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Christopher Williams. Bouquet for Bas Jan Ader and Christopher D’Arcangelo, 1991. . Archival corrugated board, archival photocorners, compound, 4-py conservamat, 8-ply conservamat, drywall, dye transfer print, glass lacquer-based finish, linen tape, nails, Northern maple, plastic set back strips, primer, screws, seaming tape, paint and wood.. Print: 16 x 20 inches [40,6 x 50,8 cm]; 29 x 32 5/8 inches [73,7 x 82,9] (framed). Wall: 120 x 180 x 4 ? inches [304.8 x 457,2 x 12 cm]. Overall: 120 x 180 x 6 ? inches [304.8 x 457,2 x 17,2 cm]. Edition: 1/8. Edition size: 8 and 3 artist’s proofs.. Private collection, Berlin. Courtesy: Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne. . Installation view from Anarchism Without Adjectives: On the Work of Christopher D’Arcangelo (1975–1979), Artists Space, 2011. . Photo: Daniel Pérez -
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Susan Eder, c. 1976. From Susan Eder, Matt Mullican, Artists Space, 1976. [A black and white image of two photgraphs on a white surface. The picture on the left is of a pair of swans and the one on the right is of two potted cacti.] -
Barbara Gladstone and Emily Wei Rales. Photo: Jenna Bascom [Two women stand close together and smile at the camera. Barbara Gladstone, who stands on the left, is wearing a black long-sleeved cowl-neck gown. Emily Wei Rales, who is on the right, wears a dark eggplant dress with fringe accents and trim.] -
Abasement #68. Performance documentation, February 12, 2024, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman. [Close-up color photograph of a vocalist and a musician playing a bass at the edge of the stage. The vocalist has long curly black hair and wears an army-green cargo jacket. They are kneeling down as they hold the microphone up to the mouth. To the right of the vocalist, the bassist looks out to the crowd as picks the strings. The drums and the drummer are visible behind them. The wall behind the stage is illuminated by a bright white light emitted from a projector. ] -
The New Normal. Installation view, Artists Space, 2008. Photo: Adam Reich. [A bedroom scene set up in the middle of an open room. There is a beige rug, with a chrome lamp and matching bed frame. The bed has blue sheets with a dark blue comforter cover and a red blanket. There is a wooden chair facing in, and a brown table with assorted bottles on top. On the far side of the bed is a coffee machine, microwave, and television. In the background, various framed images are hung on white gallery walls.] -
Group Exhibition. Installation view, Artists Space, 1981. Photo credit: Anne Turyn. [Three figurative paintings hang side-by-side in a white-walled gallery space.] -
Abasement #72. Performance documentation, October 7th, 2024, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman. [Two performers leaning over tables use electronic instruments. The performer in the foreground and a column behind them is bathed in orange light. A single red colored light bulb is visble on the ceiling.] -
Renee Gladman: Narratives of Magnitude. Installation view, Artists Space, 2023. Photo: Filip Wolak. [A color image of a gallery space. On the left wall hangs a framed work that consists of a colorful abstract drawing made on white paper, with pencil strokes surrounding the colored shapes. On the right wall, three framed works hang on a horizontal line. The three abstract works are made on black paper, and depict colorful compositions.] -
[An image of a woman riding a bull through a green bank note. One hand holds on to the reins of the bull, the other scatters bills. She wears a yellow dress that is opening at the top.] -
[The inside of a room with a window looking out onto a view of Manhattan. The rightmost third of the image has been digitally altered such that it appears to warp and glitch.] -
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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. Photo: Filip Wolak [An image of a multicolored exhibition space consisting of beach paraphernalia, a real estate lawn sign, and a mural wall collaged with images and drawings.] -
[Draped fabric that reads "American Express World Service" in an all-over pattern.] -
keyon gaskin with Moya Michael & Zinzi Minott. Performance documentation, December 16, 2022, Artists Space. Photo: Destiny Mata. [Color photograph of three figures, wearing all white, performing in a dark gallery space. The leftmost figure lays on the floor with their legs spread and hands pushing their chest up. On the right, a figure with a flashlight around their hips stands with their shoulders and head flung back. The third figure contorts their body on the floor in the rightmost corner.] -
El Bosque Luminoso Bajo El Mar, M.S. 324 exhibition, Threads of History, May 2023 -
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Yasunao Tone Concert #3. Performance documentation, March 16, 2023, Artists Space. Photo: Destiny Mata [Image of a white desk on a black stage. Layed across the desk is a laptop and a control pad, along with a paper with printed instructions and diagrams.] -
Clegg & Guttmann, Change, 2015, C-print , 24 x 20 in / 61 x 50,8 cm, Signed and Numbered Certificate. [Aluminum foil, partially unrolled, with a pile of pennies is dramatically lit in a darkened room.] -
Lonnie Holley with his painting The Hand of My Grandfather (1984), 1987. Photo: William Arnett. © Lonnie Holley / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy of the artist and BLUM Los Angeles, Tokyo, New York -
