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Harmony Hammond discusses her work and exploration of queer content in A Niche in History as part of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) Live Projects series, at the Neptune Society Columbarium in San Francisco, CA.

Neptune Society San Francisco Columbarium
1 Loraine Court, San Francisco, CA
Saturday, November 16, 2013, 2:30 pm

Luis Camnitzer participates in Paris Photo Platform in conversation with curator and art critic, Chantal Pontbriand at the Grand Palais in Paris. The conversation will explore contemporary theory and practice in art and photography.

Grand Palais
21 Avenue Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Paris, France
Friday, November 15, 2013, 4:30 pm

Harmony Hammond exhibition at Alexander Gray Associates reviewed in The Wall Street Journal by Peter Plagens.

Luis Camnitzer included in Art Turning Left: How Values Changed Making 1789–2012, the first exhibition to examine art influenced by left-wing values, curated by Francesco Manacorda, Lynn Wray, and Eleanor Clayton at the Tate Liverpool, United Kingdom.

Joan Semmel included in Me.Myself.Naked, an exhibition highlighting the development of female nude self portraiture at the Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum in Bremen, Germany.

Luis Camnitzer exhibits in Doing and Undergoing at Teachers College, Columbia University, curated by Robert Gero. The site-specific, multi-media exhibition celebrates the 125th anniversary of Teachers College.

Teachers College
Columbia University
525 West 120th Street, New York

Jack Whitten: Painting, Politics, Technology, a symposium organized in conjunction with the exhibition Light Years: Jack Whitten, 1971-1973, on view through December 15, 2013 at the Rose Art Museum of Brandeis University in Waltham, MA, curated by Katy Siegel.

In addition to Jack Whitten, the symposium features Rose Art Museum Curator at Large Katy Siegel, artist Mark Bradford, Artforum Editor Michelle Kuo, Brandeis Professor Mingus Mapps, and University of Virginia Associate Professor Howard Singerman.

Brandeis University
Carl and Ruth Shapiro Admissions Center, Presentation Room
Waltham, MA
Saturday, October 5, 2013, 2:00 pm

Jack Whitten exhibition at Alexander Gray Associates reviewed in The New York Times by Holland Cotter.

Lorraine O'Grady discusses documenting performance in Archiving Performance Art for the Future: A Discussion with Lorraine O’Grady. Joining O'Grady are moderator Glenn Wharton, Art Conservator, Museum Studies, NYU; Lisa Darms, Senior Archivist, Fales Library; and Thomas J. Lax, Assistant Curator, the Studio Museum in Harlem.

The event is organized by Grey Art Gallery, New York University and NYU's Department of Museum Studies, in conjunction with Radical Presence: Black Performance in Contemporary Art, on view at Grey Art Gallery through
December 7, 2013.

Fales Library
New York University
70 Washington Square South, 3rd Floor, New York, NY
Thursday, October 3, 2013, 6:30 pm

Alexander Gray Associates is pleased to announce the U.S. representation of the Estate of Heidi Bucher.

Coco Fusco: The Empty Plaza, the inaugural exhibition in the video gallery at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University in Ithica, NY, curated by Andrea Inselmann and Hannah Ryan.

Regina Silveira installation, Inexplicable Staircase (White) (1999), selected for the 30 × Bienal, Transformations in Brazilian art from the 1st to the 30th edition, in São Paulo, Brazil.

Regina Silveira lectures on her practice in conjunction with her exhibition, Track Series (Octopus), on view through September 22, 2013 at Savannah College of Art and Design, Museum of Art, GA. A closing reception will be held on Friday, September 20, 2013.

SCAD Museum of Art
601 Turner Blvd., Savannah,GA
Lecture: Thursday, September 19, 2013, 5:00 pm
Closing Reception: Friday, September 20, 2013, 6:30 - 7:30 pm

Jack Whitten Rose Art Museum exhibition reviewed in The Boston Globe, written by Sebastian Smee.

The exhibition Radical Presence: Black Performance in Contemporary Art, reviewed in The New York Times by Ken Johnson. The exhibition is on view through December 7, 2013 at Grey Art Gallery at New York University, and features Gallery artists Coco Fusco and Lorraine O'Grady.

Jack Whitten's exhibition, Light Years: Jack Whitten, 1971-1973, curated by Katy Siegel at the Rose Art Museum of Brandeis University in Waltham, MA.

Luis Camnitzer exhibits in the 30th Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts, Interruption, in Ljubljana, Slovenia, curated by Deborah Cullen.

Coco Fusco and Lorraine O'Grady featured in Radical Presence: Black Performance in Contemporary Art at the Grey Art Gallery, New York University. Curated by Valerie Cassel Oliver, Senior Curator at the Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, the exhibition is the first comprehensive survey of more than five decades of performance art by black visual artists.

Grey Art Gallery
New York University
100 Washington Square East, New York, NY

Jack Whitten featured in Modern Painters, interviewed by Scott Indrisek.

Regina Silveira installation, Cocoons Project, 2013 selected for Curitiba Biennial, Brazil.

Seven (2013) by Luis Camnitzer on view on The Project Wall, a temporary site for public art at the H&R Block Artspace at the Kansas City Art Institute, MO.

Alexander Gray Associates selected as one of the top galleries around the world by Modern Painters, 2013.

Harmony Hammond lectures on her art making process and the role of feminist and queer content in her work at the Vermont College of Fine Arts in Montpelier, VT.

Vermont College of Fine Arts
College Hall Chapel
36 College Street, Montpelier, VT
Saturday, July 27, 2013, 9:30 am

Regina Silveira exhibition at Alexander Gray Associates reviewed by Laura Mallonee in "Critics Picks" on Artforum.com.

