The new exhibition season in NYC is not yet a week old, but it’s fair to say that it’s already, in a quantitative sense, well underway.
That is, there were just enough gallery openings last week to note without exaggeration that there are now hundreds of new exhibits for you to see all around town.
Sounds daunting, right? And wonderful as well? A welcome thrust of activity?
True, true and true. Also, it’s just the start. Plenty of galleries will be launching their fall seasons this week, too, so stay tuned.
I only made it 50 or so of the new shows between Wednesday evening and Sunday afternoon, but I’d say that’s a numerically sound enough sampling to insert here at least one mildly critical set of observations:
There are lots of fresh painting shows out there, folks. And lots of those paintings are fairly large. And many of them are really good. And some of them are truly great.
And I’ll leave that there for now.
Below is a selection of photos I took while running around in the Lower East Side, Chelsea and Brooklyn. Have a look, take a few notes, then try to see some of these shows—and so many others—for yourself.
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LOWER EAST SIDE
Opening of Clintel Steed’s solo show at Steven Harvey Fine Art.
Opening of Gary Petersen’s solo show at McKenzie Fine Art.
Gary Petersen (left) and Brian Morris at Petersen’s opening at McKenzie Fine Art.
One of Petersen’s works at McKenzie Fine Art.
Opening of Elisabeth Condon’s solo show at Lesley Heller Workspace.
A work by Lizbeth Mitty in her two-person show at Lodge Gallery.
Works by Farrell Brickhouse in his two-person show at Lodge Gallery.
CHELSEA
Works by Caitlin Keogh in her solo show at Bortolami.
A work by Alison Schulnik in her solo show at Zieher Smith.
A work by James Wood in his solo show at Anton Kern.
A work by James Wood in his solo show at Anton Kern.
Sol LeWitt at Paula Cooper Gallery.
Sol LeWitt at Paula Cooper Gallery.
Works by Andy Piedilato in his solo show at Danese/Corey Gallery.
Andy Piedilato (left) at his show at Danese/Corey.
At the opening of Leonardo Drew’s show at Sikkema Jenkins.
A swath of a wall in Leonardo Drew’s show at Sikkema Jenkins.
Crowds queued up (sort of) to see Osgemeos at Lehmann Maupin.
Crowd outside Matthew Barney’s show at Gladstone Gallery.
A work by Matthew Barney at Gladstone Gallery.
A work by Matthew Barney at Gladstone Gallery.
Matthew Barney at Gladstone Gallery.
At Matthew Barney’s opening at Gladstone Gallery.
BUSHWICK
Works in the group show Deux Côtés, Part 1, at Theodore:Art.
A work by Sharon Butler at Theodore:Art.
Works in the group show Plot Points, at Honey Ramka.
A work in Plot Points, at Honey Ramka.
At the opening of a solo show by Tim Spelios at Studio 10.
A self-retrospective group show of sorts at Momenta Art.
Works by Vanessa Albury in her solo show at NURTUREart.
At Dumitru Gorzo’s solo show at Slag Gallery.
Detail of a large drawing by Michele Zalopany in Big Picture, at Galerie Manqué.
A work by Alexandre Joly in his solo show at Fresh Window Gallery.
A work by Alexandre Joly in his solo show at Fresh Window Gallery.
Installation by Nadja Verena Marcin at SOHO20.
Works by Pancho Westendarp in his solo show at Robert Henry Contemporary.
Works by Calvin Marcus in his solo show at Clearing.
Andy Cross at the opening of his solo show at Sardine.
A work by Andy Cross at Sardine.
Works in the group show Respectability Politics, at Outlet BK.
CYPRESS HILLS
Works in the group show Paracosm, at Norte Maar.
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