Upper East Side Art Guide | Gallery & Exhibition Listings

39 exhibitions to see

Acquavella GalleriesNew York Upper East Side

just opened
Wayne Thiebaud Mountains 1965-2019
5 Nov - 13 Dec 2019

18 East 79th Street, NY 10075

Mon-Fri 10am-5.30pm, Sat 10am-6pm

33 works by the distinguished American painter - depictions of California mountains which have been an enduring focus of the artist’s practice for more than 50 years
Almine RechNew York Upper East Side

Lineup
30 Oct - 14 Dec 2019

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

Tue-Sat 10am-6pm
Boers-Li GalleryNew York Upper East Side

Xue Feng: Pictographs
2 Nov - 23 Dec 2019

4 floor, 24 East 81st Street, NY 10028

Tue-Sat 11am-6pm
Craig F. Starr GalleryNew York Upper East Side

just opened
Jasper Johns: Crosshatch
8 Nov 2019 - 18 Jan 2020

5 East 73rd Street, NY 10021

Mon-Sat 11am-5.30pm
David Zwirner East 69th StNew York Upper East Side

Bill Traylor
29 Oct 2019 - 15 Feb 2020

34 E 69th Street, NY 10021

Tue-Sat 10am-6pm
Di DonnaNew York Upper East Side

Enigma & Desire: Man Ray Paintings
25 Oct - 13 Dec 2019

744 Madison Avenue, NY 10065

Mon-Fri 10am-6pm, Sat noon-6pm

a vibrant selection of paintings that reveals the radicality of Man Ray’s thought and practice throughout his career, solidifying his historical position as a prophetic painter and theorist
Gagosian 976 Madison AvenueNew York Upper East Side

just opened
Gerhard Richter: Prints
8 Nov - 21 Dec 2019

976 Madison Avenue, NY 10075

Mon-Sat 10am-7.30pm

editioned works by Richter spanning fifty years
Gagosian 980 Madison AvenueNew York Upper East Side

just opened
Brice Marden: It reminds me of something, and I don’t know what it is.
9 Nov - 21 Dec 2019

980 Madison Avenue, NY 10075

Mon-Sat 10am-6pm

“painting is still a question of color and matter coming together and how pigment has to behave in a certain way” - Marden
Gagosian Park & 75New York Upper East Side

just opened
Birth Machine Baby. Curated by Harmony Korine
5 Nov - 21 Dec 2019

821 Park Avenue, NY 10021

Mon-Sat 10am-6pm

“H. R. Giger and Mark Prent are both masters of navigating beauty, horror, science fiction, and fantasy. I've admired their works for a while; they both defy genre in a way that is difficult to articulate” - Harmony Korine
Galerie BuchholzNew York Upper East Side

just opened
Monica Majoli: blueboys
8 Nov - 21 Dec 2019

17 East 82nd St, NY 10028

Tue-Sat 10am-6pm
Gladstone 64New York Upper East Side

Matthew Barney: Embrasure
26 Oct - 21 Dec 2019

130 East 64th Street, NY 10065

By Appointment

not open today
Guggenheim MuseumNew York Upper East Side, Public

Implicit Tensions: Mapplethorpe Now
25 Jan 2019 - 5 Jan 2020

1071 Fifth Avenue, NY 10128

Mon, Wed, Fri & Sun 10am-5.45pm, Tue 10am-9pm, Sat 10am-7.45pm, Thur closed
Guggenheim MuseumNew York Upper East Side, Public

Artistic License: Six Takes on the Guggenheim Collection
24 May 2019 - 12 Jan 2020

1071 Fifth Avenue, NY 10128

Mon, Wed, Fri & Sun 10am-5.45pm, Tue 10am-9pm, Sat 10am-7.45pm, Thur closed
Hauser & Wirth 69th StNew York Upper East Side

To Exalt the Ephemeral: Alina Szapocznikow, 1962-1972
29 Oct - 21 Dec 2019

32 East 69th Street, NY 10021

Tue-Sat 10am-6pm

the gallery’s first exhibition devoted to the hauntingly relevant artist since undertaking representation of their estate
Helwaser GalleryNew York Upper East Side

forthcoming:
Lin Yan: Origin Point
21 Nov 2019 - 30 Jan 2020

833 Madison Avenue, 3rd Floor, NY 10021

Tue-Sat 10am-6pm

Lin Yan responds to the destruction of the Amazon rainforest and the broader conversation on the ongoing climate emergency through an installation
Henrique Faria Fine ArtNew York Upper East Side