Yasunao Tone: Region of Paramedia. Installation view, Artists Space, 2023. Photo: Filip Wolak. [Color photograph of a gallery space with white walls. Two vitrines are built out of the walls, and contain various ephemera. Above the left vitrine hang black-and-white photographs. Above the right vitrine, placed over a window, is a blown-up image of a man kneeling with his head to the floor.] -
Untitled, 2024. [Color photograph of a room used to store medical props and devices, including hospital beds, catheters, and three medical test dummies stacked on top of one another on a shelf. The walls are painted a blue-grey color.] -
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.] -
John Mendelsohn. Installation view from John Mendelsohn and Donald Sultan. Artists Space, 1977. [A black and white photograph of a canvas filled with black and white abstract angular forms that are reminiscent of tables.] -
Shaylene Viera, Revolution, photography, 2016 [A photograph of a construction site, with several steel beams and a sign titled "RAISE PLOW" lying on the ground] -
Young Fluxus. Installation view, Artists Space, 1982. [The outline of a bird in black is visible on white walls with black text on the left that reads, "If you are very intelligent you've got to find the connection between the drawing and the text." And black text on the right that reads, "If you look to the left, that is the left drawing, if you look to the right, that's the right drawing, but if you don't look anywhere that's the no drawing."] -
Abasement #71. Performance documentation, August 5th, 2024, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman. [A musician standing on stage playing a small wooden instrument. They are looking down and wearing a headlamp. In front of them are multiple electronic instruments and cords. The wall in the background is scattered with white dots reflected from a disco ball.] -
Abasement #80. Performance documentation, September 22nd, 2025, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman. [A performer plays a stringed instrument with a bow. The stage and wall behind it are bathed in blue light, created from projections of a geometric pattern.] -
We the People. Installation View, Artists Space, November 12, 1987 - December 23, 1987. [Small sculptures on pedestals are lined up diagonally in front of a map and various images.] -
T.J. Wilcox, I Fell in Love With Vanessa Redgrave, 2010, Perfect bound flip book 4-page cover plus 100 pages, 50 in color, with a text by the artist 3 x 6 1/2 x 3/4 inches, Signed and numbered [An image of a woman with frizzy hair, smiling and looking past the viewer. The image is slightly distorted, as if from a VHS tape.] -
Isabelle Frances McGuire, Death of Napoleon, 2024 [Color image of a sculpture of a human body, laying face up, placed on a concrete floor. The figure is dressed in French military apparel and their head rests on a large glittery, red bow.] -
Chorus: A Sound Poetry Festival. Performance documentation, November 10, 2022, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman [A figure performs on stage, standing behind a microphone with a shocked expression and their hands up.] -
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Sam Pulitzer: A Colony for “Them”. Installation view, Artists Space, 2014. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [A shallow white cylinder sitting on a dark wooden floor. A small green light glows from inside the cylinder.] -
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Danh Vo, Chevrolet Suburban, 2010, Digital C-print, 16 x 24 in / 40,6 x 61 cm Photo, credit: Thomas Cato Signed and numbered sales receipt. [A close-up photo of the front grille of a car, depicting the bottom half of the Chevrolet logo and a section of the front metal grille. Several bugs are visible, dead and stuck to the grille.] -
[Black text on a grey background. The text reads: “March 21 / Dave Morse / Anahid Nersessian.” Text in the bottom left corner reads: “5pm / 11 Cortlandt Alley + Zoom ID: 893 9594 7519 / $5 (all proceeds go to readers)"] -
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[Two cars sitting on a city street in front of a dumpster covered with a tarp.] -
Yasunao Tone: Region of Paramedia. Installation view (ephemera c. 1960s), Artists Space, 2023. Photo: Filip Wolak. [Color photograph of a vitrine from above. Various ephemera including magazines and fliers are placed inside.] -
New Red Order: Informants Get Paid! Performance documentation, January 23, 2020, Artists Space. Photo © 2020 Paula Court. [A table covered with a red tablecloth. The tablecloth is decorated with two white images: a person riding a horse and stylized text reading "THE URGE TO MERGE." Lying on the table, there is a magazine with a green cover with a figure holding an axe. The cover text reads, "NEVER SETTLE" and "SPECIAL Future Recruits Issue".] -
Artists Space logo, 1980s. [A black, sans-serif A on a white background, with a black outlined square positioned at once in front and behind the letter, intersecting it at all three corners.] -
Milford Graves: Fundamental Frequency. Installation view, Artists Space, October 8, 2021 – January 15, 2022. Photo: Filip Wolak. [A color photograph of an installation in a gallery. Several dark metal columns line the left side of the space, and on the right a punching bag and other boxing equipment hang from a rectangular wooden frame. In the background, several more mixed-media sculptures are visible.] -
Still from Fiction Contract, 2025 [Close-up of an upright black birthing mannequin reclined on a hospital bed in a blue patient room. A newborn mannequin swaddled in a hospital receiving blanket lays on the birthing mannequin’s chest.] -
Beverly Semmes, Tree Net, 1989. [A black and white photograph of a sculpture, which sits on the ground near the corner of a room, its wiry frame covered by a transparent mesh material.] -
