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7.31.2011

bob dylan


Rumor has it that Bob Dylan will have a show at Gagosian this September.

7.30.2011

jim henson


Jim Henson's Fantastic World, at the Museum of the Moving Image, "features over 120 artifacts, including drawings, storyboards, and props, all of which illustrate Henson’s boundless creativity and innumerable accomplishments."

7.29.2011

bronx calling


Bronx Calling, a joint exhibition at the Bronx Museum and Wave Hill, features works by 72 participants in the 2011 Artist in the Marketplace program. On Friday, July 29, there will be a panel discussion by four of the artists.

7.27.2011

pretty on the inside


Pretty on the Inside, a seven person show at Paul Kasmin, includes ironic or subversive work that "hijacks the language of cartoons and comics to both celebrate and criticize contemporary culture."

7.26.2011

tracey goodman


Tracey Goodman's show at Regina Rex "disrupts the familiarity of the preexisting architecture through a number of incisive modifications to the space."

7.25.2011

powhida


POWHIDA, at Marlborough Chelsea, opens July 27.

7.23.2011

leidy celeste nicole


LEIDY CELESTE NICOLE, at Museum 52, consists of three artists that "point toward similar terrain, in which painting, drawing, and mark-making are imbued with politics, and with the body and biography."

7.22.2011

the frick


Summer Night at The Frick is Friday, July 22. Enjoy free after-hour viewing of their collection.

7.21.2011

lucian freud


Lucian Freud, the greatest living realist, has passed.

7.20.2011

time again


Time Again, an exhibition at the Sculpture Center that "explores the language of repetition, bringing together works that destabilize conventional ways of seeing and considering what is past and what is present," closes July 25.

7.19.2011

pop-up bookstore


The Second Annual Pop-up Bookstore will take place at David Zwirner from July 25 - August 5.

7.18.2011

index festival


The Index Festival, which will take place in August, brings together "individuals and groups who cognitively engage media culture." More info may be found here.

7.17.2011

make skateboards


MAKE SKATEBOARDS, at I-20 Gallery, is "a group exhibition and pop-up skate shop conceived as a throwback to the days when art took precedence over branding and a welcoming vibe met you at the door."

7.15.2011

colorific!


Postmasters presents Colorific!: We Make An Art Rainbow, a show with work installed salon-style according to the color wheel.

7.14.2011

rude and reckless


Steven Kasher presents Rude and Reckless, the "first New York exhibition surveying the extraordinary diversity of Punk and Post-Punk graphic design."

7.13.2011

panorama


If you haven't seen the Panorama of the City of New York at the Queens Museum of Art, you should.

7.12.2011

matthew ronay


Matthew Ronay's show at Andrea Rosen "invites visitors to experience a spectacularly immersive primordial forest, a site for transmutation, rites of passage and access to our subconscious primal mythologies."

7.11.2011

the house without the door


The House Without the Door, at David Zwirner, "considers the idea of the home as a charged psychological space."

7.09.2011

descant


Descant, a group show at the New Art Center, runs through July 25.

7.08.2011

nancy grossman


Nancy Grossman's show at Michael Rosenfeld "features eight mixed-media collage drawings and two large-scale assemblages inspired by Kilauea Volcano" in Hawaii.

7.07.2011

miss bugs


Miss Bugs, the renowned British street artists, have a show at Brooklynite that "continues to question the ownership of ideas, working methods, and the relationship and knock-on effect that artists have with one another."

7.06.2011

cy twombly


1928-2011

7.05.2011

jeremy stenger


Jeremy Stenger's show at Hosfelt "expands his rich world of pattern, color and surface."

7.04.2011

icons and idols


Icons and Idols, at Senior & Shopmaker, looks at Elizabeth Peyton's and Andy Warhol's "divergent approaches to portraiture."

7.02.2011

david zink yi


Berlin based arist David Zink Yi's show at Hauser & Wirth "juxtaposes photography, video installation, film, and monumental sculpture."