All five boroughs are blooming this Fall with art installations, exhibits and events ~ indoors and out. Look for a sculpture on the historic facade of The MET, Horses at Doris C. Freedman Plaza, the beloved Hippo Ballerina at Flatiron South Plaza, Photoville, the Honey Festival, the Feast of San Gennaro + a plethora of gallery exhibitions and fairs. And in case you missed them, more than 40 exhibits and installations still on view. Here are a few suggestions to add to your list in September!
Noguchi Museum September Public Programming beginning on ~ September 1
Photo by Kevin Noble. ©INFGM / ARS
From Community Day on Sunday, September 1st to Hands-On at Noguchi, Sunday, September 22nd, the Noguchi Museum has a fund and educational calendar of events.
The 2019 Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibit ~ September 1-2
The Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibition is a twice-a-year happening every Memorial Day Weekend and Labor Day weekend. Next up ~ August 31st, September 1st and 2nd, and again on September 7th and 8th.
The 47th Pastel Society of America’s Annual Exhibition: Enduring Brilliance! at National Arts Club ~ September 3
The 47th Pastel Society of Americas’s Annual Exhibition: Enduring Brilliance! will be on view from September 3-28. This year’s exhibition will showcase 1,627 artworks by 634 artists from 21 countries.
Creative Pride: Reflections and Celebration at National Arts Club ~ September 3
In honor of the 50th Anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall Riots that sparked the Gay Liberation Movement, The National Arts Club is proud to present Creative Pride. Celebrating the vision and talent of the LGBTQ Community, this special exhibition will include works by Keith Haring, Louis Fratino, Duane Michals, Jimmy Wright, Carrie Moyer, George Towne, Yuki James and others. Tribute will also be paid to National Arts Club Medal of Honor recipients Tennessee Williams, Allen Ginsberg and Leonard Bernstein for their landmark contributions to American culture.
And a celebration of the life and art of Rosalee Isaly, in Rosalee Isaly: A Memorial Exhibition, on view through September 27.
Welcome ‘Hippo Ballerina’ to Flatiron South Plaza ~ September 4
The Flatiron Partnership just welcomed Hippo Ballerina, by Danish artist Bjørn Okholm Skaarup, to the South Plaza. Inspired by Degas’ Little Dancer Aged Fourteen (Petite danseuse de quatorze ans) and the dancing hippos of Walt Disney’s Fantasia, Hippo Ballerina vividly illustrates the artist’s ability to reinterpret subjects and themes found in ancient myths, art history, modern animation, and contemporary popular culture in playful ways that engage the viewer.
Pollinator Party: Honey Tasting in Washington Square Park ~ September 4
Celebrate National Honey Month in Washington Square Park with a free honey tasting by The Honeybee Conservancy.
Pierre Soulages: A Century at Lévy Gorvy ~ September 5
Pierre Soulages: A Century, is an exhibition celebrating the 100th birthday of France’s foremost living artist through a presentation of works spanning his career from the 1950s to today. On view from September 5 through October 26, 2019, this focused survey explores the artist’s enduring role in the dialogue between European and American painting and invites viewers to consider the impact of a practice that has injected profound poetry into radical abstraction through its adherence to a single material: black paint.
Louise Nevelson through Diana MacKown’s Photography ~ September 5
Diana MacKown was Louise Nevelson’s assistant for many years. The photographic exhibition, Louis Nevelson through Diana MacKown’s Photography offer a unique view into Nevelson’s studio, trips abroad and finished work, like Nevelson Chapel when it was first completed. Whether candid or formal, Diana’s lens is clever, playful and sharp.
Rafa Macarron: Fluorescent Routine at Allouche Gallery ~ September 5
Allouche Gallery opens its doors to Rafa Macarron: Fluorescent Routine, in a solo exhibition ~ a magic circus of elongated figures on a journey to Manhattan!
John chamberlain: Baby Tycoons at Hauser & Wirth ~ September 5
This September, Hauser & Wirth is pleased to host an exhibition of work by John Chamberlain across an entire floor of its uptown gallery, featuring a selection of small-scale sculptures from the artist’s Baby Tycoons series.
Also opening at Hauser & Wirth on September 5th:
Forms Larger and Bolder: Eva Hesse Drawings at Hauser & Wirth ~ September 5
An icon of American art, Eva Hesse produced a prodigious body of work that collapsed disciplinary boundaries and forged innovative approaches to materials, forms, and processes. ‘Forms Larger and Bolder: EVA HESSE DRAWINGS from the Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin College,’ on view 5 September – 19 October 2019 at Hauser & Wirth New York, 69th Street, illuminates the important role that drawing played throughout Hesse’s career.
French Fashion, Women, and the First World War at Bard Graduate Gallery ~ September 5
As women throughout the country mobilized in support of the war effort, discussions about women’s fashion bore the symbolic weight of an entire society’s hopes and fears. This exhibition represents an unprecedented examination of the dynamic relationship between fashion, war, and gender politics in France during World War I. Garments by Coco Chanel and Jeanne Lanvin, two of many French women leading fashion houses during World War I, will be displayed in the United States for the first time. French Fashion, Women, and the First World War is curated by Maude Bass-Krueger.
