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Installation view, Rachel Feinstein in Florence, Museo Marino Marini, Florence, Italy, June 9–September 18, 2023. Artwork © Rachel Feinstein. Photo: Ela Bialkowska

In Conversation

New Social Environment
Rachel Feinstein in Florence

Friday, September 8, 2023, 1pm edt

As part of the Brooklyn Rail’s online series New Social Environment, Rachel Feinstein joins the journal’s editor-at-large Andrew Woolbright for a conversation about the artist’s current exhibition, Rachel Feinstein in Florence, on view at the Museo Novecento and at three other museums in the city Museo Marino Marini, Museo Stefano Bardini, and Palazzo Medici Riccardi. In these daily lunchtime Zoom conversations, invited artists, writers, filmmakers, and poets discuss creative life in the context of our new social reality with Brooklyn Rail staff. The talk will conclude with a poetry reading by Rachel James.

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Installation view, Rachel Feinstein in Florence, Museo Marino Marini, Florence, Italy, June 9–September 18, 2023. Artwork © Rachel Feinstein. Photo: Ela Bialkowska

Jean Prouvé’s 1947 demountable wood chair CB 22 in the Gagosian Shop, New York

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Madison Avenue Spring Gallery Walk 2023

Saturday, May 20, 2023, 10am–6pm
New York
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Join Artnews and the Madison Avenue Business Improvement District on a springtime walk to visit over sixty galleries that line Madison Avenue from East 57th to East 86th Streets. The Gagosian Shop is featuring an installation dedicated to Jean Prouvé’s 1947 demountable wood chair CB 22, alongside Rachel Feinstein’s newly launched ring collection with Ippolita and the Jewish Museum, and the latest Gagosian publications, including Louise Bonnet: Recent Paintings. An exhibition by Donald Judd spanning the 980 and 976 Madison Avenue galleries is also on view.

Jean Prouvé’s 1947 demountable wood chair CB 22 in the Gagosian Shop, New York

Rachel Feinstein signing copies of her book Mirror at the Gagosian Shop, New York, 2023. Photo: Mauricio Zelaya

Book Signing and Launch

Rachel Feinstein

Tuesday, May 23, 2023, 6pm
Gagosian Shop, New York

To celebrate the publication of her new book, Mirror, Rachel Feinstein will sign copies at the Gagosian Shop in New York. With intimate dimensions recalling a devotional volume, the catalogue, published by Gagosian, features paintings in oil, acrylic urethane, and charcoal on mirror that reference carved wood sculptures and altarpieces by sixteenth-century German artists Tilman Riemenschneider and Gregor Erhart, as well as a wood sculpture interpreting a drawing by Hans Baldung Grien. During the event, Feinstein will present her new line of rings—produced in collaboration with Ippolita—inspired by Marriage Ring, a fantastical piece of oversize jewelry in the form of a castle she designed for the Jewish Museum’s collection of Judaica. The event is free to attend. 

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Rachel Feinstein signing copies of her book Mirror at the Gagosian Shop, New York, 2023. Photo: Mauricio Zelaya

Rachel Feinstein, Sleeping Peter, 2021 © Rachel Feinstein

Talk and Book Signing

Rachel Feinstein
Yvonne Owens

Wednesday, April 26, 2023, 6:30pm
New York Academy of Art
nyaa.edu

Join the New York Academy of Art for a conversation between Rachel Feinstein and Yvonne Owens, professor of art history and critical studies at the Victoria College of Art, Canada, to celebrate the artist’s new book Rachel Feinstein: Mirror. The pair will discuss Feinstein’s practice as well as the catalogue that documents her eponymous 2022 exhibition at Gagosian, Davies Street, London, and features an essay by Owens. Comprising paintings on mirror and a large stained-wood sculpture titled Metal Storm (2021), the exhibition was animated by Feinstein’s fascination with the human figure and historical and cultural narratives. After the talk, the artist will sign copies of the book, which will be available for purchase.

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Rachel Feinstein, Sleeping Peter, 2021 © Rachel Feinstein

Installation view, Rachel Feinstein: Façade, SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia, February 3–July 3, 2023. Artwork © Rachel Feinstein

Lecture

Rachel Feinstein
SCAD deFINE ART 2023

Wednesday, March 1, 2023, 5pm
SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia
www.scad.edu

In conjunction with her solo exhibition Façade, at SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia, Rachel Feinstein will deliver the keynote lecture at SCAD deFINE ART 2023, an annual event where leaders in the arts unite for a series of exhibitions and events. The artist will discuss her multidisciplinary practice and the inspiration behind her complex work. The event is free to attend.

Installation view, Rachel Feinstein: Façade, SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia, February 3–July 3, 2023. Artwork © Rachel Feinstein

Rachel Feinstein. Photo: Chris Sanders

Artist Talk

Rachel Feinstein

Tuesday, February 28, 2023, 11am
SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia
www.scad.edu

Rachel Feinstein will give a talk about her distinct approach to sculptural objects and installations, touching upon the elements of myth and storytelling that inform her work. The talk is part of SCAD deFINE ART, an annual event where leaders in the arts unite to share thought-provoking work and ideas. The event is free to attend.

