| Photograph: Randel Urbauer |
Llyn Foulkes at New Museum of Contemporary Art

Best New York museum exhibits to see this summer

Be sure to hit these New York museums to check out some of the summer’s hottest exhibits.

Monday June 24 2013

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When the temperature rises, head indoors: These museum exhibits are among the best things to do this summer in New York. Check out exhibits at the Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim, Museum of the Moving Image and more.

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Llyn Foulkes

Art
Mixed media

Randel Urbauer | |

This retrospective features 103 pieces, ranging from beautiful portraiture to narrative tableaux.

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"Swing Time: Reginald Marsh and Thirties New York"

Sheldan Collins/Spontaneous Acco | |

Marsh’s work captures some of the seedy quality and kinetic energy of Depression-era New York.

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"Le Corbusier: An Atlas of Modern Landscapes"

Photograph: Jonathan Muzikar | |

MoMA stages its first survey of the pioneering designer and architect responsible for the United Nations Headquarters.

Art
Installation

Turrell hasn’t shown work in an NYC museum for more than 30 years; expect early works and a site-specific piece at this massive retrospective.

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"Fashion Jewelry: The Collection of Barbara Berger"

Museums

Photograph: Pablo Esteva | |

The couture enthusiast shows off items from her nearly 4,000-piece collection of fashionable gems.

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"As Subject and Object: Contemporary Book Artists Explore Sacred Hebrew Texts"

Photograph: Avshalom Avital | |

Contemporary book artists used the Hebrew Bible and other sacred texts as both inspiration and medium for the works on view, via methods like paper-cutting.

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"Robert Irwin: Scrim veil—Black rectangle—Natural light, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (1977)"

Photograph: Warren Silverman | |

This installation was designed specifically for the Whitney’s light-filled fourth-floor gallery.

"The Bruce High Quality Foundation: Ode to Joy, 2001-2013"

Courtesy of The Bruce High Quality Foundation. | |

The Brooklyn art collective used the September 11 attacks as a jumping-off point for some of the work in this exhibit.

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"Persol Magnificent Obsessions: 30 Stories of Craftsmanship in Film"

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Photograph: Courtesy of MGM Media Licensing / Core collection | |

Costumes, sketches and other miscellanea from used in the development of films are on display.

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Courtesy The Morgan Library & Museum | |

The Berlin artist will fill the Morgan’s Renzo Piano atrium with thousands of sheets of homemade paper.

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Best New York museum exhibits to see this summer

Llyn Foulkes

"Swing Time: Reginald Marsh and Thirties New York"

"Le Corbusier: An Atlas of Modern Landscapes"

James Turrell

"Fashion Jewelry: The Collection of Barbara Berger"

"As Subject and Object: Contemporary Book Artists Explore Sacred Hebrew Texts"

"Robert Irwin: Scrim veil—Black rectangle—Natural light, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (1977)"

"The Bruce High Quality Foundation: Ode to Joy, 2001-2013"

"Persol Magnificent Obsessions: 30 Stories of Craftsmanship in Film"

Monika Grzymala, Volumen