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Art Exhibitions on the Upper East Side, January 2022

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Zorawar Sidhu and Rob Swainston: Doomscrolling
@ Petzel

Wes Lang: Pink And Blue
@ Almine Rech

Eugène Leroy: About Marina
@ Michael Werner, Upper East Side

Sylvia Snowden: The M Street Series
@ Franklin Parrasch Gallery

Genieve Figgis: Immortal Reflection
@ Almine Rech

Richard Fishman: Break, Blow, Burn
@ Leila Heller Gallery

Christo: Nature | Environments
@ galerie gmurzynska

Mickalene Thomas: Beyond the Pleasure Principle
@ Lévy Gorvy

Per Kirkeby: Overpaintings
@ Michael Werner, Upper East Side

Alice Attie: Take Care of Yourself
@ Mignoni

Edith Baumann
@ Franklin Parrasch Gallery

PAGE (NYC) at Petzel
@ Petzel

Marin in the White Mountains
@ Menconi + Schoelkopf

Georges Mathieu
@ Nahmad Contemporary

Alexandre Lenoir: Trois Rivières
@ Almine Rech

Summer Show
@ Galerie Lefebvre New York

Around Color
@ Acquavella Galleries

Markus Lüpertz: Recent Paintings
@ Michael Werner, Upper East Side

Moments Between Events: Anne Appleby, Vija Celmins, On Kawara, Daniel Turner
@ Franklin Parrasch Gallery

Daniel Gibson: Ocotillo Song
@ Almine Rech

34 exhibitions to see

Acquavella GalleriesNew York Upper East Side

Modern and Contemporary Masters
Almine RechNew York Upper East Side

Wes Lang: Pink And Blue
6 Jan - 5 Feb 2022

39 East 78th Street, 2nd Floor, NY 10075

Tue-Sat 11am-5pm

new works by Lang: “a constant reminder to myself and the viewers to stay present and to do everything you possibly can to move your life forward in a positive direction while you’ve got the chance to do it” - Lang
Barbara Mathes GalleryNew York Upper East Side

Viva Italia
6 Jan - 18 Feb 2022

22 East 80th Street, NY 10075

Mon-Fri 10am-6pm, Sat by appointment

an exhibition of sculpture, photography and ceramics pairing works by twentieth-century Italian masters Fausto Melotti and Giulio Paolini with contemporary artists Bernhard Hildebrandt and Karen Wilberding Diefenbach
ColnaghiNew York Upper East Side

Renaissance
5 Nov 2021 - 25 Feb 2022

38 E 70th Street, NY 10021

By Appointment
Di DonnaNew York Upper East Side

Surrealist | Modern | Post-War Art
Franklin Parrasch GalleryNew York Upper East Side

no current exhibition listed
Gagosian 976 Madison AvenueNew York Upper East Side

last week
Neil Jenney: American Realism Today
9 Nov 2021 - 29 Jan 2022

976 Madison Avenue, NY 10075

Tue-Sat 10am-6pm

Jenney continues to challenge familiar models of taste and subject matter while pursuing a meticulous and highly idiosyncratic approach to the representation of culture and place
Gagosian 980 Madison AvenueNew York Upper East Side

forthcoming:
Simon Hantaï: Les blancs de la couleur, la couleur du blanc
27 Jan - 5 Mar 2022

980 Madison Avenue, NY 10075

Tue-Sat 10am-6pm

curated by Anne Baldassari - “the function of color is essentially linked to light. Light is necessarily the foundation of the world on the material, absolute level. It is, precisely, the sign and symbol of another infinity” - Hantaï
Gagosian Park & 75New York Upper East Side

last week
Dan Flavin
9 Nov 2021 - 29 Jan 2022

821 Park Avenue, NY 10021

Tue-Sat 10am-6pm

saturating the gallery with ambient colored light while masking other areas in darkness, two sculptures by Flavin reshape the interior space as our perception of it
Galerie BuchholzNew York Upper East Side

Lutz Bacher: The Lee Harvey Oswald Interview
9 Dec 2021 - 5 Feb 2022

17 East 82nd St, NY 10028

Tue-Sat 10am-6pm

organized by Galerie Buchholz and the Estate of Lutz Bacher
galerie gmurzynskaNew York Upper East Side

no current exhibition listed
Galerie Lefebvre New YorkNew York Upper East Side

Jungle Boogie
4 Nov 2021 - 2 Feb 2022

47 East 64th St, NY 10065

Tue-Fri 1pm-6pm, Sat noon-6pm

featuring Eugene Printz, Paul-Etienne Sain, Line Vautrin, Michel Roux-Spitz, Jean Royere, Francois-Xavier Lalanne, Claude Lalanne, Jean Besnard and Alexandre Noll
Guggenheim MuseumNew York Upper East Side, Public

no current exhibition listed
Hauser & Wirth 69th StreetNew York Upper East Side

forthcoming:
max bill & georges vantongerloo. crossover
27 Jan - 26 Mar 2022

32 East 69th Street, NY 10021

Tue-Sat 10am-6pm

an exhibition devoted to the art and ideas of the two polymaths, whose lifelong friendship and correspondence united their independent artistic and intellectual endeavors to push the boundaries of their work into new aesthetic realms
Helwaser GalleryNew York Upper East Side

