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Young Fluxus. Installation view, Artists Space, 1982. [View through a doorway with photographs and a black text on a poster on the foreground wall and a clock along with a propeller of fan upholstered to the wall on the back wall through the doorway.] -
Joe Orton and Kenneth Halliwell Collins Guide to Roses , 1959 – 1962 Book cover collage Courtesy Islington Local History Centre [A green book cover, with it's title at the top reading, "Collings guid to ROSES;" a yellow rose against a white background, and a collaged photo of a dogs face below it. The right bottom corner of the page reads, "by Bertram Park."] -
[A digitally-produced image featuring a series of translucent, yellow forms that resemble topographical renderings superimposed over a series of white grids.] -
Jutta Koether: xxapollo. Performance documentation, January 5, 2020, Artists Space. Photo © 2020 Paula Court. [A person bends over an electric piano, her hair falling over her face. She is illuminated from behind by a brightly lit wall.] -
Anarchism Without Adjectives: On the Work of Christopher D’Arcangelo (1975–1979). Installation view, Artists Space, 2011. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [Two black monitors facing opposite directions sit on a large, rectangular wooden table. One screen is visible, showing an image of two hands holding a piece of white paper with typed text. In the background, a framed photograph is installed on a white gallery wall.] -
Mitchell Syrop. Work Environment Safety Poster, 1982. Photo collage. 30 x 42 inches. [An image with a white background of a large printing machine with black text that reads "ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL..." in the upper left corner and on the bottom right reads "...but only machines have guarantees."] -
Flyer for Segue Reading Series featuring Wo Chan and Ronaldo V. Wilson. October 29, 2022, Artists Space. [Light blue text overlays a dark blue background. The top left corner reads: "Wo Chan & Ronaldo V. Wilson / October 29, 5pm." The middle reads: "Segue Reading Series & ARTISTS SPACE.” The bottom left reads: “11 Cortlandt Alley + Zoom / Zoom ID: 893 9594 7519."] -
Saul Becker: Nature Preserves. Installation view, Artists Space, 2009. [Brown, dried plants hang upside down in front of a white wall.] -
James Biederman. Installation view, Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt, James Biederman, Charles Simonds, Artists Space, 1974. [A color installation of three black tiered sculptures, placed on a wooden floor in a gallery space.] -
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Sariyah Pagan, Cupcakes, 2022, colored pencil on paper -
Jeff Koons. Installation View, Artists Space, 1983. [In the foreground a vacuum can be seen on a plexiglass shelf case with a fluorescent light underneath and above it. Behind it is an image on a white wall of an automobile with text visible that reads, "ROOOMY!" on the top left and "TOYOTA" on the bottom left and "NEW FAMILY CAMRY" on the bottom right.] -
Group Material: Primer (for Raymond Williams). Artists Space, 1982. [Sculptural white lettering appears on a shelf starting with 'b', but then a figure's torso appears and then the letters "n" and "t". Next to this shelf is a photograph on a wall of a figure touching another person's back. There is an indistinguishable object under the shelf.] -
Elephant Cemetery. Installation view, Artists Space, 2007. [A wide wooden worktable is installed in a gallery space. Various papers, books, models, and a small television set are displayed on the table. A series of black and white photographs are installed on the two gallery walls that surround the table.] -
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Devynn Emory: Grandmother Cindy. Performance documentation, May 8, 2022, 7pm. Artists Space, New York. Photo: Paula Court [A projection of elongated, yellow-gold figures.] -
We the People. Installation View, Artists Space, November 12, 1987 - December 23, 1987. [A number of sculptures on pedestals can be seen in the foreground with paintings and sculptures behind them in a gallery setting.] -
Artists Draw. Installation view, Artists Space, 1979. [Two drawings hung up on adjacent walls. On the left is a nude headless figure with a star covering its groin and smaller figures walking along the top. On the right is a nude headless figure with two disembodied heads floating nearby with long extended tongues.] -
Vanalyne Green, Still from A Spy in the House That Ruth Built, 1989. 29 minutes. [A close up image of hands holding a film camera in black and white on a white background. Below the hands, a small, black silhouette of a figure walking.] -
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The Serving Library. Installation view, Artists Space, 2011. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [A three-shelf, wooden bookshelf sits in a small enclave in a white-walled room. Various multicolored books fill the shelves and additional books rest on top of the bookshelf. Installed on the wall directly to the right of the shelf is a glowing, red neon tube that gently illuminates the room.] -
SCRAAATCH. Performance documentation, November 18, 2022, Artists Space. Photo: Destiny Mata [A figure in a blue morph suit leans their arms on top of a rolling table made of wood and fresnel lenses, pushing it toward another figure that stands in front of them filming them. In the background a third figure in a blue morph suit sits and leans down on top of a rectangular wooden frame. Blue footage is projected onto the back wall.] -
ArtpArkArtIII. Exhibition Postcard, Artists Space, 1978. [An image of rocky terrain with a cliff in the forefront. Near the lower left corner of the photograph are some shrubs and a tiny human figure in the distance. Below the image is text reading: "ArtpArkArt III / Artists Space / March 18-April 1."] -
