The Armory Show has regrouped following a particularly difficult transition from being live on the Piers to online to its new, permanent home--and live again--at the Jacob Javits Center. It’s open to the public September 10-12, with a VIP opening on September 9. Tickets/Info Above: Michael Rakowitz, Installation view of The invisible enemy should not exist, to be presesnted by Jane Lombard Gallery at The Armory Show 2021. Photo: Arturo Sanchez

Nicole Berry, executive director of the Armory Show, said. “We believe New York will emerge from this pandemic stronger than ever, and we’re excited to anchor the fall arts season at this pivotal moment when the city’s cultural organizations are reopening and experiencing art in-person is becoming possible again for everyone,” she said in a statement. “[We’ve] always been a place for profitable exchange and new discoveries, and the fair’s successful return this fall will signal the resurgence of the cultural sector and serve as a barometer for the art market.”  Some of the new online platforms developed during the Pandmic will return, engaging those who are unable to attend in person. Info

Health and safety measures that could limit crowds include a mask mandate inside the exhibition, timed tickets and either proof of vaccination or a negative Covid-19 test within 72 hours of entering the Javits Center, reports The New York Times. Two satellite fairs opening this week have adopted the same policies: the Spring/Break Art Show at 625 Madison Avenue and the Future Fair at 601 West 26th Street. However, visitors wishing to attend Independent at the Battery Maritime Building and Art on Paper at Pier 36 must be vaccinated. And Salon Zürcher presents its 25th annual satellite show, Femme d'esprite, on Bleecker Street, free and open to the public, masks required for the unvaccinated.

In Galleries

The opening of galleries and museums is a welcome change in the city’s Pandemic cultural life—and with all that’s going on, this could be a temporary delight. With that In mind, DART offers a menu of openings, today, in Chelsea; yesterday: Uptown and Downtown. Gallery hoppers should be prepared to show proof of vaccination, be masked and to maintain proper distancing. 

CHELSEA

September 9

Gundmundur Thoroddsoen at Asya Geisberg Gallery
Howling Hills, Opening reception September 9, 6-8 pm
Continues through October 23 at 537B West 23rd Street NY, NY asyageisberggallery.com

Frederick J. Brown at Berry Campbell

The Sound of Color, Opening reception September 9, 6-8 pm
Berry Campbell presents its first exhibition of Frederick J. Brown since announcing the representation of his estate in 2020, curated by Dr. Lowery Stokes Sims.Above: Frederick J. Brown, In the Beginning , 1971Continues through October 9 at 530 West 24th Street, NY, NYwww.berrycampbell.com

Bruce Connor and Jay DeFeo at Paula Cooper Gallery
(“we are not what we seem”). The Bruce Conner Trust, the Jay DeFeo Foundation, and the Paula Cooper Gallery are delighted to present the first ever two-person exhibition of Bruce Conner and Jay DeFeo
Continuing through October 23 at 524 W 26th Street, NY, NY   

Lisa Yuskavage at David Zwirner
New Paintings, the artist’s seventh solo show with the galley. Above: Night Classes at the Department of Painting Drawing and Sculpture, 2018
Continues through October 23 at 525 & 533 West 19th Street, NY, NY  davidzwirner.com

Calida Rawles at Lehmann Maupin NY
On the Other Side of Everything. Opening reception September 9, 6-8 pm
Continues through October 23 at 501 W 24th Street, NY, NY lehmannmaupin.com

Philip Guston at Hauser & Wirth
Philip Guston, 1969-1979 is focused on the breakthrough figuration that emerged in the final decade of the 20th century master's career, including masterworks considered milestones of modern art and paintings never before exhibited. Above: Blackboard, 1965
Continues through October 30 at 542 West 22nd Street, NY, NY hauserwirth.com

John Akomfrah at Lisson Gallery
John Akomfrah: Five Murmurations, a new three-screen video installation, this work explores emergency, portraiture, mortality, revenge, mourning and memory
Continues through October 16 at 508 West 24th Street, NY, nY lissongallery.com

Jorge Pardo at Petzel Gallery 
All bets are off, featuring over 10 new large-scale paintings, a four-piece custom-built couch, and a 7 x 5 foot chandelier, among other works (image at top of page).
Continues through October 30 at 456 West 18th Street, NY, NY petzel.com

Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller at Luhring Augustine Chelsea
Limited capacity but you may make an appointment here
Continues through October 23 at 531 West 24th Street, NY, NY luhringaugustine.com

Hung Liu at Nancy Hoffman Gallery
Western Pass, 1990 – 2021. Since the 1980s Liu has gazed - through historical photographs that she turns into contemporary paintings - back upon her homeland while looking critically at the multiracial democracy all around her.
Continuing through December 4 at 520 West 27th Street, NY, NY nancyhoffmangallery.com

Robert Longo at Pace
I do fly / After summer merrily
Continues through October 23 at 540 West 25th Street, NY, NY www.pacegallery.com 

Dawoud Bey at Sean Kelly Gallery
In This Here Place
Continues through October 23 at 475 10th Avenue, NY, NYskny.com