William Pope.L, Sketch for "Yard Reinvention" at Hauser & Wirth New York, 2009. Ink on paper. Courtesy of Hauser & Wirth. © William Pope.L
- On September 23, Hauser & Wirth will open its first gallery in the United States with a reinvention of Allan Kaprow’s 1961 environment Yard by artist William Pope.L. Described as “a veritable mountain of black rubber auto tires and tar paper-wrapped forms through which visitors jumped and crawled,” the installation/happening will take place at 32 East 69th Street in Manhattan, the site of the work’s original creation and the address of the new Hauser & Wirth Gallery. Josiah McElheny (Season 3) and Sharon Hayes will each create their own versions of Yard at public sites in downtown Manhattan and Queens.
- Works by Kerry James Marshall (Season 1), Kara Walker (Season 2) and other artists were lost in a tragic fire at the home of collector Peggy Cooper Cafritz, who is said to have amassed one of the most important collections of African American art.
- A 2007 black-and-blue collage by Arturo Herrera (Season 3) is one of the many pieces from the collection of the defunct firm Lehman Brothers that will soon go on auction.
- The weekend of August 15-16, get a sneak peak of the publication Walton Ford: Pancha Tantra (Taschen Books) at the Norman Mailer Writer’s Colony and The Provincetown Art Association and Museum. Ford (Season 2) is being honored by both organizations. The popular edition release of the artist’s book will be available nationwide on September 10.
- Through August 21, works by Robert Ryman (Season 4), Carl Andre, Dan Flavin, Donald Judd, Sol Lewitt, and Robert Mangold are on view at Andrea Rosen Gallery. An exhibition of works on paper by John Currin runs concurrently.
- Vandalog and Juxtapoz both report that Alleged Press–the publishing company of artist, writer, musician, film director and independent curator Aaron Rose–will publish a Barry McGee (Season 1) monograph this Halloween.
- Also in October, works by McGee, Raymond Pettibon (Season 2) and Lari Pittman (Season 4) will make their way to Gagosian Gallery in New York City as part of the Stages exhibition, organized by cyclist Lance Amstrong.