Kelly Poe, Leave, Take, Kill, 2004. Courtesy the artist and Anna Helwing Gallery, Los Angeles. [Yellow text on a brown background reading "LEAVE NOTHING BUT FOOTPRINTS / TAKE NOTHING BUT PICTURES / KILL NOTHING BUT TIME."] -
Shala Miller & Malcolm Peacock, with Amiri Baraka's Cellar Vigil. Installation view, Artists Space, 2023. Photo: Filip Wolak. -
Rip It Up and Start Again. Installation view, Artists Space, 2010. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [A projection of a close-up image of an unidentified figure's mouth and chin is displayed on a wall of a light-filled gallery space. Two small speakers sit above the projection at its top right and left corners. A series of yellow cards sit in a clear container mounted on the wall to the right of the projector. Bold text printed on the front of the cards reads: "I'M SORRY, BUT THIS IS HOW I LEARN."] -
Speaker Music: drape over another. Performance & Album Launch documentation, December 13, 2019, Artists Space. Photo © 2019 Paula Court. [A figure kneels beside a table and traces their finger along the screen of an iPad. They wear a baseball cap that reads “MAKE TECHNO BLACK AGAIN.”] -
Dress for Virgil Abloh and Stuart Davis, Gigi Sanchez, acrylic on paper, Silver Key in Painting -
Macho Man, Tell It To My Heart: Collected by Julie Ault. Installation view, Artists Space, 2013. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [Several small planks of wood of different sizes, shapes, and colors lean against a white gallery wall. Different words have been painted across the length of each plank, including "rhythm," "grace," "love," and "warmth." Above the planks hang two framed, green paintings.] -
Bill Hayden, It's Get Better. [An irreverant cartoon promotional poster with text in grafitti.] -
Attention Line. Installation view (various envelopes by Blaster Al Ackerman, c. 1970s-2000s, Artists Space, June 11 - August 20, 2022. Photo: Filip Wolak [A close-up of a vitrine housing several postcards which have been drawn and collaged upon.] -
Clocking Out: Time Beyond Management. Installation view, Artists Space, 2023. Photo: Greg Carideo. [Photograph of a glass vitrine containing various archival time-banking ephemera.] -
Christa Blatchford, still from See Around, 2008. [Four images arranged horizontally. From left to right: solid gray-blue, a gray-blue toned image of a shoreline, a gray toned image of a shoreline, and a gray toned image of a shoreline with a subtle pink sunrise in the sky.] -
P.S. 140 students performing at YAP (Young Artists Perform), 2019 [Eight people sit in a row on a wooden stage in front of a navy blue curtain. They are holding pieces of paper, one speaks into a microphone.] -
Constantina Zavitsanos, Sketch for ramps and platform, 2024. Pencil, pen, and ink on papers. 8 x 17 in. [A hand drawn pen and ink perspectival image of shallow inclined ramps leading to a short platform are mirrored and doubled on tracing papers and graph paper that stretch wide.] -
Abasement #61. Performance documentation, November 7, 2022, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman [A figure unpacks various audio and projection equipment onto a table. Blue, purple and pink washes of light are projected onto them.] -
Jonathan Lyndon Chase: his beard is soft, my hands are empty. Installation view, Artists Space, 2023. Photo: Filip Wolak. [A color image of one wall of a gallery space, shot head-on. The wall is painted black, and six colorful, and intimate paintings of Black Queer figures are arranged across it. White and yellow drawings are pained onto the wall, complementing and placed around the artworks.] -
We the People. Installation View, Artists Space, November 12, 1987 - December 23, 1987. [A painting appears on the wall of figures dancing and two sculptures can be seen on pedestals in the foreground in a gallery setting.] -
Pictures. Installation view, Artists Space, 1977. Photo: D. James Dee. [A black and white photograph of an artwork. Over a black background are the silhouetted outlines of several human figures standing and sitting.] -
Young Fluxus. Installation view, Artists Space, 1982. [A chalk drawing appears above two chairs on the left and in the corner is a television monitor on a pedestal with framed drawings behind it. A doorway leads into the next space.] -
Michael Asher. Installation View, Artists Space, 2025. Photo: Carter Seddon. [A postcard depicting a black-and-white photograph of the facade of a factory in Belgium sits on a plinth. ] -
Yasunao Tone: Region of Paramedia. Installation view, Artists Space, 2023. Photo: Filip Wolak. [Color photograph of a gallery space. Various musical instruments and audio devices are placed around the middle of the room, photographs and vitrines hang on the walls, and various television monitors are placed along the sides of the room.] -
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[Black text overlays a pixelated gradient pattern in various hues of pink and yellow. The text reads: “April 27 / Stephon Lawrence / Manuel Paul López.” Text in the bottom left corner reads: “5pm / 11 Cortlandt Alley + Zoom ID: 893 9594 7519 / $5 (all proceeds go to readers)"] -
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Danh Vo: Autoerotic Asphyxiation. Installation view, Artists Space, 2010. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [Close-up of a rectangular, silver metal plaque hanging on a white gallery wall. The plaque is inscribed with a diagram of an exhibition space. Numbers note the location of the artworks, while a key next to the diagram notes the titles and other tombstone information of the works.] -
