5 Museum Shows to see in October
This fall, there’s no shortage of hallmark exhibitions to see at New York’s marvelous art institutions. From landmark historic shows that have traveled over seas to unique contemporary installations, here are five of the shows we are running to see this month throughout the city.
Roy Lichtenstein: Like New at the Whitney Museum of Art
When it was first shown in the early 1960s, Roy Lichtenstein’s Pop work stunned crowds, as it borrowed comic book imagery and advertising aesthetics to create refined images that appeared mechanical yet were completely handmade. Co-curated by artist Alex Da Corte, Roy Lichtenstein: Like New marks the first retrospective of Lichtenstein’s work since 1993 and features work across painting, drawing, sculpture, film, and print made over the course of six decades.
October 11-May 10
Taryn Simon: Father Country I Do Love You at the Guggenheim
A project ten years in the making by photographic-based artist Taryn Simon, Father Country I Do Love You examines the life of a federal agent through 42 multipart chapters that fill the entire rotunda with photographs, texts, video, and sculpture. The first time a photography-based artist has taken over the Guggenheim rotunda, this monumental exhibition takes viewers on an emotional roller coaster as Simon traces this federal agent’s complicated actions with the narrative of her father who suffered from Alzheimers. The result is an exhibition that’s as touching as it is impressive.
September 18-March 14
1071 5th Ave
Krasner and Pollock: Past Continuous at the Met
The first major New York exhibition devoted to either artist in over two decades, Krasner and Pollock: Past Continuous examines Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock both distinctly and how their dynamic relationship affected each other’s work. Krasner and Pollock met as emerging artists in New York and then married and moved to Long Island, and this exhibition features over 120 works to examine this dynamic relationship and the work that evolved from it.
October 4-January 31
1000 5th Avenue
Krasner, Combat, 1965.
Brancusi: The Artist and His Studio at MoMA
Sculptor Constantin Brancusi’s Paris studio was where the artist lived, worked, entertained friends, and displayed his sculptures, and the artist bequeathed its contents to France in 1957 as Atelier Brancusi, part of Centre Pompidou’s holdings. With the Pompidou currently closed for renovation, the museum’s cherished Atelier Brancusi will travel overseas, to New York. This historic exhibition will present the Centre Pompidou’s holdings of rarely lent sculptures, a selection of Brancusi’s photographs, films, hand-carved furniture, tools, and archival materials alongside MoMA’s celebrated Brancusi collection and important local loans.
October 25-February 27
Cézanne to Modigliani: Gifts of Modern Art from the Pearlman Collection at the Brooklyn Museum
The renowned collection of Henry and Rose Pearlman brought modern European masterpieces to the Brooklyn Museum, MoMA, and LACMA. Celebrating these remarkable collectors, Cézanne to Modigliani: Gifts of Modern Art from the Pearlman Collection features renowned works by Paul Cézanne, Amedeo Modigliani, Edgar Degas, Paul Gauguin, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, and Chaïm Soutine—works that have transformed these museums into global art destinations.
October 2-April 18