Venus over Manhattan (39 Great Jones St.) - Past Events
Below is a list of all past events for Venus over Manhattan (39 Great Jones St.). Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.
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“Retinal Hysteria” Exhibition
Venus Over Manhattan presents Retinal Hysteria, an expansive two-venue exhibition curated by Robert Storr, who was previously Senior Curator in the Department of Painting and Sculpture at The Museum of...More »
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Richard Mayhew “Natural Order”
Venus Over Manhattan presents Richard Mayhew: Natural Order, the inaugural presentation at its new gallery space at 39 Great Jones Street. This landmark exhibition, featuring some twenty paintings and...More »
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Peter Saul “Early Works on Paper (1957-1965)”
Venus Over Manhattan presents Peter Saul: Early Works on Paper (1957–1965) the first exhibition to spotlight the colorful, comical, and complex works on paper made during the first decade of the renowned...More »
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Emanuel Proweller “Surface Sensible”
Venus Over Manhattan will present Emanuel Proweller: Surface Sensible the first US exhibition since 1963 to showcase the work of the Polish-French artist and his pioneering approach to figuration. This...More »
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Basil Kincaid “River, Frog and Crescent Moon”
Celebrating improvisation, freedom of imagination, and a continuous process of self-discovery through making, St. Louis, Missouri, and Accra-based Basil Kincaid is a post-disciplinary artist known for...More »
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“Small Paintings” Exhibition
Venus Over Manhattan presents Small Paintings, an exhibition featuring the work of forty-eight artists. Comprising nearly eighty works. Featured artists include: Etel Adnan, Sophie Barber, Seth Becker,...More »
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Rachel Simon Marino “Foul Play”
Venus Over Manhattan presents Foul Play, an exhibition of new paintings and works on paper by San Francisco-based artist Rachel Simon Marino. Comprising eight large-scale paintings and a smaller group...More »
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Cornelius Annor “Lost But Found”
Beginning November 11th, Venus Over Manhattan will present an exhibition of new works by Cornelius Annor, whose collaged paintings of family photographs draw upon his personal history in Ghana. Entitled...More »
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Maryan Exhibition
Curated by Eddie Martinez Beginning October 7th, Venus Over Manhattan will present its first solo exhibition of work by the Polish artist and cult figure Maryan, curated by artist Eddie Martinez. Comprising...More »
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Joseph Elmer Yoakum Exhibition
Venus Over Manhattan presents an exhibition of works by Joseph Elmer Yoakum, the self-taught Chicago artist whose works inspired a generation of artists. This exhibition is timed to coincide with ”Joseph...More »
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“The Interior” Exhibition
Venus Over Manhattan presents The Interior. Coming after a year of enclosures in the home, studio, and other interiors, this group show explores the specific state of creativity and productive constraint...More »
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Peter Saul “New Paintings”
Venus Over Manhattan and Michael Werner Gallery present a joint exhibition of new paintings and works on paper made by acclaimed artist by Peter Saul over the course of 2020 and 2021. Serving as a coda...More »
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Shinichi Sawada Exhibition
Thirty-eight year old Shinichi Sawada has kept the same schedule for nearly twenty years. On Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays, he attends Nakayoshi Fukushikai, a social welfare facility in Japan’s Shiga...More »
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Joan Brown Exhibition
Venus Over Manhattan presents Joan Brown, the gallery’s first exhibition devoted to the work of the late California figurative painter for whom art was a vehicle for exploration of the self in all of its...More »
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Andrew LaMar Hopkins “Créolité”
Curated by Alison M. Gingeras Venus Over Manhattan will inaugurate its new gallery space at 120 East 65th Street by opening an exhibition of new paintings by Andrew LaMar Hopkins, curated by Alison...More »
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Roy De Forest Exhibition
Venus Over Manhattan presents an exhibition of work by Roy De Forest, organized in collaboration with the Roy De Forest Estate. Following the recent retrospective of his work, “Of Dogs and Other People:...More »
