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Art galleries, exhibitions and reviews of the latest and best art in New York
- Edward Hopper's New York: A Walking Tour
- Top five shows: May 23–29, 2013
- James Nares, Street (Five star review)
- Ten photo exhibitions you shouldn’t miss
- See photos, video of MoMA's amazing...
Edward Hopper's New York: A Walking Tour
Follow Whitney curator Carter Foster on a tour of New York places that inspired Edward Hopper
Top five shows: May 23–29, 2013
The best of the week in art
James Nares, Street (Five star review)
Nares’s mesmerizing video is a Whitmanesque masterpiece
Rated as: 5/5
Ten photo exhibitions you shouldn’t miss
These must-see shows are worth the visit
See photos, video of MoMA's amazing...
The new installation by Random International lets visitors dance through raindrops without ever getting wet
Best art in New York: Critics' picks
"Martial Raysse: 1960–1974"
- Critics choice
- Free
Martial Raysse's work was the most Pop-like of the artists associated with Nouveau Réalisme.
- Luxembourg & Dayan 64 E 77th St, between Madison and Park Aves, 10075
- Fri May 24 - Sat Jul 13
"Jack Goldstein x 10,000"
- Critics choice
The Jewish Museum presents the first American retrospective of Jack Goldstein, one of the most influential figures in postmodernism.
- The Jewish Museum 1109 Fifth Ave, at 92nd St, 10128
- Sat May 25 - Sun Sep 29
"PUNK: Chaos to Couture"
- Critics choice
The Met’s Costume Institute investigates the aesthetics of punk culture and how it has influenced designers.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1000 Fifth Ave, at 82nd St, 10028
- Fri May 24 - Wed Aug 14
Ugo Rondinone, Human Nature
- Critics choice
- Free
Rondinone goes paleolithic with this grouping of monumental megalithic figures for Rockefeller Plaza.
- Public Art Fund at Rockefeller Center Plaza 45 Rockefeller Plaza, between 49th and 50th Sts and Fifth and Sixth Aves
- Sat May 25 - Fri Jun 7
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Gary Indiana, “Gristle Springs”
- Rated as: 4/5
- Critics choice
- Free
In Indiana's work, the pictures tell a story, albeit one that emerges from your own imagination.
- Participant Inc 253 E Houston St, between Norfolk and Suffolk Sts
- Fri May 24 - Sun May 26
Claes Oldenburg, The Street and The Store + Mouse Museum/Ray Gun Wing
- Rated as: 5/5
- Critics choice
Oldenburg's early forays into installation presciently deconstructed consumer society and the art world alike.
- Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) 11 W 53rd St, between Fifth and Sixth Aves, 10019
- Fri May 24 - Mon Aug 5
"Richard Serra: Early Work"
- Rated as: 5/5
- Critics choice
- Free
David Zwirner’s museum-quality survey takes viewers back to the downtown scene of the late 1960s.
- David Zwirner 537 W 20th St, between Tenth and Eleventh Aves, 10011
- Fri May 24 - Sat Jun 15
Zak Kitnick
- Rated as: 4/5
- Critics choice
- Free
Kitnick takes his compulsion to organize to ingenious new levels, by basing his works on the bagua color chart used in feng shui.
- Clifton Benevento 515 Broadway , between Broome and Spring Sts
- Fri May 24 - Sat May 25
Current New York gallery shows
Simon Hantaï
- Critics choice
- Free
The French abstractionist paintings are distinguished by a form of tie-dye that creates interplays between positive and negative space.
- Paul Kasmin Gallery 515 W 27th St, between Tenth and Eleventh Aves
- Fri May 24 - Sat Jun 15
Florian Meisenberg
- Critics choice
- Free
The latest paintings by this Berlin-to-New York transplant are more abstract and mysterious than his previous works.
- Simone Subal Gallery 131 Bowery, between Broome and Grand Sts, second floor, 10002
- Fri May 24 - Sun Jun 23
Alex Hubbard, "Magical Ramón and the Five Bar Blues"
- Critics choice
- Free
Local prestidigitator and street performer Magical Ramón stars in a video by Hubbard.
Ellsworth Kelly, "Singular Forms 1966–2009"
- Critics choice
- Free
Kelly offers a master class in how to make art that holds a wall with these shaped monochrome reliefs.
- Mnuchin Gallery 45 E 78th St, between Madison and Park Aves, 10075
- Fri May 24 - Sat Jun 1
Art in pictures
Frieze New York 2013: A photo tour
TONY went into the tent to check out the big art fair. Photographs by Caroline Voagen Nelson.
Outdoor art: Amazing public art and street art in New York
New York is packed with dazzling public art installations, street-art murals and witty graffiti.
Best art galleries and exhibitions
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Price band: 3/4
- Critics choice
The Metropolitan Museum is impressive in terms both of quality and scale.
- 1000 Fifth Ave, (at 82nd St)
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
- Price band: 1/4
MoMA is home to the most important artworks, spanning the 19th to 21st centuries.
- 11 W 53rd St, (between Fifth and Sixth Aves)
Whitney Museum of American Art
- Price band: 2/4
- Critics choice
The museum’s reputation rests mainly on the Whitney Biennial.
- 945 Madison Ave, (at 75th St)
Brooklyn Museum
- Price band: 2/4
- Critics choice
Brooklyn’s art showcase is a less-crowded alternative to Manhattan’s spaces.
- 200 Eastern Pkwy, (at Washington Ave)
Art events calendar
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Sleep No More
To untimely rip and paraphrase a line from Macbeth...
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Claes Oldenburg,...
Now 84, Pop artist Claes Oldenburg is best known f...
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James Nares, Street
Nares’s mesmerizing video comprises a deceptively ...
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