NYC art map and recs, 9/22/25 - 9/28/25
Hi folks! A little bit of a quieter week after a few busy ones — I took some artist friends who were visiting from out of town around on Saturday, and it was truly such a welcome breath of fresh air to see art with people who don’t consume it at the intense rate that I do, and to see them encounter work for the first time that was overly familiar to me.
We got through most of Chelsea, and I have to say, it’s kind of an odd Fall season where I don’t feel like there are really many blockbuster gallery shows, and where a lot of galleries seem to have opted to do historical shows. The Cady Noland exhibition at Gagosian is such a head scratcher, that I’ve heard wildly divergent takes on — people seem to either think it’s the best gallery show of the decade or the worst. Not sure I feel quite that strongly in either direction, but if the question is “Can you still be transgressive if you show at Gagosian?” the answer seems to be “No.”
I also want to say that it feels like a strong season for sculpture, with a slate of fantastic exhibitions including Kahlil Robert Irving: EF3+E40 at Canada, Nayland Blake at Matthew Marks, Max Hooper Schneider: Scavenger at 125 Newbury, DW Fitzpatrick: Daphne at Gordon Robichaux, and Jean-Luc Moulène at Miguel Abreu.
If you haven’t caught the current round of exhibitions in Tribeca, a bunch of galleries will be open late from 6pm - 8pm this Thursday for Autumn Art Night. Additionally, it is once again Bushwick Open Studios weekend! Every artist sets their own hours, so be sure to check out the member director for more info.
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Geography Brief
- Kevin Kramer Gallery opens at 121 W 27th St Suite 702 with the group exhibition New York / São Paulo on September 25th, 6pm
- Andrew Edlin Gallery opens its new Tribeca location at 392 Broadway with the group exhibition In a dark time, the eye begins to see on September 25th, 6pm - 8pm
Openings
Monday, September 22nd
Josh Smith: Decade at Dakota *Hours change weekly, check website
Wednesday, September 24th
Miguel Ferrando: Works on Paper 1975–1995 at Candice Madey
Tessa Greene O’Brien at Candice Madey
Will Beattie: Open Sky at UrbanGlass
2025 Benefit Auction: Welcome to the Multiscape at The Drawing Center *Ticketed benefit event on September 30th
Li-Ming Hu & Charmaine Poh: Likenesses: Speaking with the Selves at Goethe-Institut New York *6pm - 8:30pm
Daniel Temkin: SYS//LOOP::[branch>halt..𖥧𖠰⧉≡⬡] at Higher Pictures
Thursday, September 25th
Kersten Geers & David Van Severen: Four Five Six at a83
Pyaari Azaadi: Talkin’ Bout a Revolution at Pen and Brush
Nate Boyce: Heaven Beneath You as an Abyss at Lomex
Brazil Modern at R & Company *No opening reception
James Casebere: The Spatial Unconscious at Williamsburg Biannual
Figural & Figurative: From Rembrandt to the 21St Century at Artifact Projects
Ribal Molaeb: Paintings at Artifact Projects
Traces at C24
Bruce Gilden: 8 Days in Napoli at Leica Store and Gallery
Roger Sichel: Iconic Smokin’ Hot Kiss at One Art Space *6pm - 9pm
Fiber of Being at Culture Lab LIC
Christian Hincapié: Decisions at a Desk at Mishkin Gallery
Federico de Francesco: And Now at Jupiter
Akiko Hirai: Immortality at Guild Gallery
Ziva Jelin at Levy Gorvy Dayan
Aicon: Oxygen Levels at The Fridge
Emily Parsons: Blue Hour at Gallery Art &
Friday, September 26th
Rafael Kamada: After a Few Seasons at Storage
OK Davies: Decoys at 14BC Gallery
In a dark time, the eye begins to see at Andrew Edlin
Adam Amram: Left in the Lurch at Zepster Gallery
Darby Allin, Raymond Pettibon and Charlie Ramone: 52W HARDWAY at 52 Walker
An Ecology of Quilts: The Natural History of American Textiles at the American Folk Art Museum
In Our Time: Eleven Artists + W.E.B. Du Bois at Pratt Manhattan Gallery
Yuki Kimura: Des Treize at Jenny's
Mary Mattingly: Equilibrium at Pace University Art Gallery
Living Matter, Shaping Futures at BioBat Art Space
Saturday, September 27th
Diane Simpson: Formal Wear at American Academy of Arts and Letters *4pm - 7pm
Sam Contis: Phases at American Academy of Arts and Letters *4pm - 7pm
Rhea Dillon: Heads at American Academy of Arts and Letters *4pm - 7pm
Eric N. Mack: Fishers of Men at American Academy of Arts and Letters *4pm - 7pm
The Future Was Then: The Changing Face of Fascist Italy at Poster House *No opening reception
Blazing A Trail: Dorothy Waugh’s National Parks Posters at Poster House
Armando Guadalupe Cortés: Dead Parrot Radio at Smack Mellon
Chang Yuchen: For those who share mornings and evenings at Smack Mellon
Events
Tuesday, September 23rd
Book launch for Botto’s Neurealism: Botto’s Photographic Outputs from 2022-2024 at Offline
6pm
IMPULSE Forum: Copy of A Copy: Does Art Need Copyright? at Microscope Gallery
6pm
New Crits talk with Raúl de Nieves in conversation with Ajay Kurian at Water Street Association
6:30pm
Artists at Work: Anaïs Horn in Conversation with Wendy Vogel at ISCP
6:30pm - 7:30pm
Economies of Love. Part 5: Commodified Life screening at eflux screening room
7pm
Artist talk by Ali Rajabi at SVA
7pm - 8:30pm
Wednesday, September 24th
Tom Burr: Torrington Project Book Launch at Dia Chelsea
6:30pm
Edward Burtynsky and Bill McKibben: The Role of the Image in the Age of the Climate Crisis talk at ICP
6:30pm - 8pm
Thursday, September 25th
Carlie Trosclair Artist Talk at NYU
5:30pm
Tammy Nguyen in Conversation with William Villalongo at Cooper Union
6pm - 7pm
Zora Sicher book signing for Geography at Dashwood Books
6pm - 8pm
Dana Claxton and Joseph M. Pierce artist talk at MoMA
6pm
NADA TALKS #4: Regina Rex and Andrew Woolbright
6pm
Eleanor Mahin Thorp and Nicholas Triolo In Conversation at Plato Gallery
6pm - 8pm
The Land We Share Panel Discussion at the Whitney
6:30pm
Tickets via link
Frank WANG Yefeng Artist Talk at the Highline
6:30pm
Frances Jetter and Steve Brodner in Conversation at SVA
7pm - 8:30pm
George Maciunas: Lecture and Performance at eflux screening room
7:30pm - 9pm
September 26th
Bruce Gilden in Conversation with Max Blagg with book signing at Leica Camera
6:30pm
Saturday, September 27th
Book Event— Michael Kenna: “Photographs and Stories” at ICP
10am - 12pm
Kang Seung Lee in conversation with Rattanamol Singh Johal at the Wallach Art Gallery
12:30pm - 1:30pm
Georgia Lale performance and workshop at SVA Chelsea Gallery
2pm - 4pm
Artist Talk and Exhibition Walkthrough of Piece by Piece at Elza Kayal Gallery
2pm - 4pm
Artist Talk with Lisa Oppenheim & James Welling at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery
4pm
Exhibition walkthrough of Cosmic Chatter with JoAnne Carson at DC Moore Gallery
4pm - 5pm
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Disclaimer: I try to be as accurate as possible with dates and times that things are happening, but things are subject to change and I am subject to human error so please always check links before venturing out