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New Economy. Installation view, Artists Space, 2007. [An installation view of multiple sewing stations and a clothing rack of red and white sweatshirts.] -
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.] -
Jon Rubin. Alice Underwater. Installation view. Artists Space, 1985. [A small goldfish is visible swimming inside a round-shaped bowl with water in it with a silver watch behind it. The bowl is sitting on a pedestal on a white wall.] -
Installation view from Four Artists: An Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, Artists Space, 1985 -
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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.] -
Artists Space's two tote bags. [Two Artists Space tote bags lay in the autumn grass. One is black with a white architectural line drawing with the phrase "OPEN TO BEYOND" at center, the other is pink with a black bold graphic of an "A" inside an outlined circle.] -
Alan Michelson. Permanent Title, 1993. Wax, muslin, charcoal. Overall: 144 x 144 x 9 in. (366 x 366 x 23 cm). Courtesy the artist. [Eleven brown bags of varying sizes are displayed on a wall, pinned so that their mouths hang open slightly. Charcoal rubbings on the bags trace out corporate logos and other words and phrases.] -
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Based on a True Story. Installation view, Artists Space, 2004. [A wide shot of a gallery space with three columns. At the base of one column is a colorful, flat piece. On the large wall behind that column, three paintings hang in a horizontal line. To left of that, several framed drawings are arranged in a horizontal line. Against the perpendicular wall, there is a plinth with a television and several headphones.] -
David Schafer: Western Agenda. Installation view, Artists Space, 1991. [A black and white photograph of a tall metal sculpture in an otherwise empty room, surrounded by white columns. The sculpture has a tall platform with a narrow ladder and has several support wires.] -
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. [Spanish and English translations of the poem “Justo antes del amanecer.../Just before sunrise...” are written in alternating lines in grey and black on a white background.] -
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.] -
Abasement #63. Performance documentation, July 17, 2023, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman. [A grainy color image of two performers facing each other on a stage, with a large audience observing in a dark room. One individual on stage is sitting and faces the camera, watching her performance partner. The other individual has their back turned to the camera, as they crouch over musical equipment on the stage floor. A pinkish-red hue from some spotlights illuminates the on-stage performers.] -
New Economy. Installation view, Artists Space, 2007. [An installation view with a deconstructed skateboard on a pedestal in the foreground with two suitcases in the background and a two dimensional depiction of a stereo system along with other small wall works.] -
Duncan Campbell: Make it new John. Installation view, Artists Space, 2010. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [A large room with a wooden table in the foreground. A standing screen is centered between two white poles, showing a projected image of a white sign with handwritten text reading "DELOREAN DREAM WORKERS NIGHTMARE."] -
New Red Order Give it Back, detail, 2020 Acrylic LED displays with cut vinyl, water cooler, poster, couch, desk, chairs, magazine rack, The New Red Times Magazine, and three televisions. Image courtesy Artists Space, New York Photo: Filip Wolak [A close up image of three tv monitors on a wall with vinyl lettering that reads "New Red Order", in the right corner is a water cooler.] -
Jutta Koether: xxapollo. Performance documentation, January 5, 2020, Artists Space. Photo © 2020 Paula Court. [A person dressed in all pink steps over a mass of wires. She is illuminated from behind by a bright, white wall. In the foreground, dimly lit figures face varying directions.] -
Min Joong Art. Installation view, Artists Space, 1988. [A photograph of a white walled gallery space densely hung with figurative paintings.] -
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 photograph of two wooden cafe chairs with green cushions in a gallery space. A television screen with a cord extending down to an outlet in the floor rests upon each chair.] -
Demonstrations outside the opening of Witnesses: Against Our Vanishing, Artists Space, 1989 [Protesters standing in a line hold a variety of signs with statements such as "Helms impedes the 1st Amendment," "Obscene Art?", "I have no taste," and "No taxation without artistic representation"] -
The Library Vaccine. Installation view, Artists Space, 2014. [A cluster of metal book shelves sit in the middle of the room. Visible are the cubbies of three structures, populated with books of various sizes and colors.] -
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Tiffany Sia, Barriers Buy Time, 2021. Courtesy Artists Space, New York. Photo: Filip Wolak [A row of books with silver covers on a shelf. A black table and chair can be seen in the reflection of the book cover.] -
