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Constantina Zavitsanos, the one who knows may show the one who knows (detail), 2024. Digital print on dibond. 30 x 30 in. [A photograph made in a two mirror Schlieren system with knife edge shows the silhouette of a hand holding a small lit flame in front of a round mirror, staged in a black surround. Typically invisible, heat waves are visible along the golden shadowy gradient of a telescope mirror. At the bottom a candle’s wick and its mirror image break the circle.] -
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Traditions: Five Painters. Installation View, Artists Space, 1978. [A large rectangular painting hangs on a wall to the left.] -
Ralston Farina: Time // Time. Installation view, Artists Space, 2025. Photo: Carter Seddon. [Three TV screens, mounted on a black wall, glow with various images. Each TV plays a performance by Ralston Farina. In front of the screens sit two display cases.] -
Charles Simonds. Still from Mythologies, 1974. From Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt, James Biederman, Charles Simonds, Artists Space, 1974. [A black and white still of a hand delicately reaching out to touch a stone surface.] -
Paul Lamantia. The Critic (A Portrait of Dennis Adrian), 1984. [Three figures with misshapen faces appear together in an surreal setting.] -
Union Gaucha Productions. Installation view, Artists Space, 2015. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [Two people seated with their legs outstretched on a green carpet in front of a small television monitor, wearing headphones.] -
The Issues of Our Time. Installation view, Artists Space, 2014. Photo: Adam Reich. [A clay sculpture of a person, outstretched on a sofa, with miscellaneous items around them, is displayed on a wooden floor.] -
It's Just Art, Adrian Piper, April 29, 1981 [Adrian Piper, dressed in black with sunglasses and holding her arms aloft in mid-motion, stands in front of a projected image showing a photo of herself in sunglasses, and a thought bubble that reads, "14. WE DEFEND EACH OTHER / (YOU CERTAINLY DIDN'T COME TO AN ART PERFORMANCE TO HEAR A LECTURE ON CURRENT EVENTS)"] -
Immanent Madness. Installation View. Artists Space, 1985-86. [A drawing of a chain attached to a constructed wall with text on the lower left of the page reading, "IMMINENT MADNESS THE WALL WE ARE NO LONGER CHAINED TO".] -
Abasement #67. Performance documentation, January 15, 2024, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman. [Color image of the audience. In the foreground, audience members are seated in chairs and in the background, folks stand and watch the performance. Almost all of their eyes are attuned towards the stage, which is out of frame to the right. Many of the audience members wear smiling, joyful faces as they watch the show. The audience sits in the dark of the seating area, small specks of bright white light reflecting from a disco ball scatter on their bodies and the walls behind them. ] -
Four Scottish Artists. Opening Reception, Artists Space, 1979. [A photograph of the exhibition opening reception. A group of visitors look around at the art.] -
New Red Order Cover the Earth, detail, 2021 Painted mural with cut vinyl, dibond prints, kiddie pool, sod, inflatable alligator, turtle sandbox, beach towels, towel racks, beach balls, beach chairs, beach umbrella, real estate lawn sign, cooler, and pool noodles. Image courtesy Artists Space, New York Photo: Filip Wolak [An image of a multicolored exhibition space consisting of beach paraphernalia.] -
[An image of rocks, trees and coastline overlooking a large body of water. Collaged on top of the photograph are cutouts of flowers, carved stones, and a mosaic. Gray text gives details about a virtual reading event, with zoom meeting information written in yellow at the bottom.] -
Replica of a Lost Original. Installation view, Artists Space, 2007. Photo: Bill Orcutt. [A gray television sits on a rectangular wooden board. There is a mass of wires next to it that snakes towards a pile of nearby photographs.] -
Lyndon Barrois Jr., Balthazar (After Bresson), 2021. Blue graphite on paper, antique brass frame. 10 x 8 inches. Photo: Filip Wolak. [A small framed drawing of a donkey head in blue, resting on a white shelf against the wall of a gallery space.] -
Salad Days. Installation view, Artists Space, 2004. [Two paintings hung on white walls meeting in a corner. The paintings are colorful, predominantly pink and red.] -
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Betty Tompkins, Sex Painting #4, 2013, 23.5 x 16.5 inches [Painting depicting a close-up image of a figure's mouth licking the top side of a foot. A large thumb is pressed against the bottom of the foot, holding it up to the mouth. The painting is composed of soft, muted gray and purple hues. A white band stretches across the lower edge of the image. Black text running along the center of the image's bottom edge reads, "2020Solidarity - Betty Tompkins," while small, faint gray text running along the lower right edge of the image reads, "A project by Between Bridges."] -
Marz Saffore speaking at “Palestine, BLM & Boycott in the Arts.” Artists Space Books & Talks, Friday, November 4, 2016. Courtesy Decolonize This Place and Artists Space, New York. Photo: Andrés Rodriguez [Marz Saffore, dressed in a beige argyle swearer, a polka dot button up, jeans, and a green cap, sits and speaks into a microphone.] -
