Lance Esplund reviews Taking Shape for the Wall Street Journal, February 4, 2020.
In honor of Thanksgiving, the Grey will close early at 5 pm on Wed. 11/27 and remain closed for the weekend. We resume regular hours on Tues. 12/3.
Taking Shape: Abstraction from the Arab World, 1950s–1980s explores the development of abstraction in the Arab world via paintings, sculpture, and works on paper dating from the 1950s through the 1980s. By looking critically at the history and historiography of mid-20th century abstraction, the exhibition considers art from North Africa and West Asia as integral to the discourse on global modernism. At its heart, the project raises a fundamental art historical question: How do we study abstraction across different contexts and what models of analysis do we use?
Michael FitzGerald reviews Modernisms for the Wall Street Journal, September 17, 2019.
Roberta Smith reviews Modernisms for The New York Times, September 9, 2019.
Televised news segment about Art after Stonewall, 1969–1989 on Channel Thirteen's NYC-ARTS program.
Drawing on its remarkable collection of modern Iranian, Indian, and Turkish art, the Grey Art Gallery at New York University presents Modernisms: Iranian, Turkish, and Indian Highlights from NYU’s Abby Weed Grey Collection. Featuring approximately thirty to forty artworks from each country, the exhibition examines the artistic practices in Iran, Turkey, and India, from the 1960s and early ’70s via selections from the Abby Weed Grey Collection of Modern Asian and Middle Eastern Art.
Holland Cotter reviews Art after Stonewall, 1969–1989 for The New York Times, May 30, 2019.
Johanna Fateman reviews Art after Stonewall, 1969–1989 for 4Columns, May 3, 2019.
The Grey Art Gallery is raising funds for one of its most ambitious exhibitions to date! Please help support Art after Stonewall, 1969–1989, the first-ever exhibition to extensively survey art of the LGBTQ civil rights movement as we honor the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprisings. Click on the image below to access the campaign on Rising Violets, […]