Must See Painting Shows: June

Summer is a time when many galleries choose to mount group shows, and beginning in July, dozens of such shows will open throughout the country. This month, however, solo exhibitions dominate the commercial gallery landscape…are there are a lot of good ones in the mix. Among them, are shows by more than two dozen New American Paintings alumi. I am particularly excited about John Zurier at Peter Blum Gallery, Garth Weiser at Casey Kaplan, and Ann Toebbe at Monya Rowe Gallery, all in New York City. And if you live in Chicago, be sure to catch a two-person show featuring 2012 MFA Annual artists Samantha Bittman and Gabriel Pionkowski that opens at Thomas Robertello Gallery on June 14^th. There have been many strong shows by mid-career and mature artists as of late. This month the trend continues. In Houston, one of Chicago’s best-known exports, Judy Ledgerwood, has new work up at Barbara Davis Gallery. Maggi Brown, a longtime presence in Boston’s art scene, is on view at Barbara Krakow Gallery. Los Angeles boasts stellar shows by John Wesley and Gary Simmons, at David Kordansky Gallery and Regen Projects, respectively. In New York City, Wolf Kahn at Ameringer McEnery Yohe, Phillip Taaffe at Luhring Augustine, Betty Woodman at Salon 94, and the aforementioned John Zurier are all well worth a visit. Also in New Work City, Matthew Marks has dedicated three of his gallery spaces to the work of Ellsworth Kelly, who recently celebrated his 90th birthday. Age does not seem to have slowed Kelly down. The fourteen paintings and two sculptures on view were all executed within the past two years. After seven decades, Kelly continues to rigorously pursue line, color and form. Enjoy the list! – Steven Zevitas, Publisher

Ann Toebbe. Courtesy of Monya Rowe Gallery.

NEW AMERICAN PAINTINGS ARTISTS ON VIEW

ATLANTA: Andy Moon Wilson (NAP #45) June 22 – July 27, 2013 Get This! Gallery

Andy Moon Wilson. Courtesy of Get This! Gallery.

AUSTIN/DALLAS/HOUSTON: Ted Larsen (NAP #5, #90) May 18 – June 22, 2013 Conduit Gallery BALTIMORE/DC/PHILLY: All Black, (Featuring Astrid Bowlby NAP #45, #57) PUBLISHER'S PICK May 3 – June 15, 2013 Gallery Joe BOSTON: Maggi Brown (NAP #7, #44) June 8 – July 23, 2013 Barbara Krakow Gallery Group Exhibition, Featuring Craig Drennen (NAP #70, #84), Suzannah Sinclair (NAP #74), Steve Locke (NAP #86), Summer Wheat (NAP #98) May 31 – July 27, 2013 Samson CHICAGO: Samantha Bittman (NAP #87, #101) PUBLISHER'S PICK Gabriel Pionkowski (NAP #101) June 14 – August 3, 2013 Thomas Robertello Gallery

Gabriel Pionkowski. Courtesy of Thomas Robertello Gallery.

Amy Casey (NAP #71, #83) June 2013 Zg Gallery DENVER/PHOENIX/SANTA FE: Glance at the Sun, Featuring Ali Cavanaugh (NAP #88) June/July 2013 gf contemporary Materialized, Featuring Kate Petley (NAP #54, #66), Jaq Chartier (NAP #13, #31, #61) May 16 – June 27, 2013 Robischon Gallery LOS ANGELES: Nancy White (NAP #73, #85) PUBLISHER'S PICK May 11 – June 22, 2013 Jancar Jones Gallery

Nancy White. Courtesy of Jancar Jones Gallery.

Brendan Monroe (NAP #97) June 2013 Richard Heller Gallery Kyle Field (NAP #67) June 8 – July 27, 2013 Taylor De Cordoba Christine Frerichs (NAP #56) June 15 - July 27, 2013 gallery km NYC: Floater, Featuring Amanda Valdez (NAP #99) May 22 – June 28, 2013 BravinLee Programs Carolyn Case (NAP #39, #69, #106) June 6 - July 13, 2013 Asya Geisberg Gallery Garth Weiser (NAP #74) PUBLISHER'S PICK May 4 – June 22, 2013 Casey Kaplan

Garth Weiser. Courtesy of Casey Kaplan.

