If you’ve never seen one of Holton Rower’s incredible “pour paintings” in person, now is your chance to see ten.
555 W 24th St, Tu-Sa 10-6, thru 6/29
Unbelievable. Paintings without brushstrokes, bronze that looks like plastic, and 3 amazing balloon animals.
522 W 21st St, Tu-Sa 10-6, thru 6/8
Dark massive floral paintings are lit only by skylights, and change gently with the passing clouds.
530 W 21st St, Tu-Sa 10-6, thru 7/3
His stone figures in Rockefeller Plaza now are bigger, but this quiet and strange installation is better.
534 W 21st St, Tu-Sa 10-6, thru 6/29
Rusted I-beams stretch across the full space of the gallery in the newest (massive) work by Mark di Suvero.
537 W 20th St, Tu-Sa 10-6, thru 6/15
Early (and dangerous) sculpture, including his amazing ’69 balanced lead works. >blog
312 Bowery, thru 6/20
Hundreds of cans of paint are poured on 1 single spot to overflow into incredible abstractions.
103 Norfolk St, We-Su 11-6, thru 6/2
The backgrounds on these paintings will pull your eye – composed of hundreds of pieces of black yarn.
301 Broome St, We-Su 11-6, thru 6/2
A surreal installation where fake walls are cast from the floor & a real wall is cut to reveal a window.
45 Ea 78th St, Tu-Sa 10-5:30, thru 6/1
Paintings from 5 decades are perfect and poetic on these gallery walls. >blog
1000 5th Ave, Tu-Su 9:30-5:30+9pm Fri (closed Mo), thru 5/27
A slow motion film of New York City sidewalks will open your eyes after you leave the museum.
235 Bowery, We-Su 11-6+9pm Th (closed M & Tu), thru 5/26
Who cares about 1993? You will. Check out the amazing “timeline” on the 5th floor first.
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| 521 W 21st St | Paula Cooper (521) | Bruce Conner | 6/22 |
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| 253 E Houston St | Participant | Gary Indiana | 5/26 |
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| 196 Bowery | Charles Bank | Garrett Pruter | 5/26 |
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| 131 Bowery | Simone Subal | Florian Meisenberg | 6/23 |
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| 103 Norfolk St | Thierry Goldberg | Dave McDermott | 6/2 |
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| 301 Broome St | Simon Preston | Josh Tonsfeldt | 6/2 |
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| 945 Madison Avenue | The Whitney | American Legends | 11/30 |
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| 945 Madison Avenue | The Whitney | Jay Defeo | 6/2 |
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| 1000 5th Ave | The Metropolitan Musuem | African Art, New York... | 9/2 |
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| 1000 5th Ave | The Metropolitan Musuem | William Eggleston | 7/28 |
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| 1000 5th Ave | The Metropolitan Musuem | James Nares | 5/27 |
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| 1000 5th Ave | The Metropolitan Musuem | Sopheap Pich | 7/7 |
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| 1071 5th Ave | The Guggenheim | Danh Vo | 5/27 |
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| 1109 5th Ave | The Jewish Museum | Barbara Bloom | 8/4 |
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| 1109 5th Ave | The Jewish Museum | Jack Goldstein | 9/29 |
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| 1109 5th Ave | The Jewish Museum | as it were... so to speak | 8/4 |
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| 11 W 53 St | The Museum of Modern Art | Bill Brandt | 8/12 |
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| 11 W 53 St | The Museum of Modern Art | Dieter Roth | 6/24 |
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| 11 W 53 St | The Museum of Modern Art | Abstract Generation | 6/24 |
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| 11 W 53 St | The Museum of Modern Art | Claes Oldenburg | 8/5 |
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| 11 W 53 St | The Museum of Modern Art | Rain Room | 7/28 |
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| 200 Eastern Pkwy | Brooklyn Art Museum | El Anatsui | 8/4 |
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| 200 Eastern Pkwy | Brooklyn Art Museum | LaToya Ruby Frazier | 8/11 |
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| 200 Eastern Pkwy | Brooklyn Art Museum | John Singer Sargent | 7/28 |
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| 44-19 Purves St | Sculpture Center | Better Homes | 7/22 |
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