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DAVID DIAO on the cover of Art in America, Fall 2025: Icons Issue

Alex Greenberger profiles DAVID DIAO’s efforts to “hijack the history of modernism to make it more inclusive”:

Diao’s works are laced with allusions—mainly to paintings by the likes of Kazimir Malevich, Robert Motherwell, and, of course, Newman—but when Diao makes his references, he does so by undermining his source material. He seems to express reverence for all these European and American painters before knocking them down a peg. [...] In his work, Diao fights fire with fire, wrestling his way into the canon by any means necessary. As artist Michelle Grabner, who included Diao in the section of the 2014 Whitney Biennial that she curated, put it, “He’s basically giving us new histories.”
— Alex Greenberger, Art in America

Over five decades, David Diao’s paintings have dismantled the tenets of modernism from within, exploring the shadow side of its reductive geometries as a source of untapped potential. Visit Greene Naftali’s website to view an online presentation featuring a selection of seminal works from 1972–2024, charting alternative legacies for abstraction with a potent blend of reverence and doubt.

Pictured: David Diao, Barnett Newman: Paintings by Title & Size, 1992. Acrylic and vinyl on canvas, 79 x 118 1/2 inches (201 x 301 cm); Cover of Art in America, Fall 2025, featuring David Diao, Bauhaus Looking to De Stijl, 2018 (detail); David Diao, Wealth of Nations, 1972. Acrylic on canvas, 84 x 132 inches (213 x 589 cm).

#daviddiao

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DAVID DIAO on the cover of Art in America, Fall 2025: Icons Issue

Alex Greenberger profiles DAVID DIAO’s efforts to “hijack the history of modernism to make it more inclusive”:

Diao’s works are laced with allusions—mainly to paintings by the likes of Kazimir Malevich, Robert Motherwell, and, of course, Newman—but when Diao makes his references, he does so by undermining his source material. He seems to express reverence for all these European and American painters before knocking them down a peg. [...] In his work, Diao fights fire with fire, wrestling his way into the canon by any means necessary. As artist Michelle Grabner, who included Diao in the section of the 2014 Whitney Biennial that she curated, put it, “He’s basically giving us new histories.”
— Alex Greenberger, Art in America

Over five decades, David Diao’s paintings have dismantled the tenets of modernism from within, exploring the shadow side of its reductive geometries as a source of untapped potential. Visit Greene Naftali’s website to view an online presentation featuring a selection of seminal works from 1972–2024, charting alternative legacies for abstraction with a potent blend of reverence and doubt.

Pictured: David Diao, Barnett Newman: Paintings by Title & Size, 1992. Acrylic and vinyl on canvas, 79 x 118 1/2 inches (201 x 301 cm); Cover of Art in America, Fall 2025, featuring David Diao, Bauhaus Looking to De Stijl, 2018 (detail); David Diao, Wealth of Nations, 1972. Acrylic on canvas, 84 x 132 inches (213 x 589 cm).

#daviddiao

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DAVID DIAO on the cover of Art in America, Fall 2025: Icons Issue

Alex Greenberger profiles DAVID DIAO’s efforts to “hijack the history of modernism to make it more inclusive”:

Diao’s works are laced with allusions—mainly to paintings by the likes of Kazimir Malevich, Robert Motherwell, and, of course, Newman—but when Diao makes his references, he does so by undermining his source material. He seems to express reverence for all these European and American painters before knocking them down a peg. [...] In his work, Diao fights fire with fire, wrestling his way into the canon by any means necessary. As artist Michelle Grabner, who included Diao in the section of the 2014 Whitney Biennial that she curated, put it, “He’s basically giving us new histories.”
— Alex Greenberger, Art in America

Over five decades, David Diao’s paintings have dismantled the tenets of modernism from within, exploring the shadow side of its reductive geometries as a source of untapped potential. Visit Greene Naftali’s website to view an online presentation featuring a selection of seminal works from 1972–2024, charting alternative legacies for abstraction with a potent blend of reverence and doubt.

Pictured: David Diao, Barnett Newman: Paintings by Title & Size, 1992. Acrylic and vinyl on canvas, 79 x 118 1/2 inches (201 x 301 cm); Cover of Art in America, Fall 2025, featuring David Diao, Bauhaus Looking to De Stijl, 2018 (detail); David Diao, Wealth of Nations, 1972. Acrylic on canvas, 84 x 132 inches (213 x 589 cm).