In addition, Ms. Bass-Krueger will be speaking about the exhibition and her book French Fashion, Women, and the First World War, at The National Arts Club on Monday, September 9th. She will examine the dynamic relationship between fashion, war, and gender politics in France during World War I, and how women as well as the fashion industry mobilized to keep the French economy afloat during that tumultuous time. Dr. Bass-Krueger will also examine how World War I was a time when leading female designers rose to prominence and how their designs captivated the zeitgeist of a new era. This Event will take place on Monday, September 9th at 6pm at The National Arts Club. This is a Free Event, however RSVP Required.
Check The National Arts Gallery Calendar for the month of September where you will find FashionSpeak Fridays, Women behind the Jewels, Art and Activism, Paris Refashioned, and much more.
Roy DeCarava in Two Concurrent Exhibitions at David Zwirner ~ September 5
David Zwirner is pleased to present concurrent exhibitions of photographs by Roy DeCarava at two of its New York gallery locations: 533 West 19th Street and 34 East 69th Street. Curated by art historian Sherry Turner DeCarava, this will be the gallery’s first presentation since announcing exclusive representation of the Estate of Roy DeCarava in 2018, and the first opportunity to view a major grouping of the artist’s work in New York since his 1996 retrospective at The Museum of Modern Art. Roy DeCarava: Light Break and Roy DeCarava: the sound i saw
DUMBO First Thursday Gallery Walk ~ September 5
The first Thursday of every month‚ the galleries of DUMBO stay open late, hosting special events and receptions for the First Thursday Gallery Walk. On Thursday, September 5, join Art in DUMBO for a docent-led tour of highlights from this month’s Gallery Walk.
After the tour concludes, attendees are invited to visit all galleries participating in the First Thursday Gallery Walk at their own pace and end their night at DUMBO-stalwart Superfine, whose First Thursday Happy Hour lasts until 9pm.
This event is free and open to the public; RSVP preferred but not required.
Aleksandar Duravcevic: Youth at Totah Gallery ~ September 5
TOTAH opens its doors to Youth, an exhibition of new works by Aleksandar Duravcevic, on view from September 5th through October 20th, 2019. Duravcevic’s storytelling branches into draughtsmanship, painting, sculpture, and photography, as well as filmmaking. Youth, however, is perhaps his most conceptual body of work. Coinciding with his sound installation, YOUTH (2002/2019), on display through September at the Temple of Selinunte in Sicily, both exhibitions showcase the negation of the artist’s hand in the face of the natural coloration of the rainbow. This is the artist’s second solo exhibition with the gallery.
The 2019 Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibit ~ September 7-8
The Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibition is a twice-a-year happening every Memorial Day Weekend and Labor Day weekend. Next up ~ August 31st, September 1st and 2nd, and again on September 7th and 8th.
ruby onyinyechi amaze ~ Wura-Natasha Ogunji: you are so loved and lovely at Fridman Gallery ~ September 8
Fridman Gallery is honored to present you are so loved and lovely, an exhibition of works in dialog by ruby onyinyechi amanze and Wura-Natasha Ogunji. The exhibition features new large-scale drawings and paintings, a selection of small works created early in the artists’ careers, videos, and audio recordings.
Wangechi Mutu Sculpture at MET Facade ~ September 9
The Metropolitan Museum of Art today announced upcoming contemporary installations at The Met Fifth Avenue, including two artist commissions, for summer and fall 2019. Wangechi Mutu has been selected to create sculptures for The Met’s Fifth Avenue façade niches—the first-ever such installation on the Museum’s historic exterior—inaugurating a new annual artist commission series. The works will be unveiled on September 9, 2019, and be on view through January 12, 2020.
Amy Sherald: the heart of the matter…. at Hauser & Wirth ~ September 10
137.2 x 109.2 x 6.4 cm / 54 x 43 x 2 1/2 in, ©Amy Sherald
Hauser & Wirth is opening its doors to Amy Sherald on September 10th, debuting new paintings in her first solo presentation with the gallery.
Modernisms: Iranian, Turkish, and Indian Highlights from NYU’s Abby Weed Grey Collection ~ September 10
Drawing on its remarkable collection of modern Iranian, Indian, and Turkish art, the Grey Art Gallery at New York University presents Modernisms: Iranian, Turkish, and Indian Highlights from NYU’s Abby Weed Grey Collection. Featuring approximately thirty to forty artworks from each country, the exhibition examines the artistic practices in Iran, Turkey, and India, from the 1960s and early ’70s via selections from the Abby Weed Grey Collection of Modern Asian and Middle Eastern Art.
‘Jazz’ on view at Demisch Danant ~ September 10
Demisch Danant will open its doors to the exhibition, Jazz, organized in collaboration with Ricco/Maresca. Inspired by the melodies and spirit of the 1950s in Paris, this exhibition highlights unexpected syncopation and rhythms shared by French design of the Fifties and paintings of architecture and cityscapes by African American artist William L. Hawkins.
Paul Klee: 1939 at David Zwirner ~ September 10
David Zwirner opens its doors to Paul Klee: 1939, the gallery’s inaugural exhibition of Paul Klee’s (1879–1940) work since announcing its exclusive collaboration with the Klee Family. On view at 537 West 20th Street, New York, the exhibition focuses on Klee’s art from 1939, the year before he passed away, which marked one of the artist’s most prolific periods.