Sistema Sandinista de Television. Still from Aqui En Esta Esquina (Here On This Corner), 1983. Video (sound, black and white). 30 minutes (excerpted). Spanish with English subtitles. [Two shirtless boys stand in front of each other, one with their back toward the viewer and the other facing the viewer. A partial view of taller figure is in the right side of the image and a crowd is seen seated in the background. Scan lines in the image and the outer box of a CRT monitor are visible.] -
Abasement #64. Performance documentation, August 7, 2023, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman. [Color photo of two men sitting at a work table that holds various electronic and musical equipment. The man seated closest to the camera is playing a trumpet, while the other performer at his side actively works at a computer. The performance venue is dimly lit while a projection and some pink overhead lights provide some illumination.] -
[A computer rendering of a purple and amorphous form composed of long, extending tube shapes on a white background.] -
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Bernadette Corporation with Benjamin Alexander Huseby, BC Reloaded, 2012. [A photograph of a woman looking into the camera with one hand raised to her cheek. She wears a striped white Adidas soccer jersey with the "bc" logo in one corner, and her eyeshadow stops abruptly in the middle of her right eyelid, creating an artificial crease down her face.] -
Sean Snyder. Installation view, Artists Space, 2010-11. Photo: Daniel Peréz. [A white table holds a white model of a house. Behind it, a television on a stand displays an image of a large, white house. There is a white wall with five color photographs arranged in a cross formation with images of a large house and yard.] -
Activated Walls. Installation view, Artists Space, 1993. [A wooden chair facing the corner of a room. Painted on one wall is an empty red frame. On the perpendicular wall, there are several half-finished paintings of children.] -
Anne Bray. Film still from Man on First and Third, 1987. Slide and Sound Installation. [A black and white image of a hand holding a newspaper with a view of the street and surroudning buildings in the background.] -
In The Poem About Love You Don't Write The Word Love. Installation view, Artists Space, 2006. Photo: Bill Orcutt. [Two newspaper clippings and a sheet of written correspondence are installed in black frames on a gallery wall above a small vitrine. The vitrine displays a series of open, vintage magazines.] -
INFESTED. Installation view, Arists Space, 2013. Photo: Lyndsy Welgos. [Several empty food containers and milk boxes on a hardwood floor, with milk spilled out all over the floor.] -
Circus Amok, Escape to New York. Performance documentation, August 13, 2022, Artists Space. Photo: Paula Court [Five figures wearing ornate green outfits play instruments. In front of them, a crowd can be seen sitting down.] -
Min Joong Art. Installation view, Artists Space, 1988. [An image of an exhibition space with multiple walls in the foreground and background displaying art work.] -
Alaa Obad, Nature Dress, 2022, acrylic on paper -
ART CLUB2000: Selected Works 1992–1999. Installation view, Artists Space, November 21, 2020 – January 30, 2021. Image courtesy Artists Space, New York. Photo: Filip Wolak [A view of low windows on a brick facade covered in layered black and yellow film.] -
SCRAAATCH. Performance documentation, November 18, 2022, Artists Space. Photo: Destiny Mata [A figure in a blue morph suit kneels down on one knee, placing their hands on top of a table made of wood and fresnel lenses while audience members watch in the background.] -
Lyndon Barrois Jr., Guardians Gate (Farfanicchio), 2022; Masters of Fine Arts, 2011/2022. Wood, latex paint, antique brass elements, cast iron, oil paint, twigs, brass, burlap, packing felt; oil on canvas, artist frame, solvent transfer, plywood, curtains, frames, lights, easels, conservators coat, headlamp. Dimensions variable. Photo: Filip Wolak [A color photograph of a door with multiple nested smaller doors within the doorframe. Each individual doorway is framed with a gold outline. To the left are several empty picture frames and two studio lights. In front of dark green curtains is a painting set in a gold frame.] -
Clocking Out: Time Beyond Management. Installation view, Artists Space, 2023. Photo: Greg Carideo. [Photograph of a basement gallery space with various multimedia works on display. In the center is a large wooden platform that reads along one side "Imagine/ Without Fear/ What is tomorrow?", to the left is a wooden bench painted blue on the surface sitting next to a woven hanging piece. Along the walls are various projected videos.] -
Still from The Wolf Man, 1941. [A black and white image captures the dark silhouette of trees shrouded with thick fog. In the center stands a man with wolf-like features, grimacing over a woman who is seemingly unconscious in his arms. Her body is arced back, supported by the wolf man's arm under her shoulders and around her waist.] -
City-As-School students critiquing images, 2019. [A photo of students sitting around a table, watching a YouTube video and speaking to one another.] -
[A white text logo reads, "Union Gaucha Productions."] -
Heji Shin, Camp Habibi II, 2013, C-print, 20 x 16 inches, Signed edition of 100, 5APs, Courtesy of the artist. [Detail view of a camel's head against a palm tree and blue sky.] -
