Now in its 11th edition, Frieze New York returns to The Shed from May 17-21. Visitors are invited to view and buy art from galleries all over the world (27 countries to be exact) as well as experience a curated program of talks and site-specific artist commissions. Plus, there is plenty of art to be seen and events to experience outside of the fair itself. Here’s what we’re looking forward to this year.
Ruinart Maison 1729
In tandem with Frieze, The House of Ruinart will present the opening of Maison 1729: From the Vineyards of Champagne to The High Line. Guests are invited to see artist Eva Jospin’s work, on view in the United States for the first time; ‘PROMENADE(S)’ is inspired by the Champagne region and Maison’s history to create a mineral and plant landscape and devotion to art that fosters a deeper understanding of our connections to nature. The immersive pop-up experience will be open to the public through the end of June.
Eva Jospin
Powerhouse Arts Opening Reception
Not-for-profit organization Powerhouse Arts will host an invite-only opening reception in celebration of its first public milestone.
VOLTA New York x Fashion Fights Cancer Fundraiser Benefit
VOLTA will celebrate Fashion Fights Cancer (FFC) with a fundraiser benefit, co-hosted by Fern Mallis and FFC Board Member and President of Hilldun Corporation Gary Wassner. The event will be open to the public.
Harry Nuriev Monograph Book Tour with Rizzoli
On Thursday, May 16th, Carpenters Workshop Gallery will host a lecture and book signing around Harry Nuriev’s new monograph book, How to Land in the Metaverse.
Superposition Gallery x 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair
Superposition Gallery will host a panel discussion in collaboration with 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair at SoHo House New York on Saturday, May 20th from 5-6:30 pm. Superposition founder Storm Ascher will moderate the discussion featuring three Superposition collaborating artists: Ambrose Rhapsody Murray, Audrey Lyall and Chinaedu Nwadibia. The panel is open to 1-54 VIP and Soho House members only.
Ektor garcia: la llorona rejoins past works with new, and prompts what it means for an artwork to be flexible, unencumbered, and open to change—freed from his own and our expectations. Also not to be missed: François Ghebaly’s presentation of innovative Los Angeles-based and international artists, championing diverse voices and emerging talent.
Ektor garcia: la llorona
Future Fair NY
Running from May 10-13 in Chelsea, pop into Future Fair NY and see Superposition Gallery’s solo booth of works by Naïla Opiangah.
Independent Art Fair
Pre-Frieze, check out Independent Art Fair, which runs May 11-14. Explore works from 70 galleries and non-profits from all around the world, plus the newly launched Editions at Independent program, described as “a partnership with a select group of international publishers and non-profit organizations offering prints, editions and ephemera that directly support their missions.”
VOLTA New York
Running from May 17-21, VOLTA returns to NYC to showcase contemporary art from over 50 galleries spanning 18 countries. In addition, 14 galleries will be in the spotlight through solo presentations at the fair.
VOLTA
1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair
From May 18th - 21st, visit the 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair NY and stop by Superpositio's solo booth presenting works by Chinaedu Nwadibia.
Senga Nengudi at Sprüth Magers
Sprüth Magers NY presents a solo exhibition that illuminates an important body of work created by artist Senga Nengudi while working in New York in the early 1970s.
Seffa Klein at SFA Advisory
French-American multidisciplinary artist Seffa Klein whose practice is primarily informed by her studies in art history, music, astronomy, chemistry and physics – all to be showcased in her first solo exhibition in New York.
Kehinde Wiley: Havana at Sean Kelly
Kehinde Wiley’s highly anticipated exhibition HAVANA features new paintings, works on paper and a three-channel film, all informed by Wiley’s focus on the evolution of Black culture globally. See the exhibition at Sean Kelly gallery through June 17.
Kehinde Wiley: HAVANA | Photo: Adam Reich
Jac Leirner & Lap-See Lam Swiss Institute
Brazilian artist Jac Leirner will show her first solo exhibition at an institution in New York City, showcasing notable works Blue Phase and Corpus Delecti loaned from the Guggenheim and Walker Art Center, as well as a new commission created specifically for Swiss Institute.
Inspired by her Swedish home and Cantonese heritage, artist Lap-See Lam will show her first institutional exhibition in the United States at Swiss Institute. In all new work created for the show, Lam recreates an abandoned Chinese restaurant on a boat in Sweden by making a 3D scan and creating a shadow play, allowing visitors to walk through the restaurant. A sound narrative of the artist telling a story accompanies the installation.
Kelly Akashi: Infinite Body at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery
On the heels of her solo exhibition at the San José Museum of Art, Kelly Akashi's forthcoming solo show at Tanya Bonakdar explores the biological memory of the body through sculptural works. Throughout the show, fragmentations of the artist’s own body are further broken down and sewn back together, presented on large rammed earth platforms.
Kelly Akashi: Infinite Body
Alex Foxton: Sunshower (after Stanley Stellar) at Kapp Kapp
Alex Foxton makes his debut U.S. solo exhibition with Kapp Kapp, presenting a body of 14 major new paintings and a suite of works on paper. Foxton looked to the iconic images of New York’s gay piers by famed photographer Stanley Stellar as inspiration for this exhibition.
Nicolas Momein: Clumps and Bumps at Ceysson & Bénétière
Parisian artist Nicolas Momein uses different materials in sculpture, exploring their peculiarities in composition and examining their potentialities beyond their original purpose. For example, in the series “terre-pleine,” he experiments with the plasticity of synthetic rubber to form pictorial variations.
Unding: The Restoration of Existence, Wonmin Park at Carpenters Workshop Gallery
Just opened on May 9th, Carpenters Workshop Gallery has the first American solo exhibition of South-Korean artist Wonmin Park. The exhibition, Unding: The Restoration of Existence, is explained by the artist as such: “Unding itself means an object or environment that has become futile - dinge means object. So, strike through Un to get un ding. (Nonobject).”
Wonmin Park
Hannah Traore Gallery Presents Anya Paintsil at NADA New York
For this series, artist AnyaPaintsil finds a common thread between her Ghanian and Welsh heritage to compose textiles that intertwine the passed-down traditions of hair braiding and rug hooking.
Sleeping Beauties at New York Life Gallery
New York Life Gallery founder and photographer Ethan James Green presents Sleeping Beauties, is an intimate gathering of figuration and portraiture that explores how artwork brought together through personal instinct and sensibility can unearth serendipitous and intertwined histories.
Michael Snow: A Life Survey at Jack Shainman Gallery: The School
Don’t miss this major posthumous survey for the recently-deceased artist Michael Snow, who was known as a musician, painter and photographer as well as a pioneering experimental filmmaker.
Over the Sofa
Pearls, Pills and Protests at Onna House
Considering the recent overturning of Roe V. Wade and Lisa Perry's long standing advocacy for women's rights, the exhibition explores themes of power, sexism and women's health through the lens of four female artists: Jerelyn Hanrahan, Kelly Chuning, Lulu Varona and Michelle Pred.
Emily Ferguson Willows Weep at Prince & Wooster
The Soho gallery space will open painter Emily Ferguson’s 27-work show, Willows Weep, exploring cinematic and editorial reference onto a wider angle.
