Plan Your Visit

All our exhibitions are free and open to the public. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday, from 10 a.m to 5 p.m.

The National Arts Club is committed to making our exhibitions available to the public; however, our gallery spaces may be unavailable from time to time due to club functions. Please confirm with the National Arts Club prior to your visit that any exhibitions you are interested in viewing are open and available. You can confirm this information on our Club Calendar, or by calling our front desk at (212) 475-3424.

Please note the the galleries will be closed on March 2, 15, and 17 for private events.


CURRENT AND UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
 


 



PRINTS: Old Masters to Moderns
On view in the Grand Gallery
February 12 - March 29

Since the early sixteenth century, the potential of the print medium was being fully explored by artists and had a decisive impact on the history of art and collecting. Prints provided artists with an outlet for experimentation as well as a sense of freedom to exploit their own interests. Once considered a standard of affordability among collectors, prints and multiples now have the attraction to rival the value of works on canvas in today’s market. This special exhibition presents an overview of printmaking techniques from Rembrandt to the present day. Included are works by Goya, Tiepolo, Whistler, Picasso, Léger, Oldenburg, Christo, Barnet, Kyle Staver, Elizabeth Peyton and more. Many of these prints are from the Club’s fine collection of works on paper.

Image Above: Pablo Picasso, Pique III, 1959, Linocut




WHAT WAS ONCE FAMILIAR—The Vision & Art Project’s Tenth Anniversary Benefit Exhibition
On view in the East and West Galleries
March 20 - April 26

Since 2013, the Vision and Art Project, an initiative of the American Macular Degeneration Foundation, has been actively supporting artists with macular degeneration and researching macular degeneration’s influence on art. Among others, such notable figures as Georgia O’Keeffe and Edgar Degas are known to have developed the disease and adapted their working methods in ways that allowed them to continue working in their studios. Regardless of how dramatic the effect, artists working with vision loss usually change their approach to artmaking. Often, an entirely new body of work emerges, one that can be hauntingly and thrillingly unlike anything they had created before. The exhibition will include work by Lennart Anderson, Serge Hollerbach, Robert Birmelin and Hedda Sterne, among other outstanding artists who experienced vision loss at some point in their careers and continued to create compelling works of art.  

Image by Dahlov Ipcar




Painting with Paper: Tissue Paper Collages by Gretchen Bainum
On view in the Project Space
March 4 - 28
Opening Reception: March 6, 6 - 8 p.m.

Born to well known Montana artists Robert and Gennie DeWeese, Gretchen Bainum has lived in rural eastern Kentucky with her husband and family since 1980. After a successful career in art education, Bainum now spends her time wandering the pasture of her farm, caring for horses and cattle and making art. Inspired by the late paper cutouts by Matisse, Bainum likes to think that she carries Matisse’s idea a step further by “painting with paper”. All of her daily farm activities are the subjects of her art.  




Grand Gallery
DTR Galleries present KOZO
On view beginning April 5

Kozo’s journey began at the age of 17 when he first picked up a tattoo needle. Since then, he has honed his craft, turning his bedroom into an intimate creative space where he experimented with different styles and techniques. Now based in New York City, Kozo has revolutionized the tattoo artistry, attracting a global following that includes celebrities like Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, and Ruby Rose. Despite his meteoric rise to fame, Kozo remains grounded in the fundamentals of traditional artistry, infusing his minimalist designs with rich narratives that speak to the human experience. He is inspired by the work of Old Masters like Rembrandt and Van Gogh, as well as the avant-garde. Kozo continues to push the boundaries of his art, exploring themes like architecture, sculpture, and more.



Project Space
Ruth Marten - All About Eve, part I
April 1 - April 18

Since 2006, Ruth Marten has been using antique found prints as the starting point for her original painted additions and interventions. The source for this current series of gouache on photo gravure paintings is a 1923 portfolio of prints by a Polish photographer who called himself Laryew. Shot in Paris of young dancers from the Folies Bergére, they showed up on the table at a local Flea Market frequented by the artist. The works on view demonstrate Marten’s ongoing interest in the following phenomena: Cinema, World War I and its aftermath, modern art, and women liberating themselves from male expectations. Ruth Marten lives and works in New York City and has exhibited extensively in New York, London, San Francisco, and Cologne, where 50 of these new works are intended for an inclusive exhibit at van der Grinten Galerie in October.



     

   
     

 
  Please also enjoy the Club's first-ever virtual exhibition A Century of American Landscape Art, showcasing works collected over the last 100 years. The Club’s permanent collection is made up of more than 600 works ranging from paintings to sculptures to photographs and works on paper from Rembrandt to Rosenquist. Other artists represented include Robert Henri, Edward Henry Potthast, Anna Hyatt Huntington, Gloria Vanderbilt, and Everett Raymond Kinstler.


To explore incredibly high resolution photos of these treasures, see the screen below.