To everyone who has struggled through another academic year, final crits are over, so the time has come to get out and see some shows. We don�t usually put museum exhibitions on our list, but don�t miss the 2019 Whitney Biennial, which opens this week. I went to the press preview, and I have to agree with Andrew Russeth (at ArtNews) who calls the show polite. Indeed, the diverse group of 75 artists share their experiences in the gentlest of ways. Every piece has a story in terms of culture, history, materials, and process, so I recommend listening to the two-minute podcasts, in which the artists talk about the work selected. Also, heartfelt congratulations and best wishes to all the MFA graduates heading out into the world and looking for jobs and studio space. No matter what zodiac sign you are, this is your Two Coats of Paint May horoscope: If you stopped making paintings during grad school, now is the time to start again. Here is a list of some shows that will get you going.
–Sharon Butler
Brooklyn
Kentler International Drawing Space / 100 Works on Paper Benefit / 353 Van Brunt St., Brooklyn, NY / closes May 18
Cathouse Proper /Cathouse FUNeral in Cathouse Proper: Life to Art to Life / 524 Court Street, Brooklyn, NY / closes June 2
Ortega y Gasset Projects/ Ghost Stories / 363 3rd Ave., Brooklyn, NY / closes June 9
Ground Floor Gallery / Through the City to the Cosmos / 343 5th Street, Brooklyn, NY / closes May 21
A.I.R. Gallery / Cynthia Karasek: Swim Faster / 155 Plymouth St., Brooklyn, NY / closes May 19
Platform Project Space / Just Like I Pictured It / 20 Jay St. #319, Brooklyn, NY / closes May 21
Minus Space / Vincent Como: The Negative Approach Operating System (For Intermediate to Advanced Practitioners) / 16 Main Street, Suite A, Brooklyn, NY/ closes June 22
Century Pictures /Thomas Hirschhorn: The Subjecters / 1329 Willoughby Ave, Brooklyn, NY / closes June 8
Fisher Parrish Gallery / Uncharacteristically Warm: Crys Yin & Gustav Hamilton / 238 Wilson Ave, Brooklyn, NY / May 17 to July 14
Theodore: Art / Peter Crashes: Contact! / 56 Bogart St, Brooklyn, NY / closes May 18
TSA: Tiger Strikes Asteroid / Orbits / 1329 Willoughby Ave, #2A, Brooklyn, NY / closes June 16
Transmitter / Courtesy of / 1329 Willoughby Avenue, 2A, Brooklyn, NY / closes June 16
Queens
Mrs. / Caroline Wells Chandler: Tutti Frutti / 60-40 56th Dr, Maspeth, NY 11378 / closes June 1
Sculpture Space NYC-Projects / Tara Vaughan & Matthew Ward: New Works / 4721 35th Street, LIC, NY / closes June 1
Key Projects Art Space/ A Clearing: Sharon Brant and Deborah Ramsay/ 4129 41st Street, #2G Long Island City, NY / closes May 26
Tribeca and below
Postmasters / Katarzyna Kozyra: Bipeds and Quadrupeds; YveYANG GALLERY / 54 Franklin St, New York, NY / closes June 1
Kerry Schuss / Aglus – Carlson – Mozkowitz / 73 Leonard Street, New York, NY / closes June 15
Bortolami / Virgina Overton: �gua Viva / 39 Walker Street, New York, NY / closes June 15
Lower East Side
47 Canal / Nolan Simon: Other People / 291 Grand, 2nd floor, New York, NY / closes April 7 /Upcoming: Josh Kline / April to June
1969 Gallery / Keiran Brennan Hinton: Close at Hand / 103 Allen St., New York, NY / closes June 16
Brennan & Griffin (LES) / Victoria Roth / 122 Norfolk Street, New York, NY / closes May 26 / Interview
Bureau / Matt Hoyt: Six Winds / 178 Norfolk St, New York, NY / closes June 16