Abasement #79. Performance documentation, August 11th, 2025, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman. [A band of three performers sit on stage. From left to right the performers play: a double-neck guitar, drums, and a bass of guitar. The room and stage is bathed in a green and white light, created from a projection.] -
dissolving city, digital photographs, 2024 -
Lissette and Ruby, Las Avenida de los Gigantes, acrylic paint on paper, 2024 -
Louise Lawler, Who Says, Who Shows, Who Counts, 1990, Three chablis glasses with glass shelf, 8 1/2 x 14 x 4 1/4 in (21,6 x 35,6 x 10,8 cm), Edition of 50, Signed & numbered. [Three wine glasses sit next to each other on a glass shelf with a black background. Each glass has text lasered into the front. From left to right the first says, "who says," the second, "who shows," and the third, "who counts."] -
Flyer for Abasement: #60. October 3, 2022, Artists Space. [Black and white printed images are collaged over a yellow and beige background, with scribbles of red and white ink. In the bottom middle a torn piece of paper reads sideways: "ABASEMENT 60 / abasement 60." In the bottom right corner upside down text reads "ARTISTS SPACE / october 3."] -
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Las Nietas de Nonó: Posibles Escenarios, Vol. 1 LNN. Installation view, Artists Space, New York, 2022. [A color image of a dark room featuring illuminated yellow and orange shapes floating on the wall and reflected on the floor.] -
[Black text on an orange background. The text reads: “Oct 12 / Nancy Mercado / Sloppi Chulo.” Text in the bottom left corner reads: “5pm / 11 Cortlandt Alley + Zoom ID: 893 9594 7519 / $5 (all proceeds go to readers)"] -
Abasement #68. Performance documentation, February 12, 2024, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman. [Color image of a seated musician playing an oboe into a microphone. The musician is dressed in all black and has medium length black hair. The image catches the musician with their eyes downturned, just a moment before blowing air into the oboe. The musician and the back wall are flooded with a circle of yellow light, in the top corners, the yellow turns into blue. ] -
Tisziji Muñoz with Francisco Mora Catlett and AfroHORN. Performance documentation, October 21, 2022, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman [A figure to the left plays the saxophone while another figure sitting in the middle of the frame watches with a guitar in his lap, another figure in the back right plays the bass.] -
Union Gaucha Productions in collaboration with Fabio Kacero. Still from Totloop, 2003. 16mm film (silent, color), 4 min 49 sec. Courtesy of Union Gaucha Productions. [A still from Totloop, set during the twilight, featuring an empty model house being lit on fire, with a small tree visible to its left.] -
Still from The Last Days of Jack Sheppard (2009). [A white bust with a plaque reading "DEFOE" below it. Slightly offset and partially in shadow is a man seen in profile, dressed identically to the bust with a powdered wig.] -
[William Carlos Williams' poem "For Eleanor and Bill Monahan" written in black text on a white background.] -
Selections from the Artists File. Installation view, Artists Space, 1988. [A view of a gallery space with concrete floors, white walls, and white columns. In the foreground, a grouping of five striped cylinders of varying sizes are placed on the floor. Other works are visible in the background.] -
Abasement #68. Performance documentation, February 12, 2024, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman. [Close-up color image of two performers. Occupying most of the image is a performer in a red robe with only one button buttoned so the middle of their chest is exposed. A necklace with chunky white beads and a silver pendant with a black tassel hangs around their neck and down their bare chest. The performer's right hand is raised up, their head turned down, looking over their left shoulder to the second performer who stands behind them. The performer dressed in red with a bald head holds a microphone in their left hand. On the red-dressed performer's left shoulder, another performer, wearing a bald cap looks up at them. Their right hand is raised, touching the red performer's forearm. Their faces and the wall behind them is illuminated by the bright white light of the projected image. --] -
Art From the British Left. Installation view, Artists Space, 1979. Artwork by Mary Kelly. Courtesy Artists Space. [Three walls hung with small works on paper and photographs are visible. There is a window on the right.] -
Abasement #70. Performance documentation, July 1st, 2024, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman. [Color image of 5 musicians performing in front of blue, pink and yellow projected swirling visuals. From left to right instruments shown are clarinet, vibraphone, trumpet, cello and violin. A small group of audience members are shown in front of the stage.] -
Still from Mrs. Miniver, 1942. [A black and white image of a man and woman looking out beyond the camera with expressions of fear and concern. They each cradle a child in their arms. A young boy gazes up at the woman's face, clutching onto her arm with one hand. The man holds a girl close, his hand protectively bringing her head against his chest.] -
Jerry Beck, Cryptic Cross, 1985. [A sculpted pedestal with a black object on it is visible on a wooden floor below a sculpted multilayered cross hanging on a white gallery wall. Numbers are visible above the image.] -
Laura Cottingham & The Anita Pallenberg Story. Installation view, Artists Space, 2017. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [An empty dim-lit room with chairs with a projection on the wall. The projection features a close-up image of a person with wavy brown hair covering their face, lying facedown on a fluffy white carpet.] -
