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We are pleased to introduce Back Hanley, our new project space. Join us for the inaugural show, it's on the house; hope you like it- Travis, an installation by Travis Boyer.   [more]

In 1999 Powers stopped writing graffiti and tending bar to dedicate himself to being a full-time artist, in spite of early spite. His work has been shown at the Venice and Liverpool Biennials, as well as numerous shows at Deitch Projects. Powers was a Fulbright scholar in 2007. He used the grant to paint in the streets of Dublin and Belfast. His work in Belfast’s Lower Shankill area was inspired by...   [more]

In her second show of drawings in two years, long-time abstract painter, Jessica Fromm, continues her expressionist depiction of the human figure.  Employing a broad range of media - graphite, charcoal, pastel, oil-stick, collage, monotype on various platforms - Fromm probes the moods of her subjects, their emotional 'temperature' and depths of their psyche through her total engagement with these materia...   [more]

Opening: September 6th, 2012   5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

The Phoenix Gallery presents Inside Out, a solo exhibition of new works by LESLIE CARABAS at the Phoenix Gallery, Chelsea, New York, September 5 - 29, 2012. Carabas' practice investigates the quilted stitch as visual mediator. In this series it bridges the gap between mass-produced and handdyed fabrics, while simultaneously exploring the creative opportunities presented by exposing the layers upo...   [more]

Opening: September 6th, 2012   6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

The Phoenix Gallery is excited to present its first SEPTEMBER BASH on Thursday, September 6th from 6:00PM - 8:00PM. The event will feature paintings, sculpture and mixed media pieces by Phoenix Gallery artists. Exhibiting Phoenix Gallery artists include: Pamela Bennett Ader, Elise Ansel, Gretl Bauer, Diana Delgado, Sydney Drum, Emily Dvorin, Cecily Barth Firestein, Pamela Flynn, Jessica Gondek,...   [more]

The Museum of American Illustration at the Society of Illustrators presents "Air Force Art," opening September 5 through October 20, 2012. The exhibition showcases the original art from illustrators documenting the United States Air Force through a wide variety of technological and figurative works. Shortly after the Air Force became recognized as a separate service in 1947 they received a generous don...   [more]

Opening: September 5th, 2012   10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

The Painting Center opens its fall season with Inside Out, paintings by Robert Bunkin. This is Bunkin’s second show at The Painting Center, and his first solo show in the Chelsea location. His newest works deal with the challenge of contre-jour, painting the figure against the luminous background of a window. This throws the figure into a silhouette, limiting the psychological availability of th...   [more]

Opening: September 8th, 2012   2:00 PM - 5:00 PM

The Project Room features the work of Donna Festa. Thirty Portraits captures Festa's unique point of view. According to the artist, "We wear our lives on our faces. These portraits are of people I've known or who have caught my eye. Each face tells a story in its own quiet way." Using oil on wood, Festa makes each painting quickly, in one sitting, in order to keep the loose, fresh quality of a s...   [more]

Opening: September 8th, 2012   2:00 PM - 5:00 PM

The exhibition is a photo reportage in Black & White outside the historical RIO+20 conference, in Rio de Janeiro organized by the United Nations this past June, and of the numerous side events that complimented that event as reported by Conceição Praun. This exhibition co-insides with Ms. Praun continuous efforts to coordinate with the annual Conferences of the Parties (COP), since Ms. Praun’s...   [more]

Opening: September 2nd, 2012   6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

On July 11th, 1938, an eight-year old boy by the name of Alfred Cohen celebrated a major accomplishment: 40 of his paintings were put on display in what became the first one-man exhibition of children’s art created in free art classes run by the Works Progress Administration’s Federal Art Project. Describing his prized apprentice, Leon Bibel, an art teacher at the Bronx House, said, “He turns ou...   [more]

Eleven Rivington is to present an exhibition of new paintings by American artist Andrew Gbur, on view from August 30 – September 30, 2012.  Gbur’s solo gallery debut will include two bodies of work spanning the gallery's two LES locations at 5-year old Eleven Rivington at 11 Rivington Street and our recently opened second location at 195 Chrystie Street.  Gbur's practice is predominantly conc...   [more]

Opening: September 9th, 2012   6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Eleven Rivington is to present an exhibition of new paintings by American artist Andrew Gbur, on view from August 30 – September 30, 2012.  Gbur’s solo gallery debut will include two bodies of work spanning the gallery's two LES locations at 5-year old Eleven Rivington at 11 Rivington Street and our recently opened second location at 195 Chrystie Street.  Gbur's practice is predominantly conc...   [more]

Electricity—a source of clean, efficient power and brilliant, reliable light—epitomized the very spirit of modernism in the early 20th century. After decades of research and competitive experimentation following the development of the first arc lamps and incandescent filament bulbs in the mid-19th century, electricity began to transform every aspect of modern life. Electric light—first in ci...   [more]

Opening: March 28th, 2012   10:30 AM - 5:30 PM

Recent acquisitions are featured in a reinstallation of highlights from the design collection covering a century of dramatic aesthetic and technological innovation—from the late 19th to late 20th centuries. Diverse types of modern design representing various geographic origins and styles are organized around period-specific themes: The International New Art 1880–1918; Metal and Glass 1920s–1950s; an...   [more]

In conjunction with the Museum-wide summer exhibition “Ghosts in the Machine,” the New Museum will present “Pictures from the Moon” in the Lobby Gallery, which will feature a focused selection of holograms from the 1960s to the present by several leading, contemporary artists. The 1960s ushered in new technologies and new frontiers for image production. The development of laser technology in...   [more]

Opening at the New Museum in July 2012, “Ghosts in the Machine” surveys the constantly shifting relationship between humans, machines, and art. Occupying the Museum’s three main galleries, the exhibition examines artists’ embrace of and fascination with technology, as well as their prescient awareness of the ways in which technology can transform subjective experiences. International in scope,...   [more]

Opening: July 18th, 2012   12:00 PM - 6:00 PM