9/11 in Our Thoughts Today ~ September 11
The 9/11 Memorial and Museum honors the lives of those who were lost in 1993 and 2001. The names of every person who died in the attacks are inscribed in bronze around the twin memorial pools.
Gallery Night at The Fuller Building ~ September 11
Human Connection Arts (Best Known for Body Painting) in Washington Square Park ~ September 11
September 11th ~ HCA Returns to Washington Square Park on 9/11. For the 2nd strait year, Human Connection Arts will cover the grounds of Washington Square Park with chalk art as NYC celebrates its freedom of expression on this historic day. Once again, the theme of the drawings are “Creative Expression.” The idea is that on 9/11 (or any other day) exercising our freedom of expression is a form of patriotism. We must never give up our right to express ourselves (even if it is unpopular). And we should stop and appreciate the freedoms that we have. Note ~ there is a $20 fee for artists which includes the chalk and snacks. Follow on Facebook. Look back at where HCA painted earlier this year.
Jean-Marie Appriou: the Horses at Doris C. Freedman Plaza ~ September 11
Public Art Fund announces The Horses, the first institutional exhibition in the United States by the French artist Jean-Marie Appriou, opening on September 11 in Doris C. Freedman Plaza, Central Park. Inspired by the site and its numerous equine references – including the traditional gilded bronze equestrian monument to William Tecumseh Sherman by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, and the horses who pull tourists through the park in hansom cabs – the exhibition will feature three new whimsical large-scale sculptures of horses cast in aluminum.
The Solo Exhibition, Don McCullin, on View at Howard Greenberg Gallery ~ September 11
Howard Greenberg Gallery will open its doors to a solo exhibition of the work of Sir Don McCullin. Following his recent retrospective at Tate Britain, which received more than 170,000 visitors, forty photographs from McCullin’s six-decade career will be on view at Howard Greenberg Gallery from September 11 through November 16, 2019. This marks his first solo exhibition in New York since 2001, when The Lost Continent, his images of Africa, were presented at the United Nations headquarters.
Wayne Miller ~ Marvin E. Newman at Keith de Lellis Gallery ~ September 11
Keith de Lellis Gallery will open its doors to an exhibition of two American documentary photographers: Wayne Miller and Marvin E. Newman. In the early days of their careers, both men endeavored to document Chicago’s black communities in the wakes of the Great Migration and World War II. Miller received two consecutive Guggenheim fellowships (1946-1948) to photograph his series “The Way of Life of the Northern Negro,” which would later be published as a book: Chicago’s South Side. Newman’s series was completed while he pursued a master’s degree in photography at Chicago’s Institute of Design.
How to Build a House: Architectural Research in the Digital Age at The Cooper Union ~ September 12
A new exhibition showcasing the conception and making of the DFAB HOUSE, the world’s first fully inhabited building to have been digitally planned and largely built with the help of robots and 3D printers will open at The Cooper Union on September 12th.
Photoville ~ September 12-15
Photoville returns for its eighth year at the Brooklyn Bridge Plaza. Located in Brooklyn Bridge Park in DUMBO beneath the Brooklyn Bridge, the area will be transformed into an immersive photography village populated by 90+ shipping containers repurposed into galleries. September 12-55 and September 19-22.
‘Gus Van Sant: Recent Paintings, Hollywood Boulevard’ at Vito Schnabel ~ September 12
Vito Schnabel Projects will open its doors to Gus Van Sant: Recent Paintings, Hollywood Boulevard, an exhibition of new works by Los Angeles-based artist and auteur, Gus Van Sant (b. 1952, Louisville, Kentucky). On view will be a series of large-scale watercolors on stretched linen that collapse dreamlike impressions of urban Los Angeles with special narratives inspired by the people and events Van Sant has observed since establishing his home in the city in the 1970s. Recent Paintings: Hollywood Boulevard is Van Sant’s first solo paintings exhibition in New York.
Stephen Wilkes: A Witness to Change at Bryce Wolkowitz ~ September 12
Bryce Wolkowitz will open its doors to the third solo exhibition of photographs by Stephen Wilkes in his continuation of his global photographic project, Day to Night. From capturing cities and natural parks to wildlife and endangered species, it has become the artist’s mission in recent years to extend a heightened and humane awareness of global climate change, particularly its effects on species beyond our own.
DREAMstate at GR Gallery ~ September 12
GR Gallery will open its doors to “DREAMstate”, featuring artists Joseph Lee, Erik Mark Sandberg, Dennis Osadebe and Joshua Vides in a fresh, groundbreaking group exhibition. The show puts together 20 pieces, including paintings, works on papers and installations. The title is inspired by the unique creative energy that connects the four artists, able to forge, through different visions and techniques, an oneiric reality that misleads our visual realm, offering unique interpretations, in a surrealistic key, of different aspect of nowadays society and lifestyle.
The 93rd Annual Feast of San Gennaro ~ September 12 – 22
The 93rd Annual Feast of San Gennaro will take place from Thursday, September 12 to Sunday, September 22nd. The feast, which celebrates the life of San Gennaro of Naples, has named Steven Schirripa as this year’s Grand Marshall.
Fastnet: Plein-Air Drawing at Freshkills Park ~ September 13
Fastnet: Plein-Air Drawing at Freshkills Park is an exhibition of plein-air drawings and ink studies of Freshkills Park that were produced through a series of workshops held within a 20-foot shipping container named Fasnet.
