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In the Museums

The Great Hall Commission: Tong Yang-Tze, Dialogue, showcasing two monumental works of Chinese calligraphy, closes at The Met today, Apr 8.

In the Galleries

Camille Henrot: A Number of Things

📍 Hauser & Wirth

⏰ closing April 12

❓ new body of bronze sculptures, addressing the friction between a nascent sense of imagination and society’s system of signs, as well as a series of paintings

🔗 see exhibit details. 

✚ Catherine Goodman: Silent Museum, featuring large-scale abstract works, and George Condo: Pastels, exhibiting puzzle-like portraits of pastels, close the same day

Joan Jonas: Empty Rooms

📍 Gladstone

⏰ closing April 12

❓sculptures, works on paper, and video, inviting viewers to contemplate the throughlines that connect familiarity with loss

🔗 see exhibit details. 

Léon Spilliaert

📍 David Zwirner

⏰ closing April 12

❓haunting self-portraits, brooding coastal landscapes, and Symbolist-infused dreamscapes, capturing solitude and mystery with an enigmatic dark palette

🔗 see exhibit details. 

In addition:

• Exploring climate disaster through woodcuts and etchings: Zorawar Sidhu and Rob Swainston closes at Petzel on April 12

• Panoramic paintings of fantastical landscapes: Emma Webster: That Thought Might Think closes at Petzel on April 12

• Prints on gender and sexuality: Sarah Charlesworth: Desire and Seduction closes at Paula Cooper on April 12

• Multidisciplinary works exploring the life of Octavia E. Butler: Shaper of God closes at Pioneer Works on April 13

🎉 Just In

In the Museums

Amy Sherald: American Sublime

📍 The Whitney

⏰ opening April 9, member previews Apr 3-7

❓ meticulously composed portraits that center everyday Black Americans, blending realism and imagination to explore identity, dignity, and individuality

🔗 see exhibit details. 

➕ check out an interview with Sherald here [youtube]

Collection View: Louise Nevelson

📍 The Whitney

⏰ opening April 9, member previews Apr 3-7

❓ exploring the artist’s connection to NYC, which she viewed as a living sculpture and inspiration for her signature monochrome assemblages made from found objects

🔗 see exhibit details. 

The New Art: American Photography, 1839 - 1910

📍 The Met

⏰ opening April 11

❓ bold new history of American photography from the medium’s birth in 1839 to the first decade of the 20th century, with lauded artists such as Josiah Johnson Hawes, John Moran, Alice Austen, and more

🔗 see exhibit details. 

➕ Related events: Studio Workshop — Creating Cyanotypes on Apr 19, Met Expert talks on Apr 22, and Curator Talk on Apr 29.

In addition:

• Software-based works: Marina Zurkow: Parting Worlds opens at The Whitney on April 9 (with previewers Apr 3-7), as well as her site-specific Hyundai Terrace Commission

• Geometric counterculture: Mary Heilmann: Long Line opens at The Whitney on April 9 (with previewers Apr 3-7)

• Abstract Large-Scale Commission: Odili Donald Odita: Sonfs from Life opens at MoMA on Apr 8

In the Galleries

Takako Yamaguchi: Innocent Bystander

📍 Ortuzar

⏰ opening April 11

❓ six large-scale works featuring allegorical female figures inspired by Lucas Cranach the Elder, merging Art Nouveau, Japanese decorative arts, and modern abstraction

🔗 see exhibit details. 

The Human Situation: Marcia Marcus, Alice Neel, Sylvia Sleigh

📍 Lévy Gorvy Dayan

⏰ opening April 10

❓ three pioneering figurative artists capturing emotional and social realities of their time, often depicting shared sitters

🔗 see exhibit details. 

In addition:

• Abstraction: Side Lined opens at PPOW on April 11

🗓️ Events of the week

• Second Sundays @ Pioneer Works (Apr 13, 12-6 pm)

• Teresa Baker: Twenty Minutes to Sunset Opening & Talk (Arts & Letters, April 13, 3-6pm)

• In Performance: Jesse Paris Smith, Rebecca Foon & Nikolai Fraiture (H&W, Apr 10, 7pm) — evening of live music in response to Catherine Goodman. Silent Music.

📚 Further Reading

• The ‘Monstrous Beauty’ of Pretty Porcelains — NYTimes

• Your Guide to the 5 Most Thrilling, Easy-to-Miss Details in the Newly Reopened Frick Collection — Cultured Mag

• Are Prints Booming? Two New York Fairs Show the Medium’s Strength in the Market — ARTNews

• Why Feminist Artist Linder Is Taking Control by ‘Deepfaking’ Herself — Artnet

• David Hockney Wants His Biggest Ever Show to Bring You Joy — NYTimes

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