Lorna Williams (NAP #69) May 18 – June 29, 2013 Dodge Gallery Erin Murray (NAP #69, #98) May 9 - June 15, 2013 Nancy Margolis Gallery Tim Bavington (NAP #42) May 16 – June 29, 2013 Jack Shainman Gallery Tabitha Vevers (NAP #44, #56) May 30 – June 29, 2013 Lori Bookstein Fine Art Ann Toebbe (NAP #71, #95) PUBLISHER'S PICK May 2 – June 15, 2013 Monya Rowe Gallery John Zurier (NAP #55) PUBLISHER'S PICK April 25 – June 22, 2013 Peter Blum Gallery PORTLAND/SEATTLE: Range, Featuring Victoria Haven (NAP #6, NAP #49), James Lavadour (NAP #6) June 4 – 29, 2013 PDX

Victoria Haven. Courtesy of PDX.

Susanna Bluhm (NAP #53, #67, #91) June 6 – July 20, 2013 Prole Drift

Susanna Bluhm. Courtesy of Prole Drift.

SAN FRANCISCO: Karla Wozniak (NAP #100) PUBLISHER'S PICK June 5 – July 20 -, 2013 Gregory Lind Gallery

Karla Wozniak. Courtesy of Gregory Lind Gallery.

Eric Zener (NAP #19) June 4 – 29, 2013 Hespe Gallery SOUTH: Pinkney Herbert (NAP #9) May 22 – June 22, 2013 David Lusk Gallery

OTHER NOTEABLE SHOWS

ATLANTA: Alex Brewer June 2013 Sandler Hudson Gallery Mimi Hart Silver June 21 – July 27, 2013 Whitespace AUSTIN/DALLAS/HOUSTON: Joan Hall May 31 – June 30, 2013 Anya Tish Gallery Judy Ledgerwood PUBLISHER'S PICK Mat 31 – July 5, 2013 Barbara Davis Gallery

Judy Ledgerwood. Courtesy of Barbara Davis Gallery.

Kirsten Macy June 1 – July 13, 2013 Barry Whistler Gallery Ruben Nieto May 18 – June 22, 2013 Cris Worley Fine Arts Darren Waterston May 17 – June 22, 2013 Inman Gallery Jason Middlebrook PUBLISHER'S PICK June 29 – August 10, 2013 Lora Reynolds Gallery Andis Applewhite June 1 – July 6, 2013 McMurtrey Gallery Arthur Turner June 1 – July 6, 2013 Moody Gallery Helen Altman June 8 – July 27, 2013 Talley Dunn Gallery Jeff Elrod / Jeremy Deprez PUBLISHER'S PICK May 30 – July 6, 2013 Texas Gallery

BALTIMORE/DC/PHILLY:

Dennis Lee Mitchell May 23 – July 6, 2013 C. Grimaldis Gallery Max Cole May 18 – June 22, 2013 Larry Becker Contemporary Art My Kind of Magic May 18 – June 19, 2013 Project 4 Carloline Santa Mauro Zamora May 9 – June 22, 2013 Rebekah Templeton Contemporary Art CHICAGO: Cody Hudson PUBLISHER'S PICK June 7 – July 25, 2013 Andrew Rafacz New Work From Kansas City June 8 – July 27, 2013 Carrie Secrist Gallery Gina Litherland May 17 – June 22, 2013 Corbett vs. Dempsey Matt Rich PUBLISHER'S PICK April 28 – June 8, 2013 Devening Projects + Editions McArthur Binnion PUBLISHER'S PICK April 6 – June 22, 2013 Kavi Gupta Judith Rothschild May 10 – June 29, 2013 Valerie Carberry Gallery DENVER/PHOENIX/SANTA FE: Stephen Dean June 21 – July 21, 2013 Baldwin Gallery Beverly Fishman May 10 – June 15, 2013 David Richard Gallery Michael Theodore May 11 – June 15, 2013 David B. Smith Gallery Fay Ku May 31 – July 14, 2013 Eight Modern LOS ANGELES: Julian Hoeber PUBLISHER'S PICK June 6 – July 13, 2013 Blum & Poe

Julian Hoeber. Courtesy of Blum & Poe.

Jim Dine April 25 – June 14, 2013 Jonathan Novak Contemporary Art Juan Usle May 30 – July 6, 2013 LA Louver John Wesley PUBLISHER'S PICK May 18 – July 6, 2013 David Kordansky Gallery

John Wesley. Courtesy of David Kordansky Gallery.