We the People. Installation view, Artists Space. 1987. [A black and white image of an exhibtion space, sculptures sit on three pedestals in front a wall of paintings.] -
Lyndon Barrois Jr., Unseen Hand (Fall Guy); Sinner Man, 2022. Couch, jute, antique cane, plastic, copper, brass, conservation glove; police tape, laser prints, museum board, MagiColor manual. Dimensions variable. Photo: Filip Wolak. [A color photograph of a yellow couch in a gallery space. A cane with a white glove rests on the couch cushions and a rope extends from its base. In the background, police tape demarcates a rectangle on a wall, and three strips of police tape extend from the wall to the floor.] -
Circus Amok, Escape to New York. Performance documentation, August 13, 2022, Artists Space. Photo: Paula Court [Various figures in glittery costumes pose in front of a circus backdrop, holding out open fans.] -
Mel Kendrick, Dinnever Hill. Installation view, Artists Space, 1974. [A black and white installation photograph of a gallery space. Placed on the floor, canvasses of dark rectangles on white backgrounds lean against a white wall.] -
Martine Flor, Echoes From A Scene IV, 2022. Part of a larger series, spatial photogram on polyester textile (diptych), and text. Photo: Steven Cottingham. [Color photograph of a work consisting of two large sheets of textile with shades of white and grey, suspended from the ceiling. The work casts a shadow on the wall behind it.] -
Herman Wallace. Drawing. [A colored pencil rendering of a prison cell is contained inside a rectangular box with rounded edges, floating on a white lined sheet of paper. A pink heart in motion extends beyond the confines of the cell and onto lined paper.] -
Abasement #63. Performance documentation, July 17, 2023, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman. [Color image of an individual captured midst performing at a table set up with DJ equipment. Another performer is seen behind him, playing the saxaphone in a dark performance space illuminated only by bright blue, pink and neon yellow projections. A large shadow of a person taking a photo with a camera can be seen cast on the projection wall to the left of the image.] -
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.] -
You Are The Everything and The Everything Is In You. Installation view, Artists Space, 2005. [Two delicate, framed works on paper hang side by side against a white wall. A light blue color has been imprinted on the central portion of the wall. The artworks feature flecks of pastel color on an otherwise white surface.] -
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Ralston Farina: Time // Time. Installation view, Artists Space, 2025. Photo: Carter Seddon. [From left to right, a chair rests in front of a glowing TV screen, two larger drawings hang parallel, and two small black-and-white photographs of Ralston Farina hang beside one another.] -
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Richard Klauber. Installation view, Ruth Hardinger, Richard Klauber, Artists Space, 1975. [A color installation photograph of a black and white abstract painting on a white wall.] -
Abasement #62. Performance documentation, December 5, 2022, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman [A seated figure plays the violin on stage with red and purple lights cast onto them.] -
Flyer by Joe Frivaldi [Magazine cut-outs and ink drawings are collaged together on a background of yellow, orange, pink, blue, and red paper. Small pieces of paper with red typewritten text listing the performers and event details are scattered around the flyer.] -
Constantina Zavitsanos: fwiw. Installation view (Ace of Spades, 2024), Artists Space, 2024. Photo: Carter Seddon. [In a darkened room, a bright blue LED light, two circular mirrors and scientific mounts sit atop two metal welding tables. ] -
BAS, Istanbul. [A wide shot of an interior space. Several books and pamphlets rest on metal shelving to the image's left and right. A low wall separates the foreground of the image from the background, in which a figure sits at a long desk with their back to the viewer. More pamplets and books are strewn about and propped upon this desk. Several gray square and rectangular canvases hang on the walls.] -
Yasunao Tone: Region of Paramedia. Installation view, Artists Space, 2023. Photo: Filip Wolak. [Color photograph of a gallery space. On the left wall series of photographs hang, and vitrines containing musical scores. Various musical instruments and audio devices are placed around the middle of the room, and various television monitors are placed along the sides of the room..] -
David Kulik, Frank Majore, Kevin Noble, Ken Pelka, Pat Place, Rene Santos, and Brian Weil. Installation view, Artists Space, 1980. [Two photographs are hanging next to each other on a wall.] -