New Red Order Cover the Earth, detail, 2021 Painted mural with cut vinyl, dibond prints, kiddie pool, sod, inflatable alligator, turtle sandbox, beach towels, towel racks, beach balls, beach chairs, beach umbrella, real estate lawn sign, cooler, and pool noodles. Photo: Filip Wolak [An image of a multicolored exhibition space consisting of beach paraphernalia, a real estate lawn sign, and a mural wall collaged with images and drawings.] -
Social Surfaces. Installation view, 55 Walker Street, 2017. Photo: Ron Amstutz. [A wooden bench with a white, dome-like structure attached to its corner. Two framed drawings hang on the wall in the background.] -
Attention Line. Installation view, Artists Space, June 11 - August 20, 2022. Photo: Filip Wolak [The walls on either side of a large glass window have various ephemera hanging from them. On the ground stand four large humanoid costumes, with a TV monitor behind them.] -
Baskets. Installation view, Artists Space, 2006. [A series of amorphous, basket-like objects sit on a series of plinths of varying heights in a gallery space. The baskets are composed of a variety of materials, including wood, grass, gourd, and paper.] -
Renee Gladman, Grasses 2, 2022, graphite and oil pastel on paper, 22 x 30 inches. Image courtesy Artists Space, New York. Photo: Filip Wolak. [A close-up color image of a framed work displayed against a white wall. The drawing depicts a colorful abstract composition with a brown circle being the main figure from where trianagles and lines emerge. Soft pencil strokes complement the composition.] -
Cass Bird, I Look Like My Daddy, 2004. C-print, 30 x 40 inches. Courtesy the artist. [Photographic portrait of a youthful figure leaning against a white brick wall. They wear a partially unbuttoned, blue and black plaid shirt and a trucker hat. Large black text emblazoned across the front of the hat reads, "I LOOK JUST LIKE MY DADDY." A miniature gun token has been attached to the hat, to the left of the text. The figure stares ahead, the right side of their face illuminated by daylight.] -
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Chorus: A Sound Poetry Festival. Performance documentation, November 11, 2022, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman [A figure to the right stands on stage and performs in front of an audience, shown to the left.] -
Friends of Artists Space Dinner, 2023. Photo: Joshua Wildman. [Color image of three individuals captured as they engage with other guests at their table. A dimly lit and elegant dinner venue can be seen in the background.] -
Tisziji Muñoz with Francisco Mora Catlett and AfroHORN. Performance documentation, October 21, 2022, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman [A figure plays the piano to a seated crowd behind him.] -
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Jo Anstey and Julie Zando. Still from The Bus Stops Here, 1990. 27 min. Photo: Micki McGee. [A black and white image of three people wearing winter coats and scarves, observing something to the left of the camera.] -
Hito Steyerl, Lovely Andrea, 2007. Digital video with sound, 30 mins. Courtesy of the artist. [A dim room with four benches in front of a large video projection screen. A still image of a woman suspended by rope is projected.] -
Michael Asher. Installation View, Artists Space, 2025. Photo: Carter Seddon. [A long piece of plexiglass hangs vertically from the cieling in a gallery. Eight postcards are mounted onto the plexiglass. All of the postcards depict different garbage trucks, shown from the exact same angle. ] -
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Abasement #61. Performance documentation, November 7, 2022, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman [A figure plays the violin in front of a microphone.] -
Unholding. Installation view, Artists Space, 2018. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [A large black bowl, painted with colorful faces, is filled to the brim with vibrant beaded jewelry. The bowl is placed on a tall black rectangular platform, covered with a beige woven blanket with long tassels and a white pattern along its border. Beaded jewelry from the bowl dangles down to the floor, intertwined and curled amongst themselves.] -
M.S. 324 Grade 7 Threads of History students with Teaching Artist, Esperanza Cortés and M.S. 324 Science teacher Mary Guerrero, June 2021 -
Bonnie Rycheck. Black and Gray Benches, 1980. [A black and white image of a black bench with two distinct black drapery on both sides behind it.] -
Gwynn Murrill, Clam, laminated wood, 1974. From Don Wynn, Judy Pfaff, Gwynn Murrill, Artists Space, 1974. [A black and white photograph of a wooden clam sculpture.] -
Book cover for The Stagnant Society by Michael Shanks. Design by Richard Hollis. Published by Penguin Books, London, 1961. Courtesy Richard Hollis [A red background, half the Union Jack poisitoned behind sillhouette's of five men and a car, and text that reads, "The Stagnant Society, Michael Shanks."] -
Artists Space, Witnesses: Against Our Vanishing, 1989. [A red book cover with white text superimposed on a black palm print.] -
Michael Asher, Untitled. Installation view, Artists Space, 1988. [In the corner of a room, close to the ceiling, is an industrial light fixture. The lightbulb is on and faces up towards the ceiling.] -
[White text overlays a painting of a cityscape at night, which is predominantly black. The text reads: “Feb 17 / Lonnie Holley / Lee Bains" Smaller text in the bottom left corner reads: “5pm / 11 Cortlandt Alley + Zoom / Zoom ID: 893 9594 7519 / $5 (all proceeds go to readers)] -
LaToya Ruby Frazier, A Message In Nestle Water Bottles from Shea Cobb and Amber Hasan at Sussex Drive and West Pierson Road, Flint, MI, 2017/2023, set of three archival pigment prints on Canson Platine Fibre Rag, 16 x 24 inches (40.6 x 61 cm) -