Humberto Marquez: Hindsight
24 Oct 2019 - 8 Feb 2020

35 East 67th St. 4th Floor, NY 10065

Tue-Sat 11am-6pm
Henrique Faria Fine ArtNew York Upper East Side

Mexico is Mexico: Contemporary Mexican Design
24 Oct 2019 - 8 Feb 2020

35 East 67th St. 4th Floor, NY 10065

Tue-Sat 11am-6pm
Leila Heller GalleryNew York Upper East Side

Arthur Carter in conversation with Modern Masters
23 Oct - 5 Dec 2019

17 East 76th Street, NY 10021

Mon-Sat 10am-6pm

Carter explores the possibility of availing the language of geometry in different materials, sizes, and environments, creating dialogue and creative energy between art and mathematics
Lévy GorvyNew York Upper East Side

just opened
Chung Sang-Hwa: Excavations, 1964-78
11 Nov 2019 - 25 Jan 2020

909 Madison Avenue, NY 10021

Tue-Sat 10am-6pm

works from a crucial period in which the Korean master was immersed in the international avant-garde milieus of both Asia and Europe
Lévy GorvyNew York Upper East Side

just opened
Günther Uecker: Notations
7 Nov 2019 - 15 Feb 2020

909 Madison Avenue, NY 10021

Tue-Sat 10am-6pm

new large-scale nail paintings with a selection of watercolors from series made by Uecker during his global travels over the past three decades
Luxembourg & DayanNew York Upper East Side

last week
Piotr Uklański: Ottomania
19 Sep - 16 Nov 2019

64 East 77th Street, NY 10075

Tue-Sat 10am-5pm
Menconi + SchoelkopfNew York Upper East Side

Reconstructing Ralston Crawford
4 Nov - 13 Dec 2019

22 East 80th Street, NY 10075

Mon-Fri 9.30am-5.30pm

an exhibition of major paintings and the prints, photographs and drawings that place these works in a new context
The Met BreuerNew York Upper East Side, Public

Home Is a Foreign Place
9 Apr 2019 - 21 Jun 2020

945 Madison Avenue, NY 10021

Tue-Thur 10am-5.30pm, Fri-Sat 10am-9pm, Sun 10am-5.30pm
The Met BreuerNew York Upper East Side, Public

Vija Celmins: To Fix the Image in Memory
24 Sep 2019 - 12 Jan 2020

945 Madison Avenue, NY 10021

Tue-Thur 10am-5.30pm, Fri-Sat 10am-9pm, Sun 10am-5.30pm
The Metropolitan Museum of ArtNew York Upper East Side, Public

In Praise of Painting: Dutch Masterpieces at The Met
16 Oct 2018 - 4 Oct 2020

1000 Fifth Avenue, NY 10028

Sun-Thur 10am-5.30pm, Fri-Sat 10am-9pm
The Metropolitan Museum of ArtNew York Upper East Side, Public

Félix Vallotton: Painter of Disquiet
29 Oct 2019 - 26 Jan 2020

1000 Fifth Avenue, NY 10028

Sun-Thur 10am-5.30pm, Fri-Sat 10am-9pm
The Metropolitan Museum of ArtNew York Upper East Side, Public

The Facade Commission: Wangechi Mutu, The NewOnes, will free Us
9 Sep 2019 - 12 Jan 2020

1000 Fifth Avenue, NY 10028

Sun-Thur 10am-5.30pm, Fri-Sat 10am-9pm
Michael Werner, Upper East SideNew York Upper East Side

last week
Sigmar Polke - Objects: Real and Imagined
18 Sep - 16 Nov 2019

4 East 77th Street, NY 10075

Mon-Sat 10am-6pm

a mystifying and important body of early sculptures and drawings from the 1960s by one of the most influential artists of the 20th Century
MignoniNew York Upper East Side

Kenneth Noland and Donald Judd: Color and Form
29 Oct - 21 Dec 2019

960 Madison Avenue, 2nd Floor, NY 10021

Tue-Sat 10am-6pm

the exhibition investigates the formal and conceptual relationships between Kenneth Noland and Donald Judd, two artists for whom color is both the content and context of their work
Mnuchin GalleryNew York Upper East Side

