A short list of the can’t-miss new exhibition openings (and closings) this week, by city. See last week’s list for other recent openings, and for a more comprehensive guide, see our Itinerary.
NEW YORK
“This Is Not a Prop”
David Zwirner
525 and 533 W 19th Street
OPENS: June 27
With the furniture of Franz West as its jumping off point (three works of his works are included in the show), this new exhibition at David Zwirner explores the spaces that exist—or don’t—between viewers and objects. With works by Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Wolfgang Tillmans, and Christina Quarles, among others, the exhibition encourages participants to confront the ways in which objects can function as extensions of the human body and as a catalogue of human experiences. Around the corner at the gallery’s 537 W 20th Street location, Marlene Dumas shows new monumental nudes and works on paper in “Myths & Mortals,”open until June 30.
2018 Aperture Summer Open
Aperture Gallery
547 W 27th Street, 4th Floor
OPENS: June 28
The fourth edition of this open-submission exhibition, entitled “The Way We Live Now,” features photographic works—selected by a panel of photo editors and critics including Siobhán Bohnacker and Antwaun Sargent—from all around the globe that capture and define this present moment of accelerated connectivity, culture, and self-expression.
(Opening image: Jill Frank, “Couple on Dock.” Image: Courtesy the artist, from 2014 Aperture Summer Open)
Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele: 1918 Centenary
Neue Galerie
1048 5th Avenue
OPENS: June 28
The momentous year of 1918 saw not just the end of the First World War and the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, but also the passing of two of the most prominent and celebrated members of the Vienna Secession, Gustav Klimt and his protégé, Egon Schiele. Now, a hundred years later, the Neue Galerie’s exhibition pays tribute to the enduring legacy of these two Viennese artists.
Dream the Combine “Hide and Seek”
MoMA PS1
22-25 Jackson Avenue
Long Island City, NY
OPENS: June 28
Jennifer Newsom and Tom Carruthers of Dream the Combine, the winners of the The Museum of Modern Art and MoMA PS1’s 2018 Young Architects Program, have put together an interactive and kinetic installation in the courtyard of MoMA PS1. Designed as a responsive urban environment, guests will be able to move and manipulate the project’s nine mirrored horizontal structures, creating disorienting and unexpected views of the surrounding courtyards and streets. “Hide and Seek” will serve as the backdrop for MoMA PS1’s “Warm Up 2018,” a summer-long series of live and electronic music beginning this Saturday, June 30.
Tauba Auerbach “Flow Separation”
Various Locations Around the New York Harbor
OPENS: July 1
Commissioned by Public Art Fund and 14-18 NOW, a U.K.-based program commemorating the centenary of World War I, the visual artist’s first public work sees her coat a retired fire boat in a vibrant pattern in a twist on the tradition of dazzling, a form of naval camouflage. Generated through a process of marbling paper, Auerbach’s motif maintains the boat’s traditional red and white palette, and reflects the fluidity and dynamic motion of water. Find it this weekend at Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 6.
Keith Sonnier “Until Today”
Parrish Art Museum
279 Montauk Highway
Water Mill, NY
OPENS: July 1
The pioneering conceptual and post-Minimalist artist’s diverse oeuvre is celebrated in his first solo exhibition in 35 years. More than 30 works from 1960s to today document Sonnier’s unconventional use of materials from sewn satin to trash; his technological explorations such as 1975’s “Quad Scan”; and his ongoing fascination with neon, exemplified by his newest “Passage Azur,” an immersive installation that caps the exhibition.
