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Bar Lento Brings a Verona Wine Bar to Chelsea, NYC

Bar Lento Brings a Verona Wine Bar to Chelsea, NYC

Bar Lento, from Verona owners, is their first brick-and-mortar outside Italy The Chelsea wine bar pours small-producer Italian wines, seats guests in a year-round covered garden, and runs a 4 pm happy hour.

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Eric N. Mack: You Red The Shirt Off My Back at Paula Cooper Gallery

Closing soon · Paula Cooper Gallery · Chelsea

Eric N. Mack: You Red The Shirt Off My Back at Paula Cooper Gallery

Eric N. Mack, who treats textiles as the basis of painting, presents new free-standing and wall-based works plus a site-responsive installation at Paula Cooper Gallery in Chelsea. His second show with the gallery runs through October 24, 2026.

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Leidy Churchman: Space Remembers at Matthew Marks Gallery

Closing soon · Matthew Marks Gallery · Chelsea

Leidy Churchman: Space Remembers at Matthew Marks Gallery

Leidy Churchman's Space Remembers at Matthew Marks Gallery in Chelsea runs through October 24, with thirteen new paintings and three sculptures that fold home, consciousness and cosmos into one pictorial world.

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Gary Hume at Matthew Marks Gallery: Sixteen New Paintings and a Wall Mural

Closing soon · Matthew Marks Gallery · Chelsea

Gary Hume at Matthew Marks Gallery: Sixteen New Paintings and a Wall Mural

London-based painter Gary Hume shows sixteen new enamel-on-aluminum paintings at Matthew Marks Gallery in Chelsea, installed on his first site-specific mural, which recreates cartoon drawings once painted in a UK asylum immigration center. Through October 24, 2026.

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Emily Mae Smith: Transit of Venus at Petzel

Closing soon · Petzel · Chelsea

Emily Mae Smith: Transit of Venus at Petzel

Emily Mae Smith's second solo show at Petzel in Chelsea runs through October 24. New oil paintings and two carved oak benches push her broomstick, grapes and eyeballs into hybrid forms, taking up labor, class, gender and the politics of being seen.

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Closing soon · Petzel · Chelsea

Ross Bleckner: Octopus at Petzel

Brooklyn-born painter Ross Bleckner shows new oil paintings in Octopus, his fourth solo exhibition at Petzel in Chelsea. The works move between figure and abstraction through layered, associative imagery. On view through October 24, 2026.

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Ross Bleckner: Octopus at Petzel

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Closing soon · Lisson Gallery · Chelsea

Leonilson at Lisson Gallery: A Short Career in Assemblage, Paint and Thread

Lisson Gallery in Chelsea presents Brazilian artist José Leonilson (1957–1993), tracing his path from 1970s assemblages through 1980s paintings and drawings to the small embroidered works made after his 1991 HIV diagnosis. On view through October 24.

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Leonilson at Lisson Gallery: A Short Career in Assemblage, Paint and Thread

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Closing soon · Lisson Gallery · Chelsea

Hiroshi Sugimoto: Unnatural Habitat at Lisson Gallery

Hiroshi Sugimoto's third solo show at Lisson Gallery in Chelsea revisits his Diorama series, begun in 1975, with new 2025 photographs, newly enlarged negatives and four color byōbu screens on washi made in Kyoto. On view through October 24.

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Hiroshi Sugimoto: Unnatural Habitat at Lisson Gallery

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Closing soon · Casey Kaplan · Chelsea

Hannah Levy: Boiled at Casey Kaplan

Hannah Levy's exhibition Boiled opens at Casey Kaplan in Chelsea on November 5, 2026, and runs through January 9, 2027. The announced work, an untitled 2026 piece, combines stainless steel and glass.

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Hannah Levy: Boiled at Casey Kaplan

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Closing soon · 303 Gallery · Chelsea

Tanya Merrill: Land animal, house animal at 303 Gallery

Tanya Merrill's third solo show at 303 Gallery in Chelsea presents nine new oil-and-graphite paintings on linen. Drawing on motherhood, domestic life and the animals and plants around her Hudson Valley studio, the show runs through October 24.