Aristotelis Nikolas Mochloulis, Frog Man and Baby Frog, 2025, Michigan J. Frog plushies, miniature directors chairs, ARRI 150W light, Manfrotto Nano light stand. [In a dark room with a black wall and wood floor, there is a spotlight shining on two frog plushies. One sits horizontally in the lap of another who is seated in a director's chair. Two more director's chairs, not illuminated, sit facing the frogs. The spotlight, the chairs, and the frogs all appear miniature-sized.] -
Yasunao Tone performing Genealogy and Music, Event 201, Merce Cunningham Studio, New York, 1978 [Black-and-white photograph of a reed organ covered in plastic with an ice cube placed on top of the keyboard, a microphone stand, and a music stand with a clock resting on it. In the background is a stage with chairs set up.] -
[A poster design featuring two figures—a child and an older man—superimposed on a dark backdrop. The child's image has a blue hue and takes the shape of a circular cut-out, while the older man's image has a yellow hue. Above both figures, white text superimposed against a towering city skyline reads, "DER ANGRIFF DER GEGENWART AUF DIE UBRIGE ZEIT / EIN FILM VON ALEXANDER KLUGE."] -
Exterior of exhibition invitation. International Art Exhibition for Palestine. Beirut, 1978. Courtesy Mona Saudi. [A flyer with an abstract, colorful artwork on the left and exhibition information on the right.] -
Emily Jacir, woman to woman, 2003/2009, C-Print, Sheet size: 12 x 16 inches (30.5 x 41 cm), Framed size: 14 3/4 x 18 1/2 inches (37.5 x 47 cm), Printed by Laumont. [A photo in a black frame shows a person in military uniform, leaning against a concrete wall looking at a person who faces away from the camera with a patterned headscarf, red sweater, and light-yellow blanket.] -
Artists Space, 38 Greene Street, 1993 – 2016. [A black and white image of a building. A black flag hangs that reads, "ARTISTS SPACE."] -
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Lyndon Barrois Jr., Diverses Expériences par la Baguette, 2022. Plastic, copper, brass, divination wand, drawer, ceramic jug, solvent transfers, plywood, brass. 35 x 26.5 x 19.5 inches. Photo: Filip Wolak. [A color photograph of a drawer positioned vertically on plywood in the corner of a gallery space. In front of the drawer is a ceramic jug and several other obkects including a wand.] -
[A sideways image of a photograph sitting on top of an open book. The photographs shows four people sitting next to each other. The book page is split with a column of text and a black and white image of a billboard that reads, "Growing with Birmingham!"] -
Hilary Lloyd. Installation view, Artists Space, 2011. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [Two screens are mounted, one above the other, on two metal poles. They show a single image split across the two screens of a black fabric with white dots, zigzags, and lines. In the background, there are two more screens mounted vertically on two metal poles. They show a black image with white light spots.] -
SCRAAATCH. Installation documentation, 2022, Artists Space. Photo: Destiny Mata [Image of a basement with two sculptures made of wood and fresnel lenses placed on either side of the image. Along the back wall a blue projected image of live CCTV footage of the basement is displayed.] -
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Jutta Koether, Fifth Season Act, Apotheosically, Artists Space, 2012. [A close-up image of an assemblage with a figure on the left-hand side in a white suit holding a microphone.] -
Cindy Sherman, Jack Hanley, Claudia Gould, Alexandra Auder. Photo: Jenna Bascom [Cindy Sherman, Jack Hanley, Claudia Gould, and Alexandra Audler stand together and smile at the camera in front of a red wall with an illusionistic landscape view inside a painted pointed arch window. ] -
Catily Dominici, Untitled, photography, 2016 [A black-and-white image of Batman fighting another man facing away from the camera overlaid with a translucent façade of walkup apartment buildings in Manhattan] -
Abasement #70. Performance documentation, July 1st, 2024, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman. [View of 3 performers on stage from center left. Performers pictured in front of soft pink, blue, and white light against a wall. Leftmost performers is seated, speaking into a microphone and manipulating a tape machine with hands. Performer in center is drinking from a blue water bottle. Rightmost performer is making sound through cupped hands into microphone. Sharply defined shadows against back wall. ] -
Jo Anstey and Julie Zando. Still from The Bus Stops Here, 1990. 27 min. Photo: Micki McGee. [A black and white image of three people wearing winter coats and scarves, observing something to the left of the camera.] -
Electronic Disturbance Theater 2.0/b.a.n.g. lab. The Transborder Immigrant Tool, 2007–ongoing. Pages excerpted from The Transborder Immigrant Tool publication. Courtesy the artist, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, and University of California, San Diego. [The Spanish translation of the poem “La cholla, o cactus saltador, se agarra.../Cholla, or jumping cactus, attaches...” is shown above a thin grey horizontal line, below which appears the English translation of the same poem.] -
The Founders Dinner, 2019. [A color photo of two smiling individuals seated at a banquet table, the person to the right has her hand on another guest's shoulder. The background depicts several other guests out of focus.] -