#daviddiao

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DAVID DIAO on the cover of Art in America, Fall 2025: Icons Issue

Alex Greenberger profiles DAVID DIAO’s efforts to “hijack the history of modernism to make it more inclusive”:

Diao’s works are laced with allusions—mainly to paintings by the likes of Kazimir Malevich, Robert Motherwell, and, of course, Newman—but when Diao makes his references, he does so by undermining his source material. He seems to express reverence for all these European and American painters before knocking them down a peg. [...] In his work, Diao fights fire with fire, wrestling his way into the canon by any means necessary. As artist Michelle Grabner, who included Diao in the section of the 2014 Whitney Biennial that she curated, put it, “He’s basically giving us new histories.”
— Alex Greenberger, Art in America

Over five decades, David Diao’s paintings have dismantled the tenets of modernism from within, exploring the shadow side of its reductive geometries as a source of untapped potential. Visit Greene Naftali’s website to view an online presentation featuring a selection of seminal works from 1972–2024, charting alternative legacies for abstraction with a potent blend of reverence and doubt.

Pictured: David Diao, Barnett Newman: Paintings by Title & Size, 1992. Acrylic and vinyl on canvas, 79 x 118 1/2 inches (201 x 301 cm); Cover of Art in America, Fall 2025, featuring David Diao, Bauhaus Looking to De Stijl, 2018 (detail); David Diao, Wealth of Nations, 1972. Acrylic on canvas, 84 x 132 inches (213 x 589 cm).

#daviddiao

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DAVID DIAO on the cover of Art in America, Fall 2025: Icons Issue

Alex Greenberger profiles DAVID DIAO’s efforts to “hijack the history of modernism to make it more inclusive”:

Diao’s works are laced with allusions—mainly to paintings by the likes of Kazimir Malevich, Robert Motherwell, and, of course, Newman—but when Diao makes his references, he does so by undermining his source material. He seems to express reverence for all these European and American painters before knocking them down a peg. [...] In his work, Diao fights fire with fire, wrestling his way into the canon by any means necessary. As artist Michelle Grabner, who included Diao in the section of the 2014 Whitney Biennial that she curated, put it, “He’s basically giving us new histories.”
— Alex Greenberger, Art in America

Over five decades, David Diao’s paintings have dismantled the tenets of modernism from within, exploring the shadow side of its reductive geometries as a source of untapped potential. Visit Greene Naftali’s website to view an online presentation featuring a selection of seminal works from 1972–2024, charting alternative legacies for abstraction with a potent blend of reverence and doubt.

Pictured: David Diao, Barnett Newman: Paintings by Title & Size, 1992. Acrylic and vinyl on canvas, 79 x 118 1/2 inches (201 x 301 cm); Cover of Art in America, Fall 2025, featuring David Diao, Bauhaus Looking to De Stijl, 2018 (detail); David Diao, Wealth of Nations, 1972. Acrylic on canvas, 84 x 132 inches (213 x 589 cm).

#daviddiao

it beats tonight's spectacular full moon

Think again.....

“Art Lovers” piñatasbyJennifer and Kevin McCoy, 2025, 30x30x24”

Forgacs Peter Cinema/Mozi 2018

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601Artspace is thrilled to be partnering with Magda Sawon, a co-founder of Postmasters Gallery, to produce what has become the first multi-installation exhibition of the Ukrainian collective Open Group @open_group_ in the U.S.

Magda says: “As my first post-Postmasters project, it was a huge privilege to work on bringing Open Group and ‘Repeat After Me II’ to the US at 601Artspace. It is not often that art has the power to affect the viewer to the very core of their being. This extraordinarily show brings the war to one's door in an intense, yet understated way. There are no images of gore—there are only sounds—because so often less is more….This exhibition is a gift - bold, hard but also necessary.”

Visit 𝑹𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝑨𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑴𝒆 𝑰𝑰 and 𝑼𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒍𝒆𝒅 by Open Group at 601Artspace—the exhibition is on view through June 22. Gallery hours: Thursday-Sunday, 1-6pm.

This project is supported by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute @mickiewicz_institute and the Polish Cultural Institute New York @polishculturalinstituteny.

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601Artspace is thrilled to be partnering with Magda Sawon, a co-founder of Postmasters Gallery, to produce what has become the first multi-installation exhibition of the Ukrainian collective Open Group @open_group_ in the U.S.