The 2019 NYC Honey Festival ~ September 14
It all started in 2011 on the rooftop of farming company Brooklyn Grange in a partnership with local beekeepers. It was a true celebration of the local apiarists, honeybees and the honey we all buy and love. In 2017, Wilk Apiary took the helm of the NYC Honey Festival ~ and this year, the9th Annual Honey Festival will be run by the newly formed Queens Beekepers Guild, Inc to be held on Saturday, September 14th.
Tribeca Gallery Walk ~ September 14
The Tribeca Gallery Walk, hosted by Independent, will take place on Saturday, September 14th with over a dozen participating galleries. Follow the Event on Facebook.
The 50th Annual African American Day Parade ~ September 15
The 50th Annual African American Day Parade will take place on Sunday, September 15th from 1:00-6:00pm.
The Hispanic Society of America: Sorolla Gallery Tours Begin ~ September 17
The Gallery at The Hispanic Society of America has been closed due to renovation. However, in celebration of its participation in the exhibition, Sorolla: Spanish Master of Light at the National Gallery in London, and at the National Gallery of Ireland in Dublin, The Hispanic Society of America in New York will open the Joaquin Sorolla Vision of Spain Gallery for a limited time, beginning September 17, 2019.
Utopian Imagination at The Ford Foundation ~ September 17
The Ford Foundation will open its doors to the new exhibition, Utopian Imagination. Curated by Jaishri Abichandani, the show brings together works by 14 diverse artists from around the world, and closes out the inaugural year of exhibitions at the Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice’s beautiful new gallery.
By Hoof, Paw, Wing or Fin: Creatures in Photographs at Hans P. Kraus Jr. Fine Photographs ~ September 17
Circus animals from Carl Hagenbeck’s Zoological Circus, circa 1891
Albumen print, 17.2 x 23.0 cm
Animals have appeared in art for millennia as subjects of wonder, symbols of human triumphs and victims of man’s rapacity. The exhibition, By Hoof, Paw, Wing or fin, explores some of the ways in which photographers have represented animals over the course of the mediums history. Hans P. Kraus Jr. fine Photographs will open its doors to the medium’s history and feature an array of animal life, from birds, butterflies, and fish to lions, hippos, and elephants, in the work of Hill & Adamson, Alois Auer, Giacomo Caneva, J.DE. Llewelyn, Martin Munkacsi, Edward Steichen, Adam Fuss, and others.
Piotr Uklański: Ottomania at Luxembourg & Dayan ~ Extended through November 16, 2019
Piotr Uklański: Ottomania, is an exhibition of works from the artist’s new series of large-scale paintings inspired by the complex Orientalist heritage of Poland, his country of origin. Uklański’s lushly rendered re-interpretations of historical portraits find the Warsaw-born, New York-based artist expanding his longstanding engagement with questions of nationalist ideologies, representations of masculinity, and personal identity while redressing contemporary suppression of Eastern Europe’s deep and felicitous connections to the Middle East.
Hyenas | African Film Festival ~ September 20
Join Staten Island Arts’ Cinema Connex for the New York African Film Festival’s screening of the re-released restored classic film “Hyenas,” a tour de force of narrative and aesthetic innovation. Director Djibril Diop Mambéty’s body of work is recognized as one of the most influential in the history of African film. Dance with us! Pre-screening (7pm) dance class by Babacar M’baye, one of NYC’s most popular dance instructors of Senegal’s sabar dance. Sing Sing Rhythms will be there with live music! Film screening at 8pm with an introduction by Mahen Bonetti, Executive Director of the African Film Festival. Friday, September 20th from 7-10pm.
2019 Morningside Lights: Island ~ September 21
The 8th Annual Morningside Lights: Island will take place on September 21st at 8pm. This year, the illumination will follow the theme, Island, in a sea of blue light.
Photoville ~ September 19-22
Photoville returns for its eighth year at the Brooklyn Bridge Plaza. Located in Brooklyn Bridge Park in DUMBO beneath the Brooklyn Bridge, the area will be transformed into an immersive photography village populated by 90+ shipping containers repurposed into galleries. September 12-55 and September 19-22.
Jason Moran at The Whitney ~ September 20
This exhibition—the artist’s first solo museum show—presents the range of work Moran has explored, from his own sculptures and drawings to collaborations with visual artists to performances. The exhibition will be on view through January 5, 2020.
ART 2030 at United Nations presents Breath With Me ~ September 21
This September, ART 2030 is delighted to launch Breathe with Me, a global art project by Jeppe Hein and ART 2030, to bring the entire world together with one simple, universal action: breathing. The exhibition will take place at two locations in NYC this September ~ the United Nations Headquarters and Central Park.
Breath With Me, United Nations Headquarters, participatory installation, September 21-24, 2019.
Breathe with Me, an art action for the world created by artist Jeppe Hein will be on view from September 25-27 at Center Road, Central Park. Free and open to the public.
Pope.L: Conquest presented by Public Art Fund ~ September 21
Pope.L: Instigation, Aspiration, Perspiration, is a trio of exhibitions organized by The Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and Public Art Fund. Utilizing both public and private spaces, the expansive presentation addresses many elements of the artist’s oeuvre, from singular early works to a monumental new installation and a new large-scale performative work inspired by the artist’s iconic crawl series on the streets of New York City. Let’s begin there, with the Public Art Fund and Pope. L: conquest on September 21, 2019.
