The FLAG Art Foundation

𝗢𝗻 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝘄: "Sable Elyse Smith: Clockwork" through February 13, 2027, and "Spotlight: Hank Willis Thomas" through November 7, 2026. Learn more: flagartfoundation.org/curren… Photography by Steven Probert Studio #Clockwork #SableElyseSmith #HankWillisThomas

𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗙𝗟𝗔𝗚: "#GenesisBelanger: Heads or Tails," presented by @PublicArtFund, is on view at City Hall Park in Lower Manhattan through November 15. Belanger's "Double Standard," 2018, was previously on view in FLAG's "A Rose Is," at from February 27-June 21, 2025

𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸: #Cézanne’s “Les Baigneurs (Bathers),” 1890-92 (on loan from the @StlArtMuseum), in the exhibition “Painting the French Riviera,” co-organized by the @royalacademy in collaboration with @ClevelandArt on view through January 31, 2027.

𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 from FLAG, featuring filmmaker and “King of Filth” #JohnWaters’s deeply unsettling “Playdate,” 2006. Previously exhibited in “Disturbing Innocence,” curated by artist #EricFischl, “Playdate” envisions Michael Jackson and Charles Manson as children.

Following Part I at FLAG, the Parrish's presentation focuses on formal explorations rooted in natural materials. Working with substances gleaned from the earth, the exhibition turns to abstraction to examine personal and collective attachments to place.

𝗖𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗼𝗼𝗻: P. II of UNTIL THE MOON COMES OVER THE MOUNTAIN at @Parrishart closes on Sunday, November 8. Image: Installation view of #UNTILTHEMOONCOMESOVERTHEMOUNTAIN at the Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, NY (August 1–November 8, 2026). Photography by Jenny Gorman

A conversation between the artist and Katy Siegel, Distinguished Professor and the Thaw Chair at @stonybrooku, will take place on Wednesday, November 11, from 6-8 PM; The conversation will begin at 6:30. RSVP: eventbrite.com/e/in-conversa…

𝗨𝗽𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴: "Spotlight: #DerekFordjour" at FLAG November 11-December 18, 2026. In this iteration, the Spotlight features a new painting by Fordjour and a text by journalist and author Donovan X. Ramsey. Image: Photography by Catherine Patton

𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗙𝗟𝗔𝗚: #RobinFWilliams's first solo presentation in the UK, "Act Natural," is currently on view at @PPOWGallery's @friezeofficial London presentation through October 28, 2026. Their "Language Model," 2026, was featured in FLAG's Spotlight program in 2026.

𝗢𝗻 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝘄: "Spotlight: #HankWillisThomas" through November 7, 2026. The Spotlight features Thomas's "Love Over Rules (column)," 2025, accompanied by a text from Ashley James, Ph.D., Curator of Contemporary Art at the @Guggenheim. Installation view by Steven Probert Studio

Installation view of "FRESH PAINT: Chase Hall" at the Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, NY (October 1, 2026-January 25, 2027). Photography by Jenny Gorman

𝗢𝗻 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝘄 at @Parrishart: "FRESH PAINT: #ChaseHall," featuring “The Affrilachian Mountains," 2026, through January 25, 2027. The presentation is accompanied by a conversation between Hall and British writer, curator, and broadcaster Ekow Eshun.

𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸: “This Is Still Not a Pipe: The Afterlife of #Magritte,” organized in collaboration with the Fondation Magritte, curated by Jasper Sharp and Bernard Lagrange, on view at @Gagosian's Grosvenor Hill gallery through December 12, 2026.

Learn more: guides.bloombergconnects.org… Image: Installation view of “Sable Elyse Smith: Clockwork” at The FLAG Art Foundation, 2026. Photography by Steven Probert Studio

𝗘𝘅𝗵𝗶𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁: "Riot III,” "BARRICADE,” and "BARRIER," metal stools from prisons transformed into Jacks, by #SableElyseSmith are on view in "#Clockwork" through February 13, 2027. Learn more about Smith's exhibition on Bloomberg Connects.

RSVP: eventbrite.com/e/in-conversa… Image: Installation view of "Sable Elyse Smith: Clockwork" at The FLAG Art Foundation, 2026. Photography by Steven Probert Studio

On the occasion of "#SableElyseSmith: Clockwork," the artist will be in conversation with chief art critic and editor of The Critics Table at @cultured_mag, Johanna Fateman on Thursday, October 22, 6-8 PM. FLAG's programming and exhibitions are free and open to the public.

𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸: #CharlesRay’s “Shoe Tie,” 2012, reminiscent of the Greco-Roman bronze “Boy with Thorn (Spinario),” ca. 1st century BCE. “Shoe Tie” is included in “The Way We Live Now,” at The George Economou Collection, Athens, through March 2027.

𝗢𝗻 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝘄: #UgoRondinone's "Love Invents Us," 1999, on long-term view on FLAG’s ninth floor terrace. It's reinstallation at FLAG serves as a love letter to its neighbors, only viewable from the surrounding streets and buildings of Chelsea. Photography by Steven Probert

𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘃𝗲: #NaudlinePierre's "The Deepest Part," 2023, previously featured in Pierre’s Spotlight exhibition in April of 2023. A text by curator and writer Taylor Renee Aldridge accompanied the presentation. Read the text here: flagartfoundation.org/spotli…