Andrew Edlin Gallery / Big Ringer: curated by Andrew Guenther / 212 Bowery, New York, NY / closes June 8
Chapter NY / Ryan Mrozowski: False Topiary / 249 East Houston St., New York, NY / closes June 23
Derek Eller(LES) / The Generous Gambler: Peter Linde Busk / 300 Broome Street New York, NY / closes April 14 / closes May 26
Downs and Ross /Jackie Connolly / 96 Bowery, 2nd Floor, New York / June 6 to July 26
Equity Gallery / Solos x3 / 245 Broome St, New York, NY / closes May 25
Essex Flowers / Carnival Dreams: Wayne Koestenbaum & Jess Scott / 19 Monroe St., New York, NY / closes May 19
Fierman / Dominic Nurre: Selections from the collection of Larry V. Nurre / 127 Henry St, New York, NY / closes June 16
Freight + Volume / Nicholas Cueva: Sex Wax / 97 Allen St, New York, NY / closes May 19
Frosch & Portmann / Elise Engler: Diary of a Radio Junkie: 1237 Days of Waking up to the News / 53 Stanton St., New York, NY / closes May 19
James Fuentes / Peter Nadin: The Mark Series: The Speaker�Off The Rack / 55 Delancy St, New York, NY / closes May 26
Front Room Gallery / Mark Masyga: Fluency and Clank / 48 Hester Street, New York, NY / closes June 2
Galerie Richard / Gustavo Prado: Assembly / 121 Orchard St, New York, NY / closes June 22
High Noon/ Bobbie Oliver: Residuals / 106 Eldridge St., New York, NY / closes April 14 / Eleanna Anagnos: Mother Tongue / closes May 19
Klaus von Nichtssagend / Tamara Gonzales: Bo Yancon /54 Ludlow St., New York, NY / closes June 16
Kristen Lorello / Jeremy Stenger / 195 Chrystie St., Lobby, New York, NY / closes June 2
Lesley Heller / Delano Dunn: Phantom Paradise / 54 Orchard St., New York, NY / / closes May 19
LMAKprojects / Jane Benson: The End of the Patriarchal System / 298 Grand St., New York, NY / closes June 16
Lyles & King / Mira Schor: California Paintings 1971-1973 106 / Forsyth St., New York, NY / closes May 19 / Review
Magenta Plains / Im Grunde ist es die Wahrheit/ Essentially it’s the truth: Sophie von Hellermann, David Ostrowski, Gerda Scheepers, Mark Van Yetter / 94 Allen St., New York, NY / May 19 to June 23
McKenzie Fine Art / Don Voisine / 55 Orchard St., New York, NY / closes June 9
Nathalie Karg / Elsa Sahal: Harlequins and Bathers / 291 Grand St. New York, NY / closes June 15
Pierogi / Martin Wilner: The Case Histories / 155 Suffolk St., New York, NY / closes June 16
SFA Projects / Binary Star: Jessica Cheung and Susu Pianchupattana / 131 Christie Street, New York, NY / May 14 to May 20
Steven Harvey Fine Arts Projects / Yard: group exhibition / 208 Forsyth Street, New York, NY / closes June 9
Tibor de Nagy / Susan Jane Walp / 15 Rivington St, New York, NY / closes April 14 / Joe Brainard: 50 Works / closes May 24
Canada / We�re Moving / 333 Broome St, New York, NY / closes June 1
Soho
Geary Contemporary / Ayse Wilson: I Found Your Note / 185 Varick St., New York, NY / closes May 31
Team Gallery (Grand) / Scenes of the American Landscape / 83 Grand St., New York, NY / closes June 1
Peter Freeman, Inc. / Between Windows: Silvia B�chli and Eric Hattan / 140 Grand St, New York, NY / closes May 25
Owen James Gallery / Bj�rn Meyer-Ebrecht: Uprising / 59 Wooster St, 2nd floor, New York, NY / closes June 1 / Review
Noho/East Village
The Hole / Joakim Ojanen: Snake Pit; Ry David Bradley / 312 Bowery, New York, NY / closes April 14 / Post Analog Studio / closes May 19
