_ We recently ran into Yossi Milo Gallery at Pulse Miami (and did a small thing on a piece by Simen Johan). The gallery is moving to a new location in January 2012. They will be on the ground floor at 245 Tenth Ave (between 24th and 25th St.) in Chelsea. The building, constructed along the High Line is in a new building. The space was designed by Bernheimer Architecture. There will be two exhibition spaces and two viewing rooms on two floors in the new space.

The gallery first opened in 2000 and has been at 525 West 25th since 2005.

The first exhibit in the new space will be First Look, a curated photography show by artists whose first NYC solo exhibits, were at Yossi Milo Gallery. It will be a look back and a look forward.

Artists include; Robert Bergman, Simen Johan, Mohamed Bourouissa,  Pieter Hugo ,Sze Tsung Leong, Loretta Lux, Yuki Onodera, Muzi Quawson, Mark Ruwedel, Lise Sarfati, Alec Soth,  Alessandra Sanguinetti ,Kohei Yoshiyuki and Liu Zheng.

This show will conclude in February. A solo exhibition by American photographer, Doug Rickard will follow. Rickard’s series, A New American Picture, will be featured. This series is currently featured in New Photography 2011 at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.

At the 25th Street location an exhibition of large-scale color photographs by Simen Johan will run through December 23, 2011.

Civilian Art Projects announced Trevor Young’s participation in three exhibitions in short order—all in the spooky month of October. Since this is art we will not refer to the month as “Rocktober.”

Young is an artist who I first noticed at Art Chicago, probably in 2010. I have a habit where I write down an artist name and the name of one of their works and some basic description. Two days later I forget 80 percent of them. I remembered Young. 

Although, it might have actually been Art Basel week in Miami where I first noticed Young. Nonetheless, below you will find the various shows Young is participating in. His work struck me because his nightscapes were so alive. Often the subject matter is some mundane thing—a gas station, for instance. But they breathe as the night does. They are not black and static. It is a unique vision.

Young's work will appear n Pardon My French, a collector series in San Diego on October 14, 2011. The gist of this event is to elevate the caliber and profile of the North American Art Scene. If you are interested you need to get in touch with Civilian. It is somewhat short notice at this point.

Also look for Youngs art at;

La Luz de Jesus 25 "Part One"-La Luz de Jesus Gallery, 4633 Hollywood Blvd. Los Angeles, CA from October 7-30, 2011. 200 artists are participating in this show organized by Billy Shire and it is La Luz de Jesus first survey. Three generations of important artists are involved and we were late posting this so you missed the receptions.  

You Are Here: Washington, DC-Dorian Grey Gallery, 437 East 9th Street at Avenue A. New York, NY from October 15 - November 13, 2011 with an opening reception October 15, 6 - 9 p.m. Works include pieces by: Billy Colbert, Lily Desaussure, Ryan Florig, Marissa Long, Joey Manlapaz, Alexa Meade, Adrian Parsons and Young. It may be in NYC but this show features artists living and working in D.C. as you would expect from Civlian.

Cuando los Sueños Se Hacen Realidad (When Dreams Come True) a one artist show of the work of Irina Elén González at Cernuda Arte in Coral Gables opens Friday, October 7, 2011. The artist will attend an opening reception from 7 to 10 p.m. that evening.

González traveled from Cuba to attend the show, her first single artist show in the United States. The exhibition will be on view through November 14, 2011.

Cernuda is located at 3155 Ponce de Leon Blvd, Coral Gables. More information at www.cernudaarte.com. If you have not been to the gallery before be sure to check out the other works on display. Cernuda specialize in Cuban artists, past and present.

I do not like green eggs and ham….well, really, who does? But everyone loves Dr. Seuss. I want to have more children just so I can read them those books and Onessimo Fine Art in Palm Beach Gardens is having a very special exhibit of the art of Dr. Seuss. Dr. Seuss’ Secrets Of The Deep, is a new exhibition of Seuss art.  This is in celebration of the publication of The Lost, Forgotten And Hidden Works Of Theodor Seuss Geisel, a book collecting Geisel’s art that is the most comprehensive to date.

There is an opening reception on Friday night, October 21 from 6 to 9 p.m. with comments by Bill Dreyer, the national curator of the Dr. Seuss Exhibit. The next day, Saturday, October 22, from 12 to 4 p.m.is the family reception. Bring your kids dressed as characters from Seuss books (or in Halloween costumes!) and they can win prizes. You grown ups are strongly encouraged to dress as well.

