NYC Contemporary Art Walk Chelsea MoMA Frida and Diego The Last Dream
Explore the New York City art scene through major gallery exhibitions tours at Chelsea and a special evening at the Museum of Modern Art for the opening of Frida and Diego: The Last Dream.
We begin at Gagosian with works by Roy Lichtenstein: Painting with Scattered Brushstrokes. The exhibition assembles a selection of significant paintings, a sculpture, watercolors, and other works on paper exclusively from the Collection of the Lichtenstein Family.
At Gladstone Gallery, we see paintings by Peter Saul. The thematic survey, titled Peter Saul’s Art History, marks his first exhibition with the Gallery since joining its program in 2025, and centers on an ongoing exploration of works by renowned 20th-century artists Salvador Dalí, Willem de Kooning, Marcel Duchamp, and Pablo Picasso.
Chuck Close On Paper at Pace includes Close’s heroic large-scale watercolors, Polaroids, drawings, maquettes and prints, this presentation—several years in the making—highlights the many ways in which paper became a primary and influential material in image-making over the course of his career.
Sam Gilliam: STITCHED at Pace features many of the wall-mounted works that were the focus of IMMA’s exhibition, as well as never-before-seen volumetric, balloon-like hanging sculptures from the same period. The exhibition marks the United States debut for all included works, and the global debut for several others.
We continue to Tanya Bonakdar Gallery for an exhibition by Yuko Mohri: Falling Water Given, whose installations transform everyday materials into kinetic, sound-based environments that respond to movement and chance.
At Galerie Lelong & Co., sculptures by Ursula von Rydingsvard feature monumental cedar forms carved and assembled into organic structures that evoke landscape, memory, and material presence.
At Pace, second floor, Maysha Mohamedi: Maysha The Fool. Mohamedi is known for her abstract paintings populated with idiosyncratic forms that unfold, unspool, and reveal themselves over time to explore relationships between color, shape, language, and matter.
At Gagosian, we encounter the work of Michael Heizer, Negative Sculpture. His large-scale forms reflect his ongoing exploration of earth, geometry, and monumentality.
At Paula Cooper Gallery, Ralph Lemon. Titled From Out of Space, the exhibition follows Lemon’s acclaimed survey, Ceremonies Out of the Air, recently presented at MoMA PS1 (November 2024–March 2025).
The video concludes with a members’ evening at MoMA, featuring a special preview of Frida and Diego: The Last Dream, an exhibition exploring the artistic and personal relationship between Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, highlighting their late works and shared creative dialogue.
This video captures the atmosphere of New York’s contemporary art world — from Chelsea galleries to a museum preview event — offering a quiet, immersive walk through exhibitions and city spaces.
📍 Locations: Chelsea & Midtown, New York City
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00:00 Gagosian – Roy Lichtenstein: Painting with Scattered Brushstrokes
01:45 Gladstone Gallery – Peter Saul's Art History
03:25 Chuck Close On Paper at Pace
05:13 Sam Gilliam: STITCHED at Pace
07:24 Tanya Bonakdar – Yuko Mohri: Falling Water Given
09:27 Galerie Lelong – Ursula von Rydingsvard Sculptures
11:01 Maysha Mohamedi: Maysha The Fool
12:35 Gagosian – Michael Heizer: Negative Sculpture
13:43 Paula Cooper Gallery – Ralph Lemon From Out of Space
14:20 MoMA Members Evening - Frida & Diego: The Last Dream Preview
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