Turtle Bay Music School Art Gallery Presents ~ September 21
The Lillian E. Kraemer Art Gallery of the Turtle Bay Music School open its doors to a new exhibition from September 21 to January 5, 2020. Participating artists include Annie Shaver-Crandell (artwork above), Victoria Aquino-Tiga, Rich Miller-Murphy, Stephen Kinder, Harriet Shorr, Daniel Jay Genova, Myra Brent, Cheryl Siporin and rajmohan.
TBMS Lillian E. Kraemer Community Art Gallery is located at 330Z East 38th Street, between 1st and 2nd Avenues, NYC.
Power/Culture: The Power of the Critic ~ September 23
Power/Culture: The Power of the Critic, presented by David Zwirner Books and The New York Review of Books, is a four-part series of free public talks that will bring together leading writers, artists, and thinkers to explore the role of power within the cultural sphere.
Fancy Animal Carnival at Fremin Gallery ~ September 26
Fremin Gallery will open its doors to Fancy Animal Carnival, a follow up from the 2016 acclaimed public exhibition for artist, Hung Yi, with the Garment District Alliance.
Works from Korean artist, Mi Ju and Chinese photographer, Maleonn will join Hung Yi’s works for the exhibition.
Affordable Art Fair ~ September 26-29
The Affordable Art Fair will take place at the Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 West 18th Street, NYC. When you visit Affordable Art Fair NYC you’ll find an inspiring and friendly atmosphere where you can browse thousands of original contemporary paintings, sculptures, photographs and prints showcased by 74 local, national and international galleries.
Kehinde Wiley: Rumors of War at Times Square ~ September 27
Kehinde Wiley’s first monumental public sculpture, Rumors of War, will be installed this fall on the Broadway Plaza between 46th and 47th Streets.
Still on View:
Chronos Cosmos: Deep Time, Open Spaces on view at Socrates Sculpture Park through September 2, 2019
Chronos Cosmos: Deep Time, Open Space transforms Socrates Sculpture Park into a gateway to the universe, presenting artworks that consider space, time, and matter in relationship to celestial entities and earth-bound processes. In the open-air environment of the Long Island City waterfront park, the exhibition uses scale to put the universe in context, creating connection points to space and time.
Tepkik by Jordan Bennet in the Winter Garden on view to September 6, 2019
Tepkik, Jordan Bennett‘s suspended site-specific installation at Brookfield Place, intersects the artist’s Mi’kmaq ancestral and contemporary traditions. Mi’kmaq are a First Nations people Indigenous to the eastern seaboard of Canada and into the state of Maine. Bennett’s work draws on historical references to the land, sky, and our galaxy, illuminated by the artist’s handling of color, his interpretation of patterns and shapes, and his use of materials.
Look Both Ways: The Illicit Liaison Between Image and Information on view to September 6, 2019
School of Visual Arts (SVA) Chelsea Gallery has opened its doors to the exhibition, Look Both Ways: The Illicit Liaison Between Image and Information, curated by Debbie Millman, chair of the MPS Branding program at SVA. This exhibition brings together a wide range of typographic work from 60 individual artists, including Jean-Michel Basquiat, Shepard Fairey, Dave Eggers, Deborah Kass, Jenny Holzer, Miranda July, Kim Gordon, and more ~ from Millman’s personal collection and beyond.
Aquí vive gente: Museum of History and Community of Puerta de Tierra at Storefront for Art and Architecture on view to September 7, 2019
Aquí vive gente (people live here). Throughout the neighborhood of Puerta de Tierra in San Juan, Puerto Rico, murals with this refrain brighten the walls and convey to passersby the self-determination of a community that is taking agency over the future development of its neighborhood. This vision of collective action and cultural preservation—born out of hope and necessity—has been channeled toward efforts to realize a groundbreaking new organization in Puerta de Tierra. Storefront for Art and Architecture is honored to host the Museum of History and Community of Puerta de Tierra (MHC PDT).
CAMP: Notes on Fashion at The MET will be on view through September 8, 2019
Through more than 250 objects dating from the seventeenth century to the present, The Costume Institute’s spring 2019 exhibition will explore the origins of camp’s exuberant aesthetic. Susan Sontag’s 1964 essay “Notes on ‘Camp‘” provides the framework for the exhibition, which examines how the elements of irony, humor, parody, pastiche, artifice, theatricality, and exaggeration are expressed in fashion.
What is Here is Open: Selections from the Treasures in the Trash Collection at Hunter East Harlem on view to September 14, 2019
For over 30 years, Nelson Molina worked for the New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY) as a sanitation worker. His regular pick up routes were in Manhattan 11, a district bordered by 96th Street to 106th Street between First and Fifth Avenues. While he worked, he found many objects; some that needed repair and others that were fully intact. As hundreds and hundreds of objects amassed, Molina created the Treasures in the Trash Collection inside DSNY’s garage. Much has been written about the eclectic treasurers collected by Molina. There have been too many articles on the Molina treasurers to mention, and there was even a #TreasuresInTheTrash Tour in 2018! Now, Hunter East Harlem Gallery will open its doors to an exhibition exploring the man and his treasurers.
