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  • 5.0 star rating
    3/23/2013
    1 check-in

    Oh my ART !
    What can be better than a cloudy day spent wandering through the galleries in Chelsea ? Going into the Gagosian on 24th and being met with an entire gallery full of the works of Basquiat, yowza !
    Prolific, inspiring, AWESOME.

  • 4.0 star rating
    3/1/2014
    2 check-ins

    One of the more popular galleries on 24th, especially on the weekends. Came here a week or so ago to see Richard Serra's stuff.

    Beautiful open space that allows for a lot of natural light to come in from the windows above.  Great for large-scale works.

    While visiting I did not have an issue with any of the guards here. Maybe I just got lucky.

  • 1.0 star rating
    12/27/2014

    Inexplicably closed on Saturday at 4pm, with no signs or excuses. What an odd way to run an art gallery. Very disappointing.

  • 3.0 star rating
    11/19/2013

    The guards are, for the most part, total dicks. Don't try to do anything shady there, like, oh, educate high school students about contemporary art, unless you want people in blazers following you around like you're going to somehow pocket a fucking Richard Serra sculpture.

    But hey, where else are you going to see this shit for free?

  • 5.0 star rating
    8/1/2014
    1 check-in

    Great shows and amazing catalogs.they are slow to ship those pricey catalogs. Excellent gallery.great lighting and plenty of space for display of larger paintings.

  • 4.0 star rating
    2/16/2013

    Just visited this location yesterday for the Basquiat retrospective they have on view through early April. I've been wanting to see a Basquiat exhibit for quite some time, ever since 05 when I missed the opportunity at the Brooklyn Museum. It was really great, its a huge space and there are a lot of works on display (Side note, if your going to this particular exhibit, you'll find a really great Basquiat documentary on Netflix). I would go on a weekday if possible, I went on Friday during the day, and it was still a bit crowded.

    As far as the venue goes, its an excellent space. It has tons of available natural light, windows run along the top of the exhibition walls. There are also sky lights, in slits in the ceiling, that span from one side of the room to the other.

    All in all a great venue to see an artist you may be interested in, and like most(if not all) galleries in this neighborhood entry is free.

  • 5.0 star rating
    4/6/2013
    1 check-in

    Excellent gallery. Saw a great Picasso exhibit there a few years ago. Great lighting and plenty of space for display of larger paintings. We went this time to see the Basquiat exhibit. I had heard a lot about the genius of Basquiat, but now having seen his "work" in person I fail to see how it rises past the level of third grade water color scribblings. Sorry.

  • 5.0 star rating
    7/2/2013

    This review is coming late but I saw the Basquiat exhibition in March and was awestruck. The art  and the space itself was beyond incredible. I loved that even though people were coming in and out rapidly,  it never felt crowded, stark, or pretentious as people can sometimes describe galleries to be. An amazing, accessible by all ages gallery situated in Chelsea.

  • 4.0 star rating
    9/15/2011

    Big name gallery for Big art. Definitely an Establishment location, but that means you can see really good art - and for free, too! No wine at the opening though, booo.
    The Richard Serra show that opened last night is great though. Loved wandering the vertiginous metal labyrinths. I'm generally a fan of his; love what he does with mass and space...
    It was well-attended, but not as crowded as I'd expected, and the crowd ranged from smelly unshaven types, to people who stopped in after work, to pretty things dressed to the nines in haute couture, to Money in Suits.
    The space itself is large, airy and modern.

  • 5.0 star rating
    2/24/2013

    Basquiat exhibit is aaaaaaaaammmmmmmmmmaaaaaaaaaazzzziiiiiinnnnggggggg­ggg. I'm a huge fan of his and had only seen a handful of paintings in real life prior to this exhibit. The collection was unbelievable. There were so many pieces spanning his entire career. Extremely famous paintings, and some not so famous ones. I highly recommend it!

  • 5.0 star rating
    5/19/2013
    1 check-in

    First time visiting here for the new Koon's exhibit.

