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303 Gallery |
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It’s worth dropping into
303 for their meticulously mounted shows by established-but-still-edgy
contemporary American artists. Think L.A. hipster (and occasional
music-video director) Doug Aitken, prankster Rodney Graham,
and Collier Schorr, who specializes in rough-and-tough, dramatically
lit images. |
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525 W 22nd St, 212-255-1121, 303gallery.com |
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Andrea Rosen
Gallery |
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Andrea Rosen is the tough, platinum
princess of Chelsea. Rosen has her finger on the pulse of contemporary
painting with artists such as the extraordinary young British
painter Nigel Cooke and Dutchman Michael Raedecker. |
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525 W 24th St, 212-627-6000, Andrearosengallery.com |
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Bronx Museum
of Art |
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The Museum is respected
in the art world for its high-quality exhibits of contemporary
art. Exciting and unexpected shows focus on works by African-American,
Latino, and Asian-American artists. Hands-on workshops, spoken-word
performances, film festivals, and club nights bring in members
of the local community. |
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1040 Grand Concourse, 718-681-6000, bxma.org
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Brooklyn Museum
of Art |
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Situated amid Prospect Park, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden,
and the Wildlife Center, this world-renown museum’s collection
represents almost every culture. The museum itself has become
its own culture and entertainment center for visitors, with
regular events, such as the monthly “First Saturdays” that
feature live performances and world music, and end with a
raucous dance party.
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200 Eastern Pkwy, Brooklyn; 718-638-5000, brooklynmuseum.org |
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Daniel Reich
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A disciple of the late gallerist
and art-world persona Pat Hearn, Daniel Reich is the Chelsea
newcomer to watch. With titles like “Karaoke Death Machine,”
the energy of his shows is palpable, and has made the hole-in-the-wall
become a hit with critics and younger artists alike. |
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537A W 23rd St, 212-924-4949, Danielreichgallery.com |
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David Zwirner
Gallery |
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A Chelsea player who, unlike some
of his peers, is viewed by the younger set as an inspiration,
David Zwirner was one of the last taste-makers to surrender
SoHo and move to Chelsea in 2002. Zwirner’s stable of contemporary
artists is international and progressive, running the gamut
from the painfully subtle to the playful and polymorphously
perverse. |
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525 W 19th St, 212-727-2070, davidzwirner.com |
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Deitch Projects |
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Jeffrey Deitch is another of that
rare breed of art-world legend, seen about town wherever hip-enough
events are happening. He’s got a reputation for being extravagant
with his money, funding over-the-top shows, like Italian diva
Vanessa Beecroft’s performance numbers involving large numbers
of barely-clad models standing about for hours on end. |
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76 Grand St, 212-343-7300, deitch.com |
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The Drawing
Center |
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The non-profit Drawing
Center has long been a sanctuary for the quieter art media.
It specializes in historical exhibits that surprise: from their
selection of nearly 150 works from the Tate collection (by Bacon,
Beckmann, Blake, Duchamp, Picabia, Johns, Hesse, and others)
to a show of nearly 200 never-before-seen Ellsworth Kelly works
on paper. |
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35 Wooster St near Grand St, 212-219-2166, Drawingcenter.org
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Friedrich Petzel
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A great venue for international,
contemporary art, Friedrich Petzel represents such talents as
American painter Sarah Morris, Cuban-born Jorge Pardo, and red-hot
Londoner Nicola Tyson. |
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535 W 22nd St, 212-680-9467, Petzel.com |
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Gagosian Gallery |
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Larry Gagosian is the very definition
of an art-world player. A show at any of his influential galleries
– two in New York and in London, and one in L.A. – is the flashing
neon announcement that an artist has made it. His 2000 Damien
Hirst exhibit is infamous as one of the most extravagantly produced
shows in recent history, with a three-story-high anatomical
model and an ob-gyn examination chair sunken in a fish tank. |
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980 Madison Ave near 76th St., 212-744-2313; 555 W 24th St,
212-741-1111; Gagosian.com |
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Gavin Brown's Enterprise |
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Gallery owner Gavin Brown has a very
East-End sensibility: don’t try too hard, and they will love
you. His former meatpacking District space hosted Elizabeth
Peyton’s slack paintings of Kurt Cobain and Elliot Smith, and
was the birthplace of godfathers of electroclash and onetime
performance art troupe, Fischerspooner. Sick of the scene, Brown
recently moved the gallery to a lonely spot on Greenwich Street.