Sara Bunn: Sececa Village & Women of Distinction on view to September 17, 2019
The very well-received exhibition, A Day in the Life of Seneca Village, that debuted at Port Authority Bus Terminal in March, 2019, will be on view, presented by the Hudson Yards Hell’s Kitchen Alliance (HYHK) at their Project Find Space ~ three large street-level windows on Ninth Avenue between 40th/41st Streets, directly across the street from the Port Authority. Newly titled, Sara Bunn: Seneca Village & Women of Distinction, the exhibition will be on view at Project Find Spacethrough September 17, 2019.
Lakela Brown at Rockefeller Center on view to September 20, 2019
Rockefeller Center, in partnership with Art Production Fund, have on view a series of public art pop-ups throughout the Center. The installations are located in unexpected places, inspired by our New York City landscape and contemporary life.
Stonewall50 at New York Historical Society on view to September 22, 2019
New York Historical Society commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising and the dawn of the gay liberation movement this summer, as New York City welcomes WorldPride, the largest Pride celebration in the world. Stonewall 50 at New York Historical Society features two exhibitions and a special installation, as well as public programs for all ages.
Apollo’s Muse: the Moon in the Age of Photography on view to September 22, 2019
This ambitious exhibition surveys visual representations of the moon, including many extraordinary visual representations of the moon from the dawn of photography to the present day. More than 170 photographs as well as an array of related drawings, prints, paintings, films, astronomical instruments, and cameras used by Apollo astronauts will span five galleries, surveying the role photography played in the scientific study and artistic interpretation of the moon.
Culture and the People: El Museo del Barrio 1969-2019 on view through September 29, 2019
El Museo del Barrio will celebrate its 50th Anniversary with a major permanent collection exhibition and timeline, contextualizing the history of the institution, in a two-part exhibition. The exhibition will reflect on the institution’s activist origins and pioneering role as a cultural and educational organization dedicated to Latinx and Latin American art and culture.
Brazilian Modern: The Living Art of Roberto Burle Marx on view through September 29, 2019
In the largest botanical exhibition to date, the New York Botanical Society’s current exhibition, Brazilian Modern: The Living Art of Roberto Burle Marx, will be a showing of lush gardens, paintings, drawings, and textiles ~ and the sights and sounds of Brazil that inspired the artists’ life and work.
Beyond the Streets NYC ~ Extended through September 29, 2019
Celebrating society’s most pervasive mark makers and rule breakers! The exhibition has been extended through September 29th.
Peaceful Perch in Marcus Garvey Park on view to September 30, 2019
Peaceful Perch by Kim Dacres and Daniel A. Matthews is a figurative bust-like sculpture that will sit elevated, as an honored monument of watchfulness, embodying the ubiquitous presence of race and the female form, and celebrating women of color, their unique features and hair as the artist experiences it, reflected in her neighborhood in Harlem. Sculpture by Kim Dacres ~ Perch by Daniel A. Matthews.
While you’re in Marcus Garvey Park, take a walk up to the top of the Acropolis, where the Park is preparing for the return of the historic fire watchtower in Fall, 2019. And the new work done by NYC Parks’ Creative Courts on the basketball court located on the Madison Avenue side, near 121st Street.
The Lever House Summer 2019 Installation on view to September 30, 2019
This summer’s Lever House installation features Lever House alumni Jorge Pardo, Enoc Perez and Urs Fischer.
While you’re there, check out Alex Katz: Park Avenue Departure presented by The Fund for Park Avenue.
Play it Loud: Instruments of Rock and Roll at The MET on view to October 1, 2019
The iconic instruments of Rock & Roll are on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, with instruments played by artists such as Chuck Berry, Eric Clapton, Sheryl Crow, Bob Dylan, Don Felder, Kim Gordon, Jimi Hendrix, James Hetfield, Wanda Jackson, Joan Jett, Lady Gaga, Steve Miller, Joni Mitchell, Jimmy Page, Kate Pierson, Elvis Presley, Prince, Keith Richards, Patti Smith, Bruce Springsteen, Ringo Starr, Eddie Van Halen, St. Vincent, Tina Weymouth, Nancy Wilson, and others.
Poster House Museum’s Two Inaugural Exhibitions on view through October 6, 2019
The much anticipated Poster House Museum opened in June, 2019, exhibiting posters from their earliest appearance in the late 1800s to present day. The two inaugural exhibitions, Alphonse Mucha: Art Nouveau/Nouvelle Femme, located in the Main Gallery, and Designing Through the Wall: Cyan in the 1990s, located in the Jewel Box Gallery, are curated by Angelina Lippert, and on view through October 6, 2019.
Cycling in the City: A 200-Year History at The Museum of the City of New York on view through October 6, 2019
Cycling in the City traces the bike’s transformation of urban transportation and leisure and explores the extraordinary diversity of cycling cultures in the city, past and present. The exhibition reveals the complex, creative, and often contentious relationship between New York and the bicycle, while underscoring the importance of cycling as the city confronts climate change, energy scarcity, and population growth in the years to come.
The Ultimate Hat-Maker’s Studio in The Garment District on view through October 9, 2019
Let’s celebrate New York Textile Month with The Garment District Alliance’snew public art installation, The Ultimate Hat-Maker’s Studio, featuring a fashionable display of beautiful textiles, millinery tools and fall hats designed by 24 member of The Milliners Guild.
