Richard Prince, "High Times," 2018. Installation view.
Photo: Artwork © Richard Prince. Photo: Rob McKeever. Courtesy of Gagosian
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Whether you’re looking for a way to spend the holiday weekend or need a place to send your houseguests for a few hours, the city has no shortage of incredible art offerings, especially at this busy time of year. Below, we’ve curated a list of the best art exhibitions of the New York fall art season, including those by big names such as Andy Warhol, Ellsworth Kelly, and Richard Prince.
Sarah Lucas, Edith, 2015. Plaster, cigarette, toilet, and table.
1. Sarah Lucas: Au Naturel
New Museum
Three floors of the New Museum are devoted to the first American survey of YBA artist Sarah Lucas’s provocative works, which undermine long-held beliefs about gender, sexuality, and identity.
Where: The New Museum, 235 Bowery
When: Through January 1, 2019
Hilma af Klint, Group IV, The Ten Largest, No. 7, Adulthood (Grupp IV, De tio största, nr 7, Mannaåldern), 1907. Photo: Albin Dahlström, the Moderna Museet, Stockholm
2. Hilma af Klint: Paintings for the Future
Guggenheim Museum
The first major U.S. solo exhibition of the overlooked artist positions Klint, who was creating nonfigurative works as early as the late 1880s, to be the first true abstract artist. She kept her radical works private for most of her life, convinced that the world wasn’t ready for them.
Where: Guggenheim Museum, 1071 5th Avenue.
When: Through February 3, 2019
An array of portraits that Andy Warhol created to show a “portrait of society.” Photo: Stefanie Li, © 2018 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
3. Andy Warhol: From A to B and Back Again
Whitney Museum of American Art
The Whitney’s Warhol retrospective is the first to be hosted by a U.S. museum in three decades, juxtaposing his wildly famous Pop pieces with some of his lesser-known commercial illustrations and experimental works.
Where: Whitney Museum of American Art, 99 Gansevoort Street
When: Through March 31, 2019
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Bruce Nauman, One Hundred Live and Die, 1984. Neon tubing with clear glass tubing on metal monolith. Photo: Dorothy Zeidman, courtesy the artist and Sperone Westwater, New York
4. Bruce Nauman: Disappearing Acts
Museum of Modern Art, MoMA PS1
The first retrospective devoted to the artist in 25 years encompasses the artist’s entire career, spanning mediums from his prints and drawings to neon works and performance pieces.
Where: Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53rd Street; and MoMA PS1, 22-25 Jackson Avenue, Long Island City
When: Through February 25, 2019
Installation view of the “Jewelry: The Body Transformed” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Photo: Erik Bardin, Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
5. Jewelry: The Body Transformed
Metropolitan Museum of Art
This extraordinary exhibition, which Galerie is pleased to support, features 8,000 pieces of jewelry and 230 objects encompassing 2,600 B.C. to the present, from ancient headdresses to modern accessories. Drawing from all 17 museum departments, it took six curators to organize and spotlights the transformative power of jewelry.
Where: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Avenue
When: Through February 24, 2019
Installation view of Genesis Belanger and Emily Mae Smith’s A Strange Relative. Photo: Dario Lasagni. Courtesy of the artists and Perrotin.
6. Park Seo-Bo, Gregor Hildebrandt, and Genesis Belanger with Emily Mae Smith
Perrotin
Three shows at Perrotin promise to be a memorable experience, from Berlin artist Gregor Hildebrandt’s striking installations using outdated technologies such as cassette tapes and vinyl records to a whimsical collaboration between Brooklyn artists Genesis Belanger, a sculptor, and the painter Emily Mae Smith.
Where: Perrotin New York, 130 Orchard Street
When: Through December 22
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Installation, Almien Rech Gallery. Photo: Almine Rech Gallery
7. By Fire, Ceramic Works
Almine Rech Gallery
On view through mid-December, a selection of ceramic works by modernist masters, including Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró, Lucio Fontana, and Wilfredo Lam, will complement work by contemporary artists such as Julian Schnabel, Betty Woodman, Arlene Shechet, Johan Creten, Rosemarie Trockel, and Miquel Barceló, among others. The show reflects the burgeoning interest in ceramics.
Where: Almine Rech Gallery, 39 East 78th Street, 2nd Floor
When: Through December 15
Verhoeven Twins, sculpture from the “Shape of Water” series. Photo: Courtesy of Carpenters Workshop
8. Verhoeven Twins: Vanitas of Life
Carpenters Workshop Gallery
The Verhoeven Twins, formerly of the design collective Demakersvan, have made their U.S. solo debut with the design gallery. Surprisingly sturdy, the sculptures in the “Shape of Water” collection appear as though they might burst at any moment.
Where: Carpenters Workshop Gallery, 693 Fifth Avenue
When: Through December 22
Richard Prince, Untitled, 2017. Oil stick, acrylic, charcoal, matte medium, collage, and inkjet on canvas. Photo: © Richard Prince. Photo: Rob McKeever. Courtesy Gagosian.
9. Richard Prince: High Times
Gagosian
Never-before-seen oil-stick-and-charcoal collages overlay prints by the famed appropriation artist in a series of works he refers to as “Hippie Drawings.”
Where: Gagosian, West 21st Street
When: Through December 15
Installation view, “At Her Fingertips” at Galeria Nara Roesler. Photo: Pierce Harrison. Courtesy of the Estate of Tomie Ohtake and Galeria Nara Roesler
10. Tomie Ohtake: At Her Fingertips
Galeria Nara Roesler
This exhibition juxtaposes the late Brazilian artist Tomie Ohtake’s work from the 1960s and ’70s with the artist’s documentation of her own process. Inspired by Japanese traditions such as Zen Buddhism and haiku, Ohtake believed that there was power in simplicity, opting for pared-back compositions and stating in 1975 that “a few elements should say much.”
Where: Galeria Nara Roesler, 22 East 69th Street 3R
When: Through December 22
Ellsworth Kelly, Color Panels for a Large Wall, installed at Matthew Marks Gallery. Photo: Courtesy of Matthew Marks Gallery
11. Ellsworth Kelly: Color Panels for a Large Wall
Matthew Marks Gallery
The gallery displays Ellsworth Kelly’s never-before-seen copy of his largest work, Color Panels for a Large Wall, originally measuring some 30 by 125 feet and now reconfigured into two rows of nine colored canvases.
Where: Matthew Marks Gallery, 522 West 22nd Street
When: Through December 22
Cover: Richard Prince, "High Times," 2018. Installation view.
Photo: Artwork © Richard Prince. Photo: Rob McKeever. Courtesy of Gagosian
