Bas Jan Ader, Untitled (The Elements), 1971/2003. C-type print, 11 x 14 inches. Copyright The Estate of Bas Jan Ader / Mary Sue Ader Andersen, 2016 / The Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy Metro Pictures, New York and Meliksetian | Briggs, Los Angeles.
Wednesday, July 27th, 2016

Practicing Falling: Bas Jan Ader at Metro Pictures

Twin surveys of Ader’s short but brightly burning career are mounted in New York and London.

Trevor Paglen. Installation view, 2015. Metro Pictures, New York.
Tuesday, October 13th, 2015

The Squirrel Accumulator: Trevor Paglen and the NSA

Blending the didactic with the paranoid style of conspiracy theories, at Metro Pictures through October 24

Wednesday, February 11th, 2015

This is Real Life: John Miller’s Crafting of Mediated Vision

In two concurrent shows we see the artist address street scenes and game shows as portraits of daily life.

Installation shot, Catherine Sullivan, Triangle of Need, 2007
Friday, March 14th, 2008

March 2008: Svetlana Alpers, Phong Bui, and Linda Nochlin with moderator David Cohen

Silvia Bächli at Peter Freeman, Inc., Michal Rovner at PaceWildenstein, Catherine Sullivan at Metro Pictures, Jeff Wall at Marian Goodman Gallery, and Dan Walsh at Paula Cooper Gallery

Tuesday, December 11th, 2007

Karen Yasinsky at Mireille Mosler, Alex McQuilkin at Marvelli, Isaac Julien at Metro Pictures

Where Yasinsky accesses early girlhood through dolls and dinky illustration technique, McQuilkin seems dedicated to a perpetual state of teenage angst. The specific identification of both with early cinema relates to a broader trend in feminist-influenced art.

Karen Yasinsky, still from Le Matin, 2007, Drawing animation on 16 mm film with 2,000 drawings, 4-1/2 minutes, Courtesy Mireille Mosler, Ltd.Karen Yasinsky, still from Le Matin, 2007, Drawing animation on 16 mm film with 2,000 drawings, 4-1/2 minutes, Courtesy Mireille Mosler, Ltd.
Thursday, November 8th, 2007

November 2007: Arthur Danto, Vincent Katz, and Linda Yablonsky with moderator David Cohen

Kara Walker at the Whitney and Sikkema Jenkins, Karen Yasinsky at Mireille Mosler, Isaac Julien at Metro Pictures, Kate Shepherd at Galerie Lelong, and Antony Gormley at Sean Kelly

Saturday, September 1st, 2007

Yuri Masnyj: The Night’s Still Young

Metro Pictures 519 West 24th Street New York City June 21 – July 31, 2007 Yuri Masnyj’s art bears the burden of historical self-consciousness unwaveringly. The modernist style permeates his compositions, the cartoonish yet exacting watercolors of interior spaces and the hybrid sculptures. Masnyj transforms modernist formal devices and elements of genre painting into a … Continued

Thursday, June 10th, 2004

Cindy Sherman at Metro Pictures, Spencer Tunick at I-20 Gallery, Hilary Harkness at Mary Boone

“Cindy Sherman” through June 26 at Metro Pictures (519 W 24th Street between 10th and 11th Avenues, 212-206-7100). “Spencer Tunick: Public Works 2001-2004” through June 19 at I-20 Gallery, 529 W 20th Street, between 10th and 11th Avenues, 212-645-1100). “Hilary Harkness” though June 26 at Mary Boone (541 W 24 Street, between 10th and 11th … Continued

Thursday, May 29th, 2003

Harry Roseman at Davis & Langdale, Stephen Balkenhol at Barbara Gladstone, Tony Oursler at Metro Pictures, Bruce Gagnier at Lori Bookstein Fine Art

“Harry Roseman: Cloth” at Davis & Langdale until June 6 (231 E. 60th Street, between TK, 212-838-0333. Prices: $900-$8,000. Stephan Balkenhol at Barbara Gladstone Gallery until May 31 (515 W. 24th Street, between Tenth and Eleventh Avenues, 212-206-9300). Prices: The gallery declined to disclose its prices “Tony Oursler: Recent Works” at Metro Pictures until June … Continued