Summer Group Exhibition Guide

Group exhibitions are the perfect opportunity to enrich your familiarity with the art world’s next trends. Often showcasing multiple mediums, the shows are lively displays introducing visitors to rising stars and thought-provoking curatorial themes.

Here’s our list of this summer’s must-see group exhibitions:

NXTHVN: Undercurrents at Sean Kelly

Presented in collaboration with New Haven-based artist residency NXTHVN, Undercurrents introduces nine artists from the program’s Cohort 03 Fellowship. Curatorial fellows Marissa Del Toro and Jamillah Hinson masterfully organized the exhibition, generating conversations between the artworks on the formation of personal identity. Reflections on cultural hybridity, familial legacies, and collective memory are embedded in painting, video, sculpture, and photography. The artists thoughtfully chose the materials themselves, often physically recalling their homelands through ephemera and recycled materials. This next generation of artists is shaping the future of artmaking while honoring the influence of those who came before them.

Artists include: Layo Bright, John Guzman, Alyssa Klauer, Africanus Okokon, Patrick Quarm, Daniel Ramos, and Warith Taha

Through August 5th

475 10th Avenue

Image: Patrick Quarm, Place of Abode, 2022

Dissolving Realms curated by Katy Hessel at Kasmin

The first exhibition in the United States curated by Katy Hessel, Dissolving Realms tracks the impact of 20th century movements on today’s contemporary artists. Painters related to Abstract Expressionism, Color Field, and Surrealism are featured, assembling a collection of works exploring the limits of representation. The exhibition sparks dialogue between the generations and is adorned with dreamy landscapes, shimmering color palettes, and kaleidoscopic surfaces.

Artists include: Tom Anholt, Leonora Carrington, Dominic Chambers, Sedrick Chisom, Ithell Colquhoun, Leonor Fini, Helen Frankenthaler, Louise Giovanelli, Jake Grewal, Lee Krasner, Nengi Omuku, Naudline Pierre, Howardena Pindell, Antonia Showering, TARWUK, and Flora Yukhnovich

Through August 12th

509 West 27th Street

Uncanny Interiors at Nicola Vassell

What’s not to love about Nicola Vassell’s ode to domestic space? Flattened still lifes, moody portraits, imaginative color palettes, and collaged details collide in this collection of paintings. Each composition offers an intimate view into a stranger’s personal territory, often cloaked in homey textiles, scattered with uneaten snacks, and flaunting family heirlooms. Uncanny Interiors seamlessly exhibits master modern artists and beloved contemporary trailblazers alongside emerging stars. Ultimately, the exhibition leaves questions unanswered and welcomes visitors to imagine the stories behind the displayed people and places.

Artists include: Anne Buckwalter, Vera Girivi, Paul Anthony Smith, Che Lovelace, Danielle McKinney, Elizabeth Schwaiger, Henri Matisse, David Hockney, Shara Hughes, Lenz Geerk, Toyin Ojih Odutola, Kerry James Marshall, Kent O’Connor, and Tschabalala Self

Through August 19th

138 10th Avenue

Image: Elizabeth Schwaiger, The Orange Studio, 2022

STUFF organized by Arlene Shechet at Pace

STUFF is a joyous celebration of New York-based sculptor Arlene Shechet’s love of art. The striking display is centered by a wall wrapped in a groovy monochrome pattern sourced from Peter Hujar’s portrait of Fran Lebowitz, a small photograph first welcoming visitors into Shechet’s vision. Demonstrating the boundary-less nature of art, the playful display puts each piece in conversation with the next and replicates the homey feeling of a domestic space without the required furnishings.