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Tanya Merrill: Land animal, house animal at 303 Gallery

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Closing soon · 303 Gallery · Chelsea

Project Room: Tim Gardner at 303 Gallery

At 303 Gallery in Chelsea, Tim Gardner shows seven new watercolors of New York, London and Los Angeles, painted from photographs taken over many years. Water runs through the group. On view through October 24, 2026.

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Project Room: Tim Gardner at 303 Gallery

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Closing soon · Galerie Lelong · Chelsea

Alfredo Jaar: A Logo for America, 1987 at Galerie Lelong

Galerie Lelong revisits Alfredo Jaar's 1987 Times Square animation A Logo for America with a newly digitized version, first-time-shown storyboard drawings, and documentation of later presentations, questioning who gets to be called "American." Through October 24.

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Alfredo Jaar: A Logo for America, 1987 at Galerie Lelong

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Closing soon · Tina Kim Gallery · Chelsea

Maia Ruth Lee: Double Vision at Tina Kim Gallery

Maia Ruth Lee's second solo show at Tina Kim Gallery in Chelsea, on view through October 24, treats migration as simultaneous perception. It brings together new paintings, latex sculptures, a family-archive video installation and steel glyphs.

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Maia Ruth Lee: Double Vision at Tina Kim Gallery

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Closing soon · Tanya Bonakdar Gallery · Chelsea

Sandra Vásquez de la Horra: Reading the Waves at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery

Chilean-born, Berlin-based Sandra Vásquez de la Horra debuts at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery in Chelsea with beeswax-coated drawings, suspended leporellos and a chapel-like circular installation drawn from Orisha and Andean mythology. On view through October 29, 2026.

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Sandra Vásquez de la Horra: Reading the Waves at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery

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On view · Karma · Chelsea

Yvonne Jacquette: From the Air at Karma

Karma's first solo show of Yvonne Jacquette (1934–2023) gathers paintings and works on paper from 1971 to 2016, tracing how she made the view from above both subject and method. On view in Chelsea through October 31.

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Yvonne Jacquette: From the Air at Karma

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On view · Jack Shainman Gallery · Chelsea

Becky Suss: Night House at Jack Shainman Gallery

Philadelphia painter Becky Suss presents new work at Jack Shainman Gallery in Chelsea, turning from saturated color to blacks, greys and deep blues. Her figureless night interiors and gardens consider memory, domestic life and what we choose to keep. On view through October 31.

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Becky Suss: Night House at Jack Shainman Gallery

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On view · Jack Shainman Gallery · Chelsea

Gordon Parks: Voices in the Mirror at Jack Shainman Gallery

Jack Shainman Gallery revisits Gordon Parks's photographs through the words of the people he photographed, their families and collaborators, including relatives of Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X for the first time. At 46 Lafayette Street through November 6, 2026.

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Gordon Parks: Voices in the Mirror at Jack Shainman Gallery

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On view · Lehmann Maupin · Chelsea

Calida Rawles: Parallax at Lehmann Maupin

Calida Rawles presents new paintings at Lehmann Maupin in Chelsea, built around three works drawn from photographs of her youngest daughter in a pool. Taken seconds apart from shifting positions, they show how a change of viewpoint alters a single moment. Through November 14.

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Calida Rawles: Parallax at Lehmann Maupin

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Upcoming · David Zwirner · Chelsea

Yoshitomo Nara at David Zwirner: New Paintings, Drawings and Monumental Heads

David Zwirner presents its first solo show of Yoshitomo Nara across its 20th and 19th Street galleries in Chelsea. New paintings, large drawings, 1980s works and thirteen 2024 sculptures are on view from November 5 to December 12, 2026.

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Yoshitomo Nara at David Zwirner: New Paintings, Drawings and Monumental Heads

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Upcoming · Paula Cooper Gallery · Chelsea

Art is for the Spirit: Records of the Self at Paula Cooper Gallery

Paula Cooper Gallery in Chelsea presents a group show on the home and autobiography as ways of grounding the self, with Kazuko Miyamoto, Joel Shapiro, Robert Gober, David Hammons and four others, October 29 to December 12, 2026.