Flyer for If improvisation could serve as a manual, if gesture could serve as a guide. May 26, 2022, Artists Space. [Digitally manipulated image of a cypress knee on a pink background. In the top left corner, "artists space / vleeshal center for contemporary art" is written in black text. In the centre “If improvisation could serve as a manual, if gesture could serve as a guide” is written in black text. In the bottom right corner “Thursday May 26 / 7:30pm 11 Cortlandt Alley” is written in black text.] -
Jack Smith: Art Crust of Spiritual Oasis. Installation view, Artists Space, 2018. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [Black and white photographs hang in a horizontal line across a dark wall descending into an exhibition space. On the right, a video monitor sits on the ground. In the background is a free-standing wall featuring a series of framed photographs. A mannequin dressed in orange and green fabric is displayed in front of the photographs.] -
[White text overlays a green and pink marbled background. The text reads: “April 1 / Fiel Guhit / Tianyi Sun." Smaller text in the bottom left corner reads: “5pm / 11 Cortlandt Alley + Zoom / Zoom ID: 893 9594 7519 / $5 (all proceeds go to readers)"] -
keyon gaskin with Moya Michael & Zinzi Minott. Performance documentation, December 16, 2022, Artists Space. Photo: Destiny Mata. [Color photograph of a figure, wearing reflective one-way mirror film around their body, hanging off the ledge of an open doorway entrance.] -
Artists Draw. Installation view, Artists Space, 1979. [Four drawings are hung in a row on a white wall. The foremost depicts a man and a woman looking out a window through window blinds. The next depicts two men sitting at a table.] -
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.] -
[A red background with white text which reads: "SETTLER COLONIALISM OUT OF BROOKLYN", followed by the Decolonize This Place Logo.] -
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.] -
[A grid of yellow hearts on a pink background.] -
Mystery Men, Darold Biggs, Silver Key in Photography -
Speaker Music: drape over another. Performance & Album Launch documentation, December 13, 2019, Artists Space. Photo © 2019 Paula Court. [Half-eaten fruit, chocolate, and candles sit on a low, stone tabletop under dim lighting.] -
Selections from the Unaffiliated Artists File. Installation view, Artists Space, 1981. [Dark photograph of a plywood sculpture with shelves in a gallery space.] -
New Red Order with Laura Gardin Fraser Teddy’s Touchdown, 1938/2021 16mm film, black and white 14 minutes (loop) Image courtesy Artists Space, New York Photo: Filip Wolak [An image of a dark exhibition space, a film projector projects a sepia tone image onto the wall.] -
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[A low-angled view of an empty gallery space with wooden flooring and white walls.] -
Jayce Salloum, Episode 1: So. Cal., 1988. 33 minutes, 1/2", color. Film still. [A person driving a car is seen from behind, as if the camera is in the backseat. Their face is hidden by the headrest of the car seat. Trinkets hang from the rearview mirror.] -
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[Black text on an orange background. The text reads: “Nov 2 / Latasha N. Nevada Diggs / Modesto Flako Jimenez.” Text in the bottom left corner reads: “5pm / 11 Cortlandt Alley + Zoom ID: 893 9594 7519 / $5 (all proceeds go to readers)"] -
Exchange Show: Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY. Performance, Artists Space, 1976. Photo: Robert Longo. [An close up black and white image of an individual with their fingers crossed behind their back.] -
Still from video interview with Daniel Buren about the work of Christopher D'Arcangelo, conducted by Dean Inkster and Sébastien Pluot, 2010. -
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.] -
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.] -
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.] -
New Red Order with Virgil B/G Taylor Progenerator, detail, 2020 – Ongoing Dibond prints with painted mural, five televisions, flag, plate, Improved Order of Red Men ephemera, and more 40 x 40 feet Image courtesy Artists Space, New York Photo: Filip Wolak [A multicolored wall with a collage of images, text, and tv monitors. A larger than life, sculpted head leans against the wall while beach balls scatter around it.] -
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Flyer for Segue Reading Series featuring Wayne Koestenbaum and Morgan Võ. Saturday, October 30, 2021, Artists Space. Artist: Lonely Christopher & Venn Daniel [A horizontal white background with curved turquoise, orange, black, and purple lines. Text appears on top of the image reading, "Segue" (in pink) "Morgan Võ Wayne Koestenbaum" (in gray)] -
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Everything is common. Installation view, Artists Space, 2022. Photo: Steven Cottingham. [A color photograph of a gallery space with several columns. In between two columns, a large fabric work is stretched with an image of cows lying on the ground. To the right, in between two other columns, a painting on fabric that depicts two people on a green background is hanging. Further in the background, a painting is visible hanging on the wall. In the foreground, one board from a cornhole set is resting on the floor.] -