  • 3.0 star rating
    12/8/2012
    1 check-in

    Richard Phillips had a show here with paintings of Lindsay Lohan and Sasha Grey. They were very realistically done and sexy, no pretenses to the quality. Gagosian Gallery caters to guys with tons of money and I'm sure many of them would like to own huge paintings of starlets in bikinis. Why not? But I'm just a browser myself and my tastes lie elsewhere. There were also videos of the actresses that were too long to be music videos and not enough narrative to be short films. Just the girls moving around on beaches or mountains or nice houses. At the end of the video the titles said "Lindsay Lohan [or Sasha Grey, in the Sasha Grey video]," then "Gagosian Gallery," then "Richard Phillips." Maybe I got the order wrong but it was those three, fading from one to the next. So it was like a commercial but you couldn't tell what the commercial was for. That's what made it art, if not very good art.

  • 5.0 star rating
    5/31/2009

    This is not the Picasso exhibit, but instead a phenomenal exhibit by Yayoi Kusama.

    The infinity room was particularly fantastic and the enormous pumpkins with outdoor display were also quite interesting, though the guard was a bit *ahem* unfriendly in yelling at another woman (literally 10 feet away) to not get to close.

    Check it out.

  • 3.0 star rating
    6/22/2009

    Lovely Yayoi Kusama exhibit at the moment fills the space inside with a large pumpkin/apple spotted room, multiple paintings, including a self-portrait, and my favorite part was the piece where you could walk into her piece of Aftermath of Obliteration of Eternity (amazing), an infinity room for two.

    No photos in majority of the gallery, but free to the public.

    Space itself isn't a bad space, although in my opinion it could be environmentally more friendly, but the sparse white, cavernous warehouse space is well-patrolled (four guards when I was there), and decently arranged.

  • 3.0 star rating
    2/24/2010

    Going to an opening at Larry Gagosian's gallery is like going to a Steve Jobs apple keynote presentation. Meaning, some fancy new thing is revealed to the world and there is often oohs and aahs followed by coordinated group masturbation, as the uniquely New York artist-dealer symbiotic relationship once again succeeds in selling some new viewpoint, or measure of aesthetic value.

    That being said, there is often cool stuff here.

  • 5.0 star rating
    7/14/2012

    this is a really expensive place to buy paintings. good place to hang out and do cocaine.

  • 5.0 star rating
    6/30/2009

    Ack, this review is kind of moot seeing as the Yayoi Kusama is now over...still, the exhibit was awesome with a mind-blowing installation piece involving mirrors and darkness and light.  Track her down.  The gallery itself is spacious and the staff is friendly.  The exhibit was fascinating enough that I'd be interested in checking out the next show.

  • 5.0 star rating
    10/15/2011

    Just awesome. Came here doing the High Line Art Gallery Exhibits just awesome.

  • 5.0 star rating
    4/17/2009

    crazy room in the back that is opened by a guard who tells you to move in, but not too far and then he closes the door on the mirror lined room.
    The hanging lights glow onto infinity, and you totally feel like you are falling through space, and that you have no body.
    genius.
    Worth the hike just ot see this piece.

  • 4.0 star rating
    9/25/2007

    There were at least 3 guards hanging around here, which, for some reason, always makes me uncomfortable. Now I have proper gallery etiquette, but when I have guards staring me down with that "You better not touch" look, impulsive thoughts to just run and knock everything down starting coming into my head (thoughts usually reserved only for places like the Container Store).  Other than that, I loved this gallery.

    I went to the Paul Noble show where the doorways to different sections of the gallery had 2-inch squares and circles suspended from string. Think hippie door beads but cool and larger. I like when I can interact with artwork and it shows some balls on the gallery's part, as this could potentially be ruined.

    This show was multi-media, but one part featured were these meticulous, obsessive pencil drawings on paper. I also give props to the gallery for featuring such works because it  isn't going to make them as much money as, let's say, oil on canvas. The gallery may then, over-price the drawings (I don't know any of the prices), but then that shows a complete trust in the artist's work, believing it will still sell at a high price.

    Gagosian was one stop on a little gallery hop I did this weekend, and it was, by far the most crowded. Obviously this place has something that most galleries don't... good art. They have 2 additional locations in Manhattan and a few others around the world. So if you're not in New York, don't fret- Gagosian has enough art to go around.

  • 4.0 star rating
    3/6/2009

    went to the Manzoni show this week.  Space is large and comfortable. Each art piece was given the display it deserved.  Museum quality atmosphere for free. Well worth the hike from the nearest subway station.   Only problem I had was the lack of seating in the gallery.  The rooms are certainly large enough to have a bench or two in the center.  It may really help when one wants to focus on or scrutinize the detail, large pieces.