I love exhibits like this—for the family, introducing kids to art, dressing up like giant fish and cats wearing towering multi-colored top hats? What is NOT to love.

Onessimo Fine Art is located at 4530 PGA Boulevard, Palm Beach Gardens, just west of I-95 and on the South side of PGA. People in Broward, it isn’t THAT far! Please RSVP at contact@onessimofineart.com or 561-355-8061.

frosch&portman ring in the new season with Hooper Turner’s mise en scène. This is Turner’s first solo exhibit with the gallery. Turner’s work is based around commercial images that he “remakes” in his paintings. He first examines all the details in the ad and then reconstructs them so they look real—but somehow not RIGHT! The exhibit runs from September 7 through October 30.  There is an opening reception from 6 to 7 p.m. on September 7 at 53 Stanton Street ,  New York, NY 10002

This is more than pasting found images on cardboard. This is a creative process, a reimagining of commercial imagery that is meticulous and thoughtful.

The imagery comes from still life that many of us see every day—images of candles and skulls along with a touchable realness make the work transformative of its subject matter. But he has moved on from simple commercial imagery and made a series of women in front of a mirror. The viewer is left to determine whether these images show women from the past, the present or from no specific time period.

Hooper hails from Charlotte, North Carolina and lives in New York. His BFA is from the University of North Carolina at Asheville and his MFA is from the University of Georgia. I feel, as a University of Florida graduate, I should say something derogatory about UGA. But I won’t.

Art Kvartal, in Moscow have moved from their old space in Barvikha to a new space at the contemporary art center, Winzavod, near the historical center of Moscow.  The official opening is September 4 at 107120, Moscow, 4th Syromyatnicheskiy Lane, 1, bld. 6, entrance  19.

This new space has three floors, enabling the gallery to hold different curatorial events. They are starting with a group exhibition of their artists; Alexey Alpatov, Maxim Bashev, Vladimir Semensky, Alexander Zhernokluev and other artists whose work they handle.

The Art Kvartal was one of the two or three most striking booths at Art Chicago/Next 2011. We wrote about them earlier HERE.

Servando Cabrera Moreno (1923-1981), A Havana-born painter, has a selection of erotic works being shown at Cernunda Arte in Coral Gables, titled Ten Erotic Works by Servando Cabrera Moreno. An opening reception will be held Friday August, 5 from 7 to 10 p.m., 3155 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Coral Gables, Fl. Cabrera Moreno died in 1981 is considered one of the greatest of Cuba’s painters (and great Cuban painters make is no small list).

The paintings are a cross section of the artist’s main work revolving around erotic and homoerotic work. These paintings come from the 60s and 70s. The paintings are of male and female nudes, sometimes sans heads. The works seem almost anonymous and yet carnal.

A group of other works by modern and contemporary artists will be showing at the same time. Below is a work by one of those artists, another Cuban master, Wilfredo Lam. Cernuda sold another of Lam’s paintings on the first day of last years Art Basel Miami for over three million dollars.

Chicago’s Judy A. Saslow Gallery is heading to SOFA West Santa Fe to exhibit at the Inuit Show of Folk and Outsider Art.

Artists to be included are; Henry Darger, Michel Nedjar,  Bill Traylor, Mr. Imagination, Gerard Sendrey, Christine Sefolosha, Joseph Yoakum, Edmond Engel, Carlo Zinelli and others.

The fair runs from August 4-7th with a opening night preview gala on August 3. The daily hours are from noon to 6 p.m.

Terri Weifenbach is showing new work, entitled Woods II at Civilian Art Projects in Washington D.C. from April 22 through June 4, 2011. There will be an opening reception from 7 to 9 p.m. on Friday, April 22.

This is Weifenbach’s second solo exhibition with Civilian and is a continuation of her “Woods” project. The exhibition includes 21 large and small scale images created and installed by the artist. The photos are of the woods in the D.C. metro area during the fall and winter.

Weifenbach, originally a painter, has been a photographer for over 30 years. The artist’s work has been recently published in Le Monde D’Hermes Spring-Summer Issue (2011). It was selected for the publication by noted designer and founder of Factory Records, Peter Saville. Weifenbach has published ten books of her work and exhibited extensively in Germany, Japan, the Netherlands and the USA. She has appeared in numerous other publications.

Recent solo exhibitions include showings at Blitz International Galleries in Nagoya & Tokyo as well as at PhotoEye in Tucson.