DOWNTOWN GALLERY GUIDE: SUMMER GROUP SHOWS
Channeling the spirit of the season, summer is a time when galleries put on vibrant, experimental shows that often mix the old guard with the new. These group shows give artists the opportunity to express themselves, galleries the opportunity to show a range of artists, and collectors the opportunity to find works in a range of prices.
Keep reading for Artmuse’s guide to the downtown summer group shows as well as information on the new season of our beloved art tours.
The Kids Are Alright at Timothy Taylor
The Kids Are Alright brings together by a powerhouse cohort of artists across generations, from canonical art historic figures like Louise Bourgeois, blue-chip favorites like Cecily Brown, to rising contemporary superstars like Erin M. Riley.
Surveying realities, dreams, and mythologies of childhood across mediums, this exhibition packs in a punch with work by Ann Agee, Diane Arbus, Michaël Borremans, Zoë Buckman, Dominic Chambers, R. Crumb, Madeline Donahue, Marcel Dzama, William Eggleston, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Titus Kaphar, Louise Lawler, Sherrie Levine, Sally Mann, Gordon Parks, and many others.
June 27-August 1
74 Leonard
Dominic Chambers, Wondering Morning Half Light via Timothy Taylor
Carnival at Deitch
A dazzling group show transforms Deitch’s downtown gallery into a colorful, provocative circus. Exploring themes of spectacle, rebellion, and free-expression, Circus packs together subversive and whimsical works by Derrick Adams, John Ahearn, Diana Yesenia Alvarado, Elias Baeck, Ana Benaroya, Nadia Lee Cohen, George Condo, Karon Davis, Raúl de Nieves, Guillermo del Toro, Anne Imhof, KAWS, Austin Lee, Peter Saul, Kenny Scharf, Jim Shaw, Mickalene Thomas, Weegee, and many others.
May 3-June 28
18 Wooster Street
Installation image via Deitch
Hope is a dangerous thing at P.P.OW.
Featuring the work of Kyle Dunn, Raque Ford, Paul Kopkau, Diane Severin Nguyen, Kayode Ojo, Marianna Simnett, and Robin F. Williams, Hope is a dangerous thing connects new and recent artworks in their reverence for pop music, viewed through their thematic ties to the pop star Lana Del Rey in particular. Like Del Rey, these enchanting works reflect melodrama and camp, explore image-making and personae, and are at times glamorous and at others raw.
June 6-July 12
392 Broadway
Robin F. Williams, Siri Serving via PPOW
Banshees Remix at Asya Geisberg Gallery
Banshees Remix centers 18 women sculptors as they work through gendered narratives with their materials, colors, scales, and surfaces. A defiant exhibition that wrestles with history, science, mythology, healing, and the body, Banshees Remix brings together the work of Natalie Beall, Kat Chamberlin, Julia Elsas, Rachel Frank, Priscilla Fusco , Roxanne Jackson, Ellie Krakow, Gracelee Lawrence, Meg Lipke, Wen Liu, Anina Major, Mollie McKinley, Rose Nestler, Heidi Norton, Esther Ruiz, Carolyn Salas, Trish Tillman, and Letha Wilson.
June 27-August 8
4.5 Cortlandt Alley
Julia Elsas, Paradise Garden 1 via Asya Geisberg Gallery
Power Line at Perrotin
Marking Perrotin’s third collaboration with the Yale School of Art, Power Line presents the work of the Yale School of Art Painting and Printmaking Graduate Class of 2025.
An exciting exhibition presenting the work of young artists who will be watched by the commercial art world as they embark upon their careers, Power Line introduces New York to Ana Claudia Almeida, Bix Archer, Rosa Bozhkov, Claire Chey, Taína Cruz, Anietié Ekanem, Lauren Flaaen, Flores, Erol Scott Harris II, Diego León, Rayer Ma, Rose McBurney, Paulina Moncada, Hafsa Nouman, Z.T. Nguyễn, Haejin Park, Purvai Rai, Jam Yoo, and Nadia Younes.
June 12-August 1
130 Orchard Street
Installation view via Perrotin
All About 25 at James Cohan
Celebrating James Cohan Gallery’s 25th anniversary, All About 25 brings together the work of artists who have shaped this wonderful gallery and will bring it into the future.
This can’t-miss show presents works in all scales and media and includes Trenton Doyle Hancock, Byron Kim, Mernet Larsen, Jesse Mockrin, Lee Mullican, Jordan Nassar, Hiraki Sawa, Yinka Shonibare, Elias Sime, Alison Elizabeth Taylor, Fred Tomaselli, Bill Viola, XU ZHEN®, and many others.
May 16-July 25
52 Walker Street
Installation view courtesy of James Cohan
Superbloom at Arsenal Contemporary—with LA’s Night Gallery
Inaugurating Arsenal Contemporary’s collaboration with Night Gallery, one of LA’s exciting galleries whose program spotlights emerging talents and the art stars of tomorrow, Superbloom is a group exhibition marking the occasion of Night Gallery’s curatorial residency at Arsenal. This emotional yet hopeful joint exhibition with works by rising talents meditates upon the fires that raged through Los Angeles and their aftermath.
Artists include Michelle Blade, Tammi Campbell, Cynthia Daignault, Mira Dancy, Catherine Fairbanks, JPW3, Wanda Koop, Lily Kwong, Larissa Lockshin, Claire Milbrath, Kemi Onabulé, Elise Rasmussen, Kayla Witt, Clare Woods and Rachel Youn.
May 30-August 22
21 Cortlandt Alley, 2nd Floor
Claire Wood, Vogus Nerve via Arsenal Contemporary
Who? Me? The Contemporary Self Portrait at Hannah Traore Gallery
Who? Me? contemplates self-portraiture in contemporary art, presenting fascinating, bold, and dynamic self-portraits across painting, photography, sculpture, and mixed media. This experimental exhibition features artists from around the world, including Kesewa Aboah, Turiya Adkins, Bre Andy, Yagazie Emezi, Arlina Cai, Renee Cox, Camila Falquez, Alanna Fields, Samuel Fosso, Luzene Hill, Misha Japanwala, OLUSEYE, and Anya Paintsil.
May 29-July 26
150 Orchard Street
Bre Andy, You're the Only One Watching via Hannah Traore Gallery
In the Midst at JDJ
Exploring the ideas of in-betweenness and liminal spaces, In the Midst presents works by a multi-generational group of artists, including Samira Abbassy, Whit Harris, Bea Scaccia, Barrow Parke, Lucia Love, Kiki Smith, Miriam Cahn, Abby Leigh, Alessandro Teoldi, Victoria Dugger, Marianna Peragallo, Tecla Tofano, Kim Dingle, Elbert Perez, Nicola Tyson, Julia Felsenthal, Nathaniel Robinson, Clare Grill, and Kathy Ruttenberg.
June 24-July 25
370 Broadway, 2nd Floor
Julia Felsenthal Liquid, Uneven, Emulous Waves via JDJ
Samantha Rosenwald: Sam’s at The Hole
Not a group show but oh-so fun, Sam’s presents new works by Samantha Rosenwald whose amazing process involves meticulous drawing with colored pencil on canvases. With her signature world building that involves dark humor and high fashion, Samantha Rosenwald transforms The Hole’s Tribeca space into a dive bar filled with scenes of pinball, hotdogs, beer, and spirited liberation.
May 31-July 3
86 Walker Street
License 2 Chill
Written by Samantha Kohl