By Anna Kovler
Mar, 2020

Janet Werner has spent decades exploring the form of the portrait. Culled from fashion magazines, her women peer through thick mascara, don elaborate outfits, and inhabit bodies Werner has stretched and warped in paint.

By Anna Kovler
Jan, 2020

The work of over 40 influential artists including Cindy Sherman, Laurie Simmons, Marilyn Minter and Shirin Neshat is part of a fearless, two-venue exhibition designed to raise awareness and funding for women’s reproductive rights.

Art in America
Jan 13, 2020

Suzy Lake, who was born in Detroit in 1947 and emigrated to Canada in the late 1960s, works with video and photography to confront feminist issues.

Paper Magazine, by Savannah Hardman
Jan 10, 2020

As women's access to reproductive care is dwindling across areas of the US, a group of A-list artists is joining forces to combat the increasingly restrictive legislation surrounding abortion.

The Observer, by Helen Holmes 
Jan 9, 2020

As the 2020 election approaches, one of the issues that’s just as existentially grabbing as the looming threat of our climate catastrophe is the somehow still -ongoing issue of women’s health care…

The ARTnews, by Claire Selvin
Jan 9, 2020

On May 15, 2019, Alabama governor Kay Ivey signed into law the Human Life Protection Act, through which doctors who perform abortions in the state could potentially be sentenced to life in prison.

Juxtapoz, by Sasha Bogojev
Mar 2, 2018

Arsenal Contemporary NY recently partnered with Edythe for an upcoming exhibition featuring works by Canadian painter, Kim Dorland. On view from March 7 through April 22, 2018, Same Old Futures will be part of the gallerys mission to promoting dialogues between Canadian artists and their international contemporaries.

Artnet, by Sarah Cascone & Caroline Goldstein
Mar 1, 2018

The Edythe and Eli Broad Art Museum in Lansing, Michigan, has teamed up with Arsenal Contemporary to present two solo shows that respond to forests, both as a place of science and of human emotion. Up front Kim Dorland presents 12 paintings of groves of trees, while the back room is dedicated to Robin Meier installation that combines video, music, and light.

Office Magazine
Feb 27, 2018

Choreographer and artist Tara-Jo Tashnapresents her innermost vulnerabilities in deliberation, a live performance piece which premiered this past Saturday. The performance likened meditative, emotional healing to the experience of physically washing oneself.

W Magazine, by Stephanie Eckardt
Feb 17, 2018 

At first glance, you'd be hard pressed to come up with a reason why the artsy crowd gathered at the downtown gallery Arsenal Contemporary during New York Fashion Week on Tuesday to watch a parade of models decked out in oversized bows and Renaissance-like corsets would have any connection at all to Bruce Willis.

Purple Diary
Feb 14, 2018 

Vogue
Feb 13, 2018

Lou Dallas designer Raffaella Hanley presented her new collection at Arsenal Contemporary NY, an art gallery on the Bowery this afternoon. The look of downtown style has cycled through various modes over the years—CBGB, the nightclub widely recognized as the birthplace of New York punk, existed just a few blocks up. 

i-D Magazine, by Blair Cannon
Jan 31, 2018

While Eye to eye’s opening at Arsenal Contemporary last week proffered the anticipated beer-handed Bowery art crowd, a few steps deeper into the white space, it became clear that something more was happening here.

Artnet News, by Sarah Cascone
Jan 22, 2018

Arsenal Contemporary has organized its upcoming group show to benefit Sanctuary for Families, a New York nonprofit that assists survivors of domestic violence. Featured artists include Carol Rama, Diana Al-Hadid, Chloe Wise, Ivy Haldeman, and Rita Ackermann.

Mousse Magazine
Jan, 2018

Sanctuary for Families is New York’s leading service provider and advocate for survivors of domestic violence, sex trafficking, and related forms of gender violence.

Art Viewer
Dec 26, 2017

Arsenal Contemporary is pleased to present Cloud Paintings, an exhibition by Benoît Maire, bringing together a series of new paintings completed during a residency at Arsenal Contemporary Montréal.
Clouds are an elemental resource valued by their mutability.

Art Viewer
Nov 20, 2017

Arsenal Contemporary is proud to present Pink Hook Iron Eyes, Kathleen Ryan’s first solo exhibition in New York. In five large sculptures, industrial tools coalesce with tropical fruit, pearls, crystals and flesh.

Whitewall
Nov 20, 2017

This week, we bring you the top end-of-the-year shows in New York you won’t want to miss. On view now through the holidays, here’s what to see around the city.

Mousse Magazine
Nov, 2017

Arsenal Contemporary is proud to present Pink Hook Iron Eyes, Kathleen Ryan’s first solo exhibition in New York. In five large sculptures, industrial tools coalesce with tropical fruit, pearls, crystals and flesh.

Artnet, by Sarah Cascone
Oct 23, 2017

“Kathleen Ryan: Pink Hook Iron Eyes” at Arsenal Contemporary
Kathleen Ryan’s first New York solo show is like Shel Silverstein’s poemabout the man who planted a diamond come to life: giant, cast-iron queen palm seed pods bear fruit of rose quartz and jade. Other works include a massive pearl necklace made from bowling balls and a pink granite block, carved as if an invisible figure was perched on her throne.