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Art is for the Spirit: Records of the Self at Paula Cooper Gallery

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Upcoming · Friedman Benda · Chelsea

Misha Kahn: All Intensive Purposes at Friedman Benda

Misha Kahn marks ten years with Friedman Benda in Chelsea with All Intensive Purposes, a show of new work spanning cast metal, onyx, marble, knitted copper, upholstery and plywood. It runs October 29 to December 12, 2026.

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Misha Kahn: All Intensive Purposes at Friedman Benda

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Upcoming · Tanya Bonakdar Gallery · Chelsea

Sandra Cinto: The Path to Stars at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery

São Paulo-based Sandra Cinto presents her twelfth solo show at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery in Chelsea. New paintings, wall paintings and folding screens trace a passage from night to dawn to dusk and explore the space between opposites. November 5 to December 18, 2026.

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Sandra Cinto: The Path to Stars at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery

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Upcoming · Lehmann Maupin · Chelsea

Lari Pittman: The Remedy of Analog Space and Time at Lehmann Maupin

Los Angeles painter Lari Pittman shows twelve new paintings and ten works on paper at Lehmann Maupin in Chelsea, October 29 to December 19, 2026, with an artist reception and a conversation with Enrique Juncosa on opening day.

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Lari Pittman: The Remedy of Analog Space and Time at Lehmann Maupin

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Upcoming · Lehmann Maupin · Chelsea

Cecilia Vicuña and Leonora Carrington at Lehmann Maupin

Lehmann Maupin in Chelsea pairs Cecilia Vicuña and Leonora Carrington for the first time, Nov 19–Dec 19, 2026. New works by Vicuña meet historical works by Carrington, tracing a bond that began when the two met in 1969.

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Cecilia Vicuña and Leonora Carrington at Lehmann Maupin

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Upcoming · Paula Cooper Gallery · Chelsea

Claes Oldenburg: Six Themes at Paula Cooper Gallery

Paula Cooper Gallery in Chelsea revisits Claes Oldenburg's landmark 1975 survey Six Themes, gathering sculpture, drawings and prints on six recurring subjects. It is the first show devoted to this body of work in fifty years, and runs November 5 to December 19, 2026.

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Claes Oldenburg: Six Themes at Paula Cooper Gallery

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Upcoming · Petzel · Chelsea

James Little: Homage El Shabazz at Petzel

Petzel in Chelsea presents James Little's Homage El Shabazz, November 5 to December 19, 2026. The show centers on the 1985 series of that name, including a small square work in oil and wax on linen.

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James Little: Homage El Shabazz at Petzel

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Upcoming · Karma · Chelsea

Ouattara Watts at Karma, Chelsea

Ouattara Watts opens a solo exhibition at Karma's Chelsea space, 549 West 26th Street, running November 5 to December 19, 2026. An opening reception takes place on the first evening, Thursday, November 5, from 6 to 8 pm.

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Ouattara Watts at Karma, Chelsea

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Upcoming · Galerie Lelong · Chelsea

Mildred Thompson: Cosmos Calling at Galerie Lelong

Galerie Lelong in Chelsea presents Mildred Thompson's Music of the Spheres triptychs and a selection from her Heliocentric Series, with the electronic compositions that accompany them, shown publicly in New York for the first time. October 29 to December 19, 2026.

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Mildred Thompson: Cosmos Calling at Galerie Lelong

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Upcoming · Tina Kim Gallery · Chelsea

Kim Tschang-Yeul: Recurrence at Tina Kim Gallery

Tina Kim Gallery presents its third solo show of Kim Tschang-Yeul, the Korean émigré painter of luminous waterdrops. Works from the 1980s to the 2010s center on the Recurrence series, where drops meet Chinese characters, alongside large Waterdrop and Nuit paintings.

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Kim Tschang-Yeul: Recurrence at Tina Kim Gallery

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Upcoming · Lisson Gallery · Chelsea

Yu Hong: Field of Asura at Lisson Gallery New York

Chinese painter Yu Hong makes her Lisson New York debut with Field of Asura, a show of new and recent paintings, including multi-panel works modeled on altarpieces. It runs November 4, 2026 to January 9, 2027 at 504 West 24th Street, Chelsea.