Sean Snyder, still from Two Representations of a Given Place (Pyongyang), 2001-4. Courtesy the artist; Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris; Lisson Gallery, London; and Galerie Neu, Berlin. [A slightly blurry image of a city in the evening. An outline of a tall, triangular building is visible against a sunset sky.] -
Freya Hansell. Installation view, Artists Space, 1980. [A black and white photograph of various objects hanging in a white-walled gallery space with a spotlight in center of the image.] -
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Richard Klauber. Installation view, Ruth Hardinger, Richard Klauber, Artists Space, 1975. [A color installation photograph of a black, grey, and white abstract painting on a white wall.] -
Gary Burnley, Martin Cohen, Candace Hill-Montgomery, Louis Stein, and Haim Steinbach. Contact sheet of photos from exhibition opening, Artists Space, 1979. Photos by Gary Burnley. [Contact sheet of installation images taken during exhibition opening.] -
Invitation for Gerry Morehead, Jim Pavlicovic, Artists Space, 1976. [A black and white invitation for a film screening. On the left of the postcard, a masked figure is pictured seated.] -
[Collaged atop a blue, beige, and orange field is a series of abstract graphic and typewritten elements, including a womans face placed sideways with green tape over it. In the middle, on a piece of blue paper, is the list of performers and text reading "aBASEmEnt 62 at ArTists SpACe" along with the location and time of the event.] -
James Sheehan, Halcyon Days, 2000. [An oil painting of a colorful city crowded with buildings.] -
Isola & Norzi, Mama, 2006. Installation. Courtesy the artists. Photo: Bill Orcutt. [In the corner of a room, a group of six brooms and mops is held free-standing off of a wall by a shelf which allows the handles to pass through it, holding them in place in a line. Near the adjacent wall, a metal dustbin stands facing the brooms, dust both within the dustbin and nearby.] -
Pictures. Opening Reception, Artists Space, September 23, 1977. Sherrie Levine (left), Irving Sandler (right). Photo: D. James Dee. [A black and white photograph of two figures standing in a gallery space. The figure on the left looks at the one on the right. In the background, a crowd of people and se veral large wall hangings are visible.] -
Vivienne Dick. Still from She Had Her Gun All Ready, 1978. [Close-up of the face of a figure with short, light hair. The figure looks downwards. They are illuminated by a dim red light.] -
Laura Poitras: 9/11 Trilogy. Installation view, Artists Space, 2014. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [An individual TV monitor with three wooden chairs placed in front of it, each holding headphones. Edward Snowden appears speaking to the camera onscreen.] -
David Armstrong: Portraits. Installation view, March 10 – May 23, 2026, Artists Space. Photo: Carter Seddon [A vitrine and a gallery wall are parallel in the bright gallery space. The vitrine displays books of different sizes opened to various pages. On the wall, four black and white photographs hang vertically in sequence. ] -
[A paper clipping announcing Parasite's event offerings from 1998, with a dark image of a person looking at a book.] -
Abasement #86. Performance documentation, April 6th, 2026, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman. [A performer operates a soundboard on stage. A shadow is cast on the wall behind, resembling another performer dancing with their hands thrown above their head. ] -
Group Exhibition. Installation view, Artists Space, 1981. Photo credit: Anne Turyn. [Figurative paintings hang on adjacent walls in white-walled gallery space.] -
Carolyn Lazard: Two-way. Installation view (Vital, 2025), Artists Space, 2025. Photo: Greg Carideo. [A darkened gallery space with dark blue walls and dark blue carpeting. On the left sits a bench, which faces a large wall projection on the right. The projection depicts a black patient in a blue hospital gown sitting on an examination table.] -
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Flyer by Joe Frivaldi. [Magazine cutouts of faces printed in green ink, with red dots and accents, overlay a yellow and red printed background that has also been collaged together and drawn over with red and blue abstract lines. A block of black typewritten text on a white background is placed upside down in the bottom left of the image, and reads "ABASEMENT 65" and then the list of performers. On the right side of the image is text that reads the time and place of the event.] -
Contemporary Architecture - an installation by realities:united. Installation view, Artists Space, 2007. Photo: Bill Orcutt. [In a gallery space, a large white overhead LED-style sign acts as both a drop ceiling and overhead lighting. It displays two numbers, a 2 and a 3. Below are a black sofa and, facing it, a small television on a wooden pedestal.] -
Artists Draw. Installation view, Artists Space, 1979. [Six framed drawings are hung in a row on a white wall.] -
