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Art Exhibitions on the Upper East Side, May 2023

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30 Years of Exhibiting Karl Lagerfeld
@ galerie gmurzynska

Andrea Marie Breiling: SWALLOWTAIL
@ Almine Rech

Divergent Paths
@ Anita Shapolsky Gallery

Markus Lüpertz: Et in Arcadia ego
@ Michael Werner

Dario Escobar: Encrypted Messages
@ Almine Rech

Jenny Brosinski and Cristina De Miguel
@ Almine Rech

Martin Kippenberger: Paintings 1984-1996
@ Skarstedt

Ali Dipp: American Craft
@ Franklin Parrasch Gallery

Phyllis Stephens: The Movement of Material
@ Almine Rech

Marjorie Strider: Girls, girls, girls!
@ galerie gmurzynska

Huang Yuxing: An Absolute Power We Cannot Find
@ Almine Rech

Charles Ross: Pole Star
@ Franklin Parrasch Gallery

Tala Worrell
@ Franklin Parrasch Gallery

La Main de Picasso
@ galerie gmurzynska

Le Corbusier: Nomadic Murals
@ Almine Rech

Per Kirkeby: Geological Messages: Paintings from 1965–2015
@ Michael Werner

Richard Estes: Prints and Editions
@ Schoelkopf

Todd Bienvenu: JOMO (Joy of Missing Out)
@ Almine Rech

Dana Hoey and Caitlin Cherry: Hello Trouble
@ Petzel

Joan Snyder, To Become A Painting
@ Franklin Parrasch Gallery

34 exhibitions to see

Acquavella GalleriesNew York Upper East Side

Modern and Contemporary Masters
Almine RechNew York Upper East Side

Andrea Marie Breiling: SWALLOWTAIL

2 May - 10 Jun 2023

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

Tue-Sat 10am-6pm

not open today
spray paint paintings inspired by the eponymous butterflies, known for their particularly wide wingspan and vivid coloring
Anita Shapolsky GalleryNew York Upper East Side

Divergent Paths

6 Apr - 8 Jul 2023

152 East 65th Street, NY 10065

Tue-Sat 11am-6pm

not open today
paintings by Ernest Briggs and Jon Schueler who were both, differently, influenced by their teacher Clyfford Still
Barbara Mathes GalleryNew York Upper East Side

Karen Wilberding Diefenbach: Pastorale

27 Apr - 30 Jun 2023

22 East 80th Street, NY 10075

Mon-Fri 10am-6pm

paintings, works on paper, and sculpture inspired by the landscape of Tuscany and human interaction with the natural world
Cheim & ReadNew York Upper East Side

Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most

18 Apr - 24 Jun 2023

23 East 67th Street, NY 10065

Tue-Sat 10am-6pm

not open today
ColnaghiNew York Upper East Side

Greco Roman Art Retrospective - 1000 B.C. to A.D. 300

permanent exhibition

23 East 67th Street, NY 10065

By Appointment

sculptures and objects made of marble and other stones, bronze, and terracotta
David Nolan GalleryNew York Upper East Side

Chakaia Booker: Public Opinion

5 May - 23 Jun 2023

24 East 81st Street, NY 10028

Tue-Sat 10am-6pm

not open today
in Booker’s inaugural exhibition with the gallery, bronzes, ceramic constructions, paintings, prints, as well as sculptures composed of her iconic rubber tires
Di DonnaNew York Upper East Side

last week

Man Ray’s Paris Portraits: 1921-1939

26 Apr - 2 Jun 2023

744 Madison Avenue, NY 10065

Mon-Fri 10am-6pm

in collaboration with Timothy Baum, an exhibition of seventy rare and vintage silver prints including self-portraits and prints of Man Ray’s circle of artists and intellectuals
Fleiss-ValloisNew York Upper East Side

Galerie 1900-2000: Air de New York

12 May - 28 Jul 2023

1018 Madison Avenue, NY 10075

Tue-Sat 10am-6pm

not open today
taking its title from the Duchamp readymade, an exhibition focussing on the artist alongside Francis Picabia - two artists who bridged Paris and New York, and whose importance to 20th-century art is unquestionable
Fleiss-ValloisNew York Upper East Side

Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois: Upcycling

12 May - 28 Jul 2023

1018 Madison Avenue, NY 10075

Tue-Sat 10am-6pm

not open today
works by signatories of Pierre Restany’s 1960 “Constitutive Declaration of New Realism” manifesto, incuding Arman, César, Gérard Deschamps, Raymond Hains, Niki de Saint Phalle, Daniel Spoerri, Jean Tinguely, and Jacques Villeglé
Franklin Parrasch GalleryNew York Upper East Side

Edith Baumann: Stillness in Motion

27 Apr - 16 Jun 2023

19 East 66th Street, NY 10065

Mon-Fri 11am-6pm

paintings explore the relationship between color and geometry, balance precision with vulnerability, and evoke spatial perception through finely-applied lines
Gagosian 976 Madison AvenueNew York Upper East Side

Donald Judd

13 May - 14 Jul 2023

976 Madison Avenue, NY 10075

Tue-Sat 10am-6pm

not open today
across the gallery’s 976 and 980 Madison Avenue spaces, fifteen Judd objects - in aluminum, galvanized iron, colored plexiglass and plywood - alongside paired woodcuts of rectangles and grids
Gagosian 980 Madison AvenueNew York Upper East Side

