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Art Exhibitions on the Upper East Side, June 2022

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Dana Hoey and Caitlin Cherry: Hello Trouble
@ Petzel

Joan Snyder, To Become A Painting
@ Franklin Parrasch Gallery

Jean-Michel Basquiat: Art and Objecthood
@ Nahmad Contemporary

Scott Kahn: The Walled City
@ Almine Rech

Otto Piene: Rouge et Noir
@ galerie gmurzynska

Jackie Ferrara
@ Franklin Parrasch Gallery

Genesis Tramaine: Break of Day
@ Almine Rech

Echo’s in Talavera
@ Franklin Parrasch Gallery

Sarah Cunningham: In Its Daybreak, Rising
@ Almine Rech

Zorawar Sidhu and Rob Swainston: Doomscrolling
@ Petzel

Wes Lang: Pink And Blue
@ Almine Rech

Eugène Leroy: About Marina
@ Michael Werner

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
@ LGDR 909 Madison

Per Kirkeby: Overpaintings
@ Michael Werner

Alice Attie: Take Care of Yourself
@ Mignoni

Edith Baumann
@ Franklin Parrasch Gallery

31 exhibitions to see

Acquavella GalleriesNew York Upper East Side

Modern and Contemporary Masters
Almine RechNew York Upper East Side

just opened
Todd Bienvenu: JOMO (Joy of Missing Out)
23 Jun - 5 Aug 2022

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

Tue-Sat 11am-5pm

“Bienvenu’s pictures are at turns nostalgic, humorous, manic, placid, tragic, salacious, excited, and static, and even when they’re charged or provocative, they steer clear of mere voyeurism and harsh judgment” - Paul D’Agostino
Anita Shapolsky GalleryNew York Upper East Side

Artists’ Artists
26 Apr - Aug 2022

152 East 65th Street, NY 10065

Tue-Sat 11am-6pm

featuring works from the opposing forces of Abstract Expressionism’s avant-garde, personal vision and unique styling take precedence when artists are motivated by their own desires
Barbara Mathes GalleryNew York Upper East Side

last week
Color Field Painting 60 Years: 1958-2018
26 Apr - 1 Jul 2022

22 East 80th Street, NY 10075

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

not open today
works by Ed Clark, Thomas Downing, Sam Francis, Sam Gilliam, Charles Hinman and Kenneth Noland explore the history of the Color Field movement and its legacy in the 21st century
ColnaghiNew York Upper East Side

Old Masters, Ancient and Modern works of art
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
Takashi Murakami: An Arrow through History
11 May - 25 Jun 2022

976 Madison Avenue, NY 10075

Tue-Sat 10am-6pm

never-before-seen works in three simultaneous presentations across two of the New York galleries - at 976 Madison Av, paintings and sculptures based on a series of NFT avatars - three-dimensional figures bearing his distinctive motifs
Gagosian 980 Madison AvenueNew York Upper East Side

last week
Takashi Murakami: An Arrow through History
11 May - 25 Jun 2022

980 Madison Avenue, NY 10075

Tue-Sat 10am-6pm

never-before-seen works in three simultaneous presentations across two of the New York galleries - at 980 Madison Av, Murakami’s newest series of iconic flowers and new paintings on circular canvases inspired by a Qinghua vase fish motif
Gagosian Park & 75New York Upper East Side

Amanda Williams: CANDYLADYBLACK
10 Jun - 8 Jul 2022

821 Park Avenue, NY 10021

Tue-Sat 10am-6pm

“Color is everything to me. You can’t just say “black.” Which one?” - Williams
Galerie BuchholzNew York Upper East Side

last week
Anne Imhof: AVATAR
19 May - 2 Jul 2022

17 East 82nd St, NY 10028

Tue-Sat 10am-6pm

a new triptych painting, new works in her scratch series, and drawings, overlaid onto and concealed behind an installation of sculptures comprised of industrial lockers
galerie gmurzynskaNew York Upper East Side