Clocking Out: Time Beyond Management. Installation view, Artists Space, 2023. Photo: Greg Carideo. [Photograph of a glass vitrine containing various archival time-banking ephemera.] -
Chorus: A Sound Poetry Festival. Performance documentation, November 10, 2022, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman [A figure stands on stage behind a table with a laptop, preparing to perform.] -
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Served Up! R.M. Fischer. Installation view, Artists Space, 1979. [A black-and-white photograph of a long floor lamp with two protruding lampshades.] -
Abasement #65. Performance documentation, September 18, 2023, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman. [A close-up color image of a musician playing the saxophone. Half of his face hidden by his hat. Orange and red projections cast onto him.] -
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SCRAAATCH. Performance documentation, November 18, 2022, Artists Space. Photo: Destiny Mata [A figure in a blue morph suit kneels down on one knee, placing their hands on top of a table made of wood and fresnel lenses while audience members watch in the background.] -
Renee Gladman: Narratives of Magnitude. Installation view, Artists Space, 2023. Photo: Filip Wolak. [A color image of a gallery space with two columns running across the room. On the left wall, four framed abstract drawings on black paper are displayed in a horizontal line. On the right wall, three framed abstract drawings on white paper are shown in a horizontal line.] -
[Two people on a city street in front of a graffitied brick wall. One faces the camera, holding a megaphone and a piece of paper at his sides. The other is walking, facing the side, and speaking into her megaphone and reading off a sheet of paper.] -
Union Gaucha Productions Still from Totloop , 2003 16mm film (silent, color), 4 min 49 sec Collaboration with Fabio Kacero Courtesy of Union Gaucha Productions [An overexposed image of a person looking at the camera, their face partially obscured by the exposure.] -
Margit Lewczuk. For Freda, 1985. -
Devynn Emory: Grandmother Cindy. Performance documentation, May 18, 2022, 7:30pm. Artists Space, New York. [Two figures hold a table with a mannequin on it.] -
LIFE—a group show, curated by Arnold J. Kemp. Installation view (William Pope.L's boots, 2003), Artists Space, 2025. Photo: Carter Seddon [At the bottom of the gallery wall sits a small shelf housing a pair of construction boots that are extremely worn in and covered in white paint.] -
Five Spanish Artists. Installation View, Artists Space, 1985. [A few indistinguishable paintings appear on adjacent walls in a white-walled gallery space.] -
Abasement #74. Performance documentation, December 2nd, 2024, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman. [A room full of audience members in a pink-tinted room. The people in the front are sitting, and the ones behind are standing close together. Many people are clapping. The room is filled with patterns of white dots reflecting from a disco ball.] -
Beth Campbell, Four Eyes Are Better Than One, 2007. Site-specific installation. Courtesy the artist. Photo: Bill Orcutt. [The corner of a small white room features elements implying that it's a bathroom: a sink, a blue trash bin, and a hot-water heater are below while a wall-mounted paper towel holder and a non-reversing mirror hang above.] -
Unholding. Installation view, Artists Space, November 19, 2017 - January 21, 2018. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [Three paper bags featuring collaged and drawn embellishments sit in a row on three pedastals of varying heights in ascending order.] -
Andy Robert: PAPALOKO. Installation view(Ruin, 2023; Untitled, 2023), Artists Space, 2024. Photo: Carter Seddon. [Color image of a gallery space. To the left, a taxidermied griffon vulture rests on a branch protuding from a section of a tree. Rusted, chain link fence is interwoven into the bark of the tree. Off to the right, a small shovel afixed to a childs chair is placed on the ground.] -
We the People. Installation View, Artists Space, November 12, 1987 - December 23, 1987. [Paintings and collages appear on a white gallery wall and a scultpure on a pedestal sits in the foreground.] -
Ellen Fullman. Performance documentation, May 3rd, 2024, Artists Space. Photo: Casey Kelbaugh. Courtesy of Frieze and CKA. [A photograph taken from a low angle, looking up at a performer whose hand is poised on top of a long set of instrumental wires that run across the image.] -
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.] -
Abasement #62. Performance documentation, December 5, 2022, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman [An audience watches a performance, some are seated on the floor or chairs, while others stand behind them.] -
Paul Lamantia. The Critic (A Portrait of Dennis Adrian), 1984. [Three figures with misshapen faces appear together in an surreal setting.] -
Eiko Ishibashi: Two New York Nights. Performance documentation, June 8, 2022, 8pm. Artists Space, New York. [A woman stands in front of a micrphone and computer. Her face and hands are illuminated by red light.] -