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Yu Hong: Field of Asura at Lisson Gallery New York

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Upcoming · Casey Kaplan · Chelsea

Hannah Levy: Boiled at Casey Kaplan

Hannah Levy's exhibition Boiled opens at Casey Kaplan in Chelsea on November 5, 2026, and runs through January 9, 2027. The announced work, an untitled 2026 piece, combines stainless steel and glass.

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Hannah Levy: Boiled at Casey Kaplan

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Upcoming · Casey Kaplan · Chelsea

Hannah Levy: Boiled at Casey Kaplan

Hannah Levy's exhibition Boiled opens at Casey Kaplan in Chelsea on November 5, 2026, and runs through January 9, 2027. The announced work, an untitled 2026 piece, combines stainless steel and glass.

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Hannah Levy: Boiled at Casey Kaplan

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Upcoming · Petzel · Chelsea

Tschabalala Self: Tools of Worship at Petzel

Tschabalala Self presents Tools of Worship at Petzel in Chelsea from November 5, 2026 to January 30, 2027. The show includes In Creation (2026), a large square work combining paint, drawing media, fabric and thread on canvas.

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Tschabalala Self: Tools of Worship at Petzel

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Event · Linda Gross Theater (Atlantic Theater Company) · Chelsea

I Became We: A Sixteen-Person Choir Performs a New Monologue at Atlantic Theater Company in Chelsea, NYC

Atlantic Theater Company's world premiere I Became We turns a first-person monologue about a woman in her mid-thirties and a major life decision into a 70-minute piece sung by a sixteen-person choir. It runs at the Linda Gross Theater through November 15.

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I Became We: A Sixteen-Person Choir Performs a New Monologue at Atlantic Theater Company in Chelsea, NYC

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Event · Classic Harbor Line vintage yachts (Hudson River) · Chelsea

Classic Harbor Line Fall Foliage Cruises on the Hudson from Chelsea, NYC

Classic Harbor Line runs fall foliage sails on the Hudson through November 15 aboard 1920s-style vessels, passing the GW Bridge and Palisades. Brunch cruises and schooner options are available, with a complimentary beverage included.

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Classic Harbor Line Fall Foliage Cruises on the Hudson from Chelsea, NYC

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Event · ARTECHOUSE NYC · Chelsea

Twilight Zone: Hidden Wonders of the Ocean at ARTECHOUSE NYC

ARTECHOUSE NYC, inside Chelsea Market, is showing an immersive exhibition made with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. A 24-minute cinematic piece, seven interactive installations and six XR activations explore the ocean's bioluminescent twilight zone.

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Twilight Zone: Hidden Wonders of the Ocean at ARTECHOUSE NYC

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Event · Poster House · Chelsea

Designed to Be Red: Native American & Indigenous Poster Works at Poster House in Chelsea, NYC

Poster House presents posters by Native American and Indigenous designers spanning nearly two centuries and more than 60 tribes and nations, curated by Brian Johnson of the Monacan Indian Nation. On view through February 21, 2027.

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Designed to Be Red: Native American & Indigenous Poster Works at Poster House in Chelsea, NYC

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Event · ARTXNYC · Chelsea

The Infinite Table: Oaxaca: Tierra y Tiempo in Chelsea, NYC

At ARTXNYC in Chelsea, a multi-course lunch or dinner themed on Oaxaca unfolds inside 360-degree projection, sound and scent. A vegan menu is available. Seatings run Friday through Sunday until October 25.

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The Infinite Table: Oaxaca: Tierra y Tiempo in Chelsea, NYC

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Event · APPARATUS · Chelsea

ACT V: AFSANEH at APPARATUS New York

APPARATUS has unveiled the New York exhibition of ACT V: AFSANEH at 124 West 30th Street in Chelsea. The series Gol, Esfand and Rahvi are also shown in New York, with a London unveiling to follow.