Adonna Khare June 2013 Lora Schlesinger Gallery Gary Simmons PUBLISHER'S PICK May 18 – June 22, 2013 Regen Projects

Gary Simmons. Courtesy of Regen Projects.

Richard Hawkins May 18 – June 22, 2013 Richard Telles Fine Art Yunhee Min June 1 – July 6, 2013 Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects Dion Johnson June 15 – July 20, 2013 Western Project Jennifer Wolf June 1 – July 16, 2013 William Turner Gallery MIAMI: Shinique Smith PUBLISHER'S PICK May 17 – July 6, 2013 David Castillo

Shinique Smith. Courtesy of David Castillo.

MIDWEST: Milton Glaser April 12 – July 13, 2013 Carl Solway Gallery Stephen Ellis, Arnold Helbing, and Valerie Jaudon June 2013 Philip Slein Gallery NEW ORLEANS: Philadelphia June 1 – July 27, 2013 Jonathan Ferrara Gallery NYC: Contact High May 1 – June 16, 2013 American Contemporary Wolf Kahn June 6 – July 26, 2013 Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe

Wolf Kahn. Courtesy of Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe.

Agathe de Bailliencourt May 2 – June 29, 2013 Benrimon Contemporary John Lees May 16 – June 22, 2013 Betty Cunningham Gallery Dan Fischer PUBLISHER'S PICK May 30 – June 29, 2013 Derek Eller Gallery

Dan Fischer. Courtesy of Derek Eller Gallery.

Israel Lund June/July 2013 Eleven Rivington I want that inside me June 13 – August 2, 2013 Feature Inc Peter Allen Hoffmann May 30 – July 6, 2013 Freight + Volume Troy Brauntuch May 10 – June 13, 2013 Friedrich Petzel Gallery Cecily Brown May 7 – June 22, 2013 Gagosian Gallery Gedi Sibony PUBLISHER'S PICK May 10 – June 15, 2013 Greene Naftali

Gedi Sibony. Courtesy of Greene Naftali.

Armin Boehm May 10 – June 15, 2013 Harris Lieberman Trudy Benson April 25 – June 16, 2013 Horton Gallery Chris Hipkiss June 13 – July 12, 2013 Jack Hanley Gallery Mark Shetabi May 10 – June 22, 2013 Jeff Bailey Gallery Shaking the Habitual May 16 – June 15, 2013 Kravets | Wehby Gallery Frank Nitsche May 31 – July 20, 2013 Leo Koenig Inc. Philip Taaffe PUBLISHER'S PICK May 3 – June 15, 2013 Luhring Augustine

Philip Taaffe. Courtesy of Luhring Augustine.

Julie Mehretu May 11 – June 22, 2013 Marian Goodman Gallery Peter Halley May 2 – June 29, 2013 Mary Boone Gallery Ellsworth Kelly PUBLISHER'S PICK May 11 – June 29, 2013 Matthew Marks Gallery

Ellsworth Kelly. Courtesy of Matthew Marks Gallery.

Elizabeth Peyton April 19 – June 15, 2013 Michael Werner Daniel Lefcourt PUBLISHER'S PICK May 23 – July 3, 2013 Mitchell-Innes & Nash Eamon Ore-Giron June 13 – July 12, 2013 Nicelle Beauchene Gallery Daniel Zeller PUBLISHER'S PICK May 31 – June 30, 2013 Pierogi

Daniel Zeller. Courtesy of Pierogi.

Mark Greenwold May 10 – June 28, 2013 Sperone Westwater Andreas Schulze May 17 – June 23, 2013 team (gallery, inc.) Betty Woodman PUBLISHER'S PICK Amy Bessone May 7 – June 14, 2013 Salon 94

Amy Bessone. Courtesy of Sa.on 94.

Ben Grasso June 9 – July 14, 2013 Thierry Goldberg Gallery PORTLAND/SEATTLE: Michelle Ross June 6 – 29, 2013 Elizabeth Leach Gallery Daniel Minkoff Andrea Joyce Heimer June 6 – 29, 2013 Linda Hodges Gallery Peter Scherrer May 10 – June 15, 2013 Platform Gallery SAN FRANCISCO: Chad Buck May 2 – June 29, 2013 Brian Gross Fine Art Joachim Bandau June 6 – July 27, 2013 Patricia Sweetow Gallery