Fall is shaping up to be an exciting season for New York’s art scene, including the long-awaited reopening of the New Museum and debut of its OMA-designed expansion in the Lower East Side. The institution will christen the space with group exhibition “New Humans: Memories of the Future” opening October, which will interrogate technological impact. Uptown, the Studio Museum in Harlem is also debuting its new building, with a public reopening set for Nov. 15. Opening exhibitions include work by Tom Lloyd, an archival presentation of the museum’s history, selections from the permanent collection and new site-specific commissions.
The Studio Museum in Harlem.
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The Museum of the City of New York is celebrating the centennial of Robert Rauschenberg in collaboration with the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation. On Sept. 12, the museum will unveil photo exhibition “Robert Rauschenberg’s New York: Pictures from the Real World.”
A few blocks south, the Guggenheim will exhibit Rauschenberg’s 32-foot painting “Barge,” along with a dozen other works by the late artist in honor of his 100th birthday. You also still have plenty of time to check out — or revisit — Rashid Johnson’s monumental solo exhibition “A Poem for Deep Thinkers” at the Guggenheim, which will remain open through January. Looking to get further immersed in Johnson’s work? The artist, in collaboration with Performa, will reprise his “The Dutchman” performance piece at the Russian & Turkish Baths in the East Village. The five-night revival taking place Sept. 24 through Sept. 28 comes with a dress code: bathhouse attire. Robes, towels, footwear and bottled water will be provided.
Claude Monet, “The Red House.”
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Other museum shows in New York this fall include “Sixties Surreal” at the Whitney Museum, a Ruth Asawa retrospective at MoMA, and the first U.S. survey of Cuban American artist Coco Fusco’s work at El Museo del Barrio. The city’s largest exhibition of Claude Monet’s work in more than two decades opens on Oct. 11 at the Brooklyn Museum. “Monet and Venice” is focused on the artist’s Venetian paintings, installed in dialogue with other artists like Pierre-Auguste Renoir and John Singer Sargent.
Ruth Asawa at “Ruth Asawa: A Retrospective View,” San Francisco Museum of Art, 1973. Photograph by Laurence Cuneo. © 2024 Ruth Asawa Lanier, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy David Zwirner.
Gagosian will exhibit Richard Serra’s large-scale sculpture “Running Arcs (For John Cage),” which has only been exhibited once before, at its Chelsea gallery space beginning Sept. 12. Nearby, Robert Longo has taken over the entire Pace gallery space with a solo exhibition of paintings, and has wrapped the exterior with an image of the American Constitution. Gladstone will also feature a facade installation for its inaugural exhibition of work by Lawrence Weiner. In SoHo, painter Sam McKinniss is showing new works at Jeffrey Deitch in aptly titled solo exhibition “Law and Order,” inspired by “law breakers and law enforcers.”
While there’s a lot to see around New York this fall, several exciting exhibitions are only a day (or weekend) trip away. In Philadelphia, the Calder Gardens makes its debut on Sept. 21 across the street from the Barnes Foundation and Rodin Museum. The outdoor cultural site will feature Calder’s works in an outdoor setting by landscape designer Piet Oudolf and indoor hub by architect firm Herzog & de Meuron.
At Hudson Valley’s Dia:Beacon, performance artist Tehching Hsieh is getting his first career retrospective, opening Oct. 4. The exhibition will feature 11 pivotal works by the artist, created between 1978 and 1999.
The Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA will mark the North American debut of “Andrew Gn: Fashioning the World” on Sept. 13. The exhibition features nearly 100 works created by the designer, including clothing, accessories and sketches.
Installation view of the “Andrew Gn: Fashioning Singapore and the World” exhibition at the Asian Civilisations Museum (ACM), 2023. Image courtesy of Asian Civilisations Museum.
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