An installation view of Sam McKinniss’ 2024 oil painting Greg Louganis.

The Perfect Tense
Running through February 23, Los Angeles-based David Kordansky Gallery is hosting the exhibition Sam McKinniss: The Perfect Tense. Each narrative painting in the show relies on the other to tell a larger, more cohesive story. “McKinniss paints pictures based on pre-existing images found online, transforming visual building blocks of the public domain into open-ended—and paradoxically personal—documents of emotional life,” the gallery notes. This is the first solo exhibition of new works by McKinniss, who lives and works in New York and Connecticut.

Ali Banisadr, The Waste Land, 2006, oil on panel, 9 x 12”. Collection of the artist. Photo by Jeffrey Sturges. 

The Alchemist
Ali Banisadr: The Alchemist is the first major U.S. museum survey of the Brooklyn-based, Iranian-born artist Ali Banisadr. Organized by the Katonah Museum of Art, this exhibition encompasses nearly 20 years of the artist’s singular practice, from 2006 to the present, across the mediums of painting, drawing and printmaking. Sculpture, a new direction for the artist, will be presented for the first time.

Andy Warhol (1928-1987), Endangered Species: Grevy’s Zebra, 1983. © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. 

Andy Warhol Screenprints
This spring, the Andy Warhol Museum will present an exhibition focused on the iconic artist’s screenprints. “Andy Warhol embraced mechanical processes early in his career and found in screenprinting the perfect vehicle for image repetition, both for his works on canvas and for portfolios of prints on paper. Through collaborations with his studio assistants and established print publishers, Warhol generated nearly 20,000 prints throughout his career. Screenprinting techniques allowed Warhol to create series of images in an assortment of color variations, resulting in one of his most recognizable signatures,” the museum notes. Good Business: Andy Warhol’s Screenprints will be on view May 23 to September 1.

Chris Martin, Speed of Light (diptych), 2024, oil and collage on canvas, 135 x 236”

Speed of Light
A new solo exhibition at Timothy Taylor in New York City will highlight recent works by abstract artist Chris Martin. The exhibition, which runs through February 22, features five atmospheric abstractions that revel in material discovery. Titled Chris Martin: Speed of Light, this is the artist’s second solo show with the gallery and first at Timothy Taylor’s New York location. His eponymous painting Speed of Light is a diptych measuring at a massive 135 by 236 inches.

Above: Hugh Hayden, Hedges, 2019, sculpted wood, lumber, hardware, mirror and carpet, 144 x 208 x 208”. © Hugh Hayden; Courtesy The Shed Open Call and Lisson Gallery. Photo by Mark Waldhauser.

Home Work
Dallas-based artist Hugh Hayden has made a name for himself in the art world through his  dream-like sculptures inspired by regional craft-based furniture and objects. Currently on view through June 1, the Rose Art Museum presents Hugh Hayden: Home Work, showcasing Hayden’s substantial body of work over the last decade. “Home Work focuses on the artist’s exploration of the ‘American Dream,’ its pathways and architecture,” says Hayden. “All of my work is about the American dream, whether it’s a table that’s hard to sit at or a thorny school desk. It’s a dream that is seductive but difficult to inhabit.” —