[A poster design with a light, gradated purple background with cloud-like, blue patterns laid overtop it. The cloud forms partially obstruct a large, digital rainbow wheel and extremely elongated text that reads "WikiLeaks." Small text at the poster's bottom spells out the event details.] -
Patricia Hearst – a Second Reading. Installation view, Artists Space, 1979. [A continuous strip extends around the perimeter of the room, hung up on the walls. The strip alternates between photographic stills and black boxes overlaid with white text.] -
[White text overlays a painting of a cityscape at night, which is predominantly black. The text reads: “Feb 10 / Bernadette Van-Huy / Richard Maxwell" Smaller text in the bottom left corner reads: “5pm / 11 Cortlandt Alley + Zoom / Zoom ID: 893 9594 7519 / $5 (all proceeds go to readers)] -
Local Transit. Installation view, Artists Space, 2006. [A gallery space with two columns. One column is wrapped in an off-white fabric, the other in bright pink. There are four white plinths of various heights with gray objects on top. One of the surrounding walls has a long sheet of paper with a drawing of highway signs and a gas station on it; the other has colorful framed images.] -
Kenji Kanesaka, still from Hop Scotch, 1967 [Black-and-white image of a figure in a long black coat bending down and drawing a hop scotch pattern in an alleyway using white chalk.] -
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ART CLUB2000: Selected Works 1992–1999. Installation view, Artists Space, November 21, 2020 – January 30, 2021. Image courtesy Artists Space, New York. Photo: Filip Wolak [A view of a life like cutout of an individual dressed in an animal costume placed against a gallery column. Behind the cutout is a series of seven images displayed on a white gallery wall] -
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SCRAAATCH. Performance documentation, November 18, 2022, Artists Space. Photo: Destiny Mata [Three figures perform in front of an audience. Two figures in blue morph suits face off with a wooden table between them, while a third figure takes video footage of the scene.] -
The Issues of Our Time. Installation view, Artists Space, 2014. Photo: Adam Reich. [Three metal cutouts of hands, each displaying a different finger expression, are installed on a white wall. Each hand holds stacks of white, blue, and purple cards.] -
Constantina Zavitsanos: fwiw. Installation view (Wishing Well (Korpi), 2024), Artists Space, 2024. Photo: Carter Seddon. [A close up photograph shows patterns of ripples in water, lit in iridescent blues.] -
Duncan Campbell: Make it new John. Installation view, Artists Space, 2010. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [A large piece of paper secured to a piece of cardboard leaning against a wall, slightly scuffed and unfurling from the cardboard. Handwritten, red block text on the paper reads, "HOW MANY MORE?"] -
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Jack Smith, still from Yellow Sequence, 1963. 16mm, (sound, color), 20 minutes. [A faded image of a silhouette holding an umbrella outdoors] -
virgil b/g taylor, Minor Publics. Installation view, Artists Space, 2022. Photo: Filip Wolak. [A color photograph of a gallery space. A small framed photograph hangs from the far wall, perpendicular to a dark metal column next to grey metal scaffolding.] -
Entrance to Marble Cemetery. © Paula Court Photography, 2018. [A black metal gate with raised letters that read "New York Marble Cemetery, Incorporated 1831" with several inflatable lobsters attached to the gate.] -
Las Nietas de Nonó, Especie: archivo natural, 2022, sounds, lamp, phone booth, phone booth hotline, fish tanks, atmospheric water, yucca, corn, dracaena, snake plant, dragon tree, tree trunks, handmade lyca garments for tree trunks, mirror pond; Dimensions variable. Photo: Filip Wolak [A large mirrored pond made of a wooden base with a reflective lining on top is surrounded by three tree trunks, plants, fish tanks, and a phone booth. A large lamp hangs from the ceiling with a metal locker in the back.] -
Amiri Baraka, Cellar Vigil (Experimental Death Unit #2), 1966. Permission by Chris Calhoun Agency, © Estate of Amiri Baraka [Black-and-white image of two figures, each wearing white shirts. The figure on the right sits with their knees against their chest and looks attentively at the figure to their left, who engages with someone out of the right-side of the frame.] -
Tom Rubnitz. Installation view, Artists Space, 1981. [Painted objects attached to the wall in a white-walled gallery space.] -
Untitled, c. 1970s, 35mm slide, Copyright Jack Smith Archive, Courtesy Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels [Two people in a mountainous, desert location face each other. One, dressed in an orange and green cloak, sits at a green desk. The other is posed with a mirror aimed at the clear sky.] -
Place, (title to be determined), for a Participant: Ken Feingold. Installation view, Artists Space, 1979. [Two photographs are mounted on a white gallery wall.] -
David Antin, Sky Poem, La Jolla, CA, Santa Monica, 1987. Courtesy Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles. [Two people wearing large sun hats look up towards an empty blue sky framed by scattered palm trees. Faint, white text written in dotted cloud formations is visible in the sky.] -
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Marcos Lutyens: Hypnotic Show. [A pencil-drawn portrait of a person with curly hair, the bones of the forehead well-defined.] -
The Mind/Body Problem. Installation view, Artists Space, 2006. Photo: Alan Wiener. [Six watercolor paintings affixed to a white wall with pins. The paintings are various sizes, five depicting the sky and landscapes at various times of day. In the center, a man is depicted facing backwards, pulling down his pants to expose a tattoo of a triangle.] -