After the End: Timing Socialism in Contemporary African Art will be on view to October 13, 2019
After the End: Timing Socialism in Contemporary African Art presents a selection of works engaging with the history of African socialisms. It features artists looking at countries including Angola, Ethiopia, Guinea-Bissau and Mozambique. The exhibition is the first in North America to explore aesthetic responses to African socialisms and their aftermath. On view at The Wallach Gallery, Columbia University.
I Don’t Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Ah me in Marcus Garvey Park on view to October 20, 2019
I Don’t Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Ah me….. by José Carlos Casado acknowledges how little he knows of the black woman’s experience, but as an immigrant, gay man and new father, he found a personal connection to the poem entitled Sympathy by African-American poet Paul Laurence Dunbar that inspired writer/poet/activist Maya Angelou’s American classic. Accompanying the physical sculpture is an augmented reality component making the sculpture interactive. This installation has been extended through October 20th, 2019.
Simone Leigh: Loophole of Retreat at The Guggenheim on view to October 27, 2019
The Guggenheim Museum opened its doors to Simone Leigh: Loophole of Retreat, on the occasion of Leigh winning the 2018 Hugo Boss Prize. Simone Leigh: Brick House is also on view on the High Line.
Current exhibition, Artistic License ~ and Basquiat’s Defacement: The untold Storynow on view.
Alicja Kwade: ParaPivot at The Metropolitan Museum of Art Roof on view through October 27, 2019
The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced that Berlin-based artist Alicja Kwade has been selected to create a site-specific installation for The Met’s Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden this Spring. Alicja Kwade, ParaPivot will be on view from April 16 through October 27, 2019.
Two Views: North Shore at ArtSpace @Staten Island Arts on view through October 31, 2019
Two Views: North Shore explores two perspectives considering similar themes about one place, and provides a glimpse into the lives, and stories, of many. It is also the inaugural exhibition of Obisanya’s work in New York City.
The Dino Safari at Bronx Zoo will be on view through November 3, 2019
On the heals of the opening of T. rex: The Ultimate Predator at The American Museum of Natural History, The Bronx Zoo announced the biggest, most realistic Dinosaur Safari ride in the Country ~ The Dino Safari.
Basquiat’s ‘Defacement’: The Untold Story at The Guggenheim on view to November 6, 2019
A tightly focused, thematic exhibition of work by Jean-Michel Basquiat (American, 1960–1988), supplemented with work by others of his generation, will explore a formative chapter in the artist’s career through the lens of his identity and the role of cultural activism in New York City during the early 1980s.
Carmen Herrera: Estructuras Monumentales at City Hall Park on view to November 8, 2019
The Public Art Fund unveiled the installation, Estructuras Monumentalesby the well-know, Cuban-born, New York artist, Carmen Herrera in City Hall Park. This significant body of work is Herrera’s first major outdoor sculpture exhibition ~ having spent more than 70 years as an abstract painter. It is also significant that Ms. Herrera is 104 years of age.
Alex Katz: Park Avenue Departure on view to November 10, 2019
On the heals of Joseph La Piana: Tension Sculptures, The Fund for Park Avenue and New York City Parks announced its latest installation along the Park Avenue Mall from 50th to 57th Street. The commissioned work by artist Alex Katz (b. 1972) will include seven large-scale works, each work an iteration of Park Avenue Departure.
Elie Perez + Public Art Fund 100-Site Exhibition on view through November 24, 2019
Public Art Fund announces a multi-work, 100-site exhibition by New York-based photographer Elle Pérez to inaugurate its new partnership with JCDecaux. Opening on August 13, from sun to sun, by Elle Pérez, will feature a series of works on bus shelters citywide that continues Pérez’s exploration of representation, identity, and heritage among the Puerto Rican communities of the Bronx where the artist grew up, as well as the expanded Latinx diaspora. This collaboration between Public Art Fund and JCDecaux will establish a new exhibition platform for the non-profit, bringing two, 14-week solo exhibitions a year to 100 of JCDecaux’s advertising spaces on bus shelters across New York City. from sun to sunwill be Pérez’s first public art commission and will be on view from August 13 through November 24, 2019.
Wave Hill Summer Exhibition on view to December 1, 2019
Reflecting on the site-specificity of these works, exhibited amid the flourishing gardens of Wave Hill, Curator of Visual Arts Eileen Jeng Lynch notes how the exhibition is enhanced by the visible and tangible connections with flora on the grounds.
Leonardo Drew: City in the Grass in Madison Square Park on view to December 15, 2019
Madison Square Park Conservancy has commissioned Leonardo Drew to create a monumental new public art project for the Park on June 3rd. Marking the Conservancy’s 38th commissioned exhibition and the artist’s most ambitious work to date, City in the Grass will present a topographical view of an abstract cityscape atop a patterned panorama. On view through December 15, 2019.
Power: Within and Between Us on view to December 31, 2019
The Rubin Museum of Art will dedicate its 2019 exhibitions, programs, and experiences to the theme of power, focusing on how visitors can activate the power that exists “within and between us.” Drawing on a diverse range of sources and perspectives, from contemporary art to scientific theories to Buddhist philosophies, the Rubin Museum will explore secular and religious systems of power as well as personal and collective agency.