Whitney Museum of American Art Independent Study Program Studio Exhibition. Installation view, Artists Space, 2018. Photo: Gustavo Murillo Fernández-Valdés. [Two painted portraits sit on the ground of a gallery space to the left of several other artworks. A kite hangs from the ceiling of the exhibition space in the center of the image. Various small documents are tacked across a wall to the right of the kite with red thumbtacks.] -
Living with Pop. A Reproduction of Capitalist Realism. Installation view, Artists Space, 2014. [An angled view of the external corner of two walls. On the left are monitors, displaying various images. On the right large paintings and images are hung on all surface area of the wall.] -
Scott Burton. Pastoral Chair Tableau, 1971—1974. Installation view, Scott Burton, Pamela Jenrette, Artists Space, 1975. [A color photograph of six chairs in front of a blue curtain.] -
Charlotte Posenenske. Configured by the staff of Artists Space. Installation view, Artists Space, 2010. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [A geometric, silver metal sculpture sits on a wooden gallery floor in a brightly-lit gallery space. The sculpture is modular and consists of rectangular and triangular metal components arranged in a tall, ring-shaped structure.] -
Rashaad Newsome. Still from Shade Compositions, 2012. Video, color, sound; 50 minutes. Courtesy the artist. [A group of five performers dressed in red and white monochromatic outfits stand in front of microphones gesturing with their hands.] -
Abasement #80. Performance documentation, September 22nd, 2025, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman. [A performer plays the violin on stage. The stage and the wall behind it are bathed in orange light. ] -
[A rendering of a head with two faces, one positioned head-on and the other seen in profile, is made from gradient strips of red, orange and yellow color. Dissecting lines and geometric shapes define the face's blocky features. The top lips are blue and the bottom red, while the left eye is black with a white dial and the right eye is a hazy blue with yellow lightning coming out of it. Under the image, text in red, white, blue serif font reads: the segue reading series and artists space present / a reading by David Larsen and Sara Larsen / saturday, may 9, 5 pm nyc time / zoom id: 378 232 567.] -
New Economy. Installation view, Artists Space, 2007. [An installation view of two rows of photographic portraits tacked to the walls. In the background is a red, white and black print that says "Imagine that capitalist revelations are overcome by local economic federations of grassroots groups that produce according to regional demand."] -
Matters of Sensation. Installation view, Artists Space, 2008. Photo: Adam Reich. [Three gray objects rest on separate rectangular, white plinths in a gallery space with wooden flooring. Each of the objects is rectangular and has a 3D, biomorphic form.] -
[An animation of a black and white clock whose hands move backwards. The clock is positioned on a silhouette of a head in profile. Sans-serif text below the graphic reads, "The Fainnie Azul Horologe."] -
Individual self-portraits, Untitled, 2021, collage and sequins on paper -
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keyon gaskin with Moya Michael & Zinzi Minott. Performance documentation, December 16, 2022, Artists Space. Photo: Destiny Mata. [Color photograph of a figure dressed in white, laying down on a window ledge facing the street. They raise on arm up and a white light shines from their pelvic area.] -
7th grade Threads of History student at M.S. 324, 2020 [A student holds up artwork depicting her family tree.] -
Not yet titled, 2019
Clay, glaze, metal antenna
3 1/2 x 13 x 12 inches (variable)
$3,500
[A multicolored object sits on a white base. A metal antenna extends out on a diagonal.] -
Abasement #64. Performance documentation, August 7, 2023, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman. [Color photo of two men sitting at a worktable that holds various musical and electronic equipment. In the background, various audience members sit and observe the performers within a dimly lit space. Yellow projections shine on the wall behind the performers along with blue and pink spotted lights.] -
Abasement #61. Performance documentation, November 7, 2022, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman [Two figures dance on stage in black-and-white.] -
Abasement #80. Performance documentation, September 22nd, 2025, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman. [A performer plays a clarinet on stage, bathed in blue and pink light.] -
ART CLUB2000 Selections from ART CLUB2000 archive, detail, 1992–1999 Image courtesy Artists Space, New York Photo: Filip Wolak [A glass case displaying archival documents and images] -
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.] -
Jana Euler: Unform. Installation view, Artists Space, February 21, 2020 – September 19, 2020. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [Large, orange slug forms are visible with the cast iron columns in a white-walled gallery with paintings of slugs hanging on the opposite side of the image behind a staircase.] -