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Bernadette Corporation: 2000 Wasted Years. Installation view, Artists Space, 2012. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [Three female mannequins arranged in front of five hanging timelines marked 2002-2006. The first mannequin sits in a chair and is wearing a golden shirt and black skirt with a towel tossed over its shoulder. The second wears several scarf chokers, a shirt cut in two pieces resembling an "x", and gray jeans accessorized with two button pins and large thigh cutouts. The third wears an Adidas jersey decorated with a "bc" logo and black baggy pants.] -
Carol Sun, Journey to Gold Mountain. [A slide of a painting of a pyramid of stairs with a ladder extending upwards, connected to several gold mountains by a railroad track.] -
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Nick Mauss, This afternoon, 2012, 5-color, hand-stenciled gouache on paper, each unique 24 x 18 inches, Signed and numbered. [A gestural line drawing of two figures embracing set against a geomatric pattern of blue, teal, brown, red, and pink rectangular forms.] -
Marvin Torffield. Sesondo, 1974. Three coat plaster on wire lathe with nova ply and Masonite. Installation view, Artists Space, 1974. Credit: Marvin Torffield. [A black and white installation photograph of two figures in front of a curved white wall in a gallery space.] -
[Flyer design featuring a pile of pink hair against a lime green background. Large white text superimposed over the clump of hair at the top edge of the image reads, "DEMONCLOWNMONKEY." Several small, black and white icons are arranged in a line along the image's lower edge. The icons feature stylized depictions of a skull with horns, a clown, a rabbit, and other symbols.] -
Michael Sorkin, Model City, 1989. Installation view, Artists Space, 1989. [A composition of lines, circles, and angles made of wood and metal is affixed to a wall, covering the surface.] -
Nicole-Antonia Spagnola, Untitled, 2022. Raw Power, Raw Power; Kollettivo, Lotta per il potere; Antigenesi, Una donna non e’ merda; Negazione, Tutti Pazzi; RAF Punk, Contro la pace Contro la guerra; Peggio Punx, Scemo. 8mm to MP4 transfer (color, sound), monitors, chairs. Installation view, Artists Space, 2022. Photo: Filip Wolak. [A color photograph of three chairs spread out in a gallery space with three dark columns. A television screen rests on each of the chairs.] -
[A digital rendering of a dark tank filled with water. Spherical pods sit into the top of the tank, with one pod lying sideways next to it.] -
OUTER AND INNER SPACE. Andy Warhol, 1965. 16mm film (sound, black and white, double-screen projection), 33 minutes. [Two black and white images of the faces of two women projected side-by-side. The woman on the left is in profile and appears to speak in both frames, while the woman to her right appears to glance towards her companion in the first frame, and speak in the second.] -
[Black text on an orange background. The text reads: “Nov 9 / Norman Fischer / The New York Neo-Futurists.” Text in the bottom left corner reads: “5pm / 11 Cortlandt Alley + Zoom ID: 893 9594 7519 / $5 (all proceeds go to readers)"] -
Mel Kendrick, Dinnever Hill. Installation view, Artists Space, 1974. [A black and white installation photograph of a gallery space. Placed on the floor, pairs of dark squares lean against a white wall.] -
Artists Space staff, 1979. Photographed by Cindy Sherman as part of a photo shoot for Cover Magazine. [A black and white photo of an office with several people standing and sitting behind desks.] -
Film still from Mo’ Money, 1992, Columbia Pictures. [A color film still of two figures at a table. Only their lower torsos and hands are visible. The figure on the right wears a watch and shuffles a deck of red playing cards next to several green bills.] -
[White text overlays a green and pink marbled background. The text reads: “April 1 / Fiel Guhit / Tianyi Sun." Smaller text in the bottom left corner reads: “5pm / 11 Cortlandt Alley + Zoom / Zoom ID: 893 9594 7519 / $5 (all proceeds go to readers)"] -
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David Rodriguez, Free Rain, 2021, digital photography -
Salad Days. Installation view, Artists Space, 2004. [Two paintings hung on white walls meeting in a corner. The paintings are colorful, predominantly pink and red.] -
keyon gaskin with Moya Michael & Zinzi Minott. Performance documentation, December 16, 2022, Artists Space. Photo: Destiny Mata. [Color photograph of a figure wearing a conical sheath of reflective one-way mirror film that covers most of their body. They lay on the floor and spread one arm out from under the mirror film. A bright light shines from under the film.] -
Las Nietas de Nonó: Posibles Escenarios, Vol. 1 LNN. Performance documentation, October 30, 2022, Artists Space. Photo: Destiny Mata [Color photograph of two figures performing in a dark gallery space, lit only by an installation of LED lights covered in dried SCOBY material. One figure wearing black leans down in front of one of the LED lights. Partly hidden behind a column, another figure stands wearing a red suit.] -
Still from Leave, Cara Benedetto, 2023. [Color image of a white, blonde woman laying face down on the floor. Empty bottles of alcohol and other drinks cover the floor, along with balloons, cardboard boxes and a wooden shelf.] -
Jack Smith: Art Crust of Spiritual Oasis. Installation view, Artists Space, 2018. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [An angled view of a display case containing several framed drawings. To the left of the display case, three vintage television sets rest a white support and play video footage. Framed documents and photographs hang along the back wall on either side of a doorway.] -
