The New Museum’s midcareer survey of Elizabeth Peyton, Live Forever: Elizabeth Peyton, features over 100 works, including her now familiar celebrity portraits. I am happy to see Ms. Peyton receive these recent accolades.
Live Forever: Elizabeth Peyton
New Museum
235 Bowery
October 8 – January 11
Photographer Dave Ortiz will be the guest exhibitor this month at SOHO PHOTO. His show, entitled Images Alone, consists of work that Ortiz took during a 2006 visit to Japan where he “emulated photographer Robert Frank’s ability to live by images alone.” The opening reception will be Tuesday, October 7, from 6-8 PM.
Dave Ortiz
Images Alone
SOHO PHOTO
15 White Street
October 7 – November 1
Come be a part of the 4th annual Harlem Open Studio Tour this Saturday and Sunday. Over 100 Harlem Artists will participate in numerous studios all throughout Harlem. My studio is located on the corner of 107th and 3rd, 5th floor.
artHARLEM
Open Studios
Saturday October 4th
12:00-6:00
Sunday October 5th
1:00-6:00
1950 3rd Ave @ 107th St.
5th Floor
Gilbert & George are coming to Brooklyn. The Brooklyn Museum is the final stop of the first international retrospective of these two artists in over twenty years. Comprised of over eighty pieces, the show “traces their stylistic and emotional evolution through their pictures and art in other media, ranging from charcoal on paper sculpture from the early 1970s to postcard pieces to ephemera dating back to the 1960s.” Do see it.
Gilbert & George
The Brooklyn Museum
October 3 – January 11
Four artists have been shortlisted for this year’s Turner Prize. The winner will be announced on December 1.
For his current show at PaceWildenstein Keith Tyson relied upon creation through chance. “The work on view is literally the result of an equation Tyson sent to the gallery in 2007. Using this algorithm, the gallery’s production team followed a sequence of instructions to calculate and determine the size, shape, and color of each sculpture, and fabricate the outcome.”
Keith Tyson
Fractal Dice
PaceWildenstein
545 W. 22nd St.
September 5 – October 4
Los Angeles photographer Jill Greenberg has received death threats in response to a series of doctored photographs she took of John McCain.
“Subtle they are not, though they certainly highlight some embarrassing facts about the candidate”.
Artist/Curator Misha McGlown has organized a show dealing with the changes that Harlem is undergoing. EVOLUTION: The Changing Face of Harlem features 25 Harlem artists responding to this topic in a variety of manners. The show, loosely in response to Columbia University’s expansion, takes place at their Russ Berrie and Lasker Buildings. It also signals the opening of the Harlem Open Studio Tour, which will take place the weekend of October 4 and 5.
EVOLUTION: The Changing Face of Harlem
artHARLEM
Russ Berrie Building
1150 St. Nicholas
@168th St.
Lasker Building
3960 Broadway
@ 168th St.
September 22 – November 6
Van Gogh and the Colors of the Night opens soon at the MoMA. The show will demonstrate how Van Gogh attempted to “represent the night by light” by “translating visual light effects with various color combinations”. With over two dozen paintings spanning his entire career being shown, this looks like a guaranteed crowd pleasing blockbuster.
Vincent Van Gogh
The Colors of the Night
MoMA
53rd St. btwn 5th and 6th
September 21 – January 5
In the midst of a recession, Damien Hirst thrives. On a day that saw the worst loss on Wall Street in 7 years, Damien Hirst’s private auction took in $127.2 million at Sotheby’s in London. By bypassing dealers and traditional galleries, Hirst guarantees himself a nice payday, and sets the tone for artists to follow his lead. According to rumor, Takashi Murakami will be next.