooting urban, rural, and underground landscapes.

Location: The Chimney, 200 Morgan Avenue, BrooklynPrice:FreeTime: Opening reception, 6:30 p.m.8:30 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 2 p.m.6 p.m.;Saturday, 11 a.m.6 p.m.

Nan Stewert

Work by Rafael Domenech for his SculptureCenter commission. Courtesy of the artist.

7. Rafael Domenech:Model to exhaust this place (SculptureCenter Pavilion) at SculptureCenter

SculptureCenter commissioned Cuban artist Rafael Domenech to create a new installation for its first-floor gallery. The resulting modular sculpture, made from construction materials, is inspired by the museums former life as a trolley repair shop.

Location: SculptureCenter is located at 44-19 Purves Street, Long Island City, QueensPrice: $5 suggested donationTime:ThursdayMonday, 11 a.m.6 p.m.

Sarah Cascone

Rendering of Krzysztof Wodiczko, Monument. Courtesy of the artist and Madison Square Park Conservancy

8. Krzysztof Wodiczkos Monument at Madison Square Park

For this project, the artist collaborated with 12 refugees who have resettled in the US. Their images and spoken narratives are superimposed on the the parks 1881 monument to Admiral David Glasgow Farragut, a Union naval hero during the Civil War. Each filmed participants home country has been impacted by civil war, which inspired Wodiczko to choose the Farragut site to provide context about how some individuals are lionized in wartime while others are ignored.

Location:Madison Square Park, 26th Street and Fifth AvenuePrice:FreeTime: Opening reception, 6 p.m.8 p.m.

Eileen Kinsella

Hans Haacke: All Connected (2019), exhibition view, New Museum, New York. Photo by Dario Lasagni, Hans Haacke/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

9. The Plinth and Monumentality at the New Museum

As the critically acclaimedshow Hans Haacke: All Connected draws to a close (the last day is January 26), the New Museum is hosting a panel on what monuments and memorials mean in our contemporary world, considered here in the context of the exhibitions showpiece, Gift Horse (2014). (The massive statue was created for Londons popular Fourth Plinth public art series.) The speakers are Kendal Henry of New Yorks Percent for Art program, architect and educator J. Meejin Yoon, and artistPaul Ramrez Jonas.

Location:The New Museum, 235 BoweryPrice:$10 general admissionTime: 7 p.m.

Sarah Cascone

Somaya Critchlow, Obligation II(2019). Courtesy of Marianne Boesky Gallery.

10. Xenia: Crossroads in Portrait Painting at Marianne Boesky Gallery

Marianne Boesky Gallery kicks off the new year with a group show across its adjacent Chelsea locations. The exhibition examines the power of the portrait and how it can reflect our perceptions of ourselves and the world we occupy. Amoako Boafo,Somaya Critchlow,Maria Farrar, andSalmanToor are among the 17 artists featured.

Location:Marianne Boesky Gallery, 507 and 509 West 24th StreetPrice: FreeTime: Opening reception, 6 p.m.8 p.m.; TuesdaySaturday, 10 a.m.6 p.m.

Cristina Cruz

Stan Douglas, Still from Doppelgnger (2019), Stan Douglas. Courtesy of the artist, Victoria Miro, and David Zwirner

11. Stan Douglas: Doppelgnger at David Zwirner

I have never not been enthralled by this artists work (including his filmsCirca 1948 and Luanda-Kinshasa). Hisvideo installationDoppelgngerdebuted at this years Venice Biennale, but this presentation marks its first showing in the US (and it coincides with one at Victoria Miro in London, opening January 31). Doppelgnger is set in an alternative present where the looped narrative that unfolds across two translucent screens depicts events in two worlds that are vastly different.

Location:David Zwirner, 537 West 20th StreetPrice:FreeTime: Opening reception, 6 p.m.8 p.m.; TuesdaySaturday, 10 a.m.6 p.m.

Eileen Kinsella

Noah Davis, Leni Riefenstahl (2010) The Estate of Noah Davis. Courtesy of the estate of Noah Davis.