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Flyer for Segue Reading Series featuring erica kaufman and M. Lamar. January 28, 2023, Artists Space. [Red and green text overlay an orange background with abstract lines and a drawing of a male figure riding a horse in the bottom left corner. The text in the middle reads "erica kaufman / Segue Reading Series / M. Lamar."] -
Folio Series: Intangible Economies, 2012. [A white book cover depicting silver coins with the text "♥good for all night♥".] -
Macho Man, Tell It To My Heart: Collected by Julie Ault. Installation view, Artists Space, 2013. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [A string of light bulbs decends from the celing of an exhibition space, with the end of its wiring resting on the ground below. A framed image of a figure's face is installed high on the wall directly behind the light string. A small cardboard box with gold details sits on the ground to the right of the light string.] -
Gerome Kamrowski. Facets of a Dome, 1960. [A dark black and white photograph with various shadows visible.] -
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Union Gaucha Productions. Still from Phantom Limb, 1998. 16mm film (silent, black and white), 21 min 45 sec. Courtesy of Union Gaucha Productions. [A black and white still of a hallway with a patterned balcony, which descends into stairs. Three geometric paintings are hung along the walls.] -
Duncan Campbell: Make it new John. Installation view, Artists Space, 2010. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [A black and white image of a man working intently on a machine is projected on a standing screen in an open room.] -
Radical Localism: Art, Video and Culture from Pueblo Nuevo's Mexicali Rose. Installation view, Artists Space, 2012. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [A large, rectangular wall is suspended at the center of three vertical poles in a bright room. The wall is covered in abstract, smooth and multicolored shapes. Amongst the shapes there are several figures of different ages and dress performing different tasks. One raises his fist in the air. Two identical looking boys stare at the viewer. Another figure wears a hat with rabbit ears.] -
Abasement #64. Performance documentation, August 7, 2023, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman. [Color photo of a musician captured mid-performance as he plays his clarinet into a microphone positioned near his instrument. The musician stands in a dim venue space with a bright, warm spotlight that shines directly onto him.] -
Brad Kronz. Installation view, Artists Space, 2025. Photo: Carter Seddon [Three works are seen in the gallery space. To the far left, five rectangular wooden boards stand stacked on top of each other. Central is a tall box made of similar wood boards. To the right sits an eagle-headed sculpture and an object resembling a modem. ] -
Milford Graves, Cosmos 2 - 5, 2020. Wood, copper netting, hand-painted drum, lights, metal, casters, acupuncture head, figurines, artifact, turntable, printed label, metal, glue, copper netting tubing, hand-painted drum, plasma globe, tree branch, model brain, lights, printed label, stones, transducer, amplifier, wires, wooden crate, metal bracket, anatomical model, copper pipe, outdoor house lamp, transducer, amplifier, printed label. Dimensions variable. Photo: Filip Wolak. [A color photograph of four sculptures mounted on wooden pedastals. The sculptures are connected by copper netting and are composed of objects including a model of a human head, a plasma globe, a drum, lights, and wires.] -
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Young Fluxus. Installation view, Artists Space, 1982. [A gallery space with a chalk drawing on the top section of a wall and chairs underneath. Framed images on the adjacent wall are near a doorway into another space.] -
[Screenshot of an unnamed Financial Times video, depicting an upward-trajectory chart titled "seven lean years for value."] -
Radical Localism: Art, Video and Culture from Pueblo Nuevo's Mexicali Rose. Installation view, Artists Space, 2012. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [Four gallery walls sit at various angles in a bright-lit exhibition space. One of the walls is decorated with colorful vertical stripes. Another wall is covered in many small, square grid-like compositions. A wall at the photograph's center is decorated with a composition of abstract, smooth shapes and various figures rendered in black and white.] -
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Drake Carr, Raul Lopez, 2023. Colored pencil on paper. 30 1/8 x 20 3/16 inches. Image courtesy Artists Space, New York. Photo: Filip Wolak. [A color image of an unframed colorful drawing. The drawing shows a figure wearing a dark coat, sitting cross-legged on a chair. A purse sits on the floor right behind the chair. In the back, a piano and sheet music.] -
Richard Hollis. Installation view, Artists Space, 2013. [An angled view of 4 book stands perpendicular to a wall, all displaying various books, documents, and papers.] -
Abasement #64. Performance documentation, August 7, 2023, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman. [Color photo of two performers sitting on the ground in a dark venue space that is illuminated by deep red overhead lights. The performers are holding up clear, geometric objects against a neon yellow and blue projection on a wall.] -
