Branwen Jones is a director at David Zwirner in New York where she works closely with artists Carol Bove, Raymond Pettibon, Wolfgang Tillmans, and Jordan Wolfson. A native New Yorker, her career began at Donald Young Gallery in Chicago and from there she moved back to New York and worked at Andrea Rosen Gallery for nearly a decade. She joined David Zwirner in 2012.
We are really delighted to have Branwen's recommendations for shows not to miss in New York this May.
1.
Cornelia Parker’s Transitional Object (Psychobarn) on The Met rooftop made the front page of The New York Times, and deservedly so for both the artist and curator, Beatrice Galilee.
2. & 3.
We are all excited about The Met Breuer, and its debut exhibition Unfinished: Thoughts Left Visible is one that should be revisited again and again. Being able to see the spectacular works by such masters as Titian, Rembrandt, Rubens, and Leonardo da Vinci, as well as contemporary artists like Alice Neel and Kerry James Marshall, is a real gift to the city. (I cannot wait for Kerry's show, which is coming to New York this fall, and curated by the very talented Ian Alteveer.)
Also, seeing the beautiful survey of Nasreen Mohamedi’s drawings and photos was a new discovery.
4.
Part architecture, part sculpture. That’s what’s happening with Thea Djordjadze at MoMA PS1, her first solo show in New York.
5.
Spanning sculpture, performance, tapestries, painting, and film, the New Museum has five solo shows by a diverse group of female artists (and each artist has her own floor): Nicole Eisenman, Goshka Macuga, Beatriz Santiago Muñoz, Cally Spooner and Andra Ursuta.
6.
White Columns has always been beloved by artists. Their upcoming benefit auction is not to be missed.
7. & 8.
Two shows at Andrea Rosen are on my “must-see” list: Ketuta Alexi-Meskhishvili Hollow Body and Felix Gonzalez-Torres, which is actually a three-part exhibition also on view at Massimo De Carlo in Milan and Hauser & Wirth in London. The quiet and contemplative installations and sculptures by Gonzalez-Torres will always move me.
9.
Josh Kline’s current exhibit Unemployment at 47 Canal transports us to a future technological dystopia where we are greeted with his characteristic poignancy, politics and wit.
10.
Conceptual artist Julieta Aranda is always interesting and there are no exceptions with her current show at James Fuentes. James is my husband, and so of course I cannot help but like just about every show he does.
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