Material Memory at Hollis Taggart Downtown
Material Memory, a group show showing at Hollis Taggart Downtown through June 20.
Dena Paige Fischer: Implements for Deviation at Parent Company Gallery
Dena Paige Fischer | Implements for Deviation open though June 27 at Parent Company, 54 E Broadway, NYC
Roberto Lugo On Thinking Larger Than Life in Madison Square Park
Roberto Lugo’s monumental version of that hydrant—15 feet tall, orange and tagged with graffiti—stands in Madison Square Park.
The Studio, Unraveled: Lisa Yuskavage at David Zwirner
Lisa Yuskavage, one of the most provocative figurative painters of her generation, brings her fleshy luminosity to Zwirner, Chelsea
Don’t Miss These Seven Pieces at the 15th Edition of Frieze New York, Open Now at The Shed
Despite global instability and an unsure market, there's still a lot to love at this 15th edition of Frieze New York.
The Blur Between: Gerhard Richter's Enduring Duality at David Zwirner
David Zwirner opens a survey pairing Richter's photorealist landscape paintings with selected abstract works as Christie's prepares to sell a selection of his works for an estimated $65 million.
The Problem with Showing Duchamp
Staging Marcel Duchamp inside a museum, like the Museum of Modern Art, or a gallery, like Gagosian’s new space on Madison Avenue, is really asking too much.
Philip Guston Outside the Hood: Intimacy and Iconography at Hauser & Wirth
The latest show at Hauser & Wirth's 18th Street gallery is an intimate portrait of the New York School pioneer settled comfortably into his latter day domestic self.
The Bowery Wall: How Tomokazu Matsuyama Revived New York's Most Iconic Street Art Canvas
The Houston Bowery Wall, which has hosted murals by street art legends and freelance graffiti writers, has entered a new era.
At the Met, Raphael’s Punk Rock Renaissance
Raphael: Sublime Poetry, opening at The Met on March 29, brings together more than 200 works in the first major U.S is a reminder that what later generations took as doctrine began as disruption.
Graffiti Legend RAMS, In His Own Words
RAMS discusses the history of rappel graffiti, his inspirations, how he got started, what motivates him and the inside story of how he tagged a building near the Egyptian pyramids.
Before the Whitney: Gagosian Visits Roy Lichtenstein's Brushstrokes
IN advance of a coming Whitney retrospective of the work of Roy Lichtenstein, Gagosian offers a look at one of Lichtenstein’s most persistent ideas: the brushstroke itself.
From Room 828 to West 19th Street: Elizabeth Peyton Is Still Paying Attention
Elizabeth Peyton's latest solo show, mountains in my heart (the death of Sarpedon), now open at David Zwirner’s Chelsea gallery, 533 W 19th St.
Outsider Art’s New York Moment
The outsiders come inside this spring at the Outsider Art Fair, the American Folk Art Museum and off-Broadway in “Bughouse.”
Inside the Christie's Irsay Auction: When Guitars Ate the Room
$11.5 million for a Jerry Garcia guitar. $14.5 million for a Stratocaster. And a very old question: what makes anything worth anything at all?
Priceless Art, Five Cents: Basquiat’s Museum Security Expected to Gavel at over $40 million at Sotheby’s
Jean-Michel Basquiat painted Museum Security (Broadway Meltdown) in 1983 when he was 22 years old. It’s up for auction this spring at Sotheby’s.
At the Brant Foundation: Keith Haring Returns to the East Village
"Keith Haring" opens March 11 as the Brant Foundation continues its exploration of the 1980s downtown explosion that forever changed contemporary art.
An artist asked a company to stop using his work. They sued him.
Rome-based street art writer Giulia Blocal Riva explores a persistent pattern of corporate entities co-opting street art for marketing purposes without paying artists.
At Ki Smith Gallery: Devo Frontman Mark Mothersbaugh’s Radiant Screenprints
Postcard Superhero and Other Contemplations, by Devo’s Mark Mothersbaugh, now open at Ki Smith Gallery on the Lower East Side.
Blood, Glitter and the Ghost of Richard Hambleton
Richard Hambleton: Blood & Glitter, the late street art legend’s latest exhibition, opens at Howl! Arts/Howl! Archive, in the Lower East Side, the late artist’s home neighborhood.