Past
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Joseph Cornell's Eternidays
December 2 - 18, 2020 Few artists have made so much impact out of so little influence, and so little art out of so many objects, as Joseph Cornell. His method was a simple two-step process: the 'ambulatory affair' of wandering the streets of Manhattan looking for lost objects; and the 'distillation' as he edited... Read more -
The Immaculates
Paintings, Photographs and Prints December 2 - 18, 2020 The Immaculates: Paintings, Photographs and Prints presents the broad scope of the Precisionist aesthetic by exploring the stylistic concerns and iconography that held it together. Alfred H. Barr, Jr., founding director of the Museum of Modern Art, is believed responsible for coining the term “Precisionism” in 1927, but it was... Read more -
Edward Hopper: Works on Paper
A Selection of Prints and Drawings November 2 - 20, 2020 Menconi + Schoelkopf presents Edward Hopper's remarkable works on paper. Edward Hopper's initial fame grew out of his careful creation of large-scale oil paintings which are among the most iconic images of the 20th and 21st centuries. For many years of his career, Hopper created fewer than four important canvases... Read more -
Fall Modernism
September 16 - October 16, 2020 Menconi + Schoelkopf presents Fall Modernism , an exhibition that showcases prominent works of modernist art. Among the works assembled for this show are three mature painting by Arthur Dove, a large and very important Third Theme painting by Burgoyne Diller in subtle shades of white and controlled geometric bursts... Read more -
Marin + The Critics
February 24 - July 31, 2020 From February 24th through July 31st, 2020, Menconi + Schoelkopf proudly presents Marin and the Critics, a two-part exhibition on the critical response to one of the foremost figures in American Modernism.
The exhibition Marin and the Critics and accompanying catalogue celebrate our representation of the Estate of John Marin (1870-1953) and the opportunity to enhance and preserve his legacy. Our collaboration with the Estate supports our interests surrounding the evolution of art history which the gallery highlights through programming and publications. Marin is a central figure in the intellectual and artistic development of American art and international modernism shortly after the dawn of the twentieth century. In 1948, Clement Greenberg declared, ". . . if it is not beyond all doubt that he is the best painter alive in America at this moment, he assuredly has to be taken into consideration when we ask who is." Read more