Flyer for Segue Reading Series featuring Jesse Darling and Fiona Alison Duncan. February 19, 2022, Artists Space. [Black text overlays a blue background. The top left corner reads: Jesse Darling / Fiona Alison Duncan. The middle reads: Segue Reading Series & ARTISTS SPACE.” The bottom left reads: “Saturday, February 19, 5pm / Zoom ID: 893 9594 7519 / Suggested donation $5."] -
Artists Space, Witnesses: Against Our Vanishing, 1989. [A red book cover with white text superimposed on a black palm print.] -
Yuji Agematsu: Chasing Milford. Performance documentation, January 15, 2022, Artists Space. [A color photograph of a figure in motion in an orange-lit space next to a small piece of audio equipment with a wire on the floor. A crowd looks on in the background.] -
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Cover of OCTOBER Files: Glenn Ligon, 2026 [A book cover is shown against a red background. The cover features a black-and-white photograph of a white neon sign that reads "AMERICA" with black "X"s over all the letters except for "ME." Above the photograph, black text against a white background reads "GLENN LIGON / edited by HUEY COPELAND."] -
Young Fluxus. Installation view, Artists Space, 1982. [Exhibition wall text on the left next to a vitrine of objects and posters on the right back wall.] -
Shani Strand: Everything Must Be Returned. Installation view, June 12 - August 15, 2026, Artists Space. Photo: Carter Seddon [A sunlit gallery space is filled with four individual morning stars and two pairs connected by a chrome spindles, which are various shades of black, brown, and white. On the wall, an orange stain appears to emerge from the floor.] -
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[A screenshot of the google images results page for the search query "institution".] -
Selections from the Artists File. Installation view, Artists Space, 1989. [A photograph of a low-ceilinged gallery space. On the right, drawings on black paper are arranged in grids and arches on the wall. On the left, electrical equiment sits on top of a pedestal.] -
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Untitled (Dealers in a round table dialogue, Basilico Fine Arts, July 18, 1996), 1996 Duratran lightbox 3 x 8 feet Image courtesy Artists Space, New York Photo: Filip Wolak [A lightbox displaying a group of sitting and standing individuals. Behind them is a wall of small photographs and artworks.] -
Abasement #66. Performance documentation, October 9, 2023, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman. [A black and white image of three figures. All three of them attentively look to the right of the image, towards the same direction. The figure in the center, holds a ladder, which has a projector taped to the top, with their right hand.] -
Abasement #66. Performance documentation, October 9, 2023, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman. [Color image of a performance space illuminnated with blue and red light. On the left, a figure on a stage plays the double bass, there is a large black speaker to their right. Abstract images are projected onto the wall. Below the projections, audience members sit on chairs.] -
Abasement #61. Performance documentation, November 7, 2022, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman [Two figures perform on a stage with a keyboard. Washes of blue, green, orange and pink light are projected onto them.] -
Pride Goes Before a Fall/Beware of a Holy Whore - An Exhibition in Two Acts. Installation view, Artists Space, 2013. [An ashtray with the text, "Martini," three Schweppes bottles, six Coca-Cola bottle, and nine drinking classes arranged face down on a silver platter are displayed on a white counter top.] -
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Sarah Morris, still from Strange Magic, 2014. REDCODE HD digital video, 45 min 8 sec. Courtesy the artist. [Close-up of a bottle of golden Dior perfume decorated with a black bow resting on a white surface.] -
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Friends of Artists Space Dinner 2024. Drake Carr and George Wells. Photo: Jenna Bascom [Two men, Drake Carr and George Wells, sit around a circular dining table, both gazing out while listening to a speaker who is out of frame. Carr rests his elbow on the back of his chair.] -
Abasement #70. Performance documentation, July 1st, 2024, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman. [Two performers pictured in front of soft pink, blue, and white light projected onto the wall behind them. Performer on left is smiling and pointing at the performer on right, who is seated in front of a mixing board and microphone.] -
Allan Berliner, still from Intimate Stranger, 1991. [Black and white image of four men resting near a large, rigged tarp providing shade on a beach. Three of the men sit and recline on the sand, wearing white button-down shirts and trousers. The fourth man wears a hat and stands behind the men.] -
Traditions: Five Painters. Installation View, Artists Space, 1978. [Two pieces hang on a wall.] -
Flyer by Eric Wrenn. [Flyer with light gray text against a white background, with the names of performers. A simplified painting of a flower runs across the image, with a vibrant patch of red paint in the upper right corner.] -