[Black text on a grey background. The text reads: “Jan 31 / Bruce Andrews / Christopher Knowles.” Text in the bottom left corner reads: “5pm / 11 Cortlandt Alley + Zoom ID: 893 9594 7519 / $5 (all proceeds go to readers)"] -
Joan Jonas, Night Light, 2013, Steel and LEDs, 37 x 15 x 10 inches (94 x 38 x 25 cm), Edition of 10 + 1 AP, Signed certificate. [The photo shows steel rods that make a curved pyramid shape laying on its side with an LED light-strip running along one of the rods. The sculpture lies on a wooden floor against a white wall.] -
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UniBodies. Installation view, Artists Space, 2006. Photo: Bill Ocrutt. [Detail view of four sculptures hung on the wall. The sculptures are ordered in neutral tones ranging from light to dark. Their shapes are approximately rectangular, each divided into quadrant segments.] -
Margit Lewczuk. For Freda, 1985. -
[Screenshot of an Instagram image posted 18 minutes ago by an account named "tusetamer." The photo depicts an outdoor concrete wall with an air conditioner unit visible in the background. Red text spray painted across the wall reads, "Tayyip / WINTER IS / COMING."] -
Activated Walls. Installation view, Artists Space, 1993. [A person working in a small space enclosed by walls, painted red with white text. At the top of the wall, large letters read "AZT=DEATH", with a paragraph of text stretching across three walls. Underneath, there are a dozen white pieces of a paper taped up.] -
Leslie Hewitt, Make it Plain, 2006. C-print. [A large, framed photograph of two books, a wooden rectangle, and a photograph stacked vertically on each other. There is a second photograph offset to the right in the image.] -
Mark Morrisroe, Untitled, 1986. Courtesy The Estate of Mark Morrisroe (Ringier Collection) at Fotomuseum Winterthur. [An ant is mounted on a white surface by a white pin through its center. Its shadow is visible underneath it.] -
Constantina Zavitsanos, LEAVE - A - PENNY / TAKE - A - PENNY, 2024, Bronze, 4.5 in. x 4.25 in. x 1.5 in. Photo: Destiny Mata [A hand reaches into a bronze penny-share dish filled with coins.] -
Devynn Emory: Grandmother Cindy. Performance documentation, May 18, 2022, 7:30pm. Artists Space, New York. [Two figures hold medical instruments over a table with a manneuqin and an IV.] -
Ana Vieira-Gerbracht, Untitled, 2021, digital photography -
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Flipside. Installation view, Artists Space, 2004. [A small black table leans at an angle, one corner resting on a white wall and one leg resting on an inflated balloon with a face printed on it. Coming out of the ballon is a flowered dress, attached to a fan by an inflation tube. Beyond that, visible behind a half wall, are two red shades with holes covering two windows.] -
Mr. Dead & Mrs. Free invitation, 1996. [A person suspended as if swimming or floating, with large headphones, a silver bikini top, and loose, blue pants and bangles up her arms on a blue background. Red text above her reads, "from back out to south came / the King of the Gestapoes / Lord of the Sabotage / Ruler of the Astronauts..." and white text below reads, "Mr. DEAD & Mrs. FREE."] -
Louise Lawler Tote Bag. Produced by Artists Space. 2017. $20 [A pink tote bag with the black Louise Lawler-designed Artists Space logo in the middle - A black circle around a black "A", with small, pink, all-caps text, "ARTISTS SPACE" in the middle of the A.] -
keyon gaskin with Moya Michael & Zinzi Minott. Performance documentation, December 16, 2022, Artists Space. Photo: Destiny Mata. [Color photograph of a performer dressed in white, kneeling on all fours. A bright light from their pelvic area shines onto the floor, as viewers stand around the figure.] -
Min Joong Art. Installation view, Artists Space, 1988. [A photograph of a gallery space with white walls hung with artworks. In the foreground is a large painting that takes the form of a map of Korea. In the background, another gallery with more artworks is visible.] -
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 extending from the back of it snaking towards a pile of nearby photographs. On one white wall opposite, there are two identical images. Leaning on the other white wall is a framed photograph of two books, a wooden rectangle, and a photograph stacked vertically on each other. There is a second photograph offset to the right.] -
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. Paintings are also hung on either side of the wall, each depicting different views of a freeway.] -
Sam Pulitzer: A Colony for “Them”. Installation view, Artists Space, 2014. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [A framed image installed on a white gallery wall that extends into an exhibition space. A glass wall framed by black, metal paneling is positioned to the left of the white wall. Through it, several freestanding, colorful panels decorated with cartoonish illustrations of pinwheels and forests are displayed in an open room.] -
Tisziji Muñoz with Francisco Mora Catlett and AfroHORN. Performance documentation, October 21, 2022, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman [A figure plays the guitar sitting down, while another figure stands behind him playing the bass.] -
Constantina Zavitsanos: fwiw. Installation view, Artists Space, 2024. Photo: Carter Seddon. [An installation view shows a darkened space flooded in red light. Between two ornate columns, a projector is mounted close to the ground on a short stand. An iridescent blue glows around a shadow cast by a scientific experiment on the left wall behind, while the ceiling is covered in warm crescent silhouettes. On the back black wall, lines of projected text overlap in varying directions.] -
