The Last Brucennial

Sprawling and jam-packed with painting, sculpture, video and more, the ‘Brucennial’ – the biannual, tongue-in-cheek response to the Whitney Biennial organized by anonymous art collective ‘Bruce High Quality Foundation’ – is a hive of activity worth witnessing, especially as this version is billed as the ‘last’ Brucennial. (Through April 4th at 837 Washington Street, opposite the Standard Hotel.)

Installation view of the 2014 Brucennial, March 2014.

Haim Steinbach in ‘Between the Lines,’ at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery

Known for his careful arrangements of consumer objects on shelves, New York artist Haim Steinbach samples readymades of a different kind in this text piece.  Though the size of the greeting suggests it’s being offered at high volume, its punctuation implies a curtness lacking warmth.  (At Chelsea’s Tanya Bonakdar Gallery through Feb 8th).  

Haim Steinbach, ‘hello. again.’, text in matte black vinyl letters, dimensions variable, 2013.