Maria Lassnig in Chelsea
Petzel Gallery in NYC’s Chelsea is promoting a Maria Lassnig show—“Be‑Ziehungen” of oil paintings on the body, intimacy and existential themes—running through April 18, 2026 (x.com). The gallery post surfaced March 21, a timely pick for visitors in town this spring (x.com).
Petzel opened the exhibition on March 12 with a public reception scheduled for 6:00–8:00 p.m., and the show remains on view through April 18, 2026. (artguide.artforum.com)) The presentation is installed at Petzel’s Chelsea address, 520 West 25th Street, and is organized in collaboration with the Maria Lassnig Foundation, Vienna. (artguide.artforum.com)) Petzel describes the selection as a survey of Lassnig’s later-career work, specifically pieces made from the late 1980s into the early 2000s. (petzel.com)) Selected works listed in the gallery materials include Durst (Thirst) (1985), Unterwassertherapie (Underwater Therapy) (1986), Electricity I (1991) and Lichtboot (Lightboat) (1993), with Durst measured at 39 1/2 x 47 3/8 inches. (petzel.com)) Petzel’s press text highlights Lassnig’s post‑1989 productive phase and her late‑career interest in visualizing electromagnetic forces, brain waves and neural pathways in paintings from the 1990s. (petzel.com)) The gallery frames this presentation as a continuation of its recent Lassnig programming, following earlier Petzel exhibitions devoted to her Paris years and New York work and to her drawings and works on paper in 2024–2025. (petzel.com))