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Roger Brown Exhibition
Venus Over Manhattan presents an exhibition of work by Roger Brown, organized in collaboration with the Roger Brown Study Collection at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and Kavi Gupta. Comprising...More »
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Öyvind Fahlström Exhibition
Venus Over Manhattan presents an exhibition of work by Öyvind Fahlström, organized in collaboration with Sharon Avery-Fahlström, The Öyvind Fahlström Foundation, and Aurel Scheibler. The exhibition marks...More »
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Joseph Elmer Yoakum Exhibition
Venus Over Manhattan presents Joseph Elmer Yoakum, an exhibition comprising more than sixty works on paper by the visionary American artist. On the tails of his inclusion in Lynne Cooke’s “Outliers and...More »
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“Calder Crags” + “Vanuatu Totems from the Collection of Wayne Heathcote” Exhibition
Venus Over Manhattan presents Calder Crags and Vanuatu Totems from the Collection of Wayne Heathcote, an exhibition comprising a suite of large-scale standing mobiles by Alexander Calder, and a group of...More »
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H.C. Westermann “Works on Paper”
Venus Over Manhattan presents H.C. Westermann: Works on Paper, an exhibition dedicated to the artist’s signature drawings and illustrated letters. Staged to coincide with “Going Home,” a major retrospective...More »
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Charlotte Perriand Exhibition
Venus Over Manhattan presents an exhibition dedicated to the life and work of Charlotte Perriand, one of the most famous designers of the twentieth century. Organized in collaboration with Laffanour /...More »
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“The Art of Collaboration” Exhibition
Venus Over Manhattan presents The Art of Collaboration, an exhibition dedicated to collaboratively produced works of art. Comprising a tightly focused selection of major collaborations. The Art of Collaboration...More »
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“Out of Control” Exhibition
Curated by Peter + Sally Saul Venus Over Manhattan presents Out of Control, a group show curated by Peter and Sally Saul. The exhibition, featuring some forty-five works by thirty-seven artists. In...More »
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Giacometti, Twombly, West “Sculptures of Existence”
curated by Dieter Buchhart Venus presents Giacometti, Twombly, West: Sculptures of Existence, an exhibition curated by Dieter Buchhart which explores the shared tactile quality in the work of Franz...More »
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“Mr. Unatural and Other Works from the Allan Frumkin Gallery (1952-1987)” Exhibition
Venus Over Manhattan presents Mr. Unatural and Other Works from the Allan Frumkin Gallery (1952-1987), an exhibition of work dedicated to the history, programming, and legacy of Allan Frumkin’s eponymous...More »
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Alexander Calder + Cady Noland “Kinetics Of Violence”
Venus Over Manhattan presents Kinetics of Violence: Alexander Calder + Cady Noland, an exhibition curated by Sandra Antelo-Suarez, and produced in collaboration with the Calder Foundation. Comprised of...More »
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Jack Goldstein Exhibition
VENUS presents Jack Goldstein, it’s third exhibition of work by the late member of the Pictures Generation, Jack Goldstein. Comprised of seven monumental paintings, two large-format works on paper, and...More »
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Michel Houellebecq “French Bashing”
VENUS present French Bashing, an exhibition of photographs, photomontages and related work by best-selling French novelist Michel Houellebecq, one of Europe’s most controversial cultural figures. Comprising...More »
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Bernard Buffet “Paintings from 1956 to 1999”
VENUS presents Bernard Buffet: Paintings from 1956 to 1999, an exhibition of important and historic works by the renowned late figurative painter, who remains one of the most controversial French artists...More »
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John Mccracken “Planks”
VENUS presents John McCracken: Planks, an exhibition of sculpture by John McCracken. The show, comprised of Planks from the full scope of McCracken’s career. John McCracken’s Planks are the signature...More »
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Mike Kelley “Kandors”
VENUS presents Mike Kelley: Kandors, an exhibition of sculpture and related work by Mike Kelley from 2007. The show, comprised of four Kandors and their associated projections and lenticular light boxes,...More »
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Billy Al Bengston “MY BSA 350CC GOLDSTAR & BLUES FOR AUB (get it?)”
