the whitney
The Whitney recently held a groundbreaking ceremony for their new building to be located at Gansevoort Street at the southern entrance of the High Line. It is scheduled to open in 2015.
carol ross
Drawings & Sculpture, Carol Ross’s show at Rooster, features “abstract pieces with overt figural references that combine an almost industrial vocabulary of steel, razor-sharp edges and industrial finish with the basic anthropomorphic suggestiveness of verticality and human scale.”
florian maier-aichen
With his show at 303 Gallery Maier-Aichen “continues his practice of picking apart and expanding notions of photographic representation.”
best of both worlds
The Best of Both Worlds “spotlights books whose stunning art and memorable texts are matched by their typographic and design excellence.” Curated by Jerry Kelly and Riva Castleman, the show is presented at the Grolier Club through July 30.
dasha shishkin
Dasha Shiskin, whose “complex compositions are executed using her characteristic economy of line, coupled with her use of bright blocks of color and elaborate patterning,” has a very nice show at Zach Feur through June 11.
robert greene
Robert Greene’s “highly reduced non-objective style of sublime variegated monochromes” will be on view at Robert Miller through June 18.
andrew schoultz
Andrew Schoultz’s show at Morgan Lehman opens May 19th. Elana Herzog will be showing in the Project Space.
brooklyn street art
Brooklyn Street Art presents Street Art Saved My Life, a group show that “heralds the new highly individual character of stories being told on the streets of New York by brand new and established Street Artists from all over the world.”
yigal ozeri
Garden of the Gods, an exhibition of photorealistic oil paintings by Yigal Ozeri at Mike Weiss, “reflects Ozeri’s continued interest in capturing the spirit of his subjects – ageless sirens in timeless garb, enveloped in the beauty of a vast landscape.”
mark grotjahn
Mark Grotjahn’s show at Anton Kern consists of nine face paintings “based on the simple geometric structure of eyes, nose, and mouth.”