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With autumn often come some of the most anticipated New York City gallery exhibitions of the year, ones that tease what is to come and look back on what has been shown. Our New York art correspondent shares some of the most impactful shows she viewed last month, from the Hauser & Wirth, DC Moore, Paula Cooper, and James Cohan galleries.
Jenny Holzer’s Guggenheim exhibit, Light Line, is charged with layers of power and relevance. The collaboration opened in May and runs until September 29, 2024. It features a spiraling LED display featuring words from Holzer’s other words. Collaborator Lee Quiñones’ graffiti messages of grief and war adorn the adjacent walls.
The Armory Show, one of the most well-known and historic art fairs in New York City, ran from September 6th to 8th at the Javits Center by Hudson Yards. The show has a reputation as a trailblazer in predicting and showcasing future trends in the art market and boasted over 200 exhibitors, spanning galleries from more than 30 countries. Our NYC correspondent shares her personal standouts from the event.
Though she painted and wrote more than 80 years ago, Emily Carr remains a pillar of Canadian art and a much-discussed figure in the discourse
Nestled in an unassuming street in SoHo is a gallery humbly paying homage to one of the most casual yet complex art forms: drawing and
‘Photographs 1963–64: Eyes of the Storm’ at the Brooklyn Museum is an exhibition of Paul McCartney’s photos, snapped as he and his fellow Beatles traveled the world. They provide a snapshot of the unexpectedly normal moments of life behind superstardom.
In May, Life in Print: William Kentridge and Pablo Picasso opened at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan’s Remai Modern Art Museum. Life in Print places the works of “two of the most prolific and innovative artists of the 20th and 21st centuries” side by side: Kentridge’s Universal Archive and the most extensive collection of Picasso’s linocuts.
The Venice Biennale takes place every second year. The 2024 event is titled “Foreigners Everywhere.” This article explores the concept of globalization and the positive and negative understandings of such a theme at this “highly political, provocative, and groundbreaking” cultural and artistic event.
Manhattan’s Whitney Biennial 2024 is the 81st edition of this contemporary art survey show. The show’s subtitle, Even Better Than the Real Thing, acknowledges the complexity AI brings to the art landscape and our understanding of reality. Explore four of the iconic artists and artworks on display at this year’s event.
Following the news of sculptor Emily Young’s inclusion in the 2024 Venice Biennale, we are honoured to highlight two of her stunning smaller “angels”—compact answers
Anselm Kiefer’s ‘Punctum’ at the Gagosian Gallery in Manhattan takes the viewer through a process of unlearning the neat categorizations of artistic mediums. Photography and sculpture in grey, black, and white transport us beyond realism.
As Delcy Morelos’ monumental art installation, El abrazo, prepares to depart Dia Chelsea, where it has made its home for more than a year, art historian Linda Dai reflects on her experience interacting with this tactile structure built of earth and ancestral inspiration.
