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NYC 2012 Spring Gallery Openings, An Overview!

ART The 2012 Spring Gallery Exhibition Season in New York City is coming to a close. Here are all of the openings at various galleries in the Chelsea Arts District, which we covered in different issues through-out the Spring 2012. To make viewing these openings more convenient, we have put links to the specific issue […]

2012 Gallery Openings (4 More from April) + Chatham Artillery Punch

ART David Opdyke “Accumulated Afterthoughts”   Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery is presenting the meticulous work of David Opdyke which both delights and disturbs. Based on the concept that when “Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold…” (William Butler Yeats). This concept is the artist’s personal experience after growing up in Schenectady, New York and watching that city […]

Gallery Openings: Damian Stamer “Southern Comfort”, Joseph Nechvatal “nOise anusmOs” & Chip Simone Photography + Chicken & Eggplant Saltimbocca

ARTS Damian Stamer “Southern Comfort” Freight + Volume Gallery   “Back Where I Came From” oil on canvas, 48″ x 72″ – 2012 – $9,000 “Southern Comfort” runs through May 19, 2012. Freight + Volume 530 West 24th Street New York, NY 2012 ——————- Joseph Nechvatal  “nOise anusmOs” Galerie Richard Paris / New York   […]

Gallery Openings: Rebecca Morgan, “Cabin Fever” – Scott Fraser’s New Work – Eugene Lemay “Navigator” + A Duck Sandwich

ART Rebecca Morgan “CABIN FEVER” Opens at Asya Geisberg Gallery Memling, Van Eyck, R. Crumb, Frans Hals, Adrien Brouwer and Brueghel are all historic influences used to describe Rebecca Morgan’s portraits and self-portraits. From “beauty to repulsive” the artist comes to grips with her Appalachian roots. Stereotypes and caricatures are always based on a certain […]

Ruth Marten at Hosfelt Gallery, Spring Openings Continue + A Pakistani Buffet

ART Ruth Marten Strange Bedfellows at Hosfelt Gallery, NYC Through June 16, 2012 New York artist Ruth Marten is a “draftsman” more than a painter – she also creates conceptual sculptures. She has worn many hats as a NYC creative person, by doing illustrations for major magazines and as a major tattoo artist. The largest […]

RMS Titanic Art, Photos & Books + Food Worthy of the Titanic

  At 12:13 pm on May 31, 1911, The White Star Line’s RMS Titanic rolled down her slipway at a Belfast shipyard into the water. Almost a year later, on April 10, 1912 the “technological-wonder-of-its-time” left Southampton, England on her maiden voyage. She stopped at Cherbourg, France and Queenstown (Cobh), Ireland before steaming towards her trans-Atlantic […]

Take a Tour of New Art in Chelsea in 3 Issues Covering Spring Exhibitions

  Gallery Openings in Chelsea attract collectors, museum curators, critics, other artists and art lovers from New York City, around the U.S. and around the world. At the opening of ZieherSmith’s Paul Housley exhibit, click on (1), below, to view.*   New Art in Chelsea – Spring Exhibitions (1) To see Gallery opening for Mick Rock […]

New Art in Chelsea – Spring Exhibitions (3) + Mad Men’s Cocktails

Fred Sandback’s colorful STRINGS create delicate sculptures and define their space. *   ART FRED SANDBACK “DECADES” at David Zwirner Gallery 525 West 19th Street, NYC Works from 1968-2000 Exhibition up until April 21, 2012   Image © Fred Sandback. Courtesy of the artist and David Zwirner, New York.     Drawn Images © Fred […]

New Art in Chelsea – Spring Exhibitions (2) + “The Highliner” replaces “Empire Diner”

  Artist Maurizio Cattelan and New Museum director Massimiliano Gioni have opened “Family Business” gallery – a non-profit project space. (This kitschy photo is used by the gallery to symbolize the concept of a “Family Business”) For those searching for our Armory Arts Week coverage – the direct link is: THE MAJOR ART FAIRS of NYC’s ARMORY […]