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
Isa Genzken “Sky Energy”
David Zwirner
533 West 19th Street
CLOSING: April 12
The range of the German artist’s practice goes on view in this exhibition of new and recent pieces, which includes a selection of concrete sculptures, wall-mounted paintings and assemblages, and examples of her ongoing “Schauspieler (Actors)” series. Diverse in their medium and material, Genzken’s works examine the limits separating art, design, architecture, media, and technology, and how these barriers test the boundaries between the permanent and ephemeral.
“New Practices New York 2018”
Center for Architecture
536 LaGuardia Place
OPENS: April 12
The five winners of AIA New York’s 2018 New Practices New York Competition—Agency-Agency, MABU + Matt Burgermaster, N H D M, Only If, and Peterson Rich Office—are exhibited and celebrated here for their innovative practices and constructive approaches to this year’s theme, “Consequence.”
Alex Katz “Cut Outs”
Paul Kasmin
515 West 27th Street
CLOSES: April 12
The artist best known for his flattened approach to the human figure takes his signature aesthetic into sculpture with “Cut Outs,” a solo exhibition of four works depicting Katz’s wife Ada, the full set of his nine-piece “Black Dress” series, and one larger, multifigure work, all rendered in stainless and porcelain enamel coated steel.
“Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960–1985”
Brooklyn Museum
200 Eastern Parkway
OPENS: April 13
The contributions of Latin American and Latina women to contemporary art are documented here through the conceptual and radical works of more than 120 pioneering artists, including Lygia Pape, Ana Mendieta, Margarita Paksa, and Feliza Bursztyn. Ranging from sculpture to photography to performance, these pieces highlight the use of the female body for artistic expression, activism, and social critique.
(Opening image: Amelia Toledo, “Sorriso do menina (Girl’s smile),” 1976. Collection of Fernando and Camila Abdalla. © Amelia Toledo.)
Doug Aitken “New Era”
303 Gallery
555 West 21st Street
OPENS: April 13
Aitken presents a timely interrogation of technology’s impact on humanity with a new immersive installation integrating sound, image, space. Situated in a hexagonal space built into the gallery, the artist projects his film about cellphone inventor Martin Cooper projected onto three mirrored walls, reflecting the piece’s hypnotic imagery in a continuous, disorienting loop. A second work, displayed in an empty space, uses pulsating neon lights that spell out the piece’s title, Jungle, in a seemingly limitless number of variations.
Chris Schanck “Unhomely”
Friedman Benda
515 West 26th Street
CLOSES: April 14
The Detroit-based designer shows 15 new furniture-sculpture hybrids that contrast a raw, low-tech construction technique with space-age symbolism and a futuristic design aesthetic.