Turn Gallery /Mason Saltarrelli: Incandescent Traveler /37 East 1st St., New York, NY / closes June 9
Fortnight Institute / Felipe Baeza: La Emergencia de Hacer Memoria / 60 East 4th St, New York, NY / closes June 3
Karma / Marley Freeman: Park Closes at Midnight / 188 E 2nd St., New York, NY / May 17 to June 23
Eva Presenhuber / Magali Reus: Private Road / 39 Great Jones St.,New York, NY / closes June 23
Zurcher Gallery / Dance With Me: curated by Kyle Staver / 33 Bleecker St., New York, NY / closes June 16
West Village
New York Studio School / MFA Thesis Exhibition 2019 / 8 W 8th St., New York, NY / May 15 to May 29
Chelsea
Petzel / Ross Bleckner: Pharmaceutria / 456 W. 18th St. New York, NY / closes June 15
Jane Lombard Gallery / Teppei Kaneuji: Plastic Barricade / 518 West 19th St., New York, NY / May 23 to July 3
David Zwirner / Josh Smith: Emo Jungle / 533 West 19th St, New York, NY / closes June 15
Garth Greenan Gallery / Peter Blake: The Artist�s Studio / 545 W 20th Street, New York, NY / closes May 18
Kathryn Markel Fine Arts / Fran Shalom: The Pause That Refreshes; !Quirk: group exhibition / 529 W 20th St, Suite 6W, New York, NY / closes June 15
Paula Cooper (521 W 21) / Walid Raad / 521 W. 21st St., New York, NY / closes May 18
David Zwirner (537 W 20) / Joan Mitchell: I carry my landscapes with me / 537 W. 20th St., New York, NY / closes June 22
Tanya Bonakdar Gallery / Mark Manders: Writing Yellow / 521 West 21st St., New York, NY / closes May 24
Miles McEnery / Tomory Dodge / 520 W 21st St, New York, NY / closes May 24
DC Moore Gallery / David Driskell, Resonance, Paintings 1965 � 2002 / 535 W 22nd St, New York, NY / closes June 8
Allan Stone Projects/ Primarosa Cesarini Sforza: Assemblages; Domenick Turturro: Works on Paper / 535 W 22nd Street, 3rd Floor, New York, NY / May 16 to June 26
P.P.O.W. / Carlos Motta Conatus / 535 West 22nd Street, 3rd Floor New York, NY / closes May 25
Sikkema Jenkins & Co. /Louis Fratino: Come Softly to Me / 530 W 22nd St., New York, NY / closes May 24
Anna Zorina / Kaletski: Lacey Lives / 533 West 23 St., New York, NY / closes June 8
Asya Geisberg Gallery / Shane Walsh: Every Day is Friday / 537 W 23rd St., New York, NY / closes May 18
Lehmann Maupin (24th Street) / Heidi Bucher: The Site of Memory / 501 West 24th St., New York, NY / closes June 15
Pace / Raqib Shaw: Landscapes / 537 W 24th St., New York, NY / closes May 18
Berry Campbell / William Perehudoff: Architect of Color / 530 West 24th St., New York, NY / closes May 24
Jack Shainman / Nick Cave: Weather or Not / 513 W. 20th St., New York, NY / May 17 to June 23
Lisson Gallery (10th Ave) / Sean Scully: PAN / W 24th St., New York, NY / closes June 8
Fredericks & Freiser / Cristina de Miguel: New Paintings / 536 W 24th St., New York, NY / closes June 7
Susan Inglett Gallery / Robyn O’Neil: An Unkindness / 522 W 24th St., New York, NY / closes June 1
Sears Peyton / Andrew Zimmerman / 210 Eleventh Ave., Suite 802, New York, NY / closes June 15
Pace Gallery (510 W 25) / Tony Smith: Source, Tau, Throwback / 510 W 25th St., New York, NY / closes June 22
Lennon, Weinberg, Inc / Mark Sheinkman: New Paintings / 514 W 25th St., New York, NY / closes May 18 / Review
Winston Wachter / Ethan Murrow: American Commerce / 530 West 25th St., New York, NY / May 16 to June 22
Nancy Margolis Gallery / Aubrey Levinthal / 523 West 25th St., New York, NY / closes June 1, 2019 / Catalogue Essay
