Fourth of July Weekend—Not a lot of openings tonight, but the Doosan Gallery has a fine photography opening on view. Constructions sites and Chance meetings at night, frame these two Korean photography artists work. Check it out, and have a great holiday weekend and enjoy some fireworks!
Summer’s Here!—Shows are trickling inÖ should be a beautiful night (80ís) on Thursday. The weather will be excellent for walking the Chelsea gallery circuit. J.Cacciola has a nice summer show opening with 3 distinctly different artists. Hasted Kraeutler will have a booming show with Awol Erizku, a young 2014 MFA graduate who is gaining real traction in the art world. VIBE magazine will be in the house. Awol is bending the very white art world perspective, through the prism of his own experience all the while referencing art history. It will be a buzzy night! Check it out.
Art Fairs2 Get ready for round 2
Pulse, Frieze, NADA, Kara Walker, Sterling Ruby, Glenn Brown. Thy cup rununth over. Where to go, where to go? Check out the opening of the new Skarstedt gallery in Chelsea with some fantastic curatorial power to compare 2 masters. Also the Ken Price exhibit at Mathew Marks Gallery will be cool. Check it out. See you at the fairs!
Big Night—The Basquiat heir apparent, Oscar Murillo, will create a chocolate factory inside David Zwirner gallery. His Mom (Virgelina Murillo) will be there in person creating the chocolates. Jeff Bark installation is fitted with live parakeets, transforming Hasted Kraeutler into Southern California, circa 1980. Ralph Steadman & Johnny Depp in town to promote their movie “For No Good Reason” on 18th street. Check it out. (1, 3, 4)
Julian Schnabel has a big show at Gagosian Gallery on 24th as well as Thai Artist Jakkal Siributr has a Cindy Shermanesque show of photos. Check it out.
Vik Muniz "Album"
April 10th - May 10th
Sikkema Jenkins Gallery has a massive exhibition of Vik Muniz latest work built from photo album scraps, very sweet and personal. Pictured above, Vik Muniz and Monica Welsh. Great show. Check it out.
Sikkema Jenkins & Co Gallery 530 West 22nd Street
Heavy Hitters—Robert Longo is having 2 big shows across 2 galleries featuring charcoal reconstructions of famous abstract expressionist’ work from Jackson Pollack to Robert Motherwell, all showing at Metro Pictures Gallery. A separate show at Petzel gallery on 18th will feature a massive drawing of the capital building across 7 panels. It will be a buzzy New York night. Also Vik Muniz is showing new work at Sikkema Jenkins. He’s one of my favorites. Check it out.
James Austin Murray
Mystery of Light
James Murray (pictured above with art collector Monica Welsh) at the Lyons Wier Gallery. It was great to speak with the artist in person and get a sense of his technique and process regarding construction of these amazing conceptual pieces that undulate in their inky darkness. Check it out.
Ghada Amer
Rainbow Girls
Amazing threadwork applied to canvas as well as the same ropey feeling applied to sculpture, delicate yet powerful. Check it out.
Thursday Night Chelsea Gallery Party Map (4-3-14)
New Gallery in Town—Jonathan LeVine Gallery is opening a new gallery at the end of 23rd street (x11th). He had 2 pop-up shows (How & Nosm and WK) in this space before, which were wildly successful. Artists Anonymous from Berlin and London uses visuals that are a negative/positive take on Alice in Wonderland with video projections and a completely immersive environment resembling a life-sized pop-up book.