Tom of Finland, Untitled, 1985. Graphite on paper. Tom of Finland Foundation, Permanent Collection. [A drawing shows a man reading a magazine while sitting on the couch. A shirtless man leans on the couch behind him, reading the magazine over the seated man's shoulder.] -
Courtesy No Total. [A cartoon drawing of a bedroom with a purple bed, chair, and window] -
Yuki Kimura, Wardrobe Extensions Version 4, Oracle, Berlin, 2018. [A two-toned wardrobe constructed from wood stands between two framed mirrors mounted on a yellow-orange wall above marble tiling. The reflection between the two mirrors causes the wardrobe's image to be repeated infinitely.] -
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Moyra Davey, still from Fifty Minutes, 2011. 50 min. [A man reclines while reading on a daybed draped with green linens. Behind him are four bookcases filled with vinyl records.] -
Brad Kronz, The Expert Thinks the Artist is a Fool, 2025. Wooden stool, felt, boiled wool, fabric, nails, screws, marker, pencil. Photo: Carter Seddon -
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Gary Burnley, Martin Cohen, Candance Hill-Montgomery, Lewis Stein, Haim Steinbach. Installation view, Artists Space, 1979. Artwork by Candice Hill-Montgomery. [Black and white photograph of white picket fence opening with dark painted background behind it.] -
Pop or Populus: Art Between High and Low, by Bettina Funcke, published by Sternberg Press, 2009. [A white book cover with patterned text reading, "Pop or Populus." In between these words, small black text reads, "Art between High and Low" and "Betinna Funcke".] -
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Patricia Thornley. Untitled (detail), 1985. Electrical wire, string, fans, photograph, spotlight, wood, wax, dirt, water. [An projection is present centrally in the image while strings and wire hang in the surrounding area of the work. All is hung in a white-walled and black floor gallery space.] -
Abasement #71. Performance documentation, August 5th, 2024, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman. [Two musicians standing on stage use electronic instruments. In the foreground there various more cords and audio instruments on stands. Both musicians have microphones and one is wearing a woven hat. The wall behind them is projected with images of trees, and a red light illuminates the left side of the frame.] -
Speaker Music: drape over another. Performance & Album Launch documentation, December 13, 2019, Artists Space. Photo © 2019 Paula Court. [Several figures fill a dimly lit, basement room. Some figures sit and talk on large couches, while others stand and talk to each other. Video projections play on two of the space’s walls.] -
Kenji Kanesaka, still from Hop Scotch, 1967 [Black-and-white image of a figure in a long black coat bending down and drawing a hop scotch pattern in an alleyway using white chalk.] -
Social Surfaces. Installation view, Alexander and Bonin, 2017. Photo: Ron Amstutz. [A wooden platform on wheels surrounded by a border of small poppy red brick-like sculptures, that continue to surround the base of a white pole. Sculptures and paintings are visible on the back wall behind the wooden platform.] -
[Red text reading “we cover for you / new red order / 1-888-NEW-RED1 / newredorder.org” is overlaid on an image of a person in a black shirt holding a rock in front of their face.] -
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[Close up image of a series of black shelves mounted to a white wall. Various wooden blocks painted with scenes of crowds, witches, and other characters are placed on the shelves, alongside smaller blocks decorated with white letters that spell out words including "stooge," "atheist," and "traitor." At the center of the shelves sits a black figurine of a goat.] -
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Young Fluxus. Installation view, Artists Space, 1982. [Contact sheet of photos from the opening reception of the exhibition.] -
Shani Strand: Everything Must Be Returned. Installation view, June 12 - August 15, 2026, Artists Space. Photo: Carter Seddon [A blue-lit gallery space is filled with various sculptures arranged on the floor, including including morning stars with cow horn spikes; two bamboo and rebar spears shaped into rectangles; bricks wrapped in cowrie shells; sugar cane rollers; resin pools; and ceramic balls. On the wall, an orange stain appears to emerge from the floor.] -
Las Nietas de Nonó, FOODTOPIA: en el suelo aspero, 2022, digital video, tree trunks, bench, construction net; Dimensions variable, Image courtesy Artists Space, New York, Photo: Filip Wolak [A construction net hangs from the ceiling to the floor with four tree trunks placed on top of it on the floor. Colorful fabrics are placed on top of the tree trunks. A wooden bench sits behind the trunks and faces a video projection in front of the wall.] -
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.] -
Yuji Agematsu: Chasing Milford. Performance documentation, January 15, 2022, Artists Space. Photo: Filip Wolak [A color photograph of a figure standing in an orange-lit space filled with various audio equipment and a stereo player. They lean down to press adjust a dial on an audio mixer.] -
keyon gaskin with Moya Michael & Zinzi Minott. Performance documentation, December 16, 2022, Artists Space. Photo: Destiny Mata. [Color photograph of a figure wearing a conical sheath of reflective one-way mirror film. They stand in the corner of a dark room, shining a bright light against the wall behind them. Their silhouette can be vaguely seen under the mirror film.] -
She Who Is: Adrienne Kennedy and the Drama of Difference. Installation view, Artists Space, February 29 – September 19, 2020. Photo: Filip Wolak. [Displayed on shelf, a framed poster, an open book, and book showing multiple images on cover.] -
