This Week in the Art World: March 27th – April 2nd

Spring has sprung, sort of. Either way, it’s time to come out of hibernation. We’ve come up with a list of exciting events happening this week. From Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker’s performance at MoMA to Aperture’s Spring party, fun to be had all around.

March 28th

Opening: Thomas Berding “Paintings from the Surplus Mound” at The Painting Center

This solo exhibition of paintings by Thomas Berding continues the artist’s exploration of the seemingly endless sense of surplus that surrounds and defines many aspects of our contemporary existence. Drawing from conceptual and material structures and choices which linger beyond their intended use, in compelling fashion Berding’s recent paintings give vision to a world where new connections are constantly being forged and associations drawn.

The Painting Center 547 West 27th Street Suite 500 New York, NY 10001

March 29th

Performance: Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker: Work/Travail/Arbeid at MoMA

The starting point for Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker’s Work/Travail/Arbeid is a simple question: Can choreography be performed in the form of an exhibition? To answer that question, she reinterpreted her dance performance Vortex Temporum (2013), which was originally performed in a theater, for the radically different temporal and physical circumstances of a museum; the original length of the work was expanded into cycles of nine hours, and it was adapted to the specific characteristics of the space.

MoMA 11 West 53rd Street New York, NY 10019

Event: Affordable Art Fair at The Metropolitan Pavilion

Affordable Art Fair is an array of galleries showing contemporary art from $100-$10,000. Visitors can take their pick from a mix of local, national and international galleries showcasing a wide range of contemporary paintings, original prints, photographs and sculptures, both by established artists and rising stars.

Affordable Art Fair The Metropolitan Pavilion, NY 10011

March 30th

Opening: Lorene Anderson “Swirl and Roil” at Katherine Markel Fine Arts

Lorene Anderson’s paintings have a kinetic energy perfectly fitting her exploration of turbulence, gesture, and the movement and folds of space. Her undulating stripes, dimensional layers, and selective use of reflective paint transforms a two-dimensional surface into a churning, vibrating composition. The dynamic nature of her pieces even suggests environments beyond the picture plane itself, her marks seemingly extending around and beyond the edges of her paintings.

Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, 529 West 20th Street Suite 6W New York, NY

March 31st
Aperture Spring Party and Auction

This year’s Aperture Spring Party and Auction is inspired by “Dandy Lion: The Black Dandy and Street Style.” The Host Committee Dinner is taking place at the Nomad Hotel, followed by the afterparty with DJ sets by Lumumba a.k.a. Revolution and a performance by Kool A.D. Spring Party ticket and auction proceeds directly support Aperture’s publications and public programs, locally and internationally. Purchase tickets.

Aperture Foundation, 547 West 27th Street, 4th Floor, New York

March 31st

Opening: Tom Forkin, Manhattan

Tom Forkin’s first solo show in Manhattan is appropriately titled, Manhattan. Characters wander through deserted streets in the rain, rest pensively against light posts, and stalk their neighbors from rear windows. Arranged on the walls like a storyboard, but with no rigid order, Forkin’s preferred neutral palette recalls muddy puddles and cloudy skies.

Chinatown Soup, 16B Orchard Street New York, NY 10002