Otto Piene: Rouge et Noir
7 May - 3 Sep 2022

43 E 78th Street, NY 10075

Mon-Fri 11am-6pm, Sat 11am-5pm

works by the founder of Group Zero, lifelong pioneer of modern art, and key avant-garde figure of the second half of the twentieth century
Galerie Lefebvre New YorkNew York Upper East Side

no current exhibition listed
Guggenheim MuseumNew York Upper East Side, Public

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

Cindy Sherman. 1977 – 1982
4 May - 29 Jul 2022

32 East 69th Street, NY 10021

Tue-Sat 10am-6pm

over one hundred works from Sherman’s most ground-breaking and influential early series - including the complete set of 70 Untitled Film Stills, Rear Screen Projections and Centerfolds - in her first major solo exhibition with the gallery
Helwaser GalleryNew York Upper East Side

Adam Handler: Hanami Party
12 May - 9 Jul 2022

833 Madison Avenue, 3rd Floor, NY 10021

Tue-Sat 11am-5.30pm

a solo exhibition of figurative painting by the contemporary artist, debuting his most recent body of work
Leila Heller GalleryNew York Upper East Side

Tarik Currimbhoy: Sculpture in Motion
8 Jun - 7 Jul 2022

17 East 76th Street, NY 10021

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

last week
Marina Adams: What Are You Listening To?
17 May - 25 Jun 2022

3 East 89th Street, NY 10128

Wed-Sat 11am-6pm

“Adams makes rigorous explorations of color and form that situate her squarely in the tradition of New York School painting, with its emphasis on gesture, spontaneity, and improvisation”
LGDR 909 MadisonNew York Upper East Side

no current exhibition listed
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

just opened
Per Kirkeby: Geological Messages: Paintings from 1965–2015
23 Jun - 26 Aug 2022

4 East 77th Street, NY 10075

Mon-Sat 10am-6pm

a small retrospective exhibition focussing on one of Scandinavia’s most important 20th century artists and his lifelong engagement with landscape, geology, and the natural world
MignoniNew York Upper East Side

last week
Cy Twombly | Barry X Ball: A History of Painting and Sculpture
31 Mar - 25 Jun 2022

960 Madison Avenue, 2nd Floor, NY 10021

Mon by appointment, Tue-Fri 10am-6pm, Sat 10am-5pm
Nahmad ContemporaryNew York Upper East Side

just opened
The Painter’s New Tools
22 Jun - 24 Sep 2022

980 Madison Avenue, Third Floor, NY 10075

Mon-Sat 10am-6pm

an exhibition organized by Eleanor Cayre and Dean Kissick
PetzelNew York Upper East Side

last week
Dana Hoey and Caitlin Cherry: Hello Trouble
19 May - 25 Jun 2022

35 E 67th Street, NY 10065

Tue-Sat 10am-6pm

two artists, from different generations, unveil markedly different yet related takes on the problem of how to best represent femininity, in an exhibition addressing the subject of the great American West
Robilant+Voena, New YorkNew York Upper East Side

Old Masters, nineteenth century painting, classic modern, Italian post-war and contemporary art
SchoelkopfNew York Upper East Side

Richard Estes: The EAT Prints
16 Jun - 22 Jul 2022

22 East 80th Street, NY 10075

Mon-Fri 9.30am-5.30pm & by appointment

not open today
an exhibition by the standard-bearer of photorealist painting - “Estes helps us to unveil a true understanding of the world around us”
Skarstedt 79th StNew York Upper East Side

last week
Francis Bacon: Faces and Figures
4 May - 25 Jun 2022

20 East 79th St, NY 10075

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

masterworks spanning the 1950s to the 1970s, featuring some of his most beloved friends, lovers, and muses - Peter Lacy, George Dyer, Muriel Belcher, and Henrietta Moraes - and an intimate self-portrait and a portrait of Pope Pius XII
Sotheby’s New YorkNew York Upper East Side

Forms of Intimacy: A Celebration of Pride Presented by Equinox Auction: 15 Jun - 30 Jun, 2022
Exhibition: 21 Jun - 30 Jun 2022

CHINA / 5000 YEARS Auction: 17 Jun - 29 Jun, 2022
Exhibition: 23 Jun - 28 Jun 2022

Contemporary Discoveries Auction: 08 Jul - 19 Jul, 2022

Modern Discoveries Auction: 12 Jul - 20 Jul, 2022
Exhibition: 8 Jul - 19 Jul 2022

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