Las Nietas de Nonó: Posibles Escenarios, Vol. 1 LNN. Performance documentation, October 30, 2022, Artists Space. Photo: Destiny Mata [Color photograph of two figures performing in a dark gallery space, lit only by an installation of LED lights covered in dried SCOBY material. One figure wearing black leans down in front of one of the LED lights. Partly hidden behind a column, another figure stands wearing a red suit.] -
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Chorus: A Sound Poetry Festival. Performance documentation, November 11, 2022, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman [A figure on the left sings into a microphone, while on thhe right, a figure sitting down and wearing a baseball cap plays the guitar.] -
Log Cabin. Installation view, Artists Space, 2005. [Several sculptures, paintings, video works, and photographs installed in a gallery space with wooden flooring. A sculpture consisting of a white panel affixed to a wooden board upon which two striped rocks rest is installed on the ground. A TV monitor is installed in the room's corner directly behind the sculpture. The portion of the wall directly behind the TV monitor has been covered with a grid of poster-like images. Three color photographs and two paintings with muted purple and gray tones frame the monitor on its left and right sides.] -
Jeff Koon. Installation view, Artists Space, 1983. [A black and white Duratrans on a lightbox of a portrait of a child holding a crayon with a box of crayons and a small book lie on a desk in front of them under their crossed arms. This is on a wall with the plug for the box coming from under the left side.] -
PATTERNS / Marcelo Spina with Kreysler & Associates, Macro Piece, 2006. [Detail view of a greyscale sculpture made of varying polymer segments.] -
Abasement #63. Performance documentation, July 17, 2023, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman. [A close-up color image of a drummer captured in the middle of a performance. Abstracted projections of bright yellow and purple hues are cast against the musician, who looks out at something out of view.] -
Bernadette Corporation: 2000 Wasted Years. Installation view, Artists Space, 2012. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [Detail view of a display case. Several mugs are stacked on top of each other on the left side of the case, while five others are placed haphazardly across its surface. Each white mug is decorated with black text that reads, *STANCHION*. Several photos of a nude woman are arranged across the surface of the case.] -
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.] -
[White text on a grey ombré background. The text reads: “March 29 / Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge / James Sherry.” Text in the bottom left corner reads: “5pm / 11 Cortlandt Alley + Zoom ID: 893 9594 7519 / $5 (all proceeds go to readers)"] -
Pool Show. Installation view, Artists Space, 1980. [Frame photographs and text hang on the wall in a gallery space.] -
Las Nietas de Nonó: Posibles Escenarios, Vol. 1 LNN. Performance documentation, October 29, 2022, Artists Space. Photo: Destiny Mata [Color photograph of a figure wearing black, holding a long wooden stick over a reflective surface with an orange construction net over it.] -
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New Red Order, Informants Get Paid! Performance documentation, Artists Space, January 23, 2020. Photo © Paula Court. [A figure stands in front of a music stand speaking into a microphone. They are backlit by an image of a rippling upside down American flag.] -
[A series of booklets with monochrome covers sit in stacks on the interior of a windowsill. Each of the booklets' covers displays thin text spelling out various names, including "Ian Wallace," "Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev," and "G. M. Tamás."] -
Audrey Glassman, Untitled, 1983. Cibachrome, 28 x 42 inches. [Sculptures of lizards and turtles are seen on the top portion of the image in bright lighting on a white gallery wall and on the bottom of the image is a 10-gallon hat.] -
Alternative Art New York, 1965 - 1985. Julie Ault. Univ. of Minnesota Press, 2002. Paperback, 408 pages. $30. at the Artists Space Bookstore. [White painted brick wall; a black plate with white text that reads, "Title: Alternative Art New York Date: 1965-1985 Editor: Julie Ault."] -
James Coleman. Still from Seeing for Oneself, 1987-88. Slideshow (black and white), 40 min. [A black and white film still of two people in period dress. One lies on a patterned couch, wrapped in sheets, while the other stands observing. Above the couch, a mirror on the wall reflects the scene to the camera.] -
The Colin de Land Library Collection Alexander Schroeder, Berlin [Staggered metal shelves that are filled with books of various color and sizes.] -
Urban Pornography. Installation view, Artists Space, 2001. [A dimly lit, color photograph of a desert installed on a white gallery wall. The desert ground is a bright orange color and includes many large rock features. The sky above is slightly blue and filled with clouds.] -
