The UBS Art Gallery

Blue Cradle, 1956 Oil on canvas Collection of Ambassador and Mrs. Donald Blinken, New York

Organized by Norte Maar in collaborative partnership with The Field and in association with the Estate of Jack Tworkov
On view at The UBS Art Gallery, August 13 – October 27, 2009

The UBS Art Gallery is pleased to present New York City’s first-ever comprehensive survey of the work of American painter Jack Tworkov (1900-1982). A founding member of the New York School, Jack Tworkov is regarded as one of its defining figures, along with Willem de Kooning, Philip Guston, Jackson Pollock and Franz Kline, whose gestural paintings and dramatic strokes defined the Abstract Expressionist movement in America. Jack Tworkov: Against Extremes – Five Decades of Painting, on view from August 13 to October 27, 2009, offers a chronological arrangement of Tworkov’s most celebrated works lent from prominent private and public collections including The Albright-Knox Art Gallery (Buffalo, NY), The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (Washington, DC), The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, NY), and The Provincetown Art Association and Museum (MA). The exhibition reflects the artist’s transitions and evolutions over his brilliant five-decade career.

This spring, The UBS Art Gallery will celebrate the 120th anniversary of the National Association of Women Artists (N.A.W.A.), the oldest active American women’s art organization, by presenting A Parallel Presence: National Association of Women Artists, 1889-2009. On view from May 14 to July 31, 2009, the exhibition will illustrate the ongoing influence and engagement of N.A.W.A. members with the many stylistic innovations in American art since the establishment of the group in 1889.

Placing Avery: Paintings and Prints from the Collection of the Neuberger Museum of Art, on view from February 5 to May 1, 2009, will showcase approximately 30 examples of Avery’s distinctively spare, luminous style of painting, juxtaposing his work with 30 additional pieces by his colleagues including Mark Rothko, Marsden Hartley, John Marin and Adolph Gottlieb, as well as works by artists influential to Avery like Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque and Henri Matisse.

A new exhibition at The UBS Art Gallery (1285 Avenue of the Americas, New York City) will offer a glimpse into the most dynamic period of the American circus through the rarely seen photographs of Frederick W. Glasier (1866-1950). Drawn from the collections of the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota, Florida and organized by the Eakins Press Foundation, HEYDAY. Co-curated by Peter Kayafas and Deborah Walk, the exhibition will feature more than 60 photographs and approximately a dozen lithographic posters that depict the circus coming to town, performances of spectacular feats, and the behind-the-scenes life of circus members.

Organized by The Horticultural Society of New York, Implant presented the work of 45 artists, including Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Pipilotti Rist, Peter Coffin and Tacita Dean. Ranging from botanically accurate sculptures and paintings, to abstract gestures inspired by flora, to conceptual works suggesting artist/plant collaborations, each work is furthered by the artist’s personal connection with plants.

In honor of the upcoming 50 ^th anniversary of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, The UBS Art Gallery (1285 Avenue of the Americas, New York City) will present a collection of rarely seen works by contemporary artists from May 1 through July 25, 2008.

A new exhibition at The UBS Art Gallery (1285 Avenue of the Americas, New York City) will trace the career and legacy of Josiah Wedgwood (1730-1795), an English potter and businessman who revolutionized the world of ceramics.

A new exhibition at The UBS Art Gallery (1285 Avenue of the Americas, New York City) will celebrate the 30th anniversary of Studio in a School, a pioneering visual arts education organization that brings professional artists into New York City public schools, community organizations and childcare centers.

A new exhibition at The UBS Art Gallery in midtown Manhattan will present ten new and recent works of performance, audio and installation art that engage the public through a variety of strategies.

A new exhibition at The UBS Art Gallery will present a definitive survey of the life and career of the artist Mariana Yampolsky (1925-2002), whose work celebrated Mexico’s rich culture, history and landscape.

The UBS Art Gallery will present artifacts and new works demonstrating the cultural, spiritual and environmental significance of forests to Native American communities.

This holiday season, The UBS Art Gallery will present more than 100 artworks by children from around the world. On view from November 30, 2006 through January 12, 2007, Why Art?

Walker Evans: Carbon and Silver, explores the legacy of documentary photography by focusing on a significant moment in American history and a definitive period in Evans’ career.

The mid-nineteenth-century etching revival began in France and England, where artists were inspired by the prints of Rembrandt and other Dutch masters, and the trend made its way to the United States in the 1870s.

A comprehensive survey of modern and contemporary ceramics, the exhibition will examine the conceptual and stylistic legacy of ceramics in the 20th century while exploring the ceramic vessel as art object.

The UBS Art Gallery in midtown Manhattan featured masterpieces of contemporary Dutch children’s book art. Dutch Treats: Contemporary Illustration from the Netherlands highlighted the diverse styles of fourteen leading Dutch artists who have become internationally renowned for their picture book illustrations.

This fall, The UBS Art Gallery in midtown Manhattan will feature sculptures by nine established contemporary artists. On view from September 22 to December 2, 2005.

A tour through the transit system, Along the Way is loosely organized by artistic medium, featuring works in traditional materials like glass and ceramic mosaics, as well as non-traditional sculptural, mixed media and architectural installations.

An exhibition with Momenta Art, Brooklyn On view at The UBS Art Gallery April 7 to June 17, 2005

Carousel Art from the Charlotte Dinger Collection The UBS Art Gallery / December 14, 2004 – January 3, 2005

An exhibition with The Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture on ew at The UBS Art Gallery from September 23 to December 3, 2004.

An exhibition that explores diverse styles and new perspectives on African art has opened this summer at The UBS Art Gallery in midtown Manhattan.

Subway Style: Architecture and Design in the New York City Subway An exhibition with the New York Transit Museum April 8 - June 18, 2004

Faces and fashions from a defining period in American art are frozen in time at a new exhibition of portraits and figurative paintings from the collection of one of the oldest and most prestigious art organizations in the country.

This exhibition celebrated the creativity of young children and the innovative work they produce in a unique art program: Studio in a School. Representative work from STUDIO programs in all five boroughs of New York City is on view.

New York City’s Waterfront
Organized by the Museum of the City of New York
November 26, 2009 – January 29, 2010