VENUS presents a collection of work by legendary Los Angeles-based artist Billy Al Bengston. The exhibition will feature twelve historic paintings from Bengston’s 1961 “B.S.A. Motorcycle” series alongside...More »
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David Medalla Exhibition
VENUS presents its second exhibition of work by David Medalla, a pioneer of kinetic and participatory art. In 2014 VENUS showcased Cloud Canyons, an eight-foot-tall bubble machine considered to be Medalla’s...More »
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Andy Warhol “Little Electric Chairs”
VENUS present Andy Warhol’s Little Electric Chairs, an exhibition of eighteen important paintings from one of Warhol’s most significant and influential series of the ‘60s, Death and Disaster. With the...More »
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“Fétiche” Exhibition
VENUS presents Fétiche, a group show juxtaposing contemporary Western art with historic African and Oceanic works to examine the literal power that art objects confer. In the early Twentieth Century, African...More »
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H.C. Westermann “See America First”
Venus presents See America First, an exhibition of sculptures and works on paper by American artist, H.C. Westermann (b. Los Angeles, 1922–1981). Westermann was an influential post-war artist, though...More »
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Katherine Bernhardt “Pablo and Efrain”
Venus Over Manhattan presents Pablo and Efrain, an exhibition of new work by painter Katherine Bernhardt. The exhibition’s title is a nod to the twin artists behind the collective Poncili Creacion, whom...More »
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“#RAWHIDE” Exhibition
Co-Curated by Dylan Brant & Vivian Brodie More »
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Peter Saul “From Pop to Punk”
VENUS OVER MANHATTAN presents FROM POP TO PUNK, paintings from the 60’s and 70’s by renowned painter PETER SAUL. Saul’s politically charged, and often politically incorrect, paintings are rooted in...More »
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Charles March “Wood Land”
VENUS OVER MANHATTAN presents WOOD LAND, a series of new photographs by CHARLES MARCH. The exhibition follows Nature Translated, March’s critically-acclaimed solo show, which was curated by Edward Lucie-Smith...More »
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Maurizio Cattelan “Cosa Nostra”
Venus Over Manhattan and Sotheby’s S|2 presents Cosa Nostra, the first major exhibition of Maurizio Cattelan’s work since Maurizio Cattelan: All, the 2011/12 Guggenheim retrospective, and the artist’s...More »
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“Fire” Exhibition
Displayed upon custom shelves designed by de Pury de Pury, the show features a diverse array of works by artists Flavie Audi, Jean Baptiste Bernadet, Cameron Jamie, Friedrich Kunath, Shio Kusaka, Takuro...More »
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“Life” Exhibition
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Raymond Pettibon “Are Your Motives Pure?”
Since the 1970s, Los Angeles-based artist Raymond Pettibon has been metabolizing America – its history, literature, sports, religion, politics, and sexuality – in a barrage of drawings and paintings in...More »
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Charles Harlan “ISHTAR”
Venus Over Manhattan presents ISHTAR, an exhibition of new site-specific work by Charles Harlan opening February 12, 2014 Drawing inspiration from Land Art of the 1970s, Harlan avails himself of the...More »
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“Calder Shadows” Exhibition
Sculptor, painter, illustrator, printmaker and designer, the renowned American artist Alexander Calder (1898 – 1976) was above all a master engineer of shifting lines and dancing shadows. After visiting...More »
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Walter Dahn “4th Time Around/ (My Back Pages)”
Artists Walter Dahn and Richard Prince first met in 1990 during Dahn’s exhibition at Gladstone Gallery in New York. Prince detected a kindred spirit in the German-born Dahn. Here was another artist exploring...More »
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“Made in Space” Exhibition
- Media: Painting - Drawing - Prints - Sculpture - Installation - Video installation
- 2013-07-11 - 2013-08-10
Curated by Peter Harkawik & Laura Owens Made in Space 1. Someone drank tea. Someone else felt that a specific kind of taco eaten at a particular geographic location was like a drug. The spices...More »
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William Copley and BFBC, INC Exhibition
New York-born painter, writer, gallerist, collector, publisher and art entrepreneur William N. Copley (1919-1996) began his career in the arts as a dealer of Surrealist and Dada titans Rene Magritte, Man...More »
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Andra Ursuta "Solitary Fitness"
Although Ursuta's work deals with dark issues such as domestic violence, nuclear bombs, the uncovering of mass graves, and the expulsion of ethnic groups, she tries to approach each subject with irony....More »
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"Where Is Jack Goldstein?" Exhibition
Where Is Jack Goldstein?, an exhibition conceived to invite further exploration of that mystery and to re-contextualize the artist’s significant contributions. The show will be one of the very first ever...More »
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Peter Coffin "A, E, I, O, U"
Venus Over Manhattan presents Peter Coffin’s first solo show in New York since 2008. A, E, I, O, U, composed entirely of new work, will be the first one-man show in the new gallery’s uptown space at 980...More »
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"Bulletin Boards" Exhibition
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“À rebours” Exhibition
Venus Over Manhattan presents the inaugural exhibition À rebours. Including several dozen works of art spanning the 19th century to the present. The exhibition takes its title from Joris-Karl Huysmans’...More »