Rachel Feinstein. Photo: Chris Sanders

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Announcements

Rendering of Rachel Feinstein’s 22-foot-tall cast aluminum sculpture Dorothy for the High Line Plinth. Artwork © Rachel Feinstein

Honor

Rachel Feinstein
High Line Plinth

Rachel Feinstein has been invited to submit a proposal for the High Line Plinth in New York. The proposals are for the fifth and sixth Plinth commissions, which will be installed in 2026 and 2027. Feinstein was nominated by an international advisory committee of artists, curators, and arts professionals convened by High Line Art. In fall 2023, the committee will select a shortlist of artists who present maquettes of their proposals in a public exhibition in early 2024. The curatorial team will consider community feedback in their selection process so the public is encouraged to share comments on the High Line website by August 25, 2023.

Rendering of Rachel Feinstein’s 22-foot-tall cast aluminum sculpture Dorothy for the High Line Plinth. Artwork © Rachel Feinstein

Still from “Rachel Feinstein in conversation with Yvonne Owens”

Video

Rachel Feinstein
Yvonne Owens

In this video Rachel Feinstein and Yvonne Owens, professor of art history and critical studies at the Victoria College of Art, Canada, discuss Feinstein’s practice as well as the artist’s new book Rachel Feinstein: Mirror, which documents the eponymous 2022 exhibition at Gagosian, Davies Street, London, and features an essay by Owens. Comprising paintings on mirror and a large stained-wood sculpture titled Metal Storm (2021), the exhibition was animated by Feinstein’s fascination with the human figure and historical and cultural narratives.

Still from “Rachel Feinstein in conversation with Yvonne Owens”

Rachel Feinstein, Marriage Ring, 2023 © Rachel Feinstein

Commission

Rachel Feinstein
Marriage Ring

The Jewish Museum, New York, has commissioned Rachel Feinstein to create a new piece of Judaica for their collection. Inspired by two historical forms—medieval-style architectural Jewish marriage rings and tower-shaped ceremonial spice containers, both represented in the museum’s collection—Feinstein, in collaboration with Ippolita, created Marriage Ring (2023). This fantastical ring, rendered in sterling silver dipped in 18-karat gold, stands almost a foot tall, and takes the shape of a highly ornate castle.

Rachel Feinstein, Marriage Ring, 2023 © Rachel Feinstein

Rachel Feinstein, Chuey, 2019 © Rachel Feinstein

Award

Rachel Feinstein

The British Friends of the Art Museums of Israel recognizes women who have made outstanding contributions to the contemporary art world at the organization’s yearly Women in Art lunch. Rachel Feinstein is the 2019 guest of honor at the London event on June 27, 2019. Feinstein will speak with English television executive and presenter Alan Yentob about her dual role of artist and muse. She has also donated her work Chuey (2019) to support BFAMI.

Rachel Feinstein, Chuey, 2019 © Rachel Feinstein

Honor

Rachel Feinstein and John Currin
Shio Kusaka and Jonas Wood

Rachel Feinstein and John Currin and Shio Kusaka and Jonas Wood will be honored at the 2018 Hirshhorn New York Gala at Lincoln Center on November 5, 2018. This year the annual event celebrates twenty-five duos whose achievements—both individually and collectively—have played a formative role in shaping the next generation of art history.

Museum Exhibitions

Rachel Feinstein, Mr. Time, 2015 © Rachel Feinstein

On View

Fairy Tales

Through April 28, 2024
Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia
www.qagoma.qld.gov.au

Fairy Tales explores centuries of beloved folk stories through contemporary art, costumes, immersive installations, and cinema from visual storytellers around the world. The exhibition aims to untangle themes of bravery and justice, loyalty and humility, cunning and aspiration. Work by Rachel Feinstein, Urs Fischer, and Carsten Höller is included.

Rachel Feinstein, Mr. Time, 2015 © Rachel Feinstein

Installation view, Rachel Feinstein in Florence, Museo Stefano Bardini, Florence, Italy, June 9–September 18, 2023. Artwork © Rachel Feinstein. Photo: Ela Bialkowska

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Rachel Feinstein in Florence

June 9–September 18, 2023
Various venues in Florence, Italy
www.museonovecento.it

Rachel Feinstein’s work is the subject of an exhibition project conceived and curated by Sergio Risaliti, director of the Museo Novecento, in collaboration with three other major museums in Florence: Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Museo Stefano Bardini, and Museo Marino Marini. The multipart exhibition places Feinstein’s sculpture and paintings, some shown in Italy for the first time, in dialogue with masterworks of the Italian Renaissance and Baroque period, demonstrating her ongoing fascination with the art of the past.