Dream Lines: Marian Zazeela. Installation view, Artists Space, 2024. Photo: Filip Wolak. [Installation view of white gallery wall featuring several small framed works on paper. Black wall featuring black text that reads "DREAM LINES / MARIAN ZAZEELA."] -
Everything is common. Installation view, Artists Space, 2022. Photo: Steven Cottingham. [Color photograph of a gallery installation view. Two walls converge in a corner: on the left wall is a larger, colorful painting with a smaller one to its right. On the right wall, there is one smaller painting and one black and white image under plexiglass.] -
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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.] -
Susan Cianciolo, Flowers, 2018, 25 x 21 x 1 1/2 inches, Silkscreen on book cloth on bespoke archival box, Signed edition of 100, 5APs Courtesy of the artist [A portfolio box with a flowered pattern on the lid is shown on a white ground with the lid slightly askew.] -
Works by Mark Morrisroe. Witnesses: Against Our Vanishing. Installation view, Artists Space, 1989. [In a corner of a gallery space, a small black and white photograph hangs in a black frame on the left wall. On the right, a small white panel of black text hangs above a sign attached to a glass box that protrudes from the wall. Inside the box are what appear to be bloodied white linens, and on the sign above them the words "AM I DEAD YET" are written in blood.] -
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Clocking Out: Time Beyond Management. Installation view, Artists Space, 2023. Photo: Greg Carideo. [Photograph of a well-lit gallery space at the bottom of a staircase, with a glass vitrine on the left wall containing ephemera.] -
Laurie Hawkinson, CineTrain, 1986. [A black and white photograph of a linear model consisting of many elements.] -
SCRAAATCH. Performance documentation, November 18, 2022, Artists Space. Photo: Destiny Mata [Three figures perform in a basement. On the left a figure in a blue morph suit wears a pair of wings made of fresnel lenses. On the right another figure in a blue morph suit stands behind a rolling table made of wood and fresnel lenses. Another figure to the far right takes video footage.] -
The Heart of Your Mother for my Dogs. Performance view, Artists Space, 2009. [A black and white image of a figure wearing all black, with a black hat, facing to the wall and slightly illuminated by a light in their hands. In the foreground, there is a partially visible metal grid with several plastic-covered white lights.] -
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Witnesses: Against Our Vanishing. Installation View, Artists Space, 1989. Photo: Frances Miller Smith. [A gallery with low lighting and white walls is hung with a painting and a grid of photographs. More artworks are visible around a corner in another room.] -
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Abasement #78. Performance documentation, June 16th, 2025, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman. [Color image of two performers on stage playing the guitar and drums. The performer on the left is wearing round sunglasses with a music stand in front of them. The back wall is lit with small white dots from a disco ball.] -
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."] -
Traditions: Five Painters. Installation View, Artists Space, 1978. [A row of square paintings hangs on a wall.] -
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Pride Goes Before a Fall/Beware of a Holy Whore - An Exhibition in Two Acts. Installation view, Artists Space, 2013. [A sculpture of a man holding a book is leaning against a column in an empty, open room. He is wearing a purple shirt, patterned blue shorts, and is crossing his legs, wearing white sneakers.] -
New Economy. Installation view, Artists Space, 2007. [An installation view of two abstract wall works made of wood and a water fountain sculpture in the background.] -
[Fuel prices listed in white numbers separated by red lines on a dark blue display sign.] -
Tom of Finland: The Pleasure of Play. Installation view, Artists Space, 2015. [Six pornographic illustrations of men near trees are framed on a wall.] -
Young Fluxus. Installation view, Artists Space, 1982. [A number of trays of items appear around a flickering light beam over a white sheet on the ground.] -
Felix Gonzalez-Torres, “Untitled” (A Portrait), 1991. 5 min. [A grid of fifteen black and white monitors, each displaying a unique text that names objects, phenomena, or other nouns characterizing an unidentified subject, such as "a silver sea," "civil disobedience," and "a new lesion."] -
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.] -
[White text on a pink background spells out 24 artists' names, arranged to form the composite words "ACTIVATED WALLS."] -
Poster from Polly II - A Plan for a Revolution in Docklands (2006). [A city skyline on fire behind black and white waves. Above that are four circular portraits of people and a title decal with the words "POLLY II: Plan for a Revolution in Docklands."] -
