James Cohan Gallery

Spencer Finch's Sunset (Central Park), which premiered as part of Creative Time's 2015 project Drifting in Daylight in New York, is travelling cross-country for the first edition of the Seattle Art Fair. Using a custom solar-powered truck, Finch distills the colors of the sunset into delectable soft-serve ice cream cones that he has called "edible monochromes."

John Cage was a pioneer of avant-garde music and art throughout the 20th century. A selection of his artwork is currently at view at the James Cohan Gallery booth (J6) at Art Basel, including Not Wanting To Say Anything About Marcel... (1969). This work, a series of nine “plexigrams,” constitutes Cage’s first mature visual artwork, which he created to honor his late friend and mentor, Marcel Duchamp. 

Also on view are Cage’s “smoke drawings.” The unique process that Cage and assistants used to prepare the paper can be seen in the photos above. The end result of this process is the compelling drawing in the last photo.

Yinka Shonibare MBE's largest exhibition to date is opening at the Daegu Art Museum in South Korea on May 30, 2015.

Installation shot of the James Cohan Gallery Booth (B11) at Frieze New York, 2015!

Margaret Atwood, the first author for Future Library, will hand over her inaugural manuscript on May 26th, 2015 in Oslo, Norway!

“How strange it is to think of my own voice – silent by then for a long time – suddenly being awakened, after a hundred years. What is the first thing that voice will say, as a not-yet-embodied hand draws it out of its container and opens it to the first page?” - Margaret Atwood

James Cohan Gallery is pleased to announce the upcoming exhibition by Nigerian-British artist Yinka Shonibare MBE entitled Rage of the Ballet Gods, opening on April 30th running through June 20, 2015.

In this new body of work, Shonibare contemplates the changing state of the Earth’s climate and the human instinct for survival in the face of the extreme weather experienced worldwide. The artist is well known for his employment of historical events as metaphors with which to explore current geo-political and social conditions, and Rage of the Ballet Gods points to the progress of rational thought—a legacy of the Age of Enlightenment—that underlies the scientific advances propelling us towards environmental doom. Inspired to make a poetic statement, Shonibare turns to mythology to uncover this paradox. The exhibition is divided in two parts: Rage and Escape.

James Cohan Gallery is pleased to announce that we now represent The Propeller Group!

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James Cohan Gallery is proud to support Byron Kim's participation in Sharjah Biennial 12: The past, the present, the possible (SB12).

SB12 is on view now until June 5, 2015, at various venues in Sharjah. Click here for a map to see where Kim's works are located.

James Cohan Gallery is pleased to announce ‘The Holy Land,’ an exhibition of new works by Folkert de Jong, opening on March 19th and running through April 25th. A reception for the artist will be held on Thursday, March 19th from 6 – 8 PM.

Last chance! Nam June Paik is only on view at James Cohan Gallery, NY until March 14, 2015.