Thursday, January 22: Jasper Johns | Between the Clock and the Bed at Gagosian

Between the Clock and the Bed—an exhibition of historic works by Jasper Johns at Gagosian in partnership with Castelli Gallery—surveys the crosshatch paintings and drawings that dominated his practice from 1973 to 1983 and have reverberated across his subsequent production.  Commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of this body of work’s debut at Castelli Gallery in 1976, this exhibition surveys the crosshatch paintings and drawings that dominated his practice from 1973 to 1983 and have reverberated across his subsequent production. The show is organized in partnership with Castelli Gallery.

Gagosian Gallery, 980 Madison Avenue, New York, NY Info

Friday, January 23, 6-8 pm: Red Horizon | Art, Heritage, New Energy at Flushing Town Hall

Get a head start on the Lunar New Year this week as the Flushing Town Hall galleries invite you to Red Horizon: Art. Heritage. New Energy. This vibrant group exhibition curated by Flushing Town Hall teaching artist Stephanie S. Lee features inspiring works celebrating Year of the Red Horse by distinguished artists of Asian descent: Jae Hi Ahn, Eugenie Chao, April Chong, Sei Ryun Chun, Chemin Hsiao, Sophia Chizuco, Cui Fei, Lily Honglei, Herry Koo, Stephanie S. Lee, Weihui Lu, Sui Park, Natsuki Takauji, and Yu-Whuan Wang. 

Spanning painting, installation, and mixed media, the exhibition explores memory, identity, migration, and belonging—bridging ancestral traditions with contemporary expression in the spirit of the Year of the Red Horse. Red Horizon is more than an exhibition—it’s a gathering of culture, creativity, and new beginnings in the heart of Queens. Above: Watercolor by Chemin Hsiao; below: collage by Natsuki Tanaki 

The exhibition opens with a festive Opening Reception on January 23, from 6–8 PM, featuring a Korean Tea Ceremony () led by artist Sei Ryun Chun, offering visitors a moment of reflection, hospitality, and cultural traditions. Free with RSVP

Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Boulevard, Flushing, NY Info

Continuing, Gabriel Kuri: your cost-benefit calculations at Kurimanzuto
your cost-benefit calculations, Gabriel Kuri’s first solo exhibition at kurimanzutto, New York, presents a new body of work that considers how probability might take material form. Through folded steel forms, soft textiles, volcanic rocks, carved wooden poles or consumer articles, Kuri asks how such abstract operations could manifest concretely, and how materials might speak the language of odds. 

The exhibition is organized through a chromatic system that echoes the familiar color-coding of risk assessment charts, conventions that are widely used yet ultimately arbitrary: cool greens and blues suggest low risk, while oranges and reds signal heightened stakes. As Kuri notes, “all materials, no matter how raw they appear… are socially branded and coded.” Each material carries cultural associations and stored energies, which he renders newly legible. Surrounding the three large-scale works are familiar forms enlarged or stripped of function. Two-headed matches, scorched across their midpoint, remain faithful to the chromatic logic of the exhibition: one end follows the cool palette while the other extends into warmer hues and variable lengths, revealing the tenuous frameworks we rely on to measure the future. 

“The form of a folded umbrella: rolled and compact, always cumbersome and passive. Indifferent. When it rains, it stretches outward into radial tension, becoming a shelter from a fact. But that feels too easy. The less obvious: not the shelter for the when, but the latent form of the if. To forge this form, to find its concrete shape, is what compels me to make art.”—Gabriel Kuri

Through February 28 at Kurimanzutto Gallery,  516 West 20^th Street, New York, NY Info 

Continuing: Caravaggio's "Boy with a Basket of Fruit" at The Morgan
This exhibition celebrates the extraordinary loan from the Galleria Borghese in Rome of Boy with a Basket of Fruit by Michelangelo Merisi, known as Caravaggio (1571–1610). With his parted lips, flushed ears, and shirt slipping from his shoulder, the boy was far from the idealized figures typically depicted in Roman painting at the time and is instead presented with remarkable frankness.

The exhibition juxtaposes this groundbreaking work with some precedents for its naturalism, including earlier paintings from Milan and by Caravaggio’s slightly older contemporary Annibale Carracci, and with a selection of works that document the powerful impact Caravaggio had on Italian art.

Also on view in the United States for the first time is the early Renaissance masterpiece Pietà (also known as Dead Christ Supported by Angels, ca. 1470) by Giovanni Bellini (1424/26–1516). On loan from the Museo della Città in Rimini, Italy, painting is on view in J. Pierpont Morgan’s study within the Morgan’s historic library, alongside some of the finest Renaissance art collected by Morgan himself, including paintings by Hans Memling and Perugino and sculptures by Antonio Rossellino. 
Through April 19 at The Morgan Library and Museum, 225 Madison Avenue, New York, NY Info

Continuing: The Infinite Artistry of Japanese Cetramics at The Met

From the earliest hand-built figurines rooted in ancient spiritual beliefs to the vibrant works that define today’s contemporary ceramic art scene, Japanese pottery reflects exceptional creativity and a refined sense of beauty. Its distinctiveness arises from the ingenuity and mastery of the potters, as well as the wide range of wares that have long supported daily life. Below: A unique Hagi ware vessel dated to the 1970s is on display I Gallery 229.

Through approximately 350 extraordinary works presented in themes that offer fresh perspectives on the diverse forms and functions, this exhibition celebrates the 50th anniversary of this landmark acquisition that established the foundation of The Met’s Japanese art holdings. By placing ceramics in dialogue with related art forms—including lacquers, textiles, paintings, and woodblock prints—the display inspires curiosity about the multiverse of Japanese ceramics and its broader cultural contexts. 

Through August 8 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 100 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY Info

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Thursday, January 29, 6pm,Gallery Talk and Tour:  Through the Lens of Rauschenberg at MCNY

Discover a new perspective on Robert Rauschenberg in this engaging talk and tour led by photographer Elle Pérez. Through the Lens of Rauschenberg invites visiting photographers to lead thoughtful conversations that explore their perspectives on his work.Note: these Tickets go fast!

In partnership with the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, the Museum of the City of New York (MCNY) presents Robert Rauschenberg’s New York: Pictures from the Real World. This dynamic show explores Rauschenberg’s innovative integration of photography and found objects into his art, reflecting his deep engagement with “the real world” and his complex relationship with New York City. Info

Museum of the City of New York, 1220 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY Info