Scan of Christopher D'Arcangelo book page. Kunstverein Publishing and Artists Space. Photo: Heji Shin. [Scan of a spread of two pages in a book. On right-hand page, a red apple sits on its side. The right-hand page features an image of a coin changer with a white paper tag attached to it.] -
Cici Wu, Foreign Object #1 Fluffy Light (anonymous), 2018. Handmade opalescent glass, CDS photo-reflectors, white and orange LED indicator, switch, chargeable battery, electronic board, memory cardboard. 4.5 × 4.5 × 4.5 in. (11.43 × 11.43 × 11.43 cm). Courtesy the artist and 47 Canal Gallery. Photo by Joerg Lohse. [A bulbous light-hued pink sphere-like object rests upon a white plinth. When in use, a red light on the object blinks to signal that the object is functioning correctly.] -
Ann Goldstein has been a museum professional for over forty years. She currently serves as Deputy Director and Senior Curator at Large at the Art Institute of Chicago and on the board of directors and as President of the Michael Asher Foundation. Goldstein joined the Art Institute in 2016 as Deputy Director, and Chair and Dittmer Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art. Prior to joining the museum, she served as Director of the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam from 2010–2013, and as Senior Curator at The Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles (MOCA) from 1983–2009. She is recognized for such large-scale historical survey exhibitions as A Minimal Future? Art as Object 1958-1968, 1965-1975: Reconsidering the Object of Art, and A Forest of Signs: Art in the Crisis of Representation, as well as numerous solo exhibitions and projects over the years with Jo Baer, stanley brouwn, Judy Fiskin, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Roni Horn, Richard Hunt, Mike Kelley, Martin Kippenberger, Barbara Kruger, William Leavitt, Steve McQueen, Cady Noland, Pope.L, Josephine Pryde, Nancy Rubins, Lawrence Weiner, and Christopher Wool, among others. In addition to the Asher Foundation, Goldstein serves as a member of The Felix Gonzalez-Torres Foundation Fellows Forum, on the board of trustees of the Richard Hunt Legacy Foundation, the board of directors of Primary Information, and as a member of the Serralves Museum Advisory Committee. In recognition of her work, the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College presented her with the Audrey Irmas Award for Curatorial Excellence in 2012. [Photo: Christopher Williams, 2024] -
Portrait of Jackie Wang. [A figure, centered within the frame, leans against a beige tiled wall and stares directly into the camera.] -
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Underground: Gail Rothschild. Installation view, Artists Space, 1990. [A group of human figures made of clay are seated on benches around a long table, which extends to the length of a dark room. The walls of the room are patterned with handprints.] -
Bases of the equestrian monument to Kaiser Wilhem which was destroyed by the British occupation in Münster after World War II. The photographs were printed as post cards in the early 20th century and collected from eBay and oldthing.de in 2021. [A black and white photograph of the base of a monument in a city square. Steps lead up to a pedastal surrounded by three large spheres connected by a metal chain.] -
Yasunao Tone Concert #3. Performance documentation, March 16, 2023, Artists Space. Photo: Destiny Mata [Color image of an audience watching a performance. In the middle of the crowd, a figure in a blue and white dress holds their hand to their chest with their eyes closed, listening to the performance.] -
Patricia Hearst – a Second Reading. Installation view, Artists Space, 1979. [A continuous strip extends around the perimeter of the room, hung up on the walls. The strip alternates between photographic stills and black boxes overlaid with white text. In the center of the image is an open doorframe.] -
Flyer for Segue Reading Series featuring Saretta Morgan and Jennifer Scappettone. Saturday, December 5, 2020, Artists Space. Artist: Anastasios Karnazes. [A snowy mountain landscape and flowing water is collaged with clear circular and rectangular shape graphics on top of the image. Blue text over the image reads: "Saretta Morgan / Jennifer Scappettone / 5 December / 5 pm EST / Segue."] -
Underground: Jose Gabriel Fernandez. Installation view, Artists Space, 1991. [Three large metal rectangular scuptures, hinging at an angle off the floor. A large photographic print of deer in woods hangs on the wall directly behind the sculptures.] -
Corrugated Slogans and An Anthology of Invalid Format. [A white book lying on a larger blue book.] -
SCRAAATCH. Performance documentation, November 18, 2022, Artists Space. Photo: Destiny Mata [Image of a dimly lit basement, a figure holding a video camera with a rig on their shoulder takes footage of the back wall, which has blue and purple light projected onto it.] -
Pictures. Installation view, Artists Space, 1977. Photo: D. James Dee. [A black and white installation photograph. Four black rectangular panels hang on the wall. Each one is filled with white silhouetted shapes of human figures, and objects.]
