Lisa Yuskavage opens New York show

Lisa Yuskavage opened a new New York exhibition at David Zwirner’s 19th Street gallery on May 14, adding a fresh solo show in Chelsea during the spring art calendar. The exhibition includes new and recent paintings, works on paper and, for the first time in this context, a body of collages, according to the gallery. (davidzwirner.com) Gothamist described the show as “a meditation on what it is to be a creative person” in a May 16 report for visitors. The David Zwirner presentation runs through June 26 at 533 West 19th Street in Manhattan, the gallery says. (davidzwirner.com) The show is Yuskavage’s 10th solo exhibition with David Zwirner and comes 20 years after her first show with the gallery in 2006. ### Where is the show and what is actually on view? David Zwirner listed the exhibition at its 533 West 19th Street location in New York, with an opening reception held on Thursday, May 14, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The gallery says the show brings together new and recent paintings and works on paper. (davidzwirner.com) The gallery also said the exhibition introduces collages as “a new medium for the artist.” Among the works identified on the exhibition page are *Self Portrait: Red Yellow Blue* from 2025, *Endless Studio (portal)* from 2025 and *Gigantic Studio, Act II* from 2026. (davidzwirner.com) ### Why are people describing it as a show about making art? Gothamist reported on May 16 that the new exhibition centers on the act of creation and quoted Yuskavage discussing memory, discarded ideas and the way images recur in an artist’s mind. The gallery text similarly says many of the paintings and drawings appear to unfold in a studio setting but are “more accurately located in the mind of the artist.” (davidzwirner.com) Lisa Yuskavage said in a conversation excerpt published on the gallery page that memories can resemble “discarded masterpieces,” as images and past works return in altered form. (davidzwirner.com) David Zwirner’s exhibition text says the pictures collapse spatial and temporal boundaries, framing the studio less as a room than as a mental setting. ### What does this show represent in Yuskavage’s career? David Zwirner said the exhibition is Yuskavage’s 10th solo show with the gallery. The gallery also said the presentation marks 20 years since her first exhibition there in 2006. (gothamist.com) Yuskavage’s own biography describes a practice that has focused for more than 30 years on figurative painting. David Zwirner says the new exhibition both extends recurring themes in that work and introduces trompe-l’oeil devices and collage elements that place added emphasis on abstraction and surface. (davidzwirner.com) ### What can be verified about the plagiarism claim circulating online? Search results reviewed for this report did not produce a primary-source post, gallery statement or artist statement substantiating the plagiarism allegation referenced in social media discussion. Gothamist’s article and David Zwirner’s exhibition materials available in search results focus on the exhibition itself, its location and the works on view. (davidzwirner.com) Because no verifiable primary document surfaced in the materials reviewed, the allegation cannot be independently confirmed here. (yuskavage.com) No response from Yuskavage or David Zwirner was located in the sources examined. ### What comes next for visitors and for Yuskavage? David Zwirner says the New York exhibition stays on view through June 26, 2026, at its Chelsea space on West 19th Street. The gallery page also notes that a new monograph on Yuskavage’s work has been published by Phaidon as part of its Contemporary Artists Series, with texts by Barry Schwabsky, Ariel Levy and Lena Dunham. (gothamist.com) (davidzwirner.com)