Summer is upon us. As is typical, many galleries around the country are mounting group exhibitions. There are a surprising number of first-rate solo exhibitions on view, many of which stretch into July. I am happy to see more than two-dozen New American Paintings’ alumni in the mix, including Todd Chilton at Feature, Inc. in New York City, who will be the cover artist for Issue #101.

In a coast to coast face off of contemporary masters, be sure not to miss Brice Marden’s elegant show at Matthew Marks Gallery in New York and Wayne Thiebaud’s exhibition at John Berggruen Gallery in San Francisco. For many, Marden is the greatest living abstractionist and Thiebaud the greatest living painter of objects.

New York is a hotbed of well-conceived group exhibitions. Be sure to check out “Twisted Sister” at Dodge Gallery, which is co-curated by art world veteran, Janet Phelps and Gallery Owner, Kristen Dodge. In this raucous exhibition, Phelps brings together thirty outstanding emerging and mid-career female painters, including three of our favorites: Summer Wheat, Allison Schulnik and Molly Zuckerman-Hartung. Up in Chelsea, don’t miss “the Big Picture” at Sikkema, Jenkins & Co., in which, I am happy to see, long-time University of Iowa professor John Dilg is included. Also in Chelsea, “Everyday Abstract – Abstract Everyday” is yet another solid exhibition that, in one sense, explores the fluidity between painting and other media. Other group shows of note include “Painting in Space” and “Stretching Painting” which are both soon to open at Luhring Augustine and Galerie Lelong, respectively, and “Pothole” at Salon 94 on the Upper East Side.

Enjoy the list, and be sure to let us know whom you think we forgot in the comments section. – Steven Zevitas, Editor/Publisher

John Dilg | Wisconsin, oil on canvas, 11 x 14 inches

NEW AMERICAN PAINTINGS ARTISTS ON VIEW

Arise  featuring Bill Thompson (NAP #7, #44)
June 23 – July 28, 2012
Barbara Krakow Gallery

Morgan Bulkeley (NAP #26)
May 25 – July 10, 2012
Howard Yezerski Gallery

Morgan Bulkeley | Faces in Breeze, oil on canvas, 40 x 48 inches

Steve Locke (NAP #86)
May 11 – July 21, 2012
Samson

Steve Locke

Scott Reeder (NAP #95)
May 12 – July 28, 2012
Kavi Gupta

Heyd Fontenot (NAP #66, #84)
May 12 – June 16, 2012
Conduit Gallery

Rusty Scruby (NAP #48, #102)
June 2 – July 7, 2012
McMurtrey Gallery

Impressions featuring Jill Moser (NAP #50)
June 1 – July 7, 2012
Wade Wilson Art

William Betts (NAP #60, #72, #84, #96)
May 12 – June 23, 2012
McClain Gallery

Allison Schulnik (NAP #55, #79)      PUBLISHER'S PICK
May 26 – July 7, 2012
Mark Moore Gallery

Allison Schulnik | Pink Shells #2, oil on canvas stretched over board, 16 x 20 inches

Collin Chillag (NAP #78, #96)
June 9 – July 30, 2012
101 Exhibit

Todd Chilton (NAP #101)      PUBLISHER'S PICK
May 30 – June 30, 2012
Feature Inc.

Todd Chilton | Split and Quartered, oil paint on linen, 33 x 27 inches

Twisted Sister (Featuring Hannah Barrett (NAP #50, #68, #74), Kim McCarty (NAP #49), Allison Schulnik (NAP #55, #79), Summer Wheat (NAP #98), Molly Zuckerman-Hartung (NAP #95))    PUBLISHER'S PICK
May 19 – June 23, 2012
Dodge Gallery

Stone Gravy (Featuring Annie Lapin, NAP #91)
May 31 – July 7, 2012
Ameringer, McEnery, Yohe

Annie Lapin | Wall Street Extrusion, oil on canvas, 66 x 64 inches

Material Matters (Vadis Turner, NAP #44)
June 7 – July 7, 2012
Lyons Wier Gallery

The Big Picture (Featuring David Schutter, NAP #59, 65 and John Dilg #11)  PUBLISHER'S PICK
June 8 – July 27, 2012
Sikkema Jenkins & Co