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ACT V: AFSANEH at APPARATUS New York

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Closing soon · Luhring Augustine · Chelsea

settle for a good fantasy: Four Photographers at Luhring Augustine

Luhring Augustine in Chelsea presents four photographers, Janice Guy, Joe Mama-Nitzberg, Shaun Pierson and David Seidner, whose portraits are assembled from fragments and resist a unified ideal. On view through October 24, 2026.

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Closing soon · Casey Kaplan · Chelsea

Hannah Levy: Boiled at Casey Kaplan

Hannah Levy's exhibition Boiled opens at Casey Kaplan in Chelsea on November 5, 2026, and runs through January 9, 2027. The announced work, an untitled 2026 piece, combines stainless steel and glass.

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On view · Dia Chelsea · Chelsea

David Lamelas: The Machine

Dia Chelsea presents the first major New York solo show of Argentine artist David Lamelas, tracing his work from 1965 to today. Sculptures, light installations, drawings and a recreated 1968 news office sit alongside a four-chapter film program and scheduled performances. Throughout, Lamelas treats information, time and perception as materials, which makes this a useful introduction to a Conceptual artist long overlooked in the city.

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Mar 31, 2024

Chuck Close's Red, Yellow and Blue: The Last Paintings is now on view at the Pace Gallery in Chelsea

Pace Gallery hold an exhibition of the last paintings of Chuck Close at its 510 West 25th Street gallery in N…

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Chuck Close's Red, Yellow and Blue: The Last Paintings is now on view at the Pace Gallery in Chelsea

Mar 23, 2024

Jamian Juliano-Villani's It is now on view at the Gagosian Gallery in Chelsea

Juliano-Villani’s irreverent artistry is fueled by her obsession with consumer culture and social taboo, resu…

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Jamian Juliano-Villani's It is now on view at the Gagosian Gallery in Chelsea

Sep 24, 2023

New York-based Emerging Artist Chase Hall's New Exhibition at David Kordansky Gallery

New York-based Emerging Artist Chase Hall's New Exhibition at David Kordansky Gallery. The Bathers continues …

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New York-based Emerging Artist Chase Hall's New Exhibition at David Kordansky Gallery

Sep 22, 2023

Njideka Akunyili Crosby: Coming Back to See Through, Again at David Zwirner / New York

Njideka Akunyili Crosby's exhibition of new and recent work at David Zwillner's 519 West 19th Street debuted …

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Njideka Akunyili Crosby: Coming Back to See Through, Again at David Zwirner / New York

Sep 18, 2023

Japanese Artist TETSUYA ISHIDA at Gagosian / New York

My Anxious Self, a major exhibition of paintings by the late Tetsuya Ishida (1973-2005), is on view at Gagosi…

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Japanese Artist TETSUYA ISHIDA at Gagosian / New York

Apr 20, 2023

An exhibition of new and recent work by Gerhard Richter at David Zwirner

The exhibition presents a group of Richter’s last paintings, made in 2016–2017; a number of these abstract oi…

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An exhibition of new and recent work by Gerhard Richter at David Zwirner

Apr 13, 2023

Greek artist Chryssa's first exhibition of work in North America is now on view at Dia Chelsea

Dia Art Foundation and the Houston and Menil Collections present an exhibition of Chryssa's work at Dia Chels…

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Greek artist Chryssa's first exhibition of work in North America is now on view at Dia Chelsea

Apr 9, 2023

Exhibition of Franz West's work now on view at David Zwirner

Exhibition of Franz West's work now on view at David Zwirner. Echolalia, a major installation by Austrian art…

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Exhibition of Franz West's work now on view at David Zwirner

Jan 15, 2023

Exhibition of new paintings by Y.Z. KAMI at Gagosian

Gagosian present an exhibition of new paintings by Y.Z. Kami “Night and Day". Opening January 17 at 555 West …

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Exhibition of new paintings by Y.Z. KAMI at Gagosian

Jan 14, 2023

David Zwirner present an exhibition of works by Felix Gonzalez-Torres.

David Zwirner present an exhibition of works by Felix Gonzalez-Torres. Spanning the gallery’s 519, 525, and 5…

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David Zwirner present an exhibition of works by Felix Gonzalez-Torres.