A short list of the can’t-miss new exhibition openings (and closings) this week, by city. See last week’s list for other recent openings, and for a more comprehensive guide, see our Itinerary.
NEW YORK
“Zero Waste Design Guidelines”
Center for Architecture
536 LaGuardia Place
OPENS: June 14
Developed in 2016 with over 100 multidisciplinary collaborators, the Center’s Zero Waste Design Guidelines set out design strategies to revolutionize New York’s waste system. Expanding on that initiative, this exhibition, curated by journalist Andrew Blum, examines the life cycle of trash to uncover further opportunities and challenges in the city’s aim to produce zero waste by 2030. A full-day symposium and evening panels accompany the presentation.
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“Charles Ray: Three Rooms and the Repair Annex”
Matthew Marks Gallery
522 and 526 W 22nd Street
CLOSES: June 16
Charles Ray’s glossy exhibition at the Matthew Marks Gallery sees the artist playing with shiny surfaces and metallic textures. The three sculptures in the main gallery meld the art historical past with the mechanized present, dressing subjects drawn from classical motifs and themes in a polished sheen: a reclining nude in stainless steel, a lion fighting a dog in sterling silver, and a Greco-Roman relief in aluminum. The two pieces in the gallery’s annex display the reverse process: a pair stainless steel sculptures of car mechanics painted a matte, almost marble-like white.
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“American Painters in Italy: From Copley to Sargent”
Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 5th Avenue
CLOSES: June 17
The Met’s exhibition explores the detailed watercolors, rough sketchbooks, and finished drawings of American artists who travelled to Italy from the late eighteenth to the early twentieth centuries. The exhibition features works from artists John Singleton Copley, James McNeill Whistler, John Singer Sargent, and others who, following the European tradition of the Grand Tour, travelled to Italy to be inspired by the country’s rich cultural heritage and breathtaking landscapes and cityscapes.
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“Image Building: How Photography Transforms Architecture”
Parrish Art Museum
279 Montauk Highway
Water Mill, NY
CLOSES: June 17
“Image Building: How Photography Transforms Architecture” at the Parrish Art Museum in Southampton takes a diachronic approach to examining the interplay of photography and architecture. Guest curated by Therese Lichtenstein, the 57 images that comprise the exhibition span a range of subjects (the urban, the suburban, and the rural) from renowned and underappreciated photographers (Ezra Stoller, Iwan Baan, Julius Sherman, Ed Ruscha, and Stephen Shore among them), revealing our fluid and variable perceptions of these seemingly monolithic buildings and structures over time. Read more about the exhibition.
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LONDON
Serpentine Pavilion 2018
Serpentine Gallery
Kensington Gardens
London
OPENS: June 15
Mexican architect Frida Escobedo lends her knack for urban reactivation to the 18th edition of the Serpentine Pavilion. Drawing on Mexican architecture and British materials, her courtyard-based design for the temporary Pavilion employs light, water, and geometry to create a space for both play and contemplation. The Pavilion also hosts the Serpentine’s Park Nights series of programs, which presents site-specific, interdisciplinary works and performances that respond to Escobedo’s design.
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“Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up”
Victoria and Albert Museum
Cromwell Road, Knightsbridge
London
OPENS: June 16
This exhibition illuminates the life, art, and inimitable dress of the Mexican icon through more than 200 of her personal objects, including her signature Tehuana garments, pre-Columbian jewelry, intricately painted prosthetics, and collection of ex votos, none of which will have ever been exhibited before. Displayed alongside film and portraits of the artist, they offer compelling insight into how Kahlo empowered herself with art and style.
(Opening image: Frida Kahlo, “Frida on the bench,” 1939. Photo: Nickolas Muray, © Nickolas Muray Photo Archives.)
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ELSEWHERE
NeoCon 2018
The Mart
222 Merchandise Mart Plaza, Suite 470
Chicago
OPENS: June 11
Marking its 50th year as a platform for the commercial design industry, NeoCon 50 assembles a blockbuster 500 exhibitors including heavyweights such as Knoll and newcomers such as Scandinavian Spaces. Rounding out the program, its lineup of seminars and marquee presentations, led by leading architects and designers such as Carol Ross Barney and Art Gensler, covers topics from branding to technology.
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Design Miami/Basel 2018
Hall 1 Süd, Messe Basel
Basel
OPENS: June 12
At its 13th edition in Basel, the contemporary design fair brings together 47 galleries from 13 countries, in addition to key sections such as Design at Large, a presentation of large-scale installations; and Design Curio, featuring 10 environments filled with artifacts, textiles, and objects. Read on for our highlights.
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Juergen Teller “Zittern auf dem Sofa”
Garage Museum of Contemporary Art
9/32 Krymsky Val Street
Moscow
OPENS: June 12
The German photographer’s love for football is palpable in this exhibition, held on the eve of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, hosted in Russia. Featuring his new and old images of players and fans shot all around the globe, Teller’s own history with the sport is documented in highly personal photographs and a video stream of every German game he’s ever watched, positioning himself as both player and spectator.
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Art Basel 2018
Messeplatz 10, Messe Basel
Basel
OPENS: June 14
The art world’s definitive fair returns for its 49th edition, marshalling 290 international galleries presenting works by some 4,000 modern and contemporary artists. Highlights include curated exhibitions of works by Irving Penn (Hamiltons), Helen Chadwick (Richard Saltoun Gallery), and Fouad Elkoury (The Third Line) in the Feature sector; and solo projects by emerging talents such as Christine Sun Kim (White Space Beijing) and Flaka Haliti (Deborah Schamoni) in Statements.
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