New York's top 6 museum shows during Armory Week 2018
During the 2018 Armory Show art week, New York museums present a dense program of exhibitions. At the Met, highlights include 'Streams and Mountains without End: Landscape Traditions of China,' 'Ritual Art of Nepal,' 'Celebrating the Year of the Dog,' 'American Painters in Italy: From Copley to Sargent,' a William Eggleston solo show, 'Before/On/After: William Wegman and California Conceptualism,' and 'Provocations: Anselm Kiefer at The Met Breuer.' The Guggenheim features 'Josef Albers in Mexico' (closing March 17), the Thannhauser Collection, and 'Danh Vo: Take My Breath Away,' the artist's first major US museum solo show. MoMA offers a Tarsila do Amaral retrospective, Tania Bruguera's installation 'Untitled (Havana, 2000)' (through March 11), and at MoMA PS1, solo shows by Cathy Wilkes and 'Maria Lassnig: New York Films 1970–1980.' The Whitney presents a Zoe Leonard survey covering thirty years, 'Grant Wood: American Gothic and Other Fables,' and 'The Line' by Hajoe Moderegger and Franziska Lamprecht. The Queens Museum hosts 'Real People. Real Lives. Women Immigrants of New York' (through March 18), in partnership with New Women New Yorkers. The New Museum runs its fourth Triennial, 'Songs for Sabotage' (through May 27), curated by Massimiliano Gioni, plus 'Nathaniel Mellors: Progressive Rocks.'
Key facts
- The Met shows 'Streams and Mountains without End: Landscape Traditions of China', 'Ritual Art of Nepal', 'Celebrating the Year of the Dog', 'American Painters in Italy: From Copley to Sargent', William Eggleston solo, 'Before/On/After: William Wegman and California Conceptualism', and 'Provocations: Anselm Kiefer at The Met Breuer'.
- Guggenheim presents 'Josef Albers in Mexico' closing March 17, the Thannhauser Collection, and 'Danh Vo: Take My Breath Away'.
- MoMA has a Tarsila do Amaral retrospective, Tania Bruguera's 'Untitled (Havana, 2000)' until March 11, and at MoMA PS1: Cathy Wilkes solo and 'Maria Lassnig: New York Films 1970–1980'.
- Whitney Museum features Zoe Leonard survey, 'Grant Wood: American Gothic and Other Fables', and 'The Line' by Hajoe Moderegger and Franziska Lamprecht.
- Queens Museum hosts 'Real People. Real Lives. Women Immigrants of New York' until March 18, with New Women New Yorkers.
- New Museum runs its fourth Triennial 'Songs for Sabotage' until May 27, curated by Massimiliano Gioni, plus 'Nathaniel Mellors: Progressive Rocks'.
- The article is a guide to six must-see museum exhibitions during Armory Week 2018 in New York.
- The guide covers the Met, Guggenheim, MoMA/PS1, Whitney, Queens Museum, and New Museum.
Entities
Artists
- William Eggleston
- William Wegman
- Anselm Kiefer
- Josef Albers
- Danh Vo
- Tarsila do Amaral
- Tania Bruguera
- Cathy Wilkes
- Maria Lassnig
- Zoe Leonard
- Grant Wood
- Hajoe Moderegger
- Franziska Lamprecht
- Nathaniel Mellors
- Massimiliano Gioni
- Mariacristina Ferraioli
Institutions
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- The Met Fifth Avenue
- The Met Breuer
- Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
- Guggenheim Museum
- Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
- MoMA PS1
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- Queens Museum
- New Museum
- New Women New Yorkers
- Artribune
Locations
- New York
- United States
- The Met Fifth Avenue, 1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10028
- Guggenheim Museum, 1071 5th Ave, New York, NY 10128
- MoMA, 11 West 53 Street, New York, NY 10019
- MoMA PS1, 22-25 Jackson Avenue, Long Island City, NY 11101
- Whitney Museum, 99 Gansevoort Street, New York, NY 10014
- Queens Museum, New York City Building, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens, NY 11368
- New Museum, 235 Bowery, New York, NY 10002
- China
- Nepal
- Italy
- Mexico
- Brazil
- Cuba
- Havana
- Ireland
- Vietnam
- California
- San Paolo
- L'Avana