Magda says: “As my first post-Postmasters project, it was a huge privilege to work on bringing Open Group and ‘Repeat After Me II’ to the US at 601Artspace. It is not often that art has the power to affect the viewer to the very core of their being. This extraordinarily show brings the war to one's door in an intense, yet understated way. There are no images of gore—there are only sounds—because so often less is more….This exhibition is a gift - bold, hard but also necessary.”

Visit 𝑹𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝑨𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑴𝒆 𝑰𝑰 and 𝑼𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒍𝒆𝒅 by Open Group at 601Artspace—the exhibition is on view through June 22. Gallery hours: Thursday-Sunday, 1-6pm.

This project is supported by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute @mickiewicz_institute and the Polish Cultural Institute New York @polishculturalinstituteny.

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601Artspace is thrilled to be partnering with Magda Sawon, a co-founder of Postmasters Gallery, to produce what has become the first multi-installation exhibition of the Ukrainian collective Open Group @open_group_ in the U.S.

Magda says: “As my first post-Postmasters project, it was a huge privilege to work on bringing Open Group and ‘Repeat After Me II’ to the US at 601Artspace. It is not often that art has the power to affect the viewer to the very core of their being. This extraordinarily show brings the war to one's door in an intense, yet understated way. There are no images of gore—there are only sounds—because so often less is more….This exhibition is a gift - bold, hard but also necessary.”

Visit 𝑹𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝑨𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑴𝒆 𝑰𝑰 and 𝑼𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒍𝒆𝒅 by Open Group at 601Artspace—the exhibition is on view through June 22. Gallery hours: Thursday-Sunday, 1-6pm.

This project is supported by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute @mickiewicz_institute and the Polish Cultural Institute New York @polishculturalinstituteny.

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Thank you Brian P. Kelly @bpkelly89 and @wsj for his insightful review of the Open Group exhibition at 601Artspace! In response to the participatory element of 𝑹𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝑨𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑴𝒆 𝑰𝑰 in which viewers can repeat the sounds of war described by witnesses, he writes: “Attempting this mimicry produces different results. When done well, it’s an almost transportive experience, making us imagine even more clearly what it would be like to endure these trials; when we fail at making similar noises, it reminds us of how lucky we are to have these traumas be so distant, impossible for us to echo. Even when no one is repeating the noises, the empty microphones in front of the screen take on a hefty import due to the absence they embody: Arranged at different heights, their vacancy and the silence from the speakers bring one’s mind to the countless innocent lives lost in the conflict.”

Read the full review via the link in our bio. Open Group’s 𝑹𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝑨𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑴𝒆 𝑰𝑰 and 𝑼𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒍𝒆𝒅 are on view at 601Artspace through June 22. Gallery hours: Thursday-Sunday, 1-6pm.

This project is supported by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute @mickiewicz_institute and the Polish Cultural Institute New York @polishculturalinstituteny.

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Thank you Brian P. Kelly @bpkelly89 and @wsj for his insightful review of the Open Group exhibition at 601Artspace! In response to the participatory element of 𝑹𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝑨𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑴𝒆 𝑰𝑰 in which viewers can repeat the sounds of war described by witnesses, he writes: “Attempting this mimicry produces different results. When done well, it’s an almost transportive experience, making us imagine even more clearly what it would be like to endure these trials; when we fail at making similar noises, it reminds us of how lucky we are to have these traumas be so distant, impossible for us to echo. Even when no one is repeating the noises, the empty microphones in front of the screen take on a hefty import due to the absence they embody: Arranged at different heights, their vacancy and the silence from the speakers bring one’s mind to the countless innocent lives lost in the conflict.”

Read the full review via the link in our bio. Open Group’s 𝑹𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝑨𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑴𝒆 𝑰𝑰 and 𝑼𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒍𝒆𝒅 are on view at 601Artspace through June 22. Gallery hours: Thursday-Sunday, 1-6pm.

This project is supported by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute @mickiewicz_institute and the Polish Cultural Institute New York @polishculturalinstituteny.

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Thank you Brian P. Kelly @bpkelly89 and @wsj for his insightful review of the Open Group exhibition at 601Artspace! In response to the participatory element of 𝑹𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝑨𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑴𝒆 𝑰𝑰 in which viewers can repeat the sounds of war described by witnesses, he writes: “Attempting this mimicry produces different results. When done well, it’s an almost transportive experience, making us imagine even more clearly what it would be like to endure these trials; when we fail at making similar noises, it reminds us of how lucky we are to have these traumas be so distant, impossible for us to echo. Even when no one is repeating the noises, the empty microphones in front of the screen take on a hefty import due to the absence they embody: Arranged at different heights, their vacancy and the silence from the speakers bring one’s mind to the countless innocent lives lost in the conflict.”