Artists include: Lynda Benglis, Huma Bhabha, Nicole Eisenman, Peter Hujar, Wifredo Lam, Arthur Jafa, Donald Judd, Louise Nevelson, Isamu Noguchi, Tony Smith, Mickalene Thomas, Lawrence Weiner, Stanley Whitney, Claes Oldenburg, Dike Blair, Betsy Kaufman, Roy McMakin, Ad Reinhardt, Alfred Jensen, Forrest Bess, Harry Smith, Guo Fengy, Piet Mondrian, Barry Le Va, and Fred Sandback, among others.

Through August 19th

540 West 25th Street

CENTRAL SOUNDS at Luhring Augustine

Sourcing works from Miami’s artist run gallery CENTRAL FINE, CENTRAL SOUNDS is a selection of ten artists working in tandem. Vivid colors, Surrealist scenes, and gestural brushstrokes are found between the compositions. Although conceived by ten individual authors and featuring varying imagery, each composition emphasizes a shared color palette that was perhaps collaboratively dreamed and examined.

Artists include: Loriel Beltrán, Jesús Casimiro, José Delgado Zúñiga, Tomm El-Saieh, Viktor El-Saieh, Chemu Ng’ok, Georgia Sagri, Constanza Schaffner, Diego Singh, and Frantz Zéphirin

Through August 5th

531 West 24th Street

Image: Franz Zéphirin, Le Main de Dieu, 2001

the fold in the horizon at Nara Roesler

Nara Roesler shines a spotlight on a generation of Rio de Janeiro-based artists that played a fundamental role in the development of Brazilian contemporary art in the fold in the horizon. Carrying a neutral palette throughout the display, Marco Chaves’s curation balances the softness of certain materials and forms with unexpected moments of disorder. This collection of mostly conceptual art pieces introduces viewers to the musings of this influential group.

Artists include: Brígida Baltar, Ricardo Basbaum, Ricardo Becker, Enrica Bernardelli, Carlos Bevilacqua, Roberto Cabot, Rodrigo Cardoso, Marcos Chaves, André Costa, José Damasceno, Fernanda Gomes, Tatiana Grinberg, Carla Guagliardi, Raul Mourão, Ernesto Neto, Marcia Thompson, and João Modé

Through August 13th

511 West 21st Street

Image: Carla Guagliardi, Partitura (Score) #IV, (vertical), 2013

Extra Terrestrial at Rachel Uffner

Draped fabric sculpture, a large irregularly shaped canvas, sculptures perched on the floor, and curtains hanging from the central beam are just a few of the dynamic installations included in Rachel Uffner’s Extra Terrestrial. Showcasing the work of nine artists, the compositions are linked by their shared interest in our existence on earth. While the artists explore differing imagery of nature, domesticity, and architecture, among other themes, the works collectively highlight materials connected to the land, such as found materials, recycled textiles, and clay.

Artists include: Amy Bravo, Lauren Clark, Sofia del Mar Collins, Sacha Ingber, Tyler Lafreniere, Andrea McGinty, Mira Putnam, Shani Strand, and Zenobia

Through August 12th

170 Suffolk Street

Weeds and Spores at Alexandre Gallery

A field of summer wildflowers blooms in Weeds and Spores curated by Faye Hirsch. Featuring a range of mediums, the exhibition highlights a bright, organic color palette and captures the forms of spores, pollen, and flowers essential to the anatomy of plants. Generating summer cheer and celebrating the bountiful beauty of our planet, Weeds and Spores is a fresh juxtaposition of twenty-two artists’ production.   

Artists include: Ann Agee, Polly Apfelbaum, Brett Bigbee, Matt Bollinger, Frieda Dean, Lois Dodd, Rochelle Feinstein, Sharon Horvath, Robert Kushner, Judith Linhares, Christiane Löhr, Loren MacIver, Tony Matelli, Suzanne McClelland, Judy Pfaff, Anne Poor, Andrew Raftery, Jeanne Silverthorne, Kiki Smith, Joan Snyder, Patricia Treib, and Terry Winters

Through August 12th

291 Grand Street

Image: Robert Kushner, Green’s Tree Garden Scroll, 2019