virgil b/g taylor, Minor Publics. Installation view, Artists Space, 2022. Photo: Filip Wolak. [A color installation photograph of a gallery space bisected by a row of dark metal columns. Two wooden chairs are placed near a piece of semi-transparent grey and blue fabric partially hung from a grey metal scaffold. A large piece of grey and yellow vinyl hangs from the wall on the right.] -
Association Apsolutno, still from a.trophy, 2002. [A slightly grainy, black and white image of a deer standing on snowy ground in front of woods. There are two detached antlers on the ground in front of the deer.] -
P.S. 140 students painting sound, 2019 [An image of several students paitning with watercolors, each on their own desk] -
Abasement #63. Performance documentation, July 17, 2023, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman. [Color image of three individuals standing together outside in front of a wall covered in graffiti. Two women with red hair and vibrant outfits flank and engage with an individual in the middle.] -
Untitled (Business card), late 1970s. Copyright: Jack Smith Archive. Courtesy: Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels [A black and white illustration featuring a person in a black cat suit. A group of penguins, behind him, face towards the background. Text reads, "Jack Smith, Exotic Theatrical Genius!"] -
Flyer by Joe Frivaldi. [Magazine cut-outs and ink drawings are collaged together on a colorful background, with blue, pink, yellow and beige paper. Cut up pieces of beige paper are scattered throughout the image, and feature typewritten text listing the performers and event details.] -
Constantina Zavitsanos: fwiw. Installation view, Artists Space, 2024. Photo: Carter Seddon. [An installation view shows a darkened space flooded in red light. Between two ornate columns, a projector is mounted close to the ground on a short stand. An iridescent blue glows around a shadow cast by a scientific experiment on the left wall behind, while the ceiling is covered in warm crescent silhouettes. On the back black wall, lines of projected text overlap in varying directions.] -
Abasement #76. Performance documentation, March 3rd, 2025, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman. [Color image of five performers on stage. From left to right, they are playing guitar, saxophone, drums, and trumpet. The room is lit up with pink and white projections. The backs of multiple audience members are visible in the bottom of the frame. A few of the performers are lit with yellow light, as well as some of the audience.] -
Traci Tullius, Some People Never Learn, 2001. [A figure with long brown hair wearing a gray sweater over a light pink and white button-down shirt closes their eyes as a thrown book flies towards their face.] -
Photographic work by David Kulik, Frank Majore, Kevin Noble, Ken Pelka, Pat Place, Rene Santos, and Brian Well. Announcement card, work by Pat Place, Artists Space, 1980. [A black and white image of a toy alligator holding a medicine bottle, surrounded by miscellaneous objects.] -
Christopher Wool, untitled (wool poster between bridges), 2020, 23.5 x 16.5 inches [A black and white image featuring a large, dark shape that resembles a plus sign. The plus sign sits at the center of a white backdrop covered by various irregular markings, including a large ink blot and print markings. While the surface of the plus sign is opaque, the background markings are slightly transparent. Small black text placed at the image's lower left corner reads, "2020Solidarity - Christopher Wool," while text placed at the image's lower right corner reads, "A project by Between Bridges."] -
Andy Robert: PAPALOKO. Installation view (bwa, 2023; Ruin, 2023), Artists Space, 2024. Photo: Carter Seddon. [A color image of two tree logs, placed on brown pedestals. The pedestal in the back features a taxidermied griffon vulture.] -
Union Gaucha Productions Still from Phantom Limb , 1998 16mm film (silent, black and white), 21 min 45 sec Courtesy of Union Gaucha Productions [A black and white image of various tones of traingle shapes and lines.] -
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Super 8 Film Exposition. Installation view, Artists Space, New York, 1977. [A black and white photograph of a gallery space. Several film reels and projectors are positioned on tables and stands.] -
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SCRAAATCH, Tower of Babel, 2019, Les Urbaines. Photo: Mathilda Olmi [In front of a large colorful projection, a figure wearing headphones around their neck leans down over musical technology.] -
Jonathan Lyndon Chase: his beard is soft, my hands are empty. Installation view (what he thinks about when he sees him, 2023), Artists Space, 2023. Photo: Filip Wolak. [A color image of a soft sculpture, placed on the floor and leanning against a blue and white wall. The sculpture depicts a Black Queer figure dressed in black, with accents of white, blue and yellow. On top of their head is a wooden brush.] -
Adjua Gargi Nzinga Greaves: The x in florxal is silent when spoken. Installation view, Artists Space, 2021. Photo: Filip Wolak. Courtesy Artists Space, New York. [A photograph of a gallery space with eight prints hung on the rightmost wall and a lightbox mounted on the far wall.] -
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virgil b/g taylor, Minor Publics. Installation view, Artists Space, 2022. Photo: Filip Wolak. [A color photograph of a grey and blue piece of semi-transparent fabric, partially hung from a grey metal scaffold in a gallery space.] -