Pedro Lasch, Crumbs: Drawing on a Limited View of New York City's Cultural Wealth, 2000. [A round, diner-style table with a white mug, napkins, a baked good sitting on top of its open wrapper, and a small card with text. A long, straight line of crumbs stretches across the diameter of the table.] -
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Speaker Music: drape over another. Performance & Album Launch documentation, December 13, 2019, Artists Space. Photo © 2019 Paula Court. [Two figures stand facing one another, smiling. One wears a baseball cap and the other holds a camera.] -
The Serving Library. Installation view, Artists Space, 2011. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [Several framed posters, photographs, and other ephemera of varying sizes hang on a white gallery wall. At the center of the wall is a doorway-shaped opening, through which more of the gallery space is visible.] -
New Red Order, still from CULTURE CAPTURE: TERMINAL ADDITION, 2019. [A figure wearing a black, puffy coat and a white, waxy mask that covers their entire head stands beside a stone structure with an illegible inscription. Their hand rests on the stone next to a small, spherical surveillance camera as they look off into the distance.] -
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Michael Asher. Installation View, Artists Space, 2025. Photo: Carter Seddon. -
Not yet titled, 2019
Clay, glaze, metal antenna
3 1/2 x 13 x 12 inches (variable)
$2,500
[A pink object with a white, cracked surface sits on a white base. A flat green surface is attached to the left side, and a metal antenna extends out on a diagonal.] -
Sean Snyder, still from Casio, Seiko, Sheraton, Toyota, Mars, 2004-5. Courtesy Lisson Gallery, London. [A person in army camouflage and a military gun grabs a handful of packaged cookies from a stand selling assorted candies, snacks, sodas, and other food.] -
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Speaker Music: drape over another. Performance & Album Launch documentation, December 13, 2019, Artists Space. Photo © 2019 Paula Court. [A figure stands facing a black tarp tacked to the wall. A second figure holds a camera, photographing the tarp. An image is projected on the back wall.] -
Chorus: A Sound Poetry Festival. Performance documentation, November 11, 2022, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman [A figure in a red sweater stands on stage, with three microphones placed around them. They are blowing into a white conch shell.] -
[Flyer featuring a drawing of a face in black ink with accents of pink and green on the mouth, cheeks, and eyelids. Handwritten text on the top reads "The worst is over / well it hasn't even / started by at least / I know." Text on the bottom provides the place and time of the event.] -
Charles Clough. Installation view, Exchange Show: Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY, Artists Space, 1976. [Installation view of a gallery space with a large dark wall in the center.] -
Anarchism Without Adjectives: On the Work of Christopher D’Arcangelo (1975–1979). Installation view, Artists Space, 2011. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [Two black monitors facing opposite directions sit on a large, rectangular wooden table. One screen is visible, showing an image of two hands holding a piece of white paper with typed text. In the background, a framed photograph is installed on a white gallery wall.] -
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Macho Man, Tell It To My Heart: Collected by Julie Ault. Installation view, Artists Space, 2013. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [Many colorful documents, photographs, and posters installed on a white wall in an exhibition space. A small television monitor displaying a green image sits on the ground beneath the posters and other artworks.] -
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The Otolith Group. Film still from O Horizon, 2018 (4k video, color, sound), 90 minutes. [Five figures wearing masks and pearl necklaces tied in a looped knot stand in a row amidst a landscape at dusk.] -
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keyon gaskin with Moya Michael & Zinzi Minott. Performance documentation, December 16, 2022, Artists Space. [Color photograph of a corner space in a gallery, below a staircase, that is bathed in red light. At the bottom of the stairs are a group of performers wearing conical costumes made of reflective one-way mirror film.] -
ART CLUB2000: Selected Works 1992–1999. Installation view, Artists Space, November 21, 2020 – January 30, 2021. Image courtesy Artists Space, New York. Photo: Filip Wolak [A display of multiple images on a white gallery wall.] -
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Barbara Kruger. Installation view, Artists Space, 1974. [A color photograph of abstract rectangles with white, green, and black stripes, arranged in a sun like shape on a white background.] -
Dream Lines: Marian Zazeela. Installation view, Artists Space, 2024. Photo: Filip Wolak. [Five framed works on paper, one individual work on the left and a cluster of four on the right, hang on a white gallery wall. Works feature abstract, calligraphic strokes in black ink on paper. Individual work on the left includes hand-painted text reading "3 concerts, improvised music. La Monte Young - sopranino saxophone, Angus MacLise - hand drums, drone, 8-12pm Sundays - August 12, 19, 26, 10-4 Group Gallery, 73 4th Avenue, contribution $1.50" ] -