Uptown GrandScale on view throughout the year ~ 2019.
Uptown Grand Central has stepped out from under the viaduct to coordinate a colorful three-sided mural near Metro-North along 125th Street this summer. The project, which will begin on August 3rd, will transform 1,500 feet of green construction fencing on 125th Street/Park Avenue/124th Street, into a canvas.
Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away at Museum for Jewish Heritage on view through January 3, 2020
The Museum of Jewish Heritage has opened its doors to the largest and most extensive exhibition on Auschwitz ever presented in the United States, featuring more than 700 original objects and 400 photographs ~ Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away.
City of Workers, City of Struggle on view to January 5, 2020
The Museum of the City of New York opened its doors to the exhibition, City of Workers, City of Struggle, an examination of how the labor movement transformed New York.
Nicolas Holiber Birds on Broadway on view through January, 2020
The National Audubon Society, Gitler &___ , New York City Parks Department, NYC Audubon and the Broadway Mall Association have a very special installation scheduled for May 17, 2019. Ten sculptures in reclaimed wood to call attention to New York City’s climate threatened birds ~ making quite a statement along Broadway.
Harold Ancart: Subliminal Standard at Cadman Plaza Park on view to March 1, 2020
Public Art Fund unveiled Harold Ancart: Subliminal Standard, a playable, painted concrete handball court by Brooklyn-based, Belgian-born artist, Harold Ancart, at Cadman Plaza Park, Brooklyn on May 1st. Join the Public Art Fund on May 5th for a formal unveiling celebration, including free Melt ice cream sandwiches, handball giveaways, art making activities + more.
En Plein Air on The High Line on view through March 2020
In Spring, 2019, the High Line welcomed eight international artists to set up their easels and work En Plein Air ~ in an artistic dialogue with the surrounding landscape.
Creative Courts + Facebook AIR unveil Courts at Marcus Garvey Park on view to May 24, 2020
NYC Parks’ Art in the Parks ~ Creative Courts initiative, Facebook Artist-in-Residence Program (FB AIR Program), along with artist Saya Woolfalk, the non-profit Public Color, and the Marcus Garvey Park Alliance/Public Art Initiative have arrived at the basketball court on Madison Avenue near 122nd Street in Marcus Garvey Park.
Art Students League: Model for Monuments on view through May 2020
Art Students League unveiled this season’s Model to Monument Public Art in the Parks installations on Wednesday, May 22, 2019 in Riverbank State Park. This year, three sculpture pieces were installed along the Hudson River at 145th Street.
Robert Lobe: SuperStorm Arrives in Duarte Square Park on view to June, 2020
SuperStorm references Hurricane Sandy, one of the deadliest and most destructive hurricane to hit the northeast, inflicting billion in damage. This event so moved the artist that he was compelled to create a monument reflecting the event. Robert Lobe: SuperStorm will be on view to June, 2020.
Capucine Bourcard: Eat Me! + Public Art Initiative on view to July 1, 2020
In a city filled with fast-food options on every corner, bags of chips and cans of soda filling the shelves in local deli’s and bodega’s, and large, glossy ads of sugared drinks on billboards and in shop windows, it’s not easy promoting healthy eating to our kids. Or is it. In the installation EAT ME! the artist, Capucine Bourcart takes a deep-dive into the ease of turning this around in her community, Harlem.
Naomi Lawrence: La Flor De Mi Madre + Public Art Initiative on view to July 1, 2020
The 12 foot x 24 foot Crochet mural, La Flor De Mi Madre by artist Naomi Lawrence, is located on the fence at Eugene McCabe Field in East Harlem. It represents the diverse community in which it is placed, in a colorful representation of national flowers.
Tatyana Fazlalizadeh: Stop Telling Women to Smile on view to at least August, 2020
Tatyana Fazlalizadeh, a Brooklyn-based street artist and painter whose street art project Stop Telling Women to Smile tackles gender-based street harassment. Her work can be found on walls from New York to Paris, Los Angeles to Mexico City, and right here…….
T. rex: The Ultimate Predator at The Museum of Natural History on view to August 9, 2020
The American Museum of Natural History presents the new exhibition, T. rex: The Ultimate Predator, exploring the latest research and discoveries related to the dinosaurs known as Tyrannousaurs as a kick-off to the Museum’s 150th Anniversary celebration. As part of this exhibition, the Museum will introduce visitors to the entire tyrannosaur family, and reveal the amazing story of the most iconic dinosaur in the world.
Susan Stair: Roots on Fire on view through August, 2020
Spending time with artist Susan Stair brings a whole new meaning to the trees that fill our green spaces. As we watched her work to create the clay molds for her next installation, Roots on Fire, Stair took us on a virtual journey underground, exploring how trees constantly send electrical messages through their roots and the mushroom (or mychorrizal network) that compose the Wood Wide Web. Come along on our three-part journey, as we document the creation of the installation Roots on Fire.
Simone Leigh: Brick House Coming to the High Line Plinth on view to September, 2020
Seaport Community Mural Project 2019 on view during Construction
The winners of the Seaport Community Mural Project were announced by Manhattan Borough President, Gale Brewer and the New York City Emergency Management (NYCEM), with the winning designs and artists names.
See you in October!