Regina Silveira receives the second annual Prêmio MASP award for established artists. The jury, including Luis Pérez Oramas and Mari Carmen Ramírez, recognizes Silveira's artistic accomplishments and influence on contemporary Brazilian society.

Alexander Gray Associates participates in Art Basel 2013 art fair in the Art Feature Sector, featuring the work of Joan Semmel.

Art Feature Sector
Booth G4
Messe Basel, Hall 2.0
Basel, Switzerland

Opening Reception for Regina Silveira exhibition
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
6:00 – 8:00 pm

Luis Camnitzer exhibition, Migración, reviewed in The Santiago Times by Kieran McGrath.

The joint exhibition is on view through August 25, 2013 at the MAC Quinta Normal and The Museum of Memory and Human Rights in Santiago, Chile.

Lorraine O'Grady serves on the faculty of the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, a nine-week summer residency program for emerging visual artists in Madison, ME.

The Luis Camnitzer retrospective, featuring 70 works from the Daros Latinamerica Collection, on view at both El Museo de Arte Contemporáneo (MAC) Quinta Normal and El Museo de la Memoria y de los Derechos Humanos


The exhibition features works from 1966 – present, detailing Camnitzer's contributions to conceptual art. In collaboration with the Daros Latinamerica Collection, the Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires provides the Argentine public with a comprehensive look at Camnitzer's body of work.

Curated by Katrin Steffen and Hans-Michael Herzog, the exhibition positions Camnitzer as a key figure in art of the second half of the 20th century.

Alexander Gray Associates participates in Focus at Frieze New York art fair, spotlighting recent work by pioneering figures of the Feminist Art Movement: Joan Semmel, Lorraine O’Grady, and Harmony Hammond.

Focus Section, Booth A1
Randall's Island, New York, NY

Hassan Sharif exhibits in Trade Routes at Hauser and Wirth London in the Picadilly gallery.

Alexander Gray Associates is delighted to host Sanctuary in the City, a cocktail and dinner party benefitting the 300 rescued animals at Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary. Co-Founders of the Gallery, Alexander Gray and David Cabrera are volunteers, members, and committed supporters of the Sanctuary in Woodstock, NY and its mission to provide shelter to farm animals who have been rescued from cases of abuse, neglect and abandonment.

Sanctuary Director and author of The Lucky Ones Jenny Brown, and Co-Founder Doug Abel discuss why farm animals matter. Signed copies of Brown's award-winning book will be available for sale.

Cocktail Hour and Talk: $50
Cocktail Hour, Talk and Dinner Presentation: $175
Tuesday, April 30, 2013, 7:00pm

Alexander Gray Associates was delighted to celebrate the launch of Art and Queer Culture, edited by Catherine Lord and Richard Meyer, with cocktails and conversation; libations and liberation.

Lorraine O'Grady exhibits in Tea with Nefertiti : The Making of an Artwork by the Artist, the Museum, and the Public, curated by Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath, at the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris.

Opening Reception for Joan Semmel exhibition
Wednesday, April 17, 2013, 6:00 – 8:00 pm

Alexander Gray Associates participates in Art Dubai art fair, featuring works by Luis Camnitzer, Melvin Edwards, Lorraine O'Grady, Hassan Sharif, Jack Whitten.

Stand A4
Madinat Arena
Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Winners of the 2012 John Jones Art on Paper Award, Hassan Sharif and Luis Camnitzer, exhibit in Two Parallel Lines: Hassan Sharif and Luis Camnitzer, a year long project organized by Alexander Gray Associates in collaboration with John Jones, London at Satellite Space in Al Serkal gallery district, Dubai.

The New York Observer reviews Blues For Smoke, curated by Bennett Simpson at Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Melvin Edwards, Lorraine O'Grady, and Jack Whitten are included in the exhibition.

The Luis Camnitzer retrospective, featuring 70 works from the Daros Latinamerica Collection, on view at the Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires in Argentina.

The exhibition features works from 1966 – present, detailing Camnitzer's contributions to conceptual art. In collaboration with the Daros Latinamerica Collection, the Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires provides the Argentine public with a comprehensive look at Camnitzer's body of work.

Curated by Katrin Steffen and Hans-Michael Herzog, the exhibition positions Camnitzer as a key figure in art of the second half of the 20th century.

Opening Reception for Broken Spaces: Cut, Mark, and Gesture
Wednesday, February 27, 2013, 6:00 – 8:00 pm

Featuring works by Luis Camnitzer, Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe, Harmony Hammond, Lorraine O'Grady, Hassan Sharif, and Jack Whitten

Jack Whitten's lecture at the deFINE Art Conference at the Savannah College of Art and Design, coinciding with the exhibition Jack Whitten: Erasures at SCAD Museum of Art, is featured in a Hyperallergic article by Kyle Chayka.

Jack Whitten discusses his career and exhibition, Blues for Smoke at the Whitney Museum of American Art, in an interview with Andy Battaglia for The Wall Street Journal.

Joan Semmel: A Lucid Eye is reviewed for the Huffington Post.

Joan Semmel exhibition at The Bronx Museum of the Arts is reviewed by Alexandra Kleiman for Artlog.

Joan Semmel: A Lucid Eye is reviewed by Martha Schwendener for The New York Times.

Joan Semmel: A Lucid Eye is reviewed by Patrick Wall for DNAinfo.com New York.

Joan Semmel exhibition at The Bronx Museum of the Arts is reviewed by artdaily.org.

Hugh Steers exhibition at Alexander Gray Associates is reviewed by Filip Noterdaeme for Huffington Post.

Joan Semmel's first one-person museum exhibition, Joan Semmel: A Lucid Eye, is reviewed by Tanyanika Samuels for New York Daily News.