Jonathan Lyndon Chase: his beard is soft, my hands are empty. Installation view, Artists Space, 2023. Photo: Filip Wolak. [A color image of a gallery space, taken from a wide angle. There is a checkerboard floor, with three large sculptures placed down the center. A large red painting is hung on the left wall. On the right wall are a series of paintings and durags.] -
Adjua Gargi Nzinga Greaves: The x in florxal is silent when spoken. Installation view, Artists Space, 2021. Photo: Filip Wolak. Courtesy Artists Space, New York. [A gallery wall painted pink with a window in the middle. On the windowsill are several potted plants. Works on paper and a collage are hung on the wall.] -
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Bookstore at 55 Walker Street. [A photo of the bookstore at 55 Walker Street - the front half is a bookstore, while the back half is an empty exhibition/performance space. Both have white walls and a light wood floor. They are divided by a temporary wall with a large doorway, which leaves a large gap between the top of the temporary wall and the ceiling. The back half is empty, with windows letting in light on the furthest wall. The front half has bookshelves adorning the walls, with a lower shelf to keep some books on display. A red pipe runs floor-to-ceiling between two columns of shelves.] -
Chorus: A Sound Poetry Festival. Performance documentation, November 11, 2022, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman [A figure wearing a blue shirt kneels down onto the stage, working on audio equipment. Red light is cast onto them.] -
Circus Amok, Escape to New York. Performance documentation, August 13, 2022, Artists Space. Photo: Paula Court [On the right, a figure speaking into a microphone appears to be in conversation with two humanoid blue birds.] -
Nina in Position. Installation view, Artists Space, 2008. Photo: Bill Orcutt. [Close up of an artwork that consists of a white, rectangular canvas with a black and white image of a planet with a swirling, cloudy atmosphere. Directly below, a shelf made out of worn wooden planks supports several rough, oval and square shaped 2D cutouts that are arranged next to one another. A strip of wall behind the shelf and two "leg" like shapes below it have been gouged out of the gallery wall, revealing insulation and building supports.] -
Chorus: A Sound Poetry Festival. Performance documentation, November 11, 2022, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman [A figure stands behind a microphone, their hands placed together in front of them and looking off.] -
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[Black text overlays a color-scheme grid background. The text reads: “Jan 13 / isaiah a. hines / Elizabeth Robinson." Smaller text in the bottom left corner reads: “5pm / 11 Cortlandt Alley + Zoom / Zoom ID: 893 9594 7519 / $5 (all proceeds go to readers)] -
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rafa esparza: Camino. Installation view, Artists Space, 2023. Photo: Filip Wolak. [Color image of a gallery space with large panels of adobe with paintings of various figures on them. Adobe bricks are laid out on the floor to create a small walkway.] -
Scott Burton, Pastoral Chair Tableau, 1971 – 1974. [A stage set with a blue curtain, in front of which sit 6 chairs facing different directions.] -
Jack Smith: Art Crust of Spiritual Oasis. Installation view, Artists Space, 2018. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [Several artworks and vitrines displayed in a gallery space. On the left, a slide projector projects an image of a figure wearing a leopard-print body suit onto a white wall. A glass vitrine displaying several paper documents stands in the middle of the room next to a freestanding wall. Twelve drawings arranged in a grid formation and one additional drawing installed to the right of the grid are dispalyed on the freestanding wall.] -
Abasement #85. Performance documentation, March 2nd, 2026, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman. [A performer plays a stringed instrument on stage. The performer and the onlooking audience are illuminated in bright lights. ] -
Abasement #63. Performance documentation, July 17, 2023, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman. [Color image of two performers sitting on a stage, with a variety of musical gear between them. The backs of heads from audience members observing the performers can be seen at the bottom of the image. A pinkish-red spotlight illuminates the dark performance space and the individuals on the stage.] -
Yates McKee, Strike Art: Contemporary Art and the Post-Occupy Condition (New York: Verso Books, 2017); edited by Nina Felshin, But Is It Art?: The Spirit of Art as Activism (Toronto: Bay Press, 1995). [A collage of images including book covers, "Strike Art," and "But is it Art?: The Spirit of Art as Activism," displayed alongside images of protestors holding up banners reading "Decolonize This Place" and a large banner draped across a clocktower that reads, "Free Education to All."] -