John Dilg | Wisconsin, oil on canvas, 11 x 14 inches 

Ada Sadler (NAP #49)
June 7 – July 7, 2012
Dolby Chadwick Gallery

Marc Katano (NAP #25)
April 26 – June 30, 2012
Stephen Wirtz Gallery

Xiaoze Xie (NAP #44)
June 6 – June 30, 2012
Gallery Paule Anglim

Patrick Wilson (NAP #73)
June 2 – July 14, 2012
Marx & Zavattero

Patrick Wilson | Duet, acrylic on canvas, 49 x 59 inches

Jenene Nagy (NAP #79, #97, #102)
June 5 – June 30, 2012
PDX

OTHER NOTEABLE SHOWS

BOSTON:

Somewhere In Between
June 14 – August 18, 2012
Steven Zevitas Gallery

CHICAGO:

Brooks Cashbaugh
May 12 – July 7, 2012
Peter Miller Gallery

Carmen McLeod
May 10 – June 22, 2012
Rhona Hoffman Gallery

Molly Springfield
June 2, 2012 – August 18, 2012
Thomas Robertello Gallery

Arturo Herrera      PUBLISHER'S PICK
May 10 – June 23, 2012
Corbett vs. Dempsey

Arturo Herrera | Detail from Chicago, collage and mixed media on paper

Jon Pestoni
April 29 – June 10, 2012
Shane Campbell Gallery

DALLAS/HOUSTON:

Jason Yates
May12 June 30, 2012
Barbara Davis Gallery

David Aylsworth     PUBLISHER'S PICK
May 25 – July 7, 2012
Inman Gallery

David Aylsworth | Moliere and Keats Enraged and Engaged in a Row, oil on canvas, 60 x 98 inches

LOS ANGELES:

Brian Sharp     PUBLISHER'S PICK
Justin Beal
June 9 – July 7, 2012
ACME

Brian Sharp

Robert Overby
April 28 – June 16, 2012
Marc Selwyn Fine Art

John McAllister        PUBLISHER'S PICK
May 12 – June 16, 2012
Richard Telles Fine Art

John McAllister | When Glimmering Light Washed, oil on canvas, 35 x 29 inches

Scott Olson     PUBLISHER'S PICK
May 27 – July 7, 2012
Overduin and Kite

Zhu Jinshi
June 1 – July 7, 2012
Blum and Poe

Will Fowler
May 19 – June 30, 2012
David Kordansky Gallery

Will Fowler | Comet, acrylic on canvas, 65 x 78 inches

Karl Haendel       PUBLISHER'S PICK
May 26 – June 28, 2012
Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects

Karl Haendel | Scheme (Football #5), pencil on paper, 81 x 103 inches

Brian Porray
May 19 – June 23, 2012
Western Project

David O’Brien
May 12 – June 16, 2012
Richard Heller Gallery

MIAMI:

Jose Bedia
May 31 – June 20, 2012
Fredric Snitzer Galery

NEW YORK:

Julia Rommel
Through June 10, 2012
Bureau Gallery

Xylor Jane    PUBLISHER'S PICK
May 6 – June 10, 2012
Canada

Michael Delucia
April 29 – June 15, 2012
Eleven Rivington

Noam Rappaport
May 2 – June 10, 2012
James Fuentes

Ned Vena     PUBLISHER'S PICK
April 28 – June 16, 2012
Clifton Benevento

Jack Vickridge and Lizzie Wright
June 8 – August 3, 2012
Nicelle Beauchene

Larry Rivers
April 26 – June 15, 2012
Tibor de Nagy

Lucian Freud
May 1 – June 9, 2012
Acquavella Galleries

Sam Falls      PUBLISHER'S PICK
May 10 – June 24, 2012
American Contemporary

David Malek
June 1 – July 8, 2012
Golden

Michael Berryhill
May 17 – June 23, 2012
Kansas

Pothole
June 6 – July 6, 2012
Salon 94

Neil Gall
May 2 – June 23, 2012
David Nolan Gallery

Neil Gall | On the Beach, oil on linen, 76 1/8 x 97 ¾ inches

Kehinde Wiley
May 6 – June 16, 2012
Sean Kelly Gallery

Evan Hecox
May 24 – June 23, 2012
Joshua Liner Gallery

Andre Ethier
Michelle Segre
June 1 – June 30, 2012
Derek Eller Gallery

Shay Kun
April 26 – June 9, 2012
Benrimon Contemporary

Helen Verhoeven
May 11 – June 23, 2012
Wallspace

Cadmus, Steers, Warhol      PUBLISHER'S PICK
June 8 – July 20, 2012
Alexander Gray Associates

Hugh Steers | Hospital Bed, oil on canvas, 64.25 x 65 inches

Syd Mead
May 11 – June 30, 2012
Bravin Lee Programs

Syd Mead | Difinitiv – Day View, gouache on board, 20 x 30 inches

Stretching Painting
June 21 – August 3, 2012
Galerie Lelong

Everyday Abstract – Abstract Everyday (including Tony Feher)   PUBLISHER'S PICK
June 1 – July 27, 2012
James Cohan Gallery