Read the full review via the link in our bio. Open Group’s 𝑹𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝑨𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑴𝒆 𝑰𝑰 and 𝑼𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒍𝒆𝒅 are on view at 601Artspace through June 22. Gallery hours: Thursday-Sunday, 1-6pm.

This project is supported by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute @mickiewicz_institute and the Polish Cultural Institute New York @polishculturalinstituteny.

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Thank you Brian P. Kelly @bpkelly89 and @wsj for his insightful review of the Open Group exhibition at 601Artspace! In response to the participatory element of 𝑹𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝑨𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑴𝒆 𝑰𝑰 in which viewers can repeat the sounds of war described by witnesses, he writes: “Attempting this mimicry produces different results. When done well, it’s an almost transportive experience, making us imagine even more clearly what it would be like to endure these trials; when we fail at making similar noises, it reminds us of how lucky we are to have these traumas be so distant, impossible for us to echo. Even when no one is repeating the noises, the empty microphones in front of the screen take on a hefty import due to the absence they embody: Arranged at different heights, their vacancy and the silence from the speakers bring one’s mind to the countless innocent lives lost in the conflict.”

Read the full review via the link in our bio. Open Group’s 𝑹𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝑨𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑴𝒆 𝑰𝑰 and 𝑼𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒍𝒆𝒅 are on view at 601Artspace through June 22. Gallery hours: Thursday-Sunday, 1-6pm.

This project is supported by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute @mickiewicz_institute and the Polish Cultural Institute New York @polishculturalinstituteny.

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Thank you Brian P. Kelly @bpkelly89 and @wsj for his insightful review of the Open Group exhibition at 601Artspace! In response to the participatory element of 𝑹𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝑨𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑴𝒆 𝑰𝑰 in which viewers can repeat the sounds of war described by witnesses, he writes: “Attempting this mimicry produces different results. When done well, it’s an almost transportive experience, making us imagine even more clearly what it would be like to endure these trials; when we fail at making similar noises, it reminds us of how lucky we are to have these traumas be so distant, impossible for us to echo. Even when no one is repeating the noises, the empty microphones in front of the screen take on a hefty import due to the absence they embody: Arranged at different heights, their vacancy and the silence from the speakers bring one’s mind to the countless innocent lives lost in the conflict.”

Read the full review via the link in our bio. Open Group’s 𝑹𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝑨𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑴𝒆 𝑰𝑰 and 𝑼𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒍𝒆𝒅 are on view at 601Artspace through June 22. Gallery hours: Thursday-Sunday, 1-6pm.

This project is supported by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute @mickiewicz_institute and the Polish Cultural Institute New York @polishculturalinstituteny.

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Thank you Brian P. Kelly @bpkelly89 and @wsj for his insightful review of the Open Group exhibition at 601Artspace! In response to the participatory element of 𝑹𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝑨𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑴𝒆 𝑰𝑰 in which viewers can repeat the sounds of war described by witnesses, he writes: “Attempting this mimicry produces different results. When done well, it’s an almost transportive experience, making us imagine even more clearly what it would be like to endure these trials; when we fail at making similar noises, it reminds us of how lucky we are to have these traumas be so distant, impossible for us to echo. Even when no one is repeating the noises, the empty microphones in front of the screen take on a hefty import due to the absence they embody: Arranged at different heights, their vacancy and the silence from the speakers bring one’s mind to the countless innocent lives lost in the conflict.”

Read the full review via the link in our bio. Open Group’s 𝑹𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝑨𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑴𝒆 𝑰𝑰 and 𝑼𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒍𝒆𝒅 are on view at 601Artspace through June 22. Gallery hours: Thursday-Sunday, 1-6pm.

This project is supported by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute @mickiewicz_institute and the Polish Cultural Institute New York @polishculturalinstituteny.

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Thank you Brian P. Kelly @bpkelly89 and @wsj for his insightful review of the Open Group exhibition at 601Artspace! In response to the participatory element of 𝑹𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝑨𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑴𝒆 𝑰𝑰 in which viewers can repeat the sounds of war described by witnesses, he writes: “Attempting this mimicry produces different results. When done well, it’s an almost transportive experience, making us imagine even more clearly what it would be like to endure these trials; when we fail at making similar noises, it reminds us of how lucky we are to have these traumas be so distant, impossible for us to echo. Even when no one is repeating the noises, the empty microphones in front of the screen take on a hefty import due to the absence they embody: Arranged at different heights, their vacancy and the silence from the speakers bring one’s mind to the countless innocent lives lost in the conflict.”