Danh Vo: Autoerotic Asphyxiation. Installation view, Artists Space. 2010 [An expansive space with a grid of white columns, sheer curtains cover windows lining the back wall.] -
Nelissa Rodriguez, 2014 [A colorful drawing of a Goya can behind a package of canilla enriched rice, and an empty cap. Each object is lying on an orange surface, with a green background] -
Mike Kelley, Untitled, 1992, Beech wood paddle with screen print and leather strap, 23 1/4 in x 6 in x 3/4 in / 59.1 cm x 15.2 cm x 1.9 cm, Edition of 50. [The image shows a wooden paddle with the preamble for the U.S. Constitution reproduced on it. It says, "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."] -
Las Nietas de Nonó: Posibles Escenarios, Vol. 1 LNN. Performance documentation, October 29, 2022, Artists Space. Photo: Destiny Mata [Color photograph of a gallery space with an installation consisting of a large mirrored pond, made from a wooden base with a reflective lining on top, that is surrounded by tree trunks, plants, fish tanks, and a phone booth. A large lamp hangs from the ceiling, and an orange construction net is placed over the pond.] -
Hilary Lloyd. Installation view, Artists Space, 2011. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [Two portrait-oriented screens are each mounted on two floor to ceiling metal poles. The screens face outward at a 90-degree angle to each other and show abstract images.] -
Bernadette Corporation: 2000 Wasted Years. Installation view, Artists Space, 2012. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [A large, shiny black structure consisting of three columns supporting a large, irregularly shaped flat plane installed in a gallery space. A black-and-white image wraps around the rightmost, cylindrical column of the structure. The image depicts a person dressing a mannequin in an office.] -
Aristotelis Nikolas Mochloulis, Frog Man & Baby Frog, 2025. Michigan J. Frog plushies, miniature directors chairs, ARRI 150 Junior light, Manfrotto Nano light stand, speakers, audio excerpts from movies. Photo: Carter Seddon. [Two pieces of wood are joined to create a miniature stage set. In the center, sitting in a miniature director's chair are two cartoon frog plushies wearing black top hats. The larger frog plushy cradles the smaller frog in it's arms. Two more director's chairs are positioned facing the plushies, along with a miniature stage light and stand that shines a spotlight on the plushies.] -
We the People. Installation view, Artists Space. 1987 [A black and white photo of an exhibition space, four sculptures on pedestals line the room diagonally with a mural painting behind them.] -
Urban Pornography. Installation view, Artists Space, 2001. [Two photographs displayed side-by-side on a white gallery wall. The photographs are of identical size and are installed in thin, dark frames. The photograph on the left depicts a nondescript industrial building, while a tall urban building is visible in the skyline of the image to the right.] -
Documenting Cadere: 1972 - 1978. Installation view, Artists Space, 2013. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [Several black and white photographs and documents organized into a grid on a white surface.] -
[Stamped yellow text spelling out "W.A.G.E" at a slight angle. Underneath that, typed pink text reads, "Working Artists and the Greater Economy."] -
Metaphysical Visions. Installation view, Artists Space, 1989. [An abstract sculpture made of sticks, cords, and a textile sits in the center of a gallery space. Three large paintings hang on the walls around it, all blending abstract, painterly designs with latin text.] -
Installation view from Six Sculptors, Artists Space, January 25 ,1986 - February 22, 1986. [Sculpted boots appear wih leaves on a leaf-covered section of the floor surrounded by a picket fence. In the background a white door opens up with a stack behind it. Nearby tree branches and other rustic constructions populate the gallery space.] -
Lyn Blumenthal and Kate Horsfield, still from Nancy Spero: An Interview, 1982. 35 min. [A close-up, black and white photo of a person mid-speech, looking off-center.] -
El Nascimiento De La Tierra, Recirculation, Word-Up Community Book Store pop-up, May 2024 -
Abasement #79. Performance documentation, August 11th, 2025, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman. [Two performers stand side by side on stage. One performer plays a brass instrument and the other a woodwind instrument. The performers and room are bathed in colorful light, created from a projection of a geometric pattern of green, blue, and red stripes.] -
Gedi Sibony Animal Scramble, 2013, Archival inkjet print, 14 1/4 x 13 1/2 in / 36,2 x 34,3 cm (image size), 24 x 20 in / 61 x 51 cm (paper size), Signed and Numbered. [Assorted animals, including tropical fish, birds, reptiles, a cat, dog, and rabbit are drawn in black marker on yellow paper.] -
[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.] -
Gary Burnley, Martin Cohen, Candance Hill-Montgomery, Lewis Stein, Haim Steinbach. Installation view, Artists Space, 1979. Artwork by Gary Burnley. [A black and white photograph of a multicolored globe sitting on a wooden floor.] -
Flyer for Segue Reading Series featuring Michael Gottlieb and Duriel E. Harris. Saturday, October 3, 2020, Artists Space. Artist: Keith Higginbotham [A cut-out reproduction of a painting depicting a figure being beheaded is collaged over a black and white photograph of a renaissance style interior. Black text over the top half of the image reads "Michael Gottlieb / Duriel E. Harris," and in the bottom corner black text reads "Segue."]