Werner Berges
22 Oct 2021 - 12 Feb 2022

833 Madison Avenue, 3rd Floor, NY 10021

Tue-Thu & Sat 12-6pm, Fri by appointment

in the first solo show of the German Pop Art pioneer in New York, works on paper and large-scale canvases created during a crucial period in his career
Leila Heller GalleryNew York Upper East Side

Parinaz Eleish Gharagozlou: Amnesia of a Forgotten City
14 Dec 2021 - 10 Feb 2022

17 East 76th Street, NY 10021

Mon-Fri 10am-6pm

“for me it has always been a city of ruins and of end-of-empire melancholy. I’ve spent my life either battling with this melancholy or (like all Istanbulus) making it my own” - Orhan Pamuk
Lévy GorvyNew York Upper East Side

no current exhibition listed
Mark BorghiNew York Upper East Side

no current exhibition listed
Menconi + SchoelkopfNew York Upper East Side

a leader in the field of American art, focusing on the finest works of art created in the country between 1800 and 1950
The Metropolitan Museum of ArtNew York Upper East Side, Public

last week
Surrealism Beyond Borders
11 Oct 2021 - 30 Jan 2022

1000 Fifth Avenue, NY 10028

Sat-Mon 10am-5pm, Thu-Fri 12noon-7pm with advance booking

not open today
Michael Werner, Upper East SideNew York Upper East Side

Eugène Leroy: About Marina
11 Nov 2021 - 5 Feb 2022

4 East 77th Street, NY 10075

Mon-Sat 10am-6pm

works by the French artist who drew inspiration from the history of painting, particularly masters such as Rembrandt, and Hugo van der Goes, building up layers of paint until the subjects are only recognizable through painted glints of light
MignoniNew York Upper East Side

just opened
Cyrielle Gulacsy: Light in the distance
18 Jan - 12 Mar 2022

960 Madison Avenue, 2nd Floor, NY 10021

Mon by appointment, Tue-Fri 10am-6pm, Sat 10am-5pm

the gallery’s first exhibition with the self-taught French artist - whose work is inspired by research from the disciplines of astronomy and astrophysics - offers a glimpse of the invisible reality that surrounds us
Nahmad ContemporaryNew York Upper East Side

no current exhibition listed
PetzelNew York Upper East Side

Zorawar Sidhu and Rob Swainston: Doomscrolling
6 Jan - 12 Feb 2022

35 E 67th Street, NY 10065

Tue-Sat 10am-6pm

woodblock prints related to specific moments between May 24th, 2020 and January 6th, 2021, including the murder of George Floyd, the Kyle Rittenhouse shootings, Donald Trump holding the bible upside down, and the Capitol insurrection
Robilant+Voena, New YorkNew York Upper East Side

Old Masters, nineteenth century painting, classic modern, Italian post-war and contemporary art
Skarstedt 79th StNew York Upper East Side

Contemporary European and American Art
Sotheby’s New YorkNew York Upper East Side

Master Paintings Part II Auction: 18 Jan - 28 Jan, 2022
Exhibition: 22 Jan - 26 Jan 2022

Old Master and British Works on Paper Auction: 19 Jan - 26 Jan, 2022

Master Sculpture & Works of Art Part II Auction: 19 Jan - 28 Jan, 2022
Exhibition: 22 Jan - 27 Jan 2022

The European Art Sale Part II Auction: 21 Jan - 29 Jan, 2022

Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries Auction: 26 Jan 2022

The European Art Sale Part I Auction: 27 Jan 2022
Exhibition: 22 Jan - 27 Jan 2022

Master Paintings & Sculpture Part I Auction: 27 Jan 2022

Master to Master: The Nelson Shanks Collection Auction: 27 Jan 2022
Exhibition: 22 Jan - 26 Jan 2022

A Grand Vision: The David H. Arrington Collection of Ansel Adams Photographs Auction: 17 Feb 2022
Exhibition: 12 Feb - 16 Feb 2022

Exhibiting Artists

Parinaz Eleish Gharagozlou

Cyrielle Gulacsy

Zorawar Sidhu and Rob Swainston

Georges Vantongerloo

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