Chelsea: Installation & Multimedia Shows

Philippe Parreno: Noor pivots to light as the constitutive element of the exhibition, taking its title from the Arabic and Persian word for light and invoking the emanationist cosmology of the Persian mystic Suhrawardi, in which all creation flows from a Supreme Light of Lights. Illuminated marquees, specially crafted light fixtures, and algorithmically determined sequences create a living, mutable mise-en-scène in which objects respond to one another. A new animation, In the Moontime, drives drawings through Conway's "Game of Life" cellular automaton — panels lighting up and going dark across seven narrative families, generating stories that emerge, persist, and dissolve without beginning or end. Conceived as a tribute to Barbara Gladstone.

May 13 - Jun 26

Raven Chacon: Score for Coming Storms brings together a large-scale visual score, sound installation, textile, and ink drawings by the Pulitzer Prize-winning Diné composer and artist. American Ledger No. 1 is drawn directly onto the gallery wall in graphite — a flag, wall, and blanket simultaneously — recounting the creation story of the United States through adapted Western musical notation, descending from pre-history through colonial violence to a final extended black band signaling the erasure of Indigenous land and worldviews. Storm Pattern centers a multi-channel sound installation of drone field recordings from Standing Rock in 2016, surveillance and counter-surveillance interwoven into a sonic vision of collective resistance, its textile score referencing the traditional Navajo weaving design of the same name.

May 14 - Jun 20

The exhibition surveys David Lamelas’s multifaceted practice across painting, drawing, sculpture, installation, performance, and film. A performance, a nonlinear presentation of works from 1965 to the present, and a film program together reflect his ongoing investigation of information, communication, and perception.

Mar 6 - Jan 16

Meg Webster presents new sculptures and drawings following Webster's major exhibition at Dia Beacon. The centerpiece, Thicket (2026), layers plant cuttings into a dense spiraling structure wide enough to enter, making the body an active participant in the work. New drawings on paper use organic materials — spices, powdered vegetables and flowers — rubbed directly onto square sheets, centering color, texture, and scent. A three-part beeswax sculptural relief extends this engagement with embodied perception. Throughout, Webster continues her four-decade practice of bringing natural materials into dialogue with Minimalism's formal vocabulary.

May 9 - Jul 24

Avanti! is an exhibition of large-scale sculptures and drawings by Mark di Suvero. Exhibited for the first time, Avanti! incorporates a twenty-three-foot beam suspended within a steel circle, activated by a viewer's shifting body weight. Nelly and Tables Turn'd join it, the latter a kinetic stainless steel work evoking balance at monumental scale. Works on paper, including interactive "sliding drawings,” extend di Suvero's commitment to bodily engagement.

May 2 - Jul 17

Giuseppe Penone: The Reflection of Bronze marks Penone's first New York exhibition with Gagosian, presenting two major bodies of work curated by Adam D. Weinberg. Rooted in the Arte Povera artist's late-1960s exploration of trees, the sculptures use bronze to trace time and perpetual change — not as permanent substitute for organic material but as a profound response to enduring artistic questions. Structured across three rooms, the exhibition opens with a cork-lined environment and Marsia (2024), two connected branches evoking the flayed satyr of Greek myth, one bark-covered, one bare.

Apr 22 - Jul 2