Clocking Out: Time Beyond Management. Installation view, Artists Space, 2023. Photo: Greg Carideo. [Photograph of a basement gallery space with various multimedia works displayed. In the center is a large wooden platform placed on the floor. Along the back wall is a projected video, a grid of works on paper, and a woven hanging piece.] -
John Monti, Rocker Variation, 1991. [Two identical large wooden sculptures on a black and white checkered floor. The sculptures have rounded, semi-circle shaped bases with rectangular pieces set crosswise atop that.] -
Tiffany Sia, A Wet Finger in the Air, 2021. Courtesy Artists Space, New York. Photo: Filip Wolak [A photograph of three TV screens stacked on top of each other. Two small speakers are visible on either side of the TV screens.] -
Abasement #66. Performance documentation, October 9, 2023, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman. [Color image of a performance space illuminnated with blue and red light. On the left, a figure on a stage plays the double bass, there is a large black speaker to their right. Abstract images are projected onto the wall. Below the projections, audience members sit on chairs.] -
Combined Faulty Acts. Installation view, Artists Space, 2008. Photo: Bill Ocrutt. [Five rows of bleachers built from wood, with dozens and dozens of assorted sculptures of gray, painted pigs. The pigs are reflected in a mirror opposite them, which is framed by columns. On a wall on the left side is an image of hanging scales. The right wall is painted yellow.] -
Urban Pornography. Installation view, Artists Space, 2001. [A dimly lit, color photograph of a desert installed on a white gallery wall. The desert ground is a bright orange color and includes many large rock features. The sky above is slightly blue and filled with clouds.] -
Milford Graves, Cosmos 2 - 5, 2020. Wood, copper netting, hand-painted drum, lights, metal, casters, acupuncture head, figurines, artifact, turntable, printed label, metal, glue, copper netting tubing, hand-painted drum, plasma globe, tree branch, model brain, lights, printed label, stones, transducer, amplifier, wires, wooden crate, metal bracket, anatomical model, copper pipe, outdoor house lamp, transducer, amplifier, printed label. Dimensions variable. Photo: Filip Wolak. [A color photograph of four sculptures mounted on wooden pedastals. The sculptures are connected by copper netting and are composed of objects including a model of a human head, a plasma globe, a drum, lights, and wires.] -
Book spread from FWIW, Constantina Zavitsanos and Artists Space, 2024. [White text composed into a circle against a black background reads “A TRIBE CALLED QUEST” across the center of a book spread. The text appears handwritten, and between each word is an ankh symbol. Four stick figures move across the page, each one performing a different motion.] -
Jutta Koether, xxapollo. Performance documentation, Artists Space, January 5, 2020. Photo © Paula Court. [A person dressed in all pink grips a heart-shaped canvas in front of her, while her eyes look past the camera. She is surrounded by rapt audience members behind her. There are light spots reflected at even intervals patterning the room.] -
Tom of Finland: The Pleasure of Play. Installation view, Artists Space, 2015. [Four pornographic illustrations of men in jail cells are framed on the wall.] -
Cover of Christopher D'Arcangelo, Kunstverein Publishing and Artists Space. Photo: Cathy Weiner. [Scan of the cover and back cover of a book. On the front cover, black text on a white background reads "Christopher D'Arcangelo." The back cover features a black-and-white photograph of a figure doing a headstand, their back facing the viewer. The figure is shirtless, exposing black text written on their skin.] -
Daniel Tilsdale. Still from Contacts, Ponytails, Noses and Bleach, 1988. Graphite on Xerox (presented in slide format). [A close up black and white image of a slide projection with two figures.] -
Adjua Gargi Nzinga Greaves, For Aricka, Ayana, Ayodele, Bernice, Chantelle, Charmaine, Cynthia Ch., Cynthia Co., Daphne, Davina, Dawn, Dina, Emily, Erica, Evadne, Frances, Gail, Gwen, Hara, Heather, Imanei, Imani, Janet, Jenny, Kadija, Kahdeidra, kale, Kelly, Kenya (R), LesLes, Lois, Lynnette, Madeleine, Mahogany, Marsha, Maiya, Najela, Nontsi, Ola, Pilar, Queen, RaFia, Ro-Ro, Sandra, Sasha, Serenity, Shana, Simone L, Simone W, Tabitha, Taiyi, Trinity, Uchenna, Vivian, Wangechi, X, Yvette, Zuri, detail, 2021. Living plants: Hannibal (Epipremnum aureum) with rose quartz, Gertrude Deuxieme (Tillandsia xerographica), Leonie (Philodendron totem), Eversley Deuxieme (Tillandsia xerographica), Melford (Epipremnum aureum) with amethyst; dessicated floral matter (eucalyptus, grass, willow, palm), knight on horseback figurine, brass candlesticks, polystyrene, porcelain and 18 karat gold plates, crystals (various), bamboo earrings, jade, cremains, leather, cork, glass, dragon figurine, sandalwood incense and ceramic holder, palo santo (Bursera graveolens), and window, overall dimensions variable. Courtesy Artists SPace, New York. Photo: Filip Wolak [Potted plants and small figurines sit on the windowsill of a gallery space. Beneath the windowsill are two framed works on paper.] -
Four Artists: An Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture. Installation View. Artists Space, 1985. [Figurative paintings are hanging on a wall in a white-walled gallery setting.] -
New Red Order: Informants Get Paid! Performance documentation, January 23, 2020, Artists Space. Photo © 2020 Paula Court. [A crowd of people sitting in a dimly lit room. Most have their eyes obscured by black blindfolds. In the background, a white projection with black text just visible reads, "No-peep show."] -
