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5/5/2011

New York Gallery Week

Different venues, New York

New York Gallery Week is pleased to announce its second annual event, scheduled from Friday, May 6 to Sunday, May 8, 2011.

Following 2010’s highly successful kick-off year, this year’s NYGW has expanded with the participation of 60 contemporary art galleries and not-for-profit spaces. And once again, complementing the 60 solo exhibitions will be scores of free events and programs, such as guided gallery tours by artists, curators, art historians; panel discussion; film screenings; performances; special artist receptions; book signings; and more.

This year’s NYGW will benefit the Whitney Museum. In conjunction with NYGW, members of the museum’s curatorial staff will participate in select programs throughout the weekend; and the weekend will culminate with NYGW’s own gala (Saturday, May 7) held at the Museum.

Like 2010, New York Gallery Week is actually a long weekend where galleries are open with extended hours. The 60 galleries and not-for-profit spaces span Chelsea, SoHo, the Lower East Side/Bowery, West Village, the Upper East Side, and 57th Street. Additional promotional support is being given by The Exhibitionist (theexhibitionist-ny.com), a recently launched iPhone app (free, through the Apple Store). For NYGW, The Exhibitionist app will map out the gallery locations, include condensed exhibition write- ups, and highlight the special events.

About New York Gallery Week 2011
New York Gallery Week seeks to reinforce the relationship between its participants and non-for-profit exhibition spaces. The goal of NYGW is to strengthen the synergy between artists, galleries and public institutions and to focus public attention on the city’s long-standing exceptional gallery programming. This year’s committee members include Casey Kaplan, Friedrich Petzel and Jason Murison (Friedrich Petzel), David Zwirner, Angela Choon and Julia Joern (David Zwirner), Marian Goodman and Andrew Richards (Marian Goodman Gallery), Andrew Kreps, Suzanne Butler (Canada), and Corinna Durland (Gavin Brown’s enterprise). All gallery and exhibition information, programs, additional sponsors, and special offers will be featured and updated on www.newyorkgalleryweek.com

About the Whitney
The Whitney Museum of American Art is the leading advocate of 20th- and 21st-century American art. Founded in 1930, the Museum is regarded as the preeminent collection of American art and includes major works and materials from the estate of Edward Hopper, the largest public collection of works by Alexander Calder, as well as significant works by Jasper Johns, Donald Judd, Agnes Martin, Bruce Nauman, Georgia O’Keeffe, Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, Kiki Smith, and Andy Warhol, among other artists. With its history of exhibiting the most promising and influential American artists and provoking intense critical and public debate, the Whitney’s signature show, the Biennial, has become the most important survey of the state of contemporary art in America today. The Whitney is currently moving ahead with plans to build a second facility, designed by Renzo Piano. The Museum will be breaking ground for a new 200,000 square foot building located in downtown New York at the southern entrance to the High Line in the Meatpacking District.

Media contact: Julia Joern
David Zwirner
212-727-2070
julia@davidzwirner.com
www.newyorkgalleryweek.com

Project Manager
Caitlin Stuart
caitlin@newyorkgalleryweek.com

May 6, 2011
NYGW Opening Receptions at Chelsea and 57th St, and Uptown Galleries 6-8 pm
Extended gallery hours for all New York Gallery Week galleries located in Chelsea, 57th Street, and Uptown

May 8, 2011
NYGW Opening Receptions for all downtown Galleries in LES, Bowery, and SoHo 6-8 pm
Extended gallery hours for all New York Gallery Week participating downtown galleries located in LES, Bowery, and SoHo

May 6-8
Different venues, New York

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