12. Noah Davis at David Zwirner

Under normal circumstances, I would never highlight a second show at the same world-class gallery in the same post as one of my colleagues. (Eileen!)But I have been hopelessly in the tank for the late Noah Davis ever since encountering Imitation of Wealth, the show he re-created in the storefront exhibition space operated by Los Angeless Museum of Contemporary Art in 2015, when I was still living in the city. Organized by super-curator Helen Molesworth (who also established a partnership between MOCA and the Underground Museum, the essential and enduring nonprofit space Davis co-founded with the sculptor Karon Davis, his wife, in LAs Arlington Heights neighborhood), the exhibition at Zwirner includes several of Noahs incisive figurative paintings; various artworks and ephemera relating to the Underground Museum; and works by other brilliant artists who also happened to be his loved ones, including Karon and his brother, the video artist and filmmaker Kahlil Joseph.

Location:David Zwirner, 533 West 19th StreetPrice:FreeTime: Opening reception, 6 p.m.8 p.m.; TuesdaySaturday, 10 a.m.6 p.m.Tim Schneider

Fuminori Nousaku and Mio Tsuneyama, Holes in the House (2017). Photo Ryogo Utatsu.

13. Architectural New Wave: From Ruins to the Future of Housing at the Japan Society

Tokyo architectsFuminori Nousaku and Mio Tsuneyama have a sustainability-forward approach to their field, with an eye toward adaptive reuse of existing buildings. In a talk with architect Jing Liu, they will present their ongoing renovation projectHoles in the House, which is transforming a 1980s steel warehouse in part by creating holes that let in natural light and regulate temperature. The building is featured in the Japan Societys current show,Made in Tokyo: Architecture and Living, 1964/2020 (on view through January 26).

Location: Japan Society, 333 East 47th StreetPrice:$15 general admissionTime: 5 p.m.

Sarah Cascone

Artwork by Adrienne Elise Tarver. Photo courtesy of the artist.

14. Inside Art at the Childrens Museum of Manhattan

The Childrens Museum of Manhattan tosses the dont touch the art rule out the window with this interactive exhibition featuring the work of 11 contemporary artists including Borinquen Gallo, Adrienne Elise Tarver, and Carlos Jesus Martinez Dominguez. Expect colorful, hands-on installations that kids ages three to 10 can climb on, clamber under, and explore to their hearts content.

Location:The Childrens Museum of Manhattan, the Tisch Building, 212 West 83rd StreetPrice:$15 general admissionTime:TuesdayFriday and Sunday, 10 a.m.5 p.m.;Saturday, 10 a.m.7 p.m.

Sarah Cascone

Jerry Blackman: Psychic Snip installation view at Peninsula Art Space. Photo courtesy of the artist.

15. Jerry Blackman: Psychic Snip closing reception at Peninsula Art Space

Its the last chance to see Brooklyn-based artist Jerry Blackmans new show in Red Hook, which features large, monochromatic charcoal drawings affixed to two-sided panels, plus a selection of smaller graphite drawings in the back of the gallery. The subject matter veers from a pair of scissors to a third eye to abstracted forms, all relating in some way to the gesture of the snipas in a surgical procedure or a haircutand the potential psychological currents therein.

Location:Peninsula Art Space, 352 Van Brunt Street, BrooklynPrice:FreeTime:5 p.m.8 p.m.

Tanner West

Installation view of A Famine of Hearing: Sarah Zapata at Performance Space New York. Photo by Da Ping Luo.

16. A Famine of Hearing: Sarah Zapata at Performance Space New York

Its your last chance to catch Sarah Zapatas large-scale textile installation at Performance Space New York. The artist is known for her ability to use yarn as an architectural building material, creating labor-intensive handwoven landscapes.

Location:Performance Space New York, 150 1st Avenue, fourth floorPrice:FreeTime:MondayFriday, 12 p.m.6 p.m.

Sarah Cascone

Anne Spalter: Vacation Planet installation view. Photo courtesy of the artist.

17. Anne Spalter: Vacation Planet at Wallplay

If youre already missing this past weekends mild weather, head to Brooklyn for a taste of a beach vacation from pioneering digital artist Anne Spalter, who has created a massive 8,300-square-foot installation that will transport you to warmer climes. Recline on Adirondack chairs and take in your surroundings: tropical plants, an ocean soundscape, and massive spherical Miami Marbles sculptures printed with the artists kaleidoscopic digital artworks, based on photos taken in Miami Beach and other popular vacation spots.

Location: 25 Kent Street, Williamsburg, BrooklynPrice:FreeTime: WednesdaySunday, 11 a.m.7 p.m.

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