Read the full review via the link in our bio. Open Group’s 𝑹𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝑨𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑴𝒆 𝑰𝑰 and 𝑼𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒍𝒆𝒅 are on view at 601Artspace through June 22. Gallery hours: Thursday-Sunday, 1-6pm.

This project is supported by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute @mickiewicz_institute and the Polish Cultural Institute New York @polishculturalinstituteny.

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Fantastic exhibition and discussion by Open Group @601_artspace. Quite a feat to bring this work and its artists from Ukraine. Everyone should see.

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Fantastic exhibition and discussion by Open Group @601_artspace. Quite a feat to bring this work and its artists from Ukraine. Everyone should see.

S𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 TODAY

Saturday, May 10th at 4pm: Conversation with Open Group, curator Marta Czyź, and Mark Lilla, essayist and professor at Columbia University.

𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍 𝐆𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐏 (𝐘𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐲 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐲, 𝐏𝐚𝐯𝐥𝐨 𝐊𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐜𝐡,
𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐕𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐚)

𝑹𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝑨𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑴𝒆 𝑰𝑰 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝑼𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒍𝒆𝒅
Curated by Marta Czyż
Organized in collaboration with Magda Sawon of Postmasters Gallery
Exhibition: May 9-June 22, 2025
601Artspace, 88 Eldridge Street, ground floor and third floor.

It is not often that art has the power to affect the viewer to the very core of their being. This extraordinarily show brings the war to one's door in an intense, yet understated way. There are no images of gore - there are only sounds - because so often less is more. 
The famous work/words of Blinky Palermo "To the People of New York" gets a new read. This exhibition is a gift - bold, hard but also necessary. 

Magda Sawon

𝟔𝟎𝟏𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐍𝐘 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒
𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐏𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐞
𝐁𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐞-a project from the Ukrainian collective 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍
𝐆𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐏. The work features survivors imitating the sounds of the
war in Ukraine, from gunfire and drones to ambulances and sirens.
Microphones are set up karaoke-style to allow viewers to repeat those sounds if they wish, viscerally connecting the public to the witnesses and the war.

@open_group_
@yuriy.biley
@anton.varga
@601_artspace
@martulious
@postmastersgallery
#standwithukraine
#ukrainianart
#repeatafterme
#opengroup
#yuriybiley
#pavlokovach
#antonvarga
#martaczyz
#untitled
#601artspace

S𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 TODAY

Saturday, May 10th at 4pm: Conversation with Open Group, curator Marta Czyź, and Mark Lilla, essayist and professor at Columbia University.

𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍 𝐆𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐏 (𝐘𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐲 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐲, 𝐏𝐚𝐯𝐥𝐨 𝐊𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐜𝐡,
𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐕𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐚)

𝑹𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝑨𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑴𝒆 𝑰𝑰 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝑼𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒍𝒆𝒅
Curated by Marta Czyż
Organized in collaboration with Magda Sawon of Postmasters Gallery
Exhibition: May 9-June 22, 2025
601Artspace, 88 Eldridge Street, ground floor and third floor.

It is not often that art has the power to affect the viewer to the very core of their being. This extraordinarily show brings the war to one's door in an intense, yet understated way. There are no images of gore - there are only sounds - because so often less is more. 
The famous work/words of Blinky Palermo "To the People of New York" gets a new read. This exhibition is a gift - bold, hard but also necessary. 

Magda Sawon

𝟔𝟎𝟏𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐍𝐘 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒
𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐏𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐞
𝐁𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐞-a project from the Ukrainian collective 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍
𝐆𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐏. The work features survivors imitating the sounds of the
war in Ukraine, from gunfire and drones to ambulances and sirens.
Microphones are set up karaoke-style to allow viewers to repeat those sounds if they wish, viscerally connecting the public to the witnesses and the war.

@open_group_
@yuriy.biley
@anton.varga
@601_artspace
@martulious
@postmastersgallery
#standwithukraine
#ukrainianart
#repeatafterme
#opengroup
#yuriybiley
#pavlokovach
#antonvarga
#martaczyz
#untitled
#601artspace

S𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 TODAY

Saturday, May 10th at 4pm: Conversation with Open Group, curator Marta Czyź, and Mark Lilla, essayist and professor at Columbia University.

𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍 𝐆𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐏 (𝐘𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐲 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐲, 𝐏𝐚𝐯𝐥𝐨 𝐊𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐜𝐡,
𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐕𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐚)

𝑹𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝑨𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑴𝒆 𝑰𝑰 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝑼𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒍𝒆𝒅
Curated by Marta Czyż
Organized in collaboration with Magda Sawon of Postmasters Gallery
Exhibition: May 9-June 22, 2025
601Artspace, 88 Eldridge Street, ground floor and third floor.

It is not often that art has the power to affect the viewer to the very core of their being. This extraordinarily show brings the war to one's door in an intense, yet understated way. There are no images of gore - there are only sounds - because so often less is more. 
The famous work/words of Blinky Palermo "To the People of New York" gets a new read. This exhibition is a gift - bold, hard but also necessary. 

Magda Sawon

𝟔𝟎𝟏𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐍𝐘 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒
𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐏𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐞
𝐁𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐞-a project from the Ukrainian collective 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍
𝐆𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐏. The work features survivors imitating the sounds of the
war in Ukraine, from gunfire and drones to ambulances and sirens.
Microphones are set up karaoke-style to allow viewers to repeat those sounds if they wish, viscerally connecting the public to the witnesses and the war.

@open_group_
@yuriy.biley
@anton.varga
@601_artspace
@martulious
@postmastersgallery
#standwithukraine
#ukrainianart
#repeatafterme
#opengroup
#yuriybiley
#pavlokovach
#antonvarga
#martaczyz
#untitled
#601artspace

S𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 TODAY

Saturday, May 10th at 4pm: Conversation with Open Group, curator Marta Czyź, and Mark Lilla, essayist and professor at Columbia University.

𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍 𝐆𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐏 (𝐘𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐲 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐲, 𝐏𝐚𝐯𝐥𝐨 𝐊𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐜𝐡,
𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐕𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐚)

𝑹𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝑨𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑴𝒆 𝑰𝑰 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝑼𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒍𝒆𝒅
Curated by Marta Czyż
Organized in collaboration with Magda Sawon of Postmasters Gallery
Exhibition: May 9-June 22, 2025
601Artspace, 88 Eldridge Street, ground floor and third floor.

It is not often that art has the power to affect the viewer to the very core of their being. This extraordinarily show brings the war to one's door in an intense, yet understated way. There are no images of gore - there are only sounds - because so often less is more. 
The famous work/words of Blinky Palermo "To the People of New York" gets a new read. This exhibition is a gift - bold, hard but also necessary. 

Magda Sawon

𝟔𝟎𝟏𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐍𝐘 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒
𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐏𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐞
𝐁𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐞-a project from the Ukrainian collective 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍
𝐆𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐏. The work features survivors imitating the sounds of the
war in Ukraine, from gunfire and drones to ambulances and sirens.
Microphones are set up karaoke-style to allow viewers to repeat those sounds if they wish, viscerally connecting the public to the witnesses and the war.

@open_group_
@yuriy.biley
@anton.varga
@601_artspace
@martulious
@postmastersgallery
#standwithukraine
#ukrainianart
#repeatafterme
#opengroup
#yuriybiley
#pavlokovach
#antonvarga
#martaczyz
#untitled
#601artspace

S𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 TODAY

Saturday, May 10th at 4pm: Conversation with Open Group, curator Marta Czyź, and Mark Lilla, essayist and professor at Columbia University.

𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍 𝐆𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐏 (𝐘𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐲 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐲, 𝐏𝐚𝐯𝐥𝐨 𝐊𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐜𝐡,
𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐕𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐚)

𝑹𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝑨𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑴𝒆 𝑰𝑰 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝑼𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒍𝒆𝒅
Curated by Marta Czyż
Organized in collaboration with Magda Sawon of Postmasters Gallery
Exhibition: May 9-June 22, 2025
601Artspace, 88 Eldridge Street, ground floor and third floor.

It is not often that art has the power to affect the viewer to the very core of their being. This extraordinarily show brings the war to one's door in an intense, yet understated way. There are no images of gore - there are only sounds - because so often less is more. 
The famous work/words of Blinky Palermo "To the People of New York" gets a new read. This exhibition is a gift - bold, hard but also necessary. 

Magda Sawon

𝟔𝟎𝟏𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐍𝐘 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒
𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐏𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐞
𝐁𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐞-a project from the Ukrainian collective 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍
𝐆𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐏. The work features survivors imitating the sounds of the
war in Ukraine, from gunfire and drones to ambulances and sirens.
Microphones are set up karaoke-style to allow viewers to repeat those sounds if they wish, viscerally connecting the public to the witnesses and the war.