Installation view, Rachel Feinstein in Florence, Museo Stefano Bardini, Florence, Italy, June 9–September 18, 2023. Artwork © Rachel Feinstein. Photo: Ela Bialkowska

Installation view, Rachel Feinstein: Façade, SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia, February 3–July 3, 2023. Artwork © Rachel Feinstein

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Rachel Feinstein
Façade

February 3–July 3, 2023
SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia
www.scad.edu

In Façade, painted panoramas, large-scale sculptures, and 40-foot-long wall reliefs from across Rachel Feinstein’s career come together to form a labyrinth that shifts between reality and illusion. Each work featured in this multidimensional installation is an amalgamation of aesthetic and conceptual references, ranging from fairy tales and religious stories to art historical eighteenth-century European craft and twentieth-century American kitsch.

Installation view, Rachel Feinstein: Façade, SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia, February 3–July 3, 2023. Artwork © Rachel Feinstein

McKim, Mead & White Stair Hall staged by Sofia Coppola in collaboration with Rachel Feinstein and John Currin, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2022. Photo: © The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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In America
An Anthology of Fashion

May 7–September 5, 2022
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
www.metmuseum.org

In America: An Anthology of Fashion is the second portion of a two-part exhibition exploring fashion in the United States. Men’s and women’s clothing dating from the nineteenth century to the mid-twentieth century is featured in vignettes installed in select period rooms in the museum’s American Wing, surveying more than two centuries of American domestic life. The exhibition reflects these narratives through a series of three-dimensional cinematic “freeze frames” produced in collaboration with notable American film directors, including Sofia Coppola, who enlisted Rachel Feinstein and John Currin to sculpt and paint the faces of her mannequins. These mise-en-scènes explore the role of dress in shaping American identity and address the complex and layered histories of the museum’s period rooms.

McKim, Mead & White Stair Hall staged by Sofia Coppola in collaboration with Rachel Feinstein and John Currin, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2022. Photo: © The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Installation view, Rachel Feinstein: Maiden, Mother, Crone, Jewish Museum, New York, November 1, 2019–January 17, 2021. Artwork © Rachel Feinstein

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Rachel Feinstein
Maiden, Mother, Crone

November 1, 2019–January 17, 2021
Jewish Museum, New York
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Rachel Feinstein: Maiden, Mother, Crone, the first survey of the New York–based artist in the United States, brings together three decades of Feinstein’s work in sculpture, installation, painting, drawing, and video, as well as a newly commissioned wall relief, a panoramic wallpaper, and the artist’s sculptural maquettes.

Installation view, Rachel Feinstein: Maiden, Mother, Crone, Jewish Museum, New York, November 1, 2019–January 17, 2021. Artwork © Rachel Feinstein

Installation view, Reflections: Matt Black × Gana Art, Gana Art Center and Gana Art Hannam, Seoul, November 1, 2019–January 5, 2020. Artwork © Sterling Ruby

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Reflections
Matt Black × Gana Art

November 1, 2019–January 5, 2020
Gana Art Center and Gana Art Hannam, Seoul
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In collaboration with filmmaker Matt Black, this exhibition is centered around his short film series titled Reflections, which features conversations with contemporary artists. Through his interviews, Black paints a picture of the rapidly changing contemporary art scene, revealing the stories behind the artworks. Following the film’s theme, Gana Art has curated this exhibition to feature works by these artists, which include Dan Colen, Rachel Feinstein, Jeff Koons, Harmony KorineSterling Ruby, Taryn Simon, and Blair Thurman, among others.

Installation view, Reflections: Matt Black × Gana Art, Gana Art Center and Gana Art Hannam, Seoul, November 1, 2019–January 5, 2020. Artwork © Sterling Ruby

Rachel Feinstein, Romeo and Juliet, 2019 (detail) © Rachel Feinstein

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Rachel Feinstein in
HY × OffTheWall

March 15–November 30, 2019
Hudson Yards, New York
www.hudsonyardsnewyork.com

This exhibition features large-scale interactive and three-dimensional installations, curious and often humorous tableaux, and murals by thirteen artists. All artworks relate to the rich history and geographic location of the Hudson Yards. Work by Rachel Feinstein is included.

Rachel Feinstein, Romeo and Juliet, 2019 (detail) © Rachel Feinstein

Rachel Feinstein working at the Porzellan Manufaktur Nymphenburg, Munich, 2019. Artwork © Rachel Feinstein. Photo: Samuel Keyte, courtesy Gucci

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Rachel Feinstein

Through Summer 2019
Chatsworth House, Derbyshire, England
www.chatsworth.org

The Artist in Residence project is a program at Chatsworth House, in collaboration with Gucci, where the public is invited to discover an artist’s works while visiting the estate. Rachel Feinstein’s works create an open dialogue between the artist’s perspective and her environment, reflective of her research during her residency at Chatsworth.

Rachel Feinstein working at the Porzellan Manufaktur Nymphenburg, Munich, 2019. Artwork © Rachel Feinstein. Photo: Samuel Keyte, courtesy Gucci

Photo by Pierre Even

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Rachel Feinstein
Wall of Rome

June 1–July 29, 2017
Le Mur, Paris
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Rachel Feinstein has covered the wall of Le Mur on rue Saint-Bon with a panoramic wallpaper of an impressionistic Rome. Read more about the artist’s process and philosophy.

Photo by Pierre Even

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