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• 620 Greenwich
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Gorney
Bravin + Lee Gallery |
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Opened in 1998, this
classically “Chelsea” space (concrete floors and tall, white
walls) houses work by both mid-career and emerging talent like
Turner Prize winner Gillian Wearing, sculptor Jessica Stockholder,
and photographer Justine Kurland. |
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534 W 26th St, 212-352-8372, Gblgallery.com |
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Guggenheim
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At the Guggenheim, art isn't limited
to the collections. The unusual spiral-shape of architect Frank
Lloyd Wright’s masterpiece lures visitors to line up at the
89th and Fifth Avenue entry. And with a scheduled $20 million
restoration planned, the museum’s structure will only improve
with time. |
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1071 Fifth Ave. at 89th St., 212-423-3500, guggenheim.org |
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Lehman Maupin
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A former Soho powerhouse, Lehman
Maupin finally relocated to a Rem Koolhaas-designed Chelsea
space in 2002. The gallery hosts Korean sculptor Do-Ho Suh,
infamous British bad-girl Tracey Emin, and American Julian LaVerdiere,
the artist behind the moving "Tribute in Light" at the World
Trade Center site. |
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• 540 W 26th
St, 212-255-2923, Lehmannmaupin.com |
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Luhring Augustine
Gallery |
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For monumental sculpture with a twist,
Luhring Augustine is a good bet. Paul McCarthy, who most recently
inflated his five-story-high, chocolate-colored "Pinocchio"
in Central Park, puts his dark pop pieces on view in this cavernous
space, along with Janine Antoni, whose earlier works were sculpted
in chocolate and lard using her teeth. |
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531 W 24th St, 212-206-9100, Luhringaugustine.com
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Marian Goodman
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In a word: formidable. Marian Goodman
is hands-down one of the most influential and respected dealers
of contemporary art in town, with a powerhouse stable of artists–many
of which are European stars she introduced to the States. |
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24 W 57th St, 212-977-7160, Mariangoodman.com |
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Marianne Boesky
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Swing by to find very hip, on-the-verge
contemporary artists, such as anime-inspired Japanese artist
Takashi Murakami—who has collaborated with Marc Jacobs and coined
"super-flat" pop—and startling, prodigious young painter Barnaby
Furnas, whose visceral, dynamic scenes of Civil War battles,
gangsters, and rock bands are suddenly very much in demand.
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535 W 22nd St, 212-680-9889, Marianneboeskygallery.com |
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Matthew Marks
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This is a prime spot for international
contemporary art, with immaculately mounted photography shows
by the likes of Andreas Gursky (the subject of a MoMA mid-career
retrospective), and the infamous Nan Goldin. Goldin’s exhibits
are events, attracting intimidating downtown crowds, with gem-like
color images of her friends and former lovers – her last even
featured a back-room slide show set to a medieval hymn recorded
by Björk. |
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• 522 W. 22nd
St.; 523 W. 24th St.; 521 W. 21st St; 212-243-0200, Matthewmarks.com |
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Metro Pictures |
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At Metro Pictures Gallery, Cindy
Sherman, one of the most prominent contemporary photographers
of our time, remains the superstar. She shares the gallery with
Tony Oursler and the original L.A. bad boy, mixed media artist
Mike Kelley, among others. |
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• 519 W. 24th
St, 212-206-7100, Metropicturesgallery.com |
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The Metropolitan
Museum of Art |
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Not only does this art
powerhouse have one of the best collections in the world, but
The Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden, open May through
late fall, is one of the most unique outdoor sculpture spaces
in the city. No wonder sophisticated twenty-and thirty-somethings
meet there to grab a drink and enjoy the incredible views of
Central Park. |
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1000 Fifth Ave. at 82nd St, 212-535-7710, metmuseum.org |
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Museum of Modern
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For the past two and a half years,
while its permanent home underwent renovation, the Museum of
Modern Art occupied a former Swingline staple factory in Queens.
The November 2004 reopening of its Manhattan building promises
the same interesting juxtapositions of works by artists ranging
from Van Gogh to Matisse to Warhol – just in a better space. |
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• Until September
2004: 33rd St. at Queens Blvd., Long Island City; After November
20 2004: 53rd St. and 5th Ave, 212-708-9400, moma.org |
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PaceWildenstein
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Founded in 1960 on Boston’s Newbury
Street, PaceWildenstein is a class act, with shows by historically
significant older artists such as Robert Rauschenberg and Minimalist
giants Donald Judd, Sol LeWitt, and Dan Flavin. Their painters
include the celebrated Chuck Close, Alex Katz, and the late
Mark Rothko, as well as the recently rediscovered Agnes Martin. |
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• 32 E 57th St
and 534 W 25th St, 212-421-3292, Pacewildenstein.com
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P.S.1 Contemporary
Art Center |
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Located in Long Island City, Queens,
P.S.1 is not only on the edge with its alternative space movement,
but their long-running summer Saturday "Warm Up" music festival
is also a much- anticipated summer event that draws thousands
of hipsters and artists for music and visual arts performances.
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22-25 Jackson Ave at 46th Ave., Long Island City, Queens; 718-784-2084,
ps1.org |
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Sonnabend Gallery |
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Romanian-born gallerist Ileana Sonnabend
is the stuff of art-world legend: she and her husband were the
first to bring American Pop to European shores, through the
works of Claes Oldenburg, Andy Warhol, and James Rosenquist.
They also became champions of Minimalism abroad, exhibiting
Dan Flavin, Donald Judd, and Robert Morris early in the game. |
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Whitney Museum
of American Art |
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This collegiate Madison Avenue gem is definitely the place
to go to view bold, truly eclectic contemporary art, including
works by Georgia O’Keefe, Andy Warhol, Charles Sheeler and
Jackson Pollack.
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• 945 Madison
Avenue at 75th St., 800-944-8639, whitney.org |
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