The Art of Marriage: Frankenthaler and Motherwell
30 Oct - 14 Dec 2019

45 East 78 Street, NY 10075

Tue-Sat 10am-6pm

important loans from private collections, major canvases and works in other mediums by both painters span the earliest years of their relationship through the years following their marriage
Nahmad ContemporaryNew York Upper East Side

just opened
Albert Oehlen: Spiegelbilder
5 Nov - 21 Dec 2019

980 Madison Avenue, Third Floor, NY 10075

Mon-Sat 10am-6pm

spanning the years from 1982-90, this series straddles a decisive period in which the artist moved from crude figuration to non-objective painting - coincides with exhibitions at Galerie Max Hetzler and the Serpentine Gallery
Simon Lee GalleryNew York Upper East Side

forthcoming:
Since Last We Met
13 Nov - 21 Dec 2019

26 East 64th Street, NY 10065

Mon-Sat 10am-6pm

organized by Debra Singer in collaboration with the gallery, this intergenerational group exhibition centers around an imagined set of metaphorical conversations among artists who experiment with notions of materiality
Skarstedt 64th StNew York Upper East Side

just opened
George Condo: Paintings & Works on Paper
11 Nov - 21 Dec 2019

19 E 64th Street, NY 10065

Tue-Fri 9.30am-6pm, Sat 10am-6pm
Skarstedt 79th StNew York Upper East Side

last week
Juan Muñoz: Sculptures
14 Sep - 16 Nov 2019

20 East 79th St, NY 10075

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

three works mounted, two hanging and another on the floor, Muñoz creates sensations of ambiguity, tension, humor, and otherness – paradoxically engaged and disorienting
Sotheby‘s New YorkNew York Upper East Side

Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Auction: 12 Nov - 12 Nov, 2019
Exhibition: 1 Nov - 12 Nov 2019

Impressionist & Modern Art Day Sale Auction: 13 Nov - 13 Nov, 2019
Exhibition: 1 Nov - 12 Nov 2019

Contemporary Art Evening Auction Auction: 14 Nov - 15 Nov, 2019
Exhibition: 1 Nov - 14 Nov 2019

Contemporary Art Day Auction: 15 Nov - 15 Nov, 2019
Exhibition: 1 Nov - 14 Nov 2019

American Art Auction: 19 Nov - 19 Nov, 2019
Exhibition: 16 Nov - 18 Nov 2019

Sculpture from the Collection of George Terasaki Auction: 19 Nov - 19 Nov, 2019
Exhibition: 16 Nov - 18 Nov 2019

Sacred Splendor: Judaica from the Arthur and Gitel Marx Collection Auction: 20 Nov - 20 Nov, 2019
Exhibition: 17 Nov - 19 Nov 2019

Israeli and International Art Auction: 21 Nov - 21 Nov, 2019
Exhibition: 17 Nov - 20 Nov 2019

Modern Masters: Chefs-d’œuvre d’une Collection Privée Auction: 11 Dec - 11 Dec, 2019
Exhibition: 7 Dec - 11 Dec 2019

Marc Jacobs: A Life of Design Auction: 12 Dec - 12 Dec, 2019
Exhibition: 7 Dec - 11 Dec 2019

Important Design Auction: 12 Dec - 12 Dec, 2019
Exhibition: 7 Dec - 11 Dec 2019

Dreaming in Glass: Masterworks by Tiffany Studios Auction: 12 Dec - 12 Dec, 2019
Exhibition: 7 Dec - 11 Dec 2019

Aboriginal Art Auction: 13 Dec - 13 Dec, 2019
Exhibition: 6 Dec - 12 Dec 2019

Fabrizio Moretti x Fabrizio Moretti | In Passing Auction: 18 Dec - 18 Dec, 2019
Exhibition: 15 Dec - 18 Dec 2019

Old Master Drawings Auction: 29 Jan - 29 Jan, 2020
Exhibition: 24 Jan - 28 Jan 2020

Master Paintings Evening Sale Auction: 29 Jan - 29 Jan, 2020
Exhibition: 24 Jan - 29 Jan 2020

Master Paintings & Sculpture Day Sale Auction: 30 Jan - 30 Jan, 2020
Exhibition: 24 Jan - 29 Jan 2020
Thomsen GalleryNew York Upper East Side

forthcoming:
Golden Treasures: Japanese Gold Lacquer Boxes
21 Nov - 20 Dec 2019

9 East 63rd Street, NY 10065

Mon-Fri 11am-5pm

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