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Jayline Quiles, Landscape, 2018 [A colorful painting of a landscape, with a river running through the center of the image, a mountain across the river and a cloudy sky] -
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Abasement #74. Performance documentation, December 2nd, 2024, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman. [A performer sitting down playing the guitar is bathed in colorful light. They are wearing a geometric print shirt and a blue, green, and white projected pattern covers their face and the wall behind. There are two mic stands to their right.] -
Tom of Finland: The Pleasure of Play. Installation view, Artists Space, 2015. [An angled view of vitrines and book cases displaying collages.] -
Charles Simonds. Still from Mythologies, 1974. From Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt, James Biederman, Charles Simonds, Artists Space, 1974. [A black and white film still of an apartment building, taken from the street. In front of the building is a sculpted landscape of rolling green grass. Two cars are parked on the street.] -
Tony Oursler, Untitled (Talking Photograph), 1996, Photograph mounted on plastic frame with audio recording in custom box, 6 x 7 x 1/2 inches (15.2 x 17.8 x 1.3 cm), Signed & numbered. [The image shows a photograph with a plastic frame. The frame has holes for a small speaker and a button that says, "play." The photograph shows a close-up of a woman's face looking off into the distance while laying face down on white lace. Projected on the side of her face is another woman's face.] -
Abasement #81. Performance documentation, October 20th, 2025, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman. [A performer is surrounded by equipment, playing on stage. The stage is bathed in green and blue light patterns created by a projection.] -
Flyer for Segue Reading Series featuring Lila Zemborain and Justin Allen. Saturday, December 4, 2021, Artists Space. [Black text overlays a mauve background. The top left corner reads: "Lila Zemborain & Justin Allen." The center right reads: "Segue Reading Series & ARTISTS SPACE." The bottom left reads: "Saturday December 4 - 5pm, 11 Cortland Alley + Zoom". The image of a 5 dollar bill is placed within the text.] -
Eiko Ishibashi: Two New York Nights. Performance documentation, June 8, 2022, 8pm. Artists Space, New York. [A figure facing a microphone looks upon a computer with audio software open.] -
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Still from The Last Days of Jack Sheppard (2009). [Two men in powdered wigs and colonial dress, surrounded by pieces of paper fluttering in the air and on the ground.] -
Establishing Shot. Installation view, Artists Space, 2004. [A large space with a wooden floor and white walls. On one wall is a black and white floorplan with 3D structures. On the other wall, there are a series of photographs with several small street signs arranged in a clump. To the right of that, there is a block of wall text with four frames below. Two of the frames hold *Time Magazine* covers.] -
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Constantina Zavitsanos: fwiw. Installation view (Wishing Well (Korpi), 2023/24; There's something happening here, 2024), Artists Space, 2024. Photo: Carter Seddon. [In a large dark room, a modular structure is recessed into a raised floor covered with black carpet. The structure is lit in bright blue light, and hosts open water. Red light shines in the back room.] -
Flyer for Segue Reading Series featuring Holly Melgard and Trey. Saturday, January 22, 2021, Artists Space. [Black text overlays a mauve background. The top left corner reads: "Holly Melgard and Trey (also known as Vernon Keeve III)" The center right reads: "Segue Reading Series & ARTISTS SPACE." The bottom left reads: "Saturday January 22, 5pm, Zoom ID: 893 9594 7519, Suggested donation $5". The image of a 5 dollar bill is placed within the text.] -
Tauba Auerbach, Reciprocal Helix (Z), 2014, 3D printed matte gold steel, 5 1/2 x 1 1/4 x 2/5 in / 14 x 3,2 x 1,1 cm, Signed and Numbered Certificate. [A gold helix sculpture.] -
Miyoko Ito, Island in the Sun, 1978. Oil on canvas, 38 x 33 inches. Courtesy John B. Pittman. [Gradient red and green, curved and cusped shades. A red pointed mound sits atop a pale green inverted triangle inside angular red and green rectangles.] -
[Dark blue text overlays red-pink background. The text reads: “February 25 / Steffani Jemison / Anne Waldman." Smaller text in the bottom left corner reads: “5pm / 11 Cortlandt Alley + Zoom / Zoom ID: 893 9594 7519 / $5 (all proceeds go to readers)] -
[A lamp pole, left of center, in an upward angled view of a sunny, cloud covered sky. The pole has a coiled wire running upward to a security camera mounted on its top.] -
Rummana Hussain, Living on the Margins, 1995. Video, color, sound; 28 minutes. Courtesy Rummana Hussain Family Collection. [Rummana Hussain stands in an open courtyard cradling half a papaya in her hands, her mouth wide open in a silent scream. Behind her, indigo powder is scattered across the pavement.] -
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Place, (title to be determined), for a Participant: Ken Feingold. Installation view, Artists Space, 1979. [Two red photographs are mounted on a white gallery wall.] -
