T’s list of happenings worth visiting in the week ahead.
Four New York art stars, one show
Larry Clark, Cady Noland, Richard Prince and Christopher Wool share a fascination with post-Cold-War America’s dwindling clout as a global superpower. The Brant Foundation Art Study Center’s newest show, “Deliverance,” exhibits some of their most influential mixed-media works, like Clark’s seminal photography series “Tulsa” and Prince’s famous collection of rephotographs of the Marlboro Man.
On view through Apr. 1, 2015, Brant Foundation Art Study Center, 941 North Street, Greenwich, Conn., brantfoundation.org
An immersive installation
Thomas Houseago’s newest exhibition at Hauser & Wirth, “Moun Room,” is a massive installation: a 12-foot-tall sculpture that involves its viewers as they walk in and around it. Its walls have strategically placed circular bas reliefs and voids, encouraging contemplation.
Opening reception from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., on view through Jan. 17, 2015, Hauser & Wirth, 511 West 18th Street, New York, hauserwirth.com
A treasure hunt for grown-ups
In one of the most unique art spectacles of the year, the Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Academy has teamed up with Phillips auction house and more than 40 artists to create a literal treasure hunt on the Isla de Coco, off the shores of Costa Rica. A treasure chest with a map created by the new-media artist Constant Dullaart will be auctioned off on Thursday in New York; it leads the buyer to the other chest, on Isla de Coco, which contains works by all the artists involved. Proceeds from the auction will benefit a shark research and conservation project in Costa Rica.
Preview and panel discussion starts at 7 p.m. Auction takes place on Thursday, also at 7 p.m. Phillips de Pury, 450 Park Avenue, New York. tba21academy.org.
A trio of leading African-American artists
Merton D. Simpson Gallery’s exhibition “Like NOW: Adger, Melvin & George” showcases the work of three influential African-American artists, including Adger Cowans, whose abstract impressionist prints of water surfaces appear almost digital in nature. George Nelson Preston and Melvin Van Peebles’s work will also be on display.
Opening reception from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., on view through Jan. 7, 2015, Merton D. Simpson Gallery, 38 W. 28th Street, Fifth Floor, New York, mertonsimpson.com
Chickens in a crypt
The Crypt Gallery underneath St. Pancras Church in London will host Koen Vanmechelen’s first solo show in Britain, “Darwin’s Dream,” which reflects the Belgian conceptual artist’s ongoing interest in genetics and biodiversity. On view are works related to Vanmechelen’s experiments in crossbreeding chickens, including taxidermied specimens, video, photography and glass sculpture.
On view through Dec. 14, Crypt Gallery at St. Pancras Church, Euston Road, London, darwinsdream.co.uk
America’s chance to see a rare French classic
Eugène Delacroix’s 1826 painting “Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi” is one of the French Romantic movement’s most prized works; it therefore rarely travels far from its home in the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Bordeaux, France. For three months, however, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art will display the original.
On view through Feb. 15, 2015, Ahmanson Building, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 5905 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, lacma.org
