Last Call: "Life Like" at Met Breuer, Colonial Mexico at Met Fifth, Adrian Piper at MOMA, Radical Latin American Women Artists in Brooklyn through July 22; "Parks" and "Versailles" at Met through July 29

Philippe Curtius, Sleeping Beauty, 1989, after 1765 original

Courtesy of the Met Breuer

Closing dates mid-summer are rare, but indeed noteworthy as eight (8) very important exhibitions end this weekend, next weekend and the first weekend in August. Mark your calendars and make time to see these shows, if you haven't seen them already.  I have seen them several times and intend to see each one again to bid them a fond farewell. Yes, they are that good!

Ron Mueck, Old Woman in a Bed, 2000-2002, mixed media

Courtesy of Met Breuer

Life Like: Sculpture, Color and the Body at the Met Breuer, Madison Avenue between 74th and 75th Streets, through July 22.  Here is an excellent review with more photos on ArtNet

(NB - Obsession: Nudes by Klimt, Schiele and Picasso also on view at Met Breuer through October 7th.)

Juan Patricio Morlete Ruiz, VIII, From Spaniard and Morisca Albino, c. 1760

Painter in Mexico, 1700-1790: Pinxit Mexici at the Met on Fifth Avenue, between 81st and 85th Streets, through July 22. Please read this review in Artsy to prepare for this exhibition.

Édouard Manet, The Monet Family in Their Garden at Argenteuil,  1874,

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Public Parks, Private Gardens: Paris to Provence at the Met on Fifth Avenue, between 81st and 85th Streets, through July 29.

Visitors to Versailles exhibition installation at the Met

Visitors to Versailles, 1682-1790 at the Met on Fifth Avenue, between 81st and 85th Streets, through July 29.

Adrian Piper, Mythic Being, Sol's Drawing #1-5, 1975

Walker Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN

Adrian Piper: A Synthesis of Intuitions, 1965-2016 at the Museum of Modern Art, entrance on 54th Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues, through July 22.

Here is an excellent with photos review on Artsy.

Nick Cave, Soundsuit, 2011

Gift from Agnes Gund to MoMA

Studio Visit: Selected Works from the Agnes Gund at the Museum of Modern Art, entrance on 54th Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues, through July 22.

Ana Mendieta, Corazón de Roca Con Sangre, 1975

Rock Heart with Blood, a super-8 film transfered in digital, 3.03 minutes

Courtesy of the Estate of the Ana Mendieta Collection, LLC and Galleries LeLong, NY

Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960-1985 at the Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Parkway, through July 22.  Please read this review on ArtNet.

Marc Camille Chaimowicz, exhibition installation at the Jewish Museum

Marc Camille Chaimowicz: Your Place or Mine . . . . at the Jewish Museum, entrance on 92nd Street and Fifth Avenue, through August 5th.

(NB - Chaim Soutine: Flesh also on view through September 16th.)

Shirley Chisholm, Presidential Campaign Poster, 1972

Beyond Suffrage: A Century of New York Women in Politics at the Museum of the City of New York, Fifth Avenue between 103rd and 104th Streets, through August 5th.

Best wishes for the rest of the summer,

Beth New York

aka Beth S. Gersh-Nesic, Ph.D.

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