Tony Feher | Painting, oil stain on plywood, 17 3/8 x 11 5/8

Billy Sullivan
May 8 – June 16, 2012
Nicole Klagsbrun

Jake Berthot
July 5 – August 10, 2012
Betty Cunningham Gallery

Chantal Joffe
May 4 – June 22, 2012
Cheim & Read

Chantal Joffe | Blonde Wearing a Lace Collar, oil on board, 72 1/8 x 47 7/8 inches

Jill Moser        PUBLISHER'S PICK
April 19 – June 9, 2012
Lennon, Weinberg, Inc.

Brice Marden       PUBLISHER'S PICK
April 21 – June 23, 2012
Matthew Marks

Tom McGrath      PUBLISHER'S PICK
April 29 – June 10, 2012
Sue Scott Gallery

Painting in Space          PUBLISHER'S PICK
June 22 – August 17, 2012
Luhring Augustine

Nicole Eisenman
May 24 – June 30, 2012
Leo Koenig, Inc.

Nicole Eisenman | Untitled, monotype on paper, 23 x 17 ½ inches

Cheyney Thompson
May 19 – June 23, 2012
Andrew Kreps Gallery

Richard Prince         PUBLISHER'S PICK
May 18 – June 22, 2012
303 Gallery

Richard Prince, Untitled, rubber band, staples and acrylic on paper, 25 x 22 7/8 inches

Selma Parlour
Yelena Popova
June 14 – Jul 14, 2012
Horton Gallery

Dana Schutz       PUBLISHER'S PICK
May 2 – June 16, 2012
Friedrich Petzel Gallery

Lasrissa Bates
April 28 – June 16, 2012
Monya Rowe Gallery

Florian Schmidt
May 4 – June 16, 2012
Zach Feuer

Teun Hocks
May 24 – June 23, 2012
P.P.O.W.

Jutta Koether
May – June 2012
Bortolami

Jutta Koether | Fall, oil on canvas, 63 x 86 inches

Yan Pei-Ming
Alice Neel
May 4 – June 23, 2012
David Zwirner

PHILADELPHIA/DC:

Gene Davis
May 5 – June 30, 2012
Marsha Mateyka Gallery

William Willis
Steven Cushner
June 8 – July 28, 2012
Hemphill Fine Arts

Lighten Up
June 9 – July 28, 2012
Gallery Joe

Marcia Hafif
Through Jun 30, 2012
Larry Becker Contemporary Art

Allen Bentley
May 30 – June 30, 2012
Bridgette Mayer Gallery

Painting Bitten by Man
June 1 – July 1, 2012
Vox Populi

SAN FRANCISCO:

Adam Fowler
May 3 – June 30, 2012
Brian Gross Fine Art

Tucker Nichols
June 22 – August 4, 2012
Gallery 16

Barbara Takenaga
May 3 – June 23, 2012
Gregory Lind Gallery

Yigal Ozeri     PUBLISHER'S PICK
May 10 – June 30, 2012
Jenkins Johnson Gallery

Yigal Ozeri | Untitled; Megan in the Park, oil on paper, 42 x 60 inches

Wayne Thiebaud      PUBLISHER'S PICK
May 23 – July 7, 2012
John Berggruen Gallery

Wayne Thiebaud | Various Cakes, oil on canvas, 25 x 23 inches

Heiko Muller
May 10 – June 16, 2012
Jack Fisher Gallery

Immaterial
June 7 – July 12, 2012
Mark Wolfe Contemporary Art

Mitzi Pederson
April 27 = June 16, 2012
Ratio 3

Dashiell Manley
June 22 – July 28, 2012
Silverman

Jennie Ottinger
May 10 – June 16, 2012
Johansson Projects

Jennie Ottinger | Rows and Rows on Children, oil on canvas, 30 x 40 inches

SANTA FE:

Joan Watts
June 1 – June 30, 2012
Charlotte Jackson Fine Art

Pard Morrison
Sam Reveles
May 18 – June 23, 2012
James Kelly Contemporary

SEATTLE/PORTLAND:

Squeak Carnwath
June 7 – July 7, 2012
James Harris Gallery

Robert McCauley
June 7 – June 30, 2012
Linda Hodges Gallery

John Randall Nelson
May 17 – June 30, 2012
Grover Thurston Gallery

Ryan Pierce
May 3 – June 23, 2012
Elizabeth Leach Gallery