Novella Gallery - Past Events
Below is a list of all past events for Novella Gallery. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.
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Scott Penkava “ad hoc ad hominem”
Scott Penkava’s “ad hoc ad hominem” is a bent re-imagining of a work-space, that examines the benefits and pitfalls of a studio practice. The anchor piece of the show, titled “all the useless things my...More »
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Ricardo Hernandez “ILLEGAL”
In ILLEGAL, Ricardo Hernandez invites us to question what it means to be labeled Other, to be seen and considered less than, and exist on the fringes of society. Who gets to define these terms and how...More »
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Kristen Jensen and Paul Krause “Face Vase”
A performative installation by Kristen Jensen and Paul Krause The artists will be in the gallery during the following days and times, creating the installation in full view of the public. June 6,...More »
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“FULL TILT” Exhibition
During the past two years I went to the studios of six of the seven artists included in this exhibition. Galleries represent some of them, including the one artist whose studio I did not visit, but others...More »
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Peter Williams “The N – Word”
The new work of Peter Williams is in response to the recent and not so recent spate of attacks, killings, and murder of Black people by police across this country. Common and Proper Nouns. The N – Word...More »
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“HOWL” Exhibition
First published in 1956, Allen Ginsberg’s seminal poem “HOWL” remains an incessant hallucinatory chant on the American psyche. Through a similar lens of excess and depravity today, we focus on the insatiable...More »
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Danielle Mysliwiec “Harbinger”
NOVELLA presents Danielle Mysliwiec’s solo exhibition “Harbinger,” the artist’s first solo show in New York. In this new body of work, Mysliwiec has taken cues from the natural world and personal events...More »
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“Image Makers” Exhibition
Elena Sisto’s Seeing Sound shows the back of a small canvas placed at a jaunty angle in front of a woman’s face. The visible edges of her cheek and neck appear to be blushing, suggesting an intense, perhaps...More »
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“AS IF” Exhibition
NOVELLA presents AS IF, an exhibition of new work by Abigail Donovan, Troy Richards, Robert Straight, and Peter Williams. Abby Donovan is interested in constructing instruments of observation, particularly...More »
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Sarada Rauch “But in a Loop It’s Just a Bunch of Middles”
NOVELLA presents But in a loop it’s just a bunch of middles, Sarada Rauch’s second solo show with the gallery. Sarada is a multi media artist born in Los Angeles and based in Brooklyn, after a long stint...More »
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Brian Wood, Max Razdow and John Newman “Spin Zero”
In Spin Zero, Novella Gallery presents three artists – Brian Wood, Max Razdow, and John Newman – whose works function as sites of imagining. These works look intensely out and intensely in until the fixed...More »
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“Not a Force But a Curvature” Exhibition
Curated by Ryan Schneider More »
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Georgia Elrod “Around the Corner”
NOVELLA presents Around the Corner, a solo exhibition of new paintings and drawings by Georgia Elrod. Painted from memory, these works are a translation of the artist’s subconscious and imagination. In...More »
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Witts “W/Out”
NOVELLA presents w/out, a solo exhibition of new work by Witts. For this exhibition Witts has created an installation comprised of life size figurative sculptures as well as a collection of photographs...More »
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“Soul” Exhibition
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Pablo Garcia “Flat”
“I call our world Flatland, not because we call it so, but to make its nature clearer to you, my happy readers, who are privileged to live in Space.” –Edwin A. Abbott, Opening lines to Flatland (1884) The...More »
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Jason Stopa “The Brooklyn Zoo”
“The Brooklyn Zoo” is Stopa’s first solo show in Manhattan. For this exhibit, the artist will be showing new paintings that reference childhood games, music and the urban culture of Brooklyn. Stopa...More »
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David Wilson “N a Hutch.,.,., un dera Stare. cAsE”
N a Hutch.,.,., un dera Stare. cAsE: The title, culled from the 1889 Jacob Riis article: How The Other Half Lives, is the basis for Wilson’s subterranean installation at NOVELLA. To insist on illuminating...More »
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Peter Acheson “Rusted Giacometti”
Rusted Giacometti, a title culled from the surface of one of Peter’s text paintings, spans three decades of exploration, from Peter’s early collages and painting of the 1980’s, which mark his language-heavy...More »
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Rachel Schmidhofer “Citronella/Cinderella”
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Thomas Spoerndle Exhibition
NOVELLA presents a solo exhibition of recent works by Thomas Spoerndle. Continuing his exploration of abstraction through the use of simple systems to create complex visual experiences, this exhibition...More »
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Kristof Wickman “I’d give anything for another whiff”
NOVELLA presents I’d give anything for another whiff, a solo exhibition of recent work by Kristof Wickman. For his latest installation, Wickman borrows the language of commercial display as a stage for...More »
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"Chiaroscuro" Exhibition
Chiaroscuro (n.) (source: Merriam-Webster) a : the arrangement or treatment of light and dark parts in a pictorial work of art b : the interplay or contrast of dissimilar qualities (as of mood or...More »
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Scott Penkava "SCOTT PENKAVA IN 3D"
IT’S COMING RIGHT AT YOU! IN THE MIRACLE OF PERFECTED… 3 DIMENSION!!!! “SCOTT PENKAVA IN 3D” Yes, “Scott Penkava in 3D” to fill the world with terror, to bring you unforgettable suspense. What was...More »
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"STRANGE TIMES" Exhibition
NOVELLA presents "STRANGE TIMES", a group show that celebrates paintings' modus operandi, flexibility, and diversity of meaning. You want criticality? Take a gander at Rachel Schmidhofer’s taco painting....More »
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Sarada Rauch "It’s a bag full of snakes and chocolate"
NOVELLA presents It’s a bag full of snakes and chocolate, Sarada Rauch’s first solo exhibition with the gallery. Rauch will exhibit her new work of prints, mixed media and video. Reinterpretation gives...More »