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8.31.2012

paolo pellizzari


Paolo Pellizzari's show at Anastasia "overflows with detail and color to capture anecdotes of daily life, transporting the viewer deep within these landscapes."

8.30.2012

bruce nauman

Bruce Nauman's show at Gagosian closes August 31.

8.29.2012

staff picks

Staff Picks, at Howard Greenberg, "includes an array of both well-known and unknown works by: Jacques Henri Lartigue, Robert Frank, Joel Meyerowitz, William Gedney, Danny Lyon, Bruce Davidson, Dorothea Lange, and Arnold Newman."

8.28.2012

artists and models

"Artist and Models", Frank Tashlin's 1955 film, will be screening at BAM on August 30.

8.27.2012

frank stella

Frank Stella's show at FreedmanArt closes September 27.

8.25.2012

danny brown

Detroit rapper Danny Brown will appear at tonight's Warm Up 2012 at MoMA PS1.

8.23.2012

détournement

Détournement, at Jonathan LeVine, "is meant to both celebrate the lineage of détournement and bring attention to some of its current practitioners who embody its continued vitality."

8.22.2012

illuminated

Illuminated: The Art of Sacred Text, at the Rubin Museum, "explores the aesthetic and technological approaches used in creating and adorning sacred books from a variety of cultures."

8.21.2012

beer here

Beer Here, at the New York Historical Society, "surveys the social, economic, political, and technological history of the production and consumption of beer, ale, and porter in the city from the seventeenth century to the present."

8.20.2012

wade guyton

Wade Guyton's mid-career survey at the Whitney opens October 4.

8.17.2012

josef albers

Josef Albers in America: Painting on Paper, at the Morgan, "provides insight into Albers' working process and, in contrast with the strict geometry of his final paintings, is remarkable for its freedom and sensuality."

8.16.2012

into the woods

Into the Woods, a group show at ClampArt, "brings together work by a wide-range of artists all employing lens-based technologies who have found inspiration in the natural world."

8.15.2012

tatzu nishi

Tatzu Nishi: Discovering Columbus, commissioned by the Public Art Fund, "recontextualizes the historical monument at the center of Columbus Circle, placing it in the middle of a contemporary living room, six stories above the street." photograph by Marcus Yam

8.14.2012

mark grotjahn

Mark Grotjahn's show at Gagosian opens September 13.

8.13.2012

mark flood

The Hateful Years, Mark Flood's show at Luxembourg & Dayan, "examines the vapor trails of culturally exsanguinated people, places and objects in order to take the measure of culture."

8.10.2012

luc claus

Luc Claus's show at envoy enterprises runs through September 10.

8.09.2012

regarding warhol

Regarding Warhol: Fifty Artists, Sixty Years, at the Met, opens September 18.

8.08.2012

jim marshall

Jim Marshall's show at Steven Kasher features "over 60 photographs and one-hundred vintage record covers mapping Marshall’s entire career and introduces never-before-seen images he captured during the Rolling Stones’ 1972 U.S. tour."

8.07.2012

robert ryman

Untitled: A Painting in Four Parts, 1963-1964, Robert Ryman's show at Gagosian, "explores the nuanced effects of acrylic paint on aluminum."

8.06.2012

rineke dijkstra

Rineke Dijkstra: A Retrospective, at the Guggenheim, offers "a contemporary take on the genre of portraiture."

8.03.2012

wild flag

Wild Flag performs tonight at Prospect Park as part of this summer's Celebrate Brooklyn! series.

8.02.2012

sweet distemper

Sweet Distemper, at Derek Eller, "is a riot of paint, mirror, collage, rug, and chain."

8.01.2012

jan vercruysse

Jan Vercruysse's show at Gladstone Gallery "encompasses a selection of Vercruysse’s work created between 1990 and 2011 and is the artist’s first show in New York since 2009."