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Tuesday, April 21st, 2020
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Wednesday, April 8th, 2020
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David Hammons, Untitled, 2010. Mixed media, 108 x 84 inches. Courtesy of L&M Arts.
Thursday, February 24th, 2011

Abstract Painting Under Wraps: David Hammons at L&M Arts

Veiled paintings uptown, with a downtown attitude.

Robert Kushner, September Wildflower Convocation, 2010. Oil on canvas with gold leaf, 72 x 72 inches. Courtesy of DC Moore Gallery
Thursday, February 24th, 2011

Healing Hurt Pages: Robert Kushner’s Scriptorium

DC Moore moves downtown to Chelsea with Kushner’s Wildflower Convocation.

Kahn & Selesnick, Janus/Symbiosis, 2010. Archival Ink Jet Print, 12 x 12 inches. Courtesy of Yancey Richardson Gallery
Friday, February 18th, 2011

Unitard Fabulists Adrift: Kahn & Selesnick on the Hourglass Sea

at Yancey Richardson through February 19, and also on view at the Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago

Ulf Puder, Abland, 2010. Oil on canvas, 83 x 59 inches. Courtesy of the artist and Ana Cristea Gallery
Thursday, February 17th, 2011

Bungalows of the Apocalypse: Leipzig Painter Ulf Puder at Ana Cristea

on view through February 19

Thursday, February 10th, 2011

The Zen of Tchotchkes and the Politics of Mens Suits: Charles LeDray at the Whitney

workworkworkworkwork up through February 13

Pierre Auguste Renoir, Bather at the Seaside, 1887. Oil on canvas, 16-1/4 x 12-3/4 inches. Courtesy of Hammer Galleries, New York
Monday, February 7th, 2011

An Everyday Eternity: A Show of Late Renoir

The exhibition inaugurated Hammer Galleries new premises.

Esteban Vicente, Untitled (Divertimento), c. 1968–95. Painted wood with pastel crayons, 11-7/8 x 4-3/4 x 3 -1/8 inches. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Esteban Vicente, Segovia
Sunday, February 6th, 2011

Paragon of Modernism: Esteban Vicente at the Grey

NYU’s exhibition of his collage and sculpture is up through March 26.

Christian Marclay, The Clock, 2010. Single-channel video, 24 hours, still. Courtesy of Paula Cooper Gallery
Saturday, February 5th, 2011

“You Can’t Beat The Clock”: Christian Marclay at Paula Cooper

The Clock, a Frankenstein monster of a movie, is on view through February 19.

Tuesday, January 18th, 2011

Captured Through Accumulation: The Reworked Portraits of Anthony Fisher

Exhibition was at Galerie Mourlot, the Boston artist’s second New York solo

Tuesday, December 21st, 2010

The Raw and the Cooked: The late paintings of Hans Hartung

The French-German abstractionist’s first New York show since 1975, up through December 30