@open_group_
@yuriy.biley
@anton.varga
@601_artspace
@martulious
@postmastersgallery
#standwithukraine
#ukrainianart
#repeatafterme
#opengroup
#yuriybiley
#pavlokovach
#antonvarga
#martaczyz
#untitled
#601artspace

S𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 TODAY

Saturday, May 10th at 4pm: Conversation with Open Group, curator Marta Czyź, and Mark Lilla, essayist and professor at Columbia University.

𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍 𝐆𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐏 (𝐘𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐲 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐲, 𝐏𝐚𝐯𝐥𝐨 𝐊𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐜𝐡,
𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐕𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐚)

𝑹𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝑨𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑴𝒆 𝑰𝑰 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝑼𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒍𝒆𝒅
Curated by Marta Czyż
Organized in collaboration with Magda Sawon of Postmasters Gallery
Exhibition: May 9-June 22, 2025
601Artspace, 88 Eldridge Street, ground floor and third floor.

It is not often that art has the power to affect the viewer to the very core of their being. This extraordinarily show brings the war to one's door in an intense, yet understated way. There are no images of gore - there are only sounds - because so often less is more. 
The famous work/words of Blinky Palermo "To the People of New York" gets a new read. This exhibition is a gift - bold, hard but also necessary. 

Magda Sawon

𝟔𝟎𝟏𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐍𝐘 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒
𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐏𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐞
𝐁𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐞-a project from the Ukrainian collective 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍
𝐆𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐏. The work features survivors imitating the sounds of the
war in Ukraine, from gunfire and drones to ambulances and sirens.
Microphones are set up karaoke-style to allow viewers to repeat those sounds if they wish, viscerally connecting the public to the witnesses and the war.

@open_group_
@yuriy.biley
@anton.varga
@601_artspace
@martulious
@postmastersgallery
#standwithukraine
#ukrainianart
#repeatafterme
#opengroup
#yuriybiley
#pavlokovach
#antonvarga
#martaczyz
#untitled
#601artspace

S𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 TODAY

Saturday, May 10th at 4pm: Conversation with Open Group, curator Marta Czyź, and Mark Lilla, essayist and professor at Columbia University.

𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍 𝐆𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐏 (𝐘𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐲 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐲, 𝐏𝐚𝐯𝐥𝐨 𝐊𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐜𝐡,
𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐕𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐚)

𝑹𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝑨𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑴𝒆 𝑰𝑰 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝑼𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒍𝒆𝒅
Curated by Marta Czyż
Organized in collaboration with Magda Sawon of Postmasters Gallery
Exhibition: May 9-June 22, 2025
601Artspace, 88 Eldridge Street, ground floor and third floor.

It is not often that art has the power to affect the viewer to the very core of their being. This extraordinarily show brings the war to one's door in an intense, yet understated way. There are no images of gore - there are only sounds - because so often less is more. 
The famous work/words of Blinky Palermo "To the People of New York" gets a new read. This exhibition is a gift - bold, hard but also necessary. 

Magda Sawon

𝟔𝟎𝟏𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐍𝐘 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒
𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐏𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐞
𝐁𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐞-a project from the Ukrainian collective 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍
𝐆𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐏. The work features survivors imitating the sounds of the
war in Ukraine, from gunfire and drones to ambulances and sirens.
Microphones are set up karaoke-style to allow viewers to repeat those sounds if they wish, viscerally connecting the public to the witnesses and the war.

@open_group_
@yuriy.biley
@anton.varga
@601_artspace
@martulious
@postmastersgallery
#standwithukraine
#ukrainianart
#repeatafterme
#opengroup
#yuriybiley
#pavlokovach
#antonvarga
#martaczyz
#untitled
#601artspace

S𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 TODAY

Saturday, May 10th at 4pm: Conversation with Open Group, curator Marta Czyź, and Mark Lilla, essayist and professor at Columbia University.

𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍 𝐆𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐏 (𝐘𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐲 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐲, 𝐏𝐚𝐯𝐥𝐨 𝐊𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐜𝐡,
𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐕𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐚)

𝑹𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝑨𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑴𝒆 𝑰𝑰 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝑼𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒍𝒆𝒅
Curated by Marta Czyż
Organized in collaboration with Magda Sawon of Postmasters Gallery
Exhibition: May 9-June 22, 2025
601Artspace, 88 Eldridge Street, ground floor and third floor.

It is not often that art has the power to affect the viewer to the very core of their being. This extraordinarily show brings the war to one's door in an intense, yet understated way. There are no images of gore - there are only sounds - because so often less is more. 
The famous work/words of Blinky Palermo "To the People of New York" gets a new read. This exhibition is a gift - bold, hard but also necessary. 

Magda Sawon

𝟔𝟎𝟏𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐍𝐘 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒
𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐏𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐞
𝐁𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐞-a project from the Ukrainian collective 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍
𝐆𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐏. The work features survivors imitating the sounds of the
war in Ukraine, from gunfire and drones to ambulances and sirens.
Microphones are set up karaoke-style to allow viewers to repeat those sounds if they wish, viscerally connecting the public to the witnesses and the war.

@open_group_
@yuriy.biley
@anton.varga
@601_artspace
@martulious
@postmastersgallery
#standwithukraine
#ukrainianart
#repeatafterme
#opengroup
#yuriybiley
#pavlokovach
#antonvarga
#martaczyz
#untitled
#601artspace

S𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 TODAY

Saturday, May 10th at 4pm: Conversation with Open Group, curator Marta Czyź, and Mark Lilla, essayist and professor at Columbia University.

𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍 𝐆𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐏 (𝐘𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐲 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐲, 𝐏𝐚𝐯𝐥𝐨 𝐊𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐜𝐡,
𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐕𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐚)

𝑹𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝑨𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑴𝒆 𝑰𝑰 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝑼𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒍𝒆𝒅
Curated by Marta Czyż
Organized in collaboration with Magda Sawon of Postmasters Gallery
Exhibition: May 9-June 22, 2025
601Artspace, 88 Eldridge Street, ground floor and third floor.

It is not often that art has the power to affect the viewer to the very core of their being. This extraordinarily show brings the war to one's door in an intense, yet understated way. There are no images of gore - there are only sounds - because so often less is more. 
The famous work/words of Blinky Palermo "To the People of New York" gets a new read. This exhibition is a gift - bold, hard but also necessary. 

Magda Sawon

𝟔𝟎𝟏𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐍𝐘 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒
𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐏𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐞
𝐁𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐞-a project from the Ukrainian collective 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍
𝐆𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐏. The work features survivors imitating the sounds of the
war in Ukraine, from gunfire and drones to ambulances and sirens.
Microphones are set up karaoke-style to allow viewers to repeat those sounds if they wish, viscerally connecting the public to the witnesses and the war.

@open_group_
@yuriy.biley
@anton.varga
@601_artspace
@martulious
@postmastersgallery
#standwithukraine
#ukrainianart
#repeatafterme
#opengroup
#yuriybiley
#pavlokovach
#antonvarga
#martaczyz
#untitled
#601artspace

Repost from @david_howe_studio
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I thought this Ukrainian piece in the form of a karaoke bar was one of the highlights of last year’s Biennale. I was really surprised that nobody was planning to bring it to NY, so we put together a team at 601Artspace to fill the gap. Please come see it!

601Artspace brings to NY the 2024 Polish Pavilion from the Venice Biennale - a project from the Ukrainian collective OPEN GROUP. The work features survivors imitating the sounds of the war in Ukraine, from gunfire and drones to ambulances and sirens. Microphones are set up karaoke-style to allow viewers to repeat those sounds if they wish, viscerally connecting the public to the witnesses and the war.

Opening Thursday, May 8 from 6-8pm:
OPEN GROUP (Yuriy Biley, Pavlo Kovach, and Anton Varga)
Repeat After Me II and Untitled
Curated by Marta Czyż
Organized in collaboration with Magda Sawon of Postmasters Gallery

601Artspace, 88 Eldridge Street, ground floor and third floor
Exhibition: May 9-June 22, 2025

Opening weekend special events:

Friday, May 9th at 6pm: Exhibition walkthrough with curator Marta Czyź and Magda Sawon

Saturday, May 10th at 4pm: Conversation with Open Group, curator Marta Czyź, and Mark Lilla, essayist and professor at Columbia University

Image credit :
Repeat after Me II, Open Group (Yuriy Biley, Pavlo Kovach, Anton Varga), installation view, Polish Pavilion, Biennale Arte 2024, photo by Jacopo Salvi / Zachęta archive

@open_group_
@yuriy.biley
@anton.varga
@601_artspace
@martulious
@postmastersgallery
#standwithukraine
#ukrainianart
#repeatafterme
#opengroup
#yuriybiley
#pavlokovach
#antonvarga
#martaczyz
#untitled
#601artspace