Above 50th (West) Museums

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    American Folk Art Museum
    2 Lincoln Square, Columbus Avenue at 66th Street, New York NY 10023  Tel: +12122651040
    E-mail: info@folkartmuseum.org folkartmuseum.org
    Hours: Tue - Sat 12pm to 7:30pm, Sun 12pm to 6pm

    Jan 17 - Sep 2, 2012

    Jubilation|Rumination: Life, Real and Imagined

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    American Academy of Arts and Letters Gallery
    633 W. 155th Street, New York NY 10032  Tel: +12123685900
    E-mail: academy@artsandletters.org artsandletters.org
    Hours: Thu - Sun 1pm to 4pm

    May 17 - Jun 10, 2012

    Group Show

    Exhibition of Work by Newly Elected Members
    and Recipients of Honors and Awards

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    Arnold & Marie Schwartz Gallery Met
    Metropolitan Opera, Lincoln Center, 65th St and Amsterdam, New York NY 10023  Tel: +12127993100
    E-mail: info@metoperafamily.org metoperafamily.org/metopera/about/schwartzgallery/about.aspx
    Hours: Mon - Fri 6pm to 9pm, Sat 12pm to 9pm

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    Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery
    Columbia University, 1190 Amsterdam Avenue Schermerhom Hall, Suite 826, New York NY 10027  Tel: +12128547288
    E-mail: wallach@columbia.edu columbia.edu/cu/wallach
    Hours: Wed - Sat 1pm to 5pm

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    MoMA - The Museum of Modern Art
    11 West 53rd Street, New York NY 10019  Tel: +12127089400
    E-mail: info@MoMA.org MoMA.org
    Hours: Wed - Thu 10:30am to 5:30pm, Sat - Mon 10:30am to 5:30pm, Fri 10:30am to 8pm

    Jan 25 - Aug 6, 2012

    9 Scripts from a Nation at War

    A 10-channel video installation responding to knowledge production and communication in the context of the Iraq war since the US invasion.

    Feb 15 - Jul 30, 2012
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    Foreclosed: Rehousing the American Dream

    An exploration of new architectural possibilities for cities and suburbs in the aftermath of the recent foreclosure crisis.

    Feb 26 - Jun 11, 2012
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    Cindy Sherman

    More than 170 photographs and the American premiere of her recent murals; a career-spanning retrospective.

    Mar 1 - Jul 30, 2012
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    James Rosenquist
    F-111

    A monumental work created in 1964, during the Vietnam War, installed the way it was first exhibited: wrapped around four walls.

    Mar 2, 2012 - Jan 28, 2013
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    Born out of Necessity

    An exhibition in the Architecture and Design galleries about problem-solving design objects and the problems that inspired them.

    Mar 14 - Jul 9, 2012
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    Exquisite Corpses: Drawing and Disfiguration

    An exhibition featuring work inspired by the Surrealist collaborative drawing game, by artists such as Louise Bourgeois and Joan Miró.

    Mar 19 - Jul 16, 2012
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    Projects 97: Mark Boulos

    Two large-scale videos present two communities on opposite ends of the world, each locked in a struggle to control oil.

    Apr 18, 2012 - Apr 29, 2013
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    The Shaping of New Visions: Photography, Film, Photobook

    Covering the period from 1910 to today, this exhibition studies photography's role in the avant-garde and neo-avant-garde movements.

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    Museum of Arts and Design
    2 Columbus Circle, New York NY 10019  Tel: +12122997777
    E-mail: info@madmuseum.org madmuseum.org
    Hours: Tue - Wed 10am to 6pm, Thu - Fri 11am to 9pm, Sat - Sun 10am to 6pm

    Feb 7 - Aug 12, 2012

    swept away: Dust, Ashes, and Dirt in Contemporary Art and Design

    Feb 14 - Jun 10, 2012

    Glasstress New York

    New art form the Venice Biennales

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    The Studio Museum in Harlem
    144 West 125th Street, New York NY 10027  Tel: +12128644500
    E-mail: pr@studiomuseum.org studiomuseum.org
    Hours: Thu - Fri 12pm to 9pm, Sat 10am to 6pm, Sun 12pm to 6pm

    Nov 10, 2011 - May 27, 2012

    Who, What, Wear: Selections from the Permanent Collection

    Who, What, Wear, features selections from the Museum’s permanent collection that highlight changing fashion and style.

    Nov 10, 2011 - May 27, 2012
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    Kira Lynn Harris
    The Block | Bellona

    Kira Lynn Harris reimagines The Block (1971), Romare Bearden’s iconic, six-panel, eighteen-foot-long collage depicting life in Harlem

    Mar 29 - May 27, 2012
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    Jason Nocito, Wu Tsang, Fatimah Tuggar, Leilah Weinraub
    Harlem Postcards Spring 2012

    Harlem Postcards invites contemporary artists of diverse backgrounds to reflect on Harlem as a site for artistic contemplation.

    Mar 29 - May 27, 2012
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    Jennie C. Jones, Lorraine O'Grady, John Outterbridge, and others
    Shift Projects | Perspectives | Directions

    Organized as a group of autonomous installations, Shift presents work in thematic groupings, and series of works by individual artists.

    Mar 29 - May 27, 2012
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    Ralph Lemon
    1856 Cessna Road

    Drawing from an eight-year project by Ralph Lemon in conjunction with Walter Carter, "1856 Cessna Road" explores their friendship.

  • Above 50th (West) Art fairs

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    The ADAA Art Show
    Park Avenue Armory, Park Avenue at 67th Street, New York NY 10003  Tel: +12124885550
    E-mail: dan@fitzandco.com artdealers.org/artshow.html

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    The Armory Show
    12th Avenue at 55th Street, Piers 92 and 94, New York NY 10001  Tel: +12126456440
    E-mail: info@thearmoryshow.com thearmoryshow.com