As spring arrives, here are four exhibitions worth seeking out across New York this March:
Vacation by Isa Genzken at David Zwirner (13 March – 18 April)
German artist Isa Genzken presents Vacation, an exhibition spanning several decades of her practice. Bringing together works from the late 1970s through the 2010s, the show highlights Genzken’s multidisciplinary approach which moves fluidly between sculpture, film, photography and architectural forms. Across the exhibition, fragments of urban materials and experimental structures reveal her longstanding interest in the relationship between art and contemporary life. Framed by Genzken’s wry suggestion that “the entire art system urgently needs a vacation,” the exhibition invites a pause to consider the pressures of today’s cultural landscape.
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David Altmejd: The Serpent at White Cube (14 March – 19 April)
Canadian sculptor David Altmejd unveils a new body of work centred on a monumental installation titled The Serpent. The exhibition also includes a series of busts and bronze sculptures that explore transformation, mythology and the unstable boundary between human and animal forms. Altmejd’s sculptural language merges realism with expressionistic elements.
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Baldwin Street: Photographs (1966-1994) by Emmet Gowin at Pace Gallery (13 March – 25 April)
This exhibition revisits Emmet Gowin’s long-running photographic series documenting the family of his wife, Edith Morris, in Danville, Virginia. Named after the quiet street where many of her relatives lived, the images form an intimate portrait of everyday life across nearly three decades. Through tender depictions of family gatherings and quiet moments of reflection, Gowin transforms personal experience into a moving record of memory and belonging. Many of the prints on view have only recently been produced from the artist’s archive.
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Vignettes & Mutations by Eric White at GRIMM (20 March – 2 May)
Los Angeles–based painter Eric White returns to New York with a new series of paintings that revisit fragments from across his earlier works. In Vignettes & Mutations, small details extracted from paintings spanning two decades are reimagined as independent compositions. White’s imagery draws from film, music and visual culture, blending cinematic atmosphere with psychologically charged scenes.