Vito Acconci. Installation View. Artists Space, 1986. [A piece of landscaping appears on the gallery floor with flowers and plants coming up from it in a stair-like fashion. A painting appears in the background in a white-walled gallery space.] -
Yasunao Tone performing Genealogy and Music, Event 201, Merce Cunningham Studio, New York, 1978 [Black-and-white photograph of a reed organ covered in plastic with an ice cube placed on top of the keyboard, a microphone stand, and a music stand with a clock resting on it. In the background is a stage with chairs set up.] -
Hilary Lloyd. Installation view, Artists Space, 2011. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [Two portrait-oriented screens are each mounted on two floor to ceiling metal poles. The screens face outward at a 90-degree angle to each other and show abstract images.] -
Anne Bray. Man on First and Third, 1987. Slide/Sound Installation. [A black and white photograph with two projectors hanging central with projections on one wall and another hanging screen in a gallery space.] -
Milford Graves: Fundamental Frequency. Installation view, Artists Space, October 8, 2021 – January 15, 2022. Photo: Filip Wolak. [A color installation view of a gallery space with six glass vitrines positioned around four metal colums. A drum set and television monitor are also visible in the space.] -
Kembra Pfahler performing with the Girls of Karen Black. Photo: © Paula Court, 2018. [A stone-walled lawn filled with people watching Kembra Pfahler.] -
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Drake Carr, Walk-Ins, 2023, New York Life Gallery. Photo: Ethan James Green [Scanned spread of a collage featuring photographs overlaid with accented drawings. The main image depicts a woman posing strikingly with her arms raised and feet firmly apart, the red dress she wears flows out dramatically behind her. In the background a man stands at a large canvas, his hand raised in the act of drawing the figure posing. Film strips depicting the same woman in different poses are overlayed on top.] -
Jenny Snider. It's a Sin to Tell a Lie, 1985. [A painting of two figures, one in the foreground and the other in the background. Towards the top of the painting reads, "IT'S A SIN TO TELL A LIE".] -
Pictures. Installation view, Artists Space, 1977. Photo: D. James Dee. [A black and white installation photograph of a gallery space. Several rectangular forms are on the floor, and a large voluminous black rectangle is attached to the wall on the left.] -
Mélanie Matranga, Not, 2014 [A black and white line illustration of a person shaking in the middle of room. The open windows depict a wind blowing papers into the space.] -
J.B. Cobb, Martha Edelheit, Ree Morton. Installation view, Artists Space, 1973. [A color installation photograph of a gallery space with several framed objects hanging on the wall, and a sculpture of a green parkscape on white stilts in the middle.] -
Till They Listen: Bill Gunn Directs America. Installation view featuring various ephemera from Personal Problems, c. 1980, Artists Space, June 5 – August 15, 2021. Courtesy Artists Space, New York. Photo: Filip Wolak [A close up of a glass display case holding images and multiple booklets of text.] -
Jana Euler: Unform. Installation view, Artists Space, February 21, 2020 – September 19, 2020. Photo: Daniel Pérez [In the foreground a large, orange slug sculpture forming a circular ring shape is installed around two cast-iron columns suspended by ten elastic cords such that it encircles the column and rests close to the ceiling. Behind it is a large, orange slug sculpture forming a circular ring shape installed around one cast-iron column suspended by eight elastic cords such that it encircles the column and rests at its vertical center. In this white-walled gallery space one can also notice a partial view of a painting in the background.] -
Union Gaucha Productions. Installation view, Artists Space, 2015. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [A diagonal view of six monitors in a row are lined up in the middle of a floating bookshelf, displaying stills from the film. On the left corner of the image, a desk holds long slips of black paper with white text on it, curled and intertwined, resembling film strips.] -
Moroharu Jonouchi, Shelter Plan, 1964 [Black-and-white image of a figure in black standing straight against a wall. On either side of them are life-size printed images of a naked figure from behind.] -
Abasement #63. Performance documentation, July 17, 2023, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman. [Color image of a darkened venue space full of seated visitors, whose backs are turned to look at a screening. The wall before them displays a bright projection, the glow of the image illuminates the seated participants.] -
Untitled, Taro Quirk, City-As-School high school student, 2021, digital photograph. -
Nicole-Antonia Spagnola, Untitled, 2022. Raw Power, Raw Power; Kollettivo, Lotta per il potere; Antigenesi, Una donna non e’ merda; Negazione, Tutti Pazzi; RAF Punk, Contro la pace Contro la guerra; Peggio Punx, Scemo. 8mm to MP4 transfer (color, sound), monitors, chairs. Installation view, Artists Space, 2022. Photo: Filip Wolak. [A color photograph of a wooden cafe chair with a green cushion in a gallery space. A television screen rests on top of the chair.] -
Scott Billingsley, still from Hold Up, c. 1977. Color video, 10 min. [A color photograph of two figures in a dark space. The figure on the left wears a mask and points a gun at the figure on the right who is behind a bar.] -
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Constantina Zavitsanos: fwiw. Installation view (∞, 2024), Artists Space, 2024. Photo: Carter Seddon. [Against an urban landscape, a metal pinhole camera tin is mounted to a roof post.] -
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