  • 5.0 star rating
    10/13/2011
    1 check-in

    Brought our 17-month old here two days ago to see the Richard Serra show.  We all loved it, especially our boy.  This is a must see show.  Serra has these ginormous curved maze-like pieces in Gagosian's cavernous 24th St space.  The space is well lit with plenty of sun light flooding in, so even in the depths of the maze you aren't in darkness.  Our kid ran around jumping, screaming and having fun, and the guards and employees didn't mind (he wasn't creating too much of a ruckus).  Surprisingly and fortunately, he didn't even touch the sculpture.  There is also a beautiful black/grey large-scale painting in the back room that you might miss.  We saw Serra's show at the MOMA a few years back and that was special in that big second floor space, and it's nice to see hwo well it works in this smaller, albeit still very large for a gallery, space.  We are definitely coming back here before this show comes down I think in late November.

  • 5.0 star rating
    6/27/2007

    Great shows and amazing catalogs.
    * they are slow to ship those pricey catalogs, but the catalogs are so incredible they won't lose a star over it...

    Edit:
    Just a little more about the catalogs. Not all but many of their catalogs
    really go above and beyond in presenting the work so it is the next best thing to seeing the work live, and in some cases can add even more clarity to the experience.
    They use thick high quality paper and with the combintation of detail photos, exhibition views and vivid shots of the work it gets as close as humanly possible.
    I recently ordered two catalogs:
    gagosian.com/publication…
    &
    gagosian.com/publication…

    I saw the Kelley show did not see the sculpture show. Both catalogs are of the highest quality. The Kelley catalog is so extensive and recreates the actual experience so well (and even clearer in some ways) that I consider  $125 price tag a bargain.
    Both are well worth it.

  • 1.0 star rating
    3/13/2009 Updated review

    the chris burden show at gagosian la got shut down by the sec.
    fail!

    5.0 star rating
    11/10/2008 Previous review
    went to the richard prince opening this past saturday.

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  • 4.0 star rating
    6/11/2009

    yayoi kusama.

    kick ass.

    she's been my hero since i first saw her works at the old MoMA in the '90s, and i was just writing about her infinity nests and meticulous art a few days ago.

    i had been roaming chelsea with no itinerary when i spotted some spotted pumpkins in a room of polka dots.  could it be?  kusama!

    the room in the back with the flickering fake candles and mirrors was worth the trip, but i dug the whole show.

    while i'm far from being able to own the art, i reveled in the opportunity to view it outside of MoMA and zillions of tourists snapping unnecessary photos of themselves in front of the art.

  • 4.0 star rating
    3/22/2009

    i loved the Piero Manzoni show going on now--challenges you to reevaluate art with every notion of what is, especially to those who don't appreciate or believe in it. very cool.

    space was huge. the orientation of the gallery was confusing to me. i wish they broke down the long narrative on large panels into much smaller ones and positioned them closer to the discussed piece. would make the visitor's excursion much more coherent.

  • 4.0 star rating
    4/25/2008

    Monolithic size makes Gagosian a wonder in itself, then they add extraordinary art from all over the world.
    The show I was able to make was polish artist Piotr Uklanski, who showed a variety of talent. The first room behind the ominous red curtain was a wall installation of colorful plates like a rainbow which shared the room with a giant sculpture of a mythical eagle creature with a man, standing in the vitruvian stance, nestled in its underwing. The sculpture shot off the wall like a cheesy 80's graphic carved out of pure white plaster.
    The following room held a collection of polish miniature churches. I believe this was 'found' art, not the creation of the artist, but the dark room filled with glimmering specked colors was a sight. Off this room stood two more spaces, one with a giant photograph of a group of people forming the Polish flag, the other a series of bloody flags and a red fist.
    I am sure to revisit this gallery, even if it is in Chelsea.

  • 4.0 star rating
    1/28/2006
    First to Review

    Big-dick art.

    That's what my mom's partner said when I described a Richard Serra show here.

    But they so have the space and, like, the money.   I mean...that "Torqued Spirals, Toruses and Spheres" business back in 2001 was effing incredible.

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