Greene Naftali (Ground Floor) / Alex Isreal: As It Lays 2 / 508 W 26th St., New York, NY / closes June 15
Greene Naftali(8th Floor) / William Leavitt: Sign Language / 508 West 26th St., New York, NY / closes June 15
Edward Thorp Gallery / Down to the Sea / 531 W 26th St., New York, NY / closes June
James Cohan / Elias Sime: Noiseless / 533 W 26th St., New York, NY / closes June 29
Crush Curatorial / Alina Tenser: Reading Room / 526 West 26th St., Suite 709, New York, NY / closes May 24
Morgan Lehman / Paul Villinski / 526 West 26th St., Suite 419, New York, NY / closes May 31
The Painting Center / Green: The Impossible Color / 547 West 27th St., Suite 500, New York, NY / closes May 18
Carter Burden / Uncontrollable: group show; To the Muse: Myrna Burks; On the Wall: Sue Dean / 548 West 28th Street, #534, New York, NY / closes May 22
Hollis Taggart / Highlight: The Highline with Clare Grills, Ted Gahl, Margaux Ogden, Gary Petersen, Matt Phillips / 507 West 27th St., New York, NY / closes May 31
ODETTA / Syncopation: Emily Berger and Bob Seng / 269 11th Avenue, Lobby 4, 7th Fl / closes May 18
David Nolan Gallery / Wardell Milan: Parisian Landscapes, Blue Zenith / 527 W 29thSt., New York, NY / closes June 14
Monya Rowe / Hiroya Kurata: Union St. / 224 West 30th St., New York, NY / May 16 to June 15
Midtown, etc.
ChaShaMa / Gioconda: Mie Yim / 1155 6th Ave., New York, NY / closes August 5
Gallery MC / Pepper: group exhibition / 459 W 52nd St., New York, NY / May 17 to May 28
Upper East Side
Bookstein Projects / Another America: Selections from El Taller Torres-Garc�a / 60 E 66th St., 3rd Floor, New York, NY / closes June 1
Blum & Poe/ Visions of Brazil: Reimagining Modernity from Tarsila to Sonia: curated by Sofia Gotti / 19 E 66 th St., New York, NY / closes June 22
Petzel Gallery / Andachtsbild: curated by Karel Schampers / 35 E 67th St., New York, NY / closes June 22
David Zwirner / Joan Mitchell: I carry my landscapes around with me / 34 E 69th St, New York, NY / closes June 22
Ceysson & B�n�ti�re / Daniel Firman: Plastic Confetti / 956 Madison Ave., New York, NY / closes June 15
Johannes Vogt Gallery / Maria Zerres; Next Door Guest: Kendra Jayne Patrick / 958 Madison Ave., New York, NY / closes June 1
Gagosian / Desert Painters of Australia: Works from the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia and the Collection of Steve Martin and Anne Stringfield / 976 Madison Ave., New York, NY / closes July 3
Michael Werner / Markus L�pertz: Dans l’Atelier / 4 E 77th St., New York, NY / closes June 22
Almine Rech Gallery / Chloe Wise: Not That We Don�t / 39 E 78th St., 2nd Floor, New York, NY / closes May 18
Boers-Li / Esteban Cabeza de Baca: Worlds without Borders / 24 E 81st St, New York /. closes May 26 / Interview
Mitchell-Innes & Nash (Upper East Side) / Martin Kursels: Cover Story / 1018 Madison Ave., New York, NY / closes May 18
Art + Leisure / Emilia Olsen: There Is Another Sky / 1571 Lexington Ave., New York, NY / closes May 19 / Review
NOTE: Galleries who would like their exhibitions considered for inclusion in the next Two Coats Selected Gallery Guide should send a note to ExhibitionsatTCOP@gmail.com. Please include a few jpegs and exhibition info (preferred format: name of gallery/ title of exhibition / address / dates of show).
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