The DART Board: 07.02.2025
Thursday July 3, Last Chance: Picasso: Tête-à-tête at Gatosian
You see me here, and yet I’ve already changed, I’m already elsewhere.
—Pablo Picasso, 1963
Picasso: Tête-à-tête, presented in partnership with the artist’s daughter Paloma Picasso, offers a unique opportunity to view over fifty rarely seen works. On view are paintings, sculptures, and drawings from the full span of the artist’s career—1896 to 1972. Drawn largely from Picasso’s estate, the exhibition will include nearly a dozen works that are being exhibited publicly for the very first time and others that have not been shown for decades.
Gagosian, 980 Madison Avenue, New York, NY Info
Thursday, July 10, 6-8pm: Eat the Heat at Frosch
Just in from longtime subscriber, Jeanne Verdoux:
This group show featuring works by Elise Engler, Leslie Kerby, Jean Lowe, Joachim Marx, Edie Nadelhaft, Brad Nel- son, Lucy Beecher Nelson, Judy Simonian, Fedele Spadafora, Jeanne Verdoux, and Becky Yazdan serves up a fresh look at food, drink, and the art historical table [text courtesy of Eva Frosch]. Above: Ceramic sculpture by Jeanne Verdoux: ‘Not so short strawberry cake’
Referencing the history of artistic engagement with the table—from symbolic still-lifes to explorations of mass culture—Eat the Heat brings together artists whose paintings, drawings, and sculptures examine the visual and cultural language of food and drink. From art historical allusions to humorous reflections on appetite, ritual, and abundance, the exhibition reflects on the shared experience of consumption in all its complexity.
Frosch & Co., 34 East Broadway, New York, NY Info
Continuing: The Kids Are Allright at Timothy Taylor
A multigenerational group of artists whose work engages with the realities and mythologies of childhood is gathered for this summer romp of a show. Through painting, sculpture, photography, works on paper, and textiles, the exhibition reflects on how childhood is shaped, remembered, politicized, and imagined, and considers what it means to see the world through the eyes of children today. Above: Domiic Chambers, Wonder in Morning Half Light, 2025
Curator Helen Toomer says, “Through painting, sculpture, photography, drawing, and textiles, the works offer an amalgamated snapshot of childhood—subjects embrace and protect the young, while the adolescent search for self is also captured. We are able to see through the eyes of children—curious, honest, defiant, and hopeful in an ever changing world….This exhibition doesn’t just look back at childhood—it asks us to think about what kind of future we’re all stepping into, and how we can move through it together.”
The exhibition includes work by Ann Agee, Diane Arbus, Michaël Borremans, Louise Bourgeois, Cecily Brown, Zoë Buckman, Dominic Chambers, Joana Choumali, Larry Clark, Mark Cohen, R. Crumb, Gehard Demetz, Kim Dingle, Madeline Donahue, Marcel Dzama, William Eggleston, Lloyd Foster, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Julia García, Elizabeth Glaessner, Jay Lynn Gomez, Titus Kaphar, Jonathan Lasker, Louise Lawler, Charles LeDray, Sherrie Levine, Sally Mann, Marape, Elizabeth McIntosh, Joel Meyerowitz, Annie Morris, Ragen Moss, Anya Paintsil, Gordon Parks, Erin M. Riley, Kenny Rivero, Antonia Showering, David Shrigley, Ruby Sky Stiler, Katie Stout, Alison Elizabeth Taylor, and Rhys Ziemba.
Timothy Taylor Gallery, 74 Leonard Street, New York, NY Info
July 11-12: Westside Fest
The third annual West Side Fest highlights the city’s newest cultural destination on the western edge of Manhattan, a historic area with a welcoming and unique mix of fresh activities, open gathering spaces, and more. The neighborhood—from the Whitney Museum to the High Line—includes organizations that have been on the West Side for decades as well as newer arrivals like Gansevoort Peninsula in Hudson River Park. West Side Fest is conveniently accessible by subway, bus, the High Line, bike, or car. While many organizations are offering free admission to programs and events, advance registration may be required. For complete schedule, please go here
July 8-12: Zero Art Fair at Flag Art
In 2024 the artists William Powhida and Jennifer Dalton launched the Zero Art Fair, which uses an unorthodox “store-to-own” contract to offer the public a cost-free avenue to acquire works that would otherwise remain siloed in storage.
Would-be collectors sign a contract pledging to safeguard the work for a vesting period of five years and, should they ever resell it, ensure that 50% of the sale proceeds go to the artist.
This year’s edition of the fair (8-12 July) will be hosted and sponsored by the Flag Art Foundation in Manhattan. Describing the project by email as “more of a not-for-profit conceptual intervention” than a typical trade fair, Powhida and Dalton also call Zero “a living, functioning response to some of the issues of artificial scarcity, exclusivity and access built into the contemporary art market”. They add: “Our fair also allows people who usually can’t afford original artwork to have a chance to live with art. It’s one thing to visit a gallery to look at artwork—it’s another thing entirely to live with it in your home.” Interested collectors can register for tickets here.
Exhibition Preview Days: Tuesday July 8th – Thursday July 10th, 11am – 5pm. Public reception: Thursday July 10th, 5 – 7pm, Fair Days: Friday July 11th and Saturday July 12th for registered ticked holders, 11am – 5pm
Zero Art Fair at Flag Art Foundation, 545 West 25th Street, FL9, New York, NY Info
Deadline Extended to July 14: ICON13 Call for Papers
For illustration artists, educators, creativies--AND qualified graduate students--sheltering in from the summer heat, here’s an opportunity to consider for next summer, around now: ICON13 The Illustration Conference. To be held in Baltimore, it's being hosted by @marylandinstitutecollegeofart, and now invites abstracts for 20 minute presentations that broaden the understanding of how illustration is changing in the classroom, practice, and research. The deadline is June 30th. Here’s the scoop: