New American Paintings

Must-See Painting Shows: April

Analia Saban, Cover, 2011 | Acrylic paint on and off canvas, 11 x 14 x 1.5 inches. Courtesy of Thomas Solomon Gallery, Los Angeles.

The winter is almost gone, and despite some last-minute snow for those of us in the Northeast, things are warming up across the country. With that in mind, here are our editorial staff picks for the Must-See Painting Shows for the month of April, including more than 50 exhibitions throughout the 50 states.

Our list is broken down by exhibitions by New American Paintings alums (from Chris Ballantyne to Nancy White), and notable, not to be missed shows across the country from artists like Kenneth Noland, Ellsworth Kelly, and Joseph Marioni.

So throw on your opened-toed sandals if you're in LA, or your snow boots if you're in Boston, and hit that concrete. The spring season is here — let's hope it brings the heat.

NEW AMERICAN PAINTINGS ARTISTS ON VIEW

NEW YORK

Left: James Siena, Two Sequences, 2009 | Enamel on aluminum, 19.25 x 15.125 inches. Courtesy The Pace Gallery, New York.
Right: Karen Kilimnik, Master Hare, 3^rd Lord Grantham, 2011 | Water soluble oil color on canvas, 18 x 14 inches. Courtesy of 303 Gallery.

James Siena - EDITOR’S PICK - Editions #32, #44
March 25 – April 30, 2011
The Pace Gallery

David Dupuis, Idumea, 2010 | Color pencil and graphite on paper, 66 x 100.25 inches. Courtesy of Derek Eller Gallery.

David Dupuis - Edition #62
March 25 – April 30, 2011
Derek Eller Gallery

Sascha Braunig - Edition #92
March 18 – April 30, 2011
Foxy Production

Iva Gueorguieva - Edition #73
April 21 – May 21, 2011
Bravin Lee Programs

"The Thingness of Color" (feat. Sarah Cain - Edition #73)
April 2 – May 8, 2011
DODGE gallery

Sarah Cain, Untitled, 2009 | Acrylic, gouache, feathers, gold, silver and bronze leaf, gel medium watercolor, and pencil on paper, 63.125 x 80 x 2 inches. Courtesy DODGE gallery, New York.

Kate Shepherd - EDITOR’S PICK - Edition #44
March 24 – April 30, 2011
Galerie Lelong

Vadis Turner - Edition #44
April 7 – May 7, 2011
Lyons Wier Gallery

Susan Jane Belton- Editions #26, #50, #80, #86
April 5 – May7, 2011
George Billis Gallery

LOS ANGELES

John Bankston - Edition #55
April 9 – May 14, 2011
Walter Maciel Gallery

SAN FRANCISCO

Nancy White, #10 (Green Yellow), 2011 | Acrylic on paper mounted board, 9 x 7.5 inches. Courtesy Jancar Jones, San Francisco.

Nancy White - Editions #73, #55
March 25 – April 23, 2011
Jancar Jones

DALLAS

Ted Larsen (Editions #5, #90) & Michael Tole (Editions #60, #72, #84)
April 2 – May 7, 2011
Conduit Gallery

BOSTON

Catherine Kehoe - Edition #80
March 18 – April 19, 2011
Howard Yezerski Gallery

Chris Ballantyne, Pool Overgrown, 2011 | Acrylic on panel, 36 x 48 inches. Courtesy Steven Zevitas Gallery.

Chris Ballantyne - Edition #67 & MFA 2002
March 3 – April 19, 2011
Steven Zevitas Gallery

SANTA FE

Wes Hempel - Editions #12, #30
April 1 – May 1, 2011
Lewallen Contemporary

NOTABLE & NOT TO BE MISSED

NEW YORK

Kenneth Noland, Askew, 1958 | Magna on canvas, 67 1/8 by 69 inches. Courtesy of Mitchell-Innes and Nash, New York.

Kenneth Noland
March 17 – April 30, 2011
Mitchell-Innes and Nash

Caetano De Almeida
April 15 – May 15, 2011
Eleven Rivington

Tim Rollins
March 24 – April 30, 2011
Lehman Maupin

Cheryl Donegan & Tom Meacham
April 14 – May 22, 2011
Nicelle Beauchene Gallery

Marilyn Minter
March 31 – April 30, 2011
Team (gallery, inc.)

Malcolm Morley
March 31 – April 30, 2011
Sperone Westwater

Rochelle Feinstein, The Estate of Rochelle F., 2009 | Fabric, paper, drop cloth, stretcher, 60 x 60 inches. Courtesy of On Stellar Rays, New York.

Rochelle Feinstein – EDITOR’S PICK
March 27 – May 1, 2011
On Stellar Rays

Cameron Martin
February 23 – April 23, 2011
Greenberg Van Doren Gallery

"Object/Image" – EDITOR’S PICK
March 10 – April 16, 2011
Tibor De Nagy Gallery

Nadia Ayari
February 25 – April 16, 2011
Monya Rowe Gallery

Nyoman Masriadi
April 7 – May 14, 2011
Paul Kasmin Gallery

Karen Kilimnik
March 11 – April 23, 2011
303 Gallery

Ellsworth Kelly – EDITOR’S PICK
February 12 – April 16, 2011
Matthew Marks Gallery

Marc Handelman
March 17 – April 16, 2011
Sikkema Jenkins & Co.

Left: Marc Handelman, Dimension Stone I, 2010-11 | Oil on canvas, 87 x 62.5 inches. Courtesy Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York.
Right: Nathlie Provosty, Small Apiary, 2010 | Oil on linen, 15 x 12 inches. Courtesy of Gallery Diet.

Juan Usle

March 31 – May 7, 2011
Cheim & Reid

Stephen Westfall
April 7 – May 14, 2011
Lennon, Weinberg Inc.

Lamar Peterson
March 17 – April 23, 2011
Fredericks & Freiser

Lynne Woods Turner
March 18 – April 16, 2011
Danese

Hannah Van Bart
March 31 – April 30, 2011
Marianne Boesky Gallery

Marc Seguin
March 24 – April 30,2011
Mike Weiss Gallery

Kristin Calabrese
April 10 – May 7, 2011
Brennan & Griffin

LOS ANGELES

Henry Taylor, That's my baby sister, 2011 | Acrylic on canvas, 93 1/2 x 77 inches. Courtesy of the artist and Blum & Poe, Los Angeles.

Henry Taylor – EDITOR’S PICK
March 19 – May 7, 2011
Blum and Poe

Gerald Davis
March 12 – April 16, 2011
Parker Jones Gallery

Daniel Cummings – EDITOR’S PICK
March 19 – April 16, 2011
ACME

Kehinde Wiley
April 9 – May 28, 2011
Roberts and Tilton

Steve Roden – EDITOR’S PICK
March 17 – April 23, 2011
Susanne Vielmetter

Steve Roden, aggregate (threshold), 2010 | Acrylic and oil on linen, 72 x 72 inches. Courtesy Susanne Vielmetter, Los Angeles.

Mari Eastman
April 2 – May 7, 2011
Cherry and Martin

James Everett Stanley
April 9 – May 14, 2011
Kinkead Contemporary

Analia Saban
March 12 – April 23, 2011
Thomas Solomon Gallery

SAN FRANCISCO

Deborah Oropallo
March 4 – April 30, 2011
Gallery 16

Reed Danziger
April 2 – May 14, 2011
Hosfelt Gallery

Eric Petitti
March 10 – April 23, 2011
Johansson Projects, Oakland

CHICAGO

David Malek, Blue Grid, 2011, Enamel on panel, 53 x 42.25 inches. Courtesy Golden Gallery, Chicago.

David Malek
March 14 – May 7, 2011
Golden Gallery

Claire Sherman – EDITOR’S PICK
February 19 – April 9, 2011
Kavi Gupta Gallery

Rinus Van de Velde
April 2 – May, 14, 2011
Monique Meloche

MIAMI

Hernan Bas – EDITOR’S PICK
March 12 – April 11, 2011
Fredric Snitzer Gallery

Nathlie Provosty
April 9 – May 7, 2011
Gallery Diet

SEATTLE

Ellen Lesperance – EDITOR’S PICK
April 2 – May 15, 2011
Ambach and Rice

Ellen Lesperance, Cardigan Worn by One Woman of the Boeing Five, Tried for Entering the Boeing Nuclear Missile Plant on September 27th, 1983, Sentenced to Fifteen Days in the King County Jail For Defending Life on Earth, 2011 | Gouache and graphite on tea stained paper, 22 x 29.5 inches. Courtesy of Ambach and Rice.

Darren Waterston
April 7 – May 28, 2011
Greg Kucera Gallery

Eric Elliott
April 7 – April 30, 2011
James Harris Gallery