— ARTSPACE PICK —
Opening reception for Aura Rosenberg: "I Know It When I See It" at Martos Gallery, 540 West 29th Street, 6–8 p.m. (through March 30th)
For her first solo show at the gallery, Rosenberg, who has also exhibited at MoMA PS1 and the Swiss Institute, has gathered works from a variety of series, including "The Astrological Ways," which feature couples body painting on black felt, and "The Golden Age," a collection of paintings based on appropriated pornographic images from now out-of-print publications. The artist will also be doing a mysterious performance an hour into the opening night's reception.
—WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20TH —
Opening reception for "101 Tragedies of Enrique Metinides" at Aperture Foundation, 547 West 27th Street, 4th Floor, 6–8 p.m. (through April 20th)
In addition to a release of a photo book of the same name, this exhibition of Enrique Metinides's choicest crime scene photography will also host the Mexican artist via Skype at the opening reception where he'll be available to talk with visitors.
Opening reception for "White Collar Crimes" at Acquavella Galleries, 18 East 79th Street, 6–8 p.m. (through March 27th)
Gathering together new and recent work by Rita Ackermann, Tauba Auerbach, Dan Colen, Rashid Johnson, and Josh Smith, among others, this exhibition, which was curated by Vito Schnabel, examines art through the notion of "white collar crime," where messages about wealth, politics, and identity are concealed beneath abstracted visual codes.
—THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21ST —
Opening reception for Jim Dine at Pace Gallery, 510 West 25th Street, 6–8 p.m. (through March 23rd)
This exhibition of 14 large, richly textured abstract paintings will reveal a new side of the artist as he transitions away from creating explicitly figurative work, choosing instead to intently focus on the process of painting.
Opening reception for Margaret Bowland: "Disturbing the Peace" at Driscoll Babcock Galleries, 525 West 25th Street, 6–8 p.m. (through April 13th)
Drawing inspiration from American novelist James Baldwin's insistence that artists "disturb the peace," Bowland's psychologically provocative paintings—a majority of which feature her eleven year-old muse, JJ—focus on questions of identity in the face of pressing sociological issues of race and beauty.
Opening reception for Richard Prince: "Cowboys" at Gagosian Gallery, 456 North Camden Drive, Los Angeles, 6–9 p.m. (through April 6th)
Notable appropriation artist and auction darling Richard Prince presents a collection of his cowboy images, most of which were inspired by pulp novels and cigarette ads that the artist scanned and manipulated to isolate the stereotypical figures of the American west.
—FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22ND —
Opening reception for Wilhelm Sasnal at Anton Kern Gallery, 532 West 20th Street, 6–8 p.m. (through April 6th)
Influenced by the recently bankrupted camera manufacturer Kodak, Polish artist Wilhelm Sasnal has created a series of paintings and works on paper for his fifth show at the gallery, referencing either obsolete products or old advertisements in an effort to capture a moment in time—not unlike a photograph itself.
Opening reception for Thomas Nozkowski: "Recent Work" at Pace Gallery, 508 West 25th Street, 6–8 p.m. (through March 24th)
Predominantly composed of oil paintings created over the past two years, this exhibition of work from the abstract painter details the artist's process of experimenting with visual relationships, whether they be between colors, forms, or compositional arrangements.
— SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23RD —
Opening reception for Glen Fogel: "I feel something unspoken between us" at Callicoon Fine Arts, 124 Forsyth Street, 6–8 p.m. (through March 31st)
This site-specific installation by the Brooklyn-based filmmaker features new sculptures, projections, and photography that touch on the uncertainty of intimate, physical connection.
Opening reception for "Room for Myth" at Dodge Gallery, 15 Rivington Street, 6–8 p.m. (through March 30th)
Though the exhibition intentionally leaves space for the story, the three artists included in the show—Barney Kulok, Roy McMakin, and Arlene Shechet—all share a fascination with how physical objects are manufactured, incorporating ideas of construction in their artistic processes.
"do it": Hans Ulrich Obrist and Massimiliano Gioni at the New Museum, 235 Bowery, 3 p.m.
Happening in conjunction with the museum's recent show on the important place of the year 1993 in the history of the contemporary art world, this conversation, which is moderated by Kate Fowle, executive eirector of the Independent Curators International, will pair Gioni, the associate director and director of exhibitions at the New Museum, with supercurator Obrist, who will discuss a still in progress exhibition he began in the early '90s. The Skinny recommends getting your tickets in advance, as this event might get as jam-packed as Obrist's calendar.
— SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24TH —
"The Dancing Seminar: A Listening Dance" at MoMA PS1, 22-25 Jackson Avenue, Queens, 12–3 p.m.
Bring your dancing shoes for this three-hour long symposium as curator, writer, and performance artist Mårten Spångberg, along with co-host dance laboratory Movement Research, will address topics important to dance, like movement and choreography, and how they relate to the broader issues of labor and political engagement.
— TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26TH —
Opening of Nathalie Djurberg and Hans Berg at Zach Feuer Gallery, 548 West 22nd Street, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. (through March 30th)
This presentation of work by the Berlin-based, husband-and-wife Swedish art duo will feature their characteristically unsettling claymations in addition to life-sized replica costumes worn by the characters in their films.