Donald Judd

13 May - 14 Jul 2023

980 Madison Avenue, NY 10075

Tue-Sat 10am-6pm

not open today
across the gallery’s 976 and 980 Madison Avenue spaces, fifteen Judd objects - in aluminum, galvanized iron, colored plexiglass and plywood - alongside paired woodcuts of rectangles and grids
Gagosian Park & 75New York Upper East Side

Chris Burden: Cross Communication

14 Mar - 24 Jun 2023

821 Park Avenue, NY 10021

Tue-Sat 10am-6pm

not open today
relics, films, and video works by Burden - "I set up these unexpected, dreaded situations as an attempt to control fate. Instead of letting things happen to me, I made them happen"
Gagosian ShopNew York Upper East Side

Jean Prouvé: Demountable Wood Chair CB 22

8 May - 18 Jun 2023

976 Madison Avenue, NY 10075

Mon-Sat 10am-7pm
Galerie BuchholzNew York Upper East Side

just opened

Gili Tal: You May See Butterflies: Elephant Springs

26 May - 15 Jul 2023

17 East 82nd St, NY 10028

Tue-Sat 10am-6pm

not open today
galerie gmurzynskaNew York Upper East Side

30 Years of Exhibiting Karl Lagerfeld

10 May - 30 Jun 2023

43 E 78th Street, NY 10075

Mon-Fri 11am-6pm, Sat 11am-5pm
Guggenheim MuseumNew York Upper East Side, Public

an internationally renowned art museum and one of the most significant architectural icons of the 20th century
Hauser & Wirth 69th StreetNew York Upper East Side

Cathy Josefowitz. Forever Young

11 May - 22 Jul 2023

32 East 69th Street, NY 10021

Tue-Sat 10am-6pm

not open today
the gallery’s inaugural solo exhibition of Josefowitz is a survey of her career and includes works exhibited publicly for the first time
Helwaser GalleryNew York Upper East Side

Veronique Cauchefer: Emoi entre Deux Murs

11 May - 30 Jun 2023

833 Madison Avenue, 3rd Floor, NY 10021

Tue-Sat 11am-5.30pm

not open today
delving into the emotional depths of domestic interiors, self-reflection, and female camaraderie, the paintings reveal the multidimensional nature of personal spaces
Hirschl & AdlerNew York Upper East Side

María Elena González: Riven

5 May - 16 Jun 2023

The Fuller Building, 41 E. 57th Street, 9th Floor, NY 10022

Mon-Fri 9.30am-5.15pm & by appointment

sculptural works that reflect resilience, sustainability, and healing
Galerie Lefebvre New YorkNew York Upper East Side

no current exhibition listed
Leila Heller GalleryNew York Upper East Side

last week

Land of Honey

5 May - 3 Jun 2023

17 East 76th Street, NY 10021

Mon-Sat 10am-6pm
LGDR 89 StreetNew York Upper East Side

last week

Marilyn Minter

12 Apr - 3 Jun 2023

3 East 89th Street, NY 10128

Mon-Sat 11am-6pm

paintings, photographs, and new multimedia sculptures in an exhibition across three floors and six gallery spaces
Mark BorghiNew York Upper East Side

no current exhibition listed
The Metropolitan Museum of ArtNew York Upper East Side, Public

no current exhibition listed
Michael WernerNew York Upper East Side

Florian Krewer: light the ocean

5 May - 17 Jun 2023

4 East 77th Street, NY 10075

Mon-Sat 10am-6pm

new paintings by the German-born, Bronx-based artist present the vastness, liberation, and uncertainty of the New York night
Nahmad ContemporaryNew York Upper East Side

last week

The First Decade

20 Apr - 3 Jun 2023

980 Madison Avenue, Third Floor, NY 10075

Mon-Sat 10am-6pm

in commemoration of its founding in 2013, an exhibition that celebrates the gallery’s innovative, decade-long exhibition history, showcasing more than 30 works created by 19 of the most influential artists of the 20th and 21st centuries
PetzelNew York Upper East Side

James Little: Conversations

5 May - 10 Jun 2023

35 E 67th Street, NY 10065

Tue-Sat 10am-6pm

not open today
new paintings by the New York-based artist, in his debut solo exhibition with the gallery, celebrate patterns, shapes, and the paint itself
Robilant+Voena, New YorkNew York Upper East Side

Alighiero Boetti Mappe

27 Apr - 17 Jun 2023

980 Madison Ave, NY 10075

Tue-Sat 10am-6pm

not open today
a rare opportunity to see extraordinary examples of Boetti's seminal mappa series, dating from 1978 to 1994
SchoelkopfNew York Upper East Side

Now Modern Spring 2023

5 May - 7 Jul 2023

22 East 80th Street, NY 10075

Mon-Fri 9.30am-5.30pm & by appointment
SkarstedtNew York Upper East Side

Andy Warhol: The Late Paintings

10 May - 24 Jun 2023

20 East 79th St, NY 10075

Tue-Fri 9.30am-6pm, Sat 10am-5pm

not open today
late paintings from 1976-1986 highlighting a number of iconic series which came to define the final and one of the most prolific decades of Warhol’s life
Sotheby’s New YorkNew York Upper East Side

Important Design Auction: 07 Jun 2023
Exhibition: 1 Jun - 6 Jun 2023

The Doros Collection: The Art Glass of Louis Comfort Tiffany Auction: 07 Jun 2023
Exhibition: 1 Jun - 6 Jun 2023

Streets of Paris Auction: 14 Jun - 21 Jun, 2023
Exhibition: 17 Jun - 21 Jun 2023

A Life in Art: The Mallin Collection Auction: 14 Jun - 21 Jun, 2023
Exhibition: 17 Jun - 20 Jun 2023

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