What’s Happening: At the gallery’s newly restored Upper East Side townhouse, five solo shows kick off the fall season.

The Download: Salon 94’s sumptuous new Upper East Side townhouse may look slightly different than the last time you visited. That’s because the gallery has unveiled a host of new exhibitions by the likes of César, Gaetano Pesce, Robert Pruitt, Kennedy Yanko, and Matthew Angelo Harrison throughout the landmarked mansion’s three floors.

Eye-catching presentations abound. Anchoring Pesce’s “No More Silent Objects” is a technicolor resin table with molds of ballet slippers and violins as legs, conjuring fluid motion. It accompanies dozens of the Italian rule-breaker’s other resin pieces that both confound and entice. Elsewhere, wall-mounted works by Yanko showcase the Brooklyn artist’s evolution across three distinct metallic sculptures completed at different junctures in her career. César’s centenary is commemorated with a towering bronze thumb. Pruitt unveils 11 heroically scaled drawings that touch upon racial isolation and human connection; Harrison presents resin blocks containing artifacts like elongated figurines that suggest a vaguely African provenance.

The openings follow recent news that Salon 94 founder Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn will team up with fellow gallerists Dominique Lévy, Brett Gorvy, and Amalia Dayan to launch LGDR, a consortium that will represent artists, stage exhibitions, offer consulting services, and broker auction sales. The quartet will pool their resources in an effort to compete with such mega-galleries as Pace, Gagosian, and Hauser & Wirth, and signifies a new paradigm for how mid-size galleries can approach the art market when it debuts in 2022.

In Their Own Words: When it comes to Pesce, Greenberg Rohatyn notes how “there’s no question his influence is widespread,” she tells Curbed. “We don’t always know what he’s going to make. It’s always so experimental with him that it can take a long time for somebody to get exactly what they want.”

In a recent interview with Surface, Yanko sheds light on what motivates her work: “I make this work for myself. I do it because it’s something that I want to do, because I like to do it, because I love it. My process is evident of a search stemming from passion and holds my excitement, and is the result of following my intuitive desire. Hopefully the power that I receive in my practice, in my flow state, permeates the work, and permeates the viewer.”

Surface Says: If you still haven’t ventured Uptown to see Salon 94’s new gallery, now might be the time.

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Over the weekend, the Armory Show returned to New York after more than a year of pandemic-induced disruption. The show settled into its new permanent home, the Jacob Javits Center, with an enhanced in-person experience for exhibitors, collectors, and New York’s cultural community. For the first time, all exhibitors were united under one roof in an expansive space with unobstructed sight lines and spacious lounges imagined by architects Frederick Fisher, Matt Kelley, and Nathan Prevendar of Frederick Fisher Partners.

The newly imagined space, according to Fisher, “grounds and unifies the 200 galleries, installations, and social spaces across three separate halls helping to unify them in a cohesive whole.” A civic-scale oval central space incorporates moments of nature and “reflects the quintessential identity and energy of New York City” with references to Manhattan’s grid and a layout that “encourages serendipitous encounters of discovery and delight.” For those who couldn’t make it to this year’s edition, we asked Fisher to select his top picks from the fair.

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When: Until Oct. 16

Where: Demisch Danant, New York

What: Inspired by the behind-the-scenes, the transitional, and the creative process, Demisch Danant teams with interior stylist Colin King to assemble a selection of 30 recent ceramic works by Jos Devriendt to be presented in New York for the first time. The setup forgoes flashy displays for simple wood shelving and pallets that emphasizes the craftsmanship behind each piece, as if encountered in an artist’s studio. “The creative process is a state of perpetual transition, of making choices to move forward,” says Suzanne Demisch. “We want to offer viewers a different experience of the works, in a new light, as if from the artist’s point of view—a bit unfinished, in transformation.”

Extravagant production, family-inspired presentations, showcases of transformation—Fashion Week’s return to physical shows reflected the post-pandemic mood. Under the theme “Return to Glamor,” designers and brands experimented with new venues (Brooklyn Botanical Gardens, Empire State Building) and newfangled ideas (see Jeremy Scott’s “baby lady” kindercore collection for Moschino). Here, we round up our favorite shows from NYFW.

The technology-minded artist Cao Fei wins the prestigious Deutsche Börse Prize. Fei’s work across film, photography, and digital media often explores society’s obsession with technology and tackles apocalyptic themes with surrealism and deadpan humor. “She captures the isolation and alienation experienced in our increasingly digital age through a distinctive and seductive visual language that speaks both through and about images and their place in the world today,” says foundation director Anna-Marie Beckmann. Her work will display at the Photographer’s Gallery in London alongside three shortlisted artists—Poulomi Basu, Alejandro Cartagena, and Zineb Sedira—through September 26.

Founded in 1966, Gufram produces some of the world’s most recognizable radical design staples. Under Charley Vezza’s creative direction, the brand has revitalized its catalogue through collaborations with famous designers and brands to keep the radical spirit alive.

Surface Says: Packed with playful irreverence, furniture from Gufram adds a pop to any interior. The brand’s most recognizable pieces, such as the Cactus coat stand and Pratone lounge chair, prove that humor never goes out of style.

Marcel Dzama’s wondrous moons and suns enliven a Williamsburg subway stop.

It turns out the Jackass crew racked up more than $24 million in hospital bills.

This biotech startup has raised millions of dollars to resurrect woolly mammoths.

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