Insights, comprising 32 established galleries, emphasizes solo-, dual-artist, and thematic presentations of artworks made before the year 2000. Highlights will include canonical figures in modern and post-war art, in addition to overlooked discoveries from the 20th century:
▪ Works from 1984-2000 by Huang Rui, a prominent member of the Stars Group at 10 Chancery Lane Gallery
▪ At ADN Galería, a presentation of works by Margaret Harrison, a pioneering artist of the 1970s and cofounder of the London Women’s Liberation Art Group
▪ At Aicon Gallery, an oeuvre-spanning presentation of works by Rasheed Araeen, from the artist’s earliest and most iconic sculptures of the 1960s, through his pioneering kinetic, interactive, and performance-based works
▪ A unique juxtaposition of British painter Howard Hodgkin and American painter and sculptor Manuel Neri at Hackett Mill
▪ Works from 1950–1956, from the seminal “spazio totale” series, by Mario Nigro at A arte Invernizzi
▪ A comprehensive survey of works by Gary Brotmeyer at Laurence Miller Gallery, marking Brotmeyer's first solo-show since 2002
▪ At Erik Thomsen, a presentation of avant-garde Japanese calligraphy by Yūichi Inoue and Shiryū Morita, two leading artists associated with the Bokujinkai Group
▪ Works on paper from 1980–1982 by Jean-Michel Basquiat at Omer Tiroche Gallery
Presents is a platform for galleries no more than ten years old to showcase emerging talents through solo- and dual-artist presentations. Featuring 26 galleries, Presents offers an exciting array of artworks by some of today’s most promising emerging artists. Highlights will include:
▪ At El Apartamento, recent works by Eduardo Ponjuán, an essential figure of contemporary Cuban art
▪ At Maria Bernheim, Zurich-based Mitchell Anderson’s first solo presentation in New York with multi-media works that explore the lingering history of the found object and image
▪ Los Angeles-based Jay Stuckey’s first solo-presentation in New York at Anat Ebgi
▪ At Selma Feriani Gallery, recent drawings by Nidhal Chamekh and Massinissa Selmanirecent explore collective memory and the shaping of narratives
▪ Fusing the political and personal, at Charlie James Gallery a series of collage works by Sadie Barnette that incorporate the FBI files of her father, Rodney Barnette, founder of the Compton, CA, chapter of the Black Panther Party
▪ A pairing of recent paintings by Louis Fratino with an installation by Zoe Williams, which will explore the two artists’ sensual and bodily aesthetic at Antoine Levi
▪ Recent paintings by Louise Bonnet at NINO MIER GALLERY
This year’s Focus is organized by Lauren Haynes, Curator of Contemporary Art at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas. Featuring 29 galleries, the presentations in this year’s Focus explore identity through figuration of both real and imagined forms. Highlights will include:
▪ At A Gentil Carioca, new paintings by Arjan Martins, winner of the PIPA 2018 Prize
▪ At The Hole, new acrylic paintings by Alex Gardner, and the artist’s first sculpture installation
▪ New paintings by Peter Williams at Luis De Jesus Los Angeles
▪ New cast aluminum works and drawings by Katy Cowan at Philip Martin Gallery
▪ At Officine dell'Immagine, a presentation of the Franco-Moroccan artist Mounir Fatmi, curated by Silvia Cirelli
▪ At Parisian Laundry, recent paintings by Joseph Tisiga challenge homogenous perceptions of identity, history, and materiality
▪ A new sculptural installation by Kapwani Kiwanga at Galerie Jérôme Poggi
▪ Recent paintings by Becky Kolsrud at Tif Sigfrids
▪ Galerie Bene Taschen will pair Joseph Rodriguez and Jamel Shabazz, two photographers concerned with capturing humanistic portraits of urban and domestic landscapes of New York
Platform stages large-scale artworks, installations, and commissions across Piers 92 & 94, and will be curated by Sally Tallant, the recently appointed Executive Director of the Queens Museum, and formerly Director of Liverpool Biennial. For its third edition, this year’s Platform section will take the 1939 New York World’s Fair as a point of departure. In 1939, on the brink of World War II, the New York World’s Fair looked to a hopeful future in the face of rising geopolitical uncertainty. Today, environmental, socioeconomic, and political challenges continue to dominate the geopolitical climate, which is defined by an ever-increasing polarization between political parties and classes. The international artists in this year’s Platform section will offer hope, respite, and resilience to articulate alternative narratives and new possible worlds. Participating exhibitors and artists will be announced in the coming months.