Abasement #67. Performance documentation, January 15, 2024, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman. [Color image of a performer standing on stage in front of a circular table. The performer bends over slightly to play music from a laptop and soundboard. Their face leans into a microphone while looking stage right at a music stand placed next to the circular table. A blue light emitted from a projector covers the whole stage and casts shadows of the performer and their setup onto the back wall. ] -
Shirley Jaffe. The Blue Daisy, 1988-89. [A geometric composition of black, blue, yellow, red, and orange flat shapes on a white background.] -
Dr Andrew Torres, Teaching Artist leading a poetry class for Grade 8 students (detail), 2022 -
Cosima von Bonin
Le Chic, 2023
Enamel on wood
(Two color options: red & grey or red & white)
25 x 4 ½ x 4 ½ inches
Edition of 20 with 5 APs
Introductory price: $10,000 each -
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Portrait of Dorothy E. Roberts [Portrait of a black woman, looking forward with her face resting in her left hand, and her right arm placed on a table. Behind her is a dark grey background.] -
Shala Miller & Malcolm Peacock, with Amiri Baraka's Cellar Vigil. Installation view, Artists Space, 2023. Photo: Filip Wolak. -
Yasunao Tone in Concert with Barbara Held. Performance documentation, January 19, 2023, Artists Space. Photo: Destiny Mata [A figure stands behind a music stand, playing a flute.] -
Yasunao Tone: Region of Paramedia. Installation view, Artists Space, 2023. Photo: Filip Wolak. [Color photograph of a corner of a gallery space. On the left wall hang various framed posters, and black-and-white photographs. A small window in the wall leads to the front of the gallery. On the right wall are more photographs and posters, and a vitrine. On the floor sits a television monitor displaying a black-and-white image of a pocketwatch.] -
Tisziji Muñoz with Francisco Mora Catlett and AfroHORN. Performance documentation, October 21, 2022, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman [A figure plays the piano to a seated crowd behind him.] -
Whitney Museum of American Art Independent Study Program Studio Exhibition. Installation view, Artists Space, 2018. Photo: Stephen Sewell. [Several artworks installed in a gallery space with white walls. On a wall to the left of the image, three yellow toned paintings are installed at eye level. On a wall at the far center of the image, four black viewing boxes are installed on the wall in a diamond formation. On the gallery wall to the right, two painted portraits sit on the ground.] -
Clocking Out: Time Beyond Management. Installation view, Artists Space, 2023. Photo: Greg Carideo. [Photograph of the left wall of a basement gallery space. In the back nook is a reading room with reading materials displayed on a shelf and a table with seats around it. Further down the wall are multiple projected videos, the projectors are placed on shelves of varying height in a row.] -
Attention Line. Installation view, Artists Space, June 11 - August 20, 2022. Photo: Filip Wolak [An image of three paintings hanging on a wall.] -
Young Fluxus. Installation view, Artists Space, 1982. [A number of sculpted objects lie suspended from the ceiling in front of a wall with other sculpted works and a nearby drawing is also visible.] -
Abasement #88. Performance documentation, July 20th, 2026, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman. [Two performers stand at opposite ends of a table as they gaze downwards to adjust knobs on mixing boards. One performer's back faces the camera, while the other performer's face can been seen. Rows of audience members are seen as rays of blue stage light shine in from the left. A projection of a man's face illuminates the back wall behind the audience.] -
Young Fluxus. Installation view, Artists Space, 1982. [Contact sheet of photos from the exhibition.] -
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Whatever Happened to Sex in Scandinavia (2011). Knut Ove Arntzen, Stan Brakhage, Marta Kuzma and Pablo LaFuente. [A grayscale image of two naked people, kneeling on the ground of an untidy room. They are embracing, with their foreheads pressed together. Behind them there is a window and a typewriter on a stand.] -
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Nicole-Antonia Spagnola, Untitled, 2022. Raw Power, Raw Power; Kollettivo, Lotta per il potere; Antigenesi, Una donna non e’ merda; Negazione, Tutti Pazzi; RAF Punk, Contro la pace Contro la guerra; Peggio Punx, Scemo. 8mm to MP4 transfer (color, sound), monitors, chairs. Installation view, Artists Space, 2022. Photo: Filip Wolak. [A color installation photograph of five chairs spread out in a gallery space bisected by two dark columns. The chairs have tv screens resting on their green cushions.] -
Friends of Artists Space Dinner, 2023. Photo: Destiny Mata. [Color image of four individuals holding hands and dancing in a circle energetically. The background depicts a dimly lit venue with a glowing discoball and a variety of guests.] -
[A black and white image of a woman painting on a three-dimensional canvas. She holds a paintbrush in her right hand and a jar of paint in her left hand while leaning over the canvas.]
