New York Observer: New Kids on the Block: 6 Art Galleries to Keep Your Eye on in 2016

by Alanna Martinez

Last year saw plenty of shifts in the New York gallery scene. Chinatown is becoming a hotspot for dealers escaping Chelsea rent hikes, the Lower East Side is more crowded than ever and word on the street is Harlem could be the neighborhood dealers flock to next. With so much change in the air, here are six galleries that opened this year we’re excited to watch going into 2016.

Cuevas Tilleard Projects, 142 Henry Street, New York
Anna Maria Cuevas and Caroline Tilleard met while working at the Upper East Side’s Skarstedt Gallery. In 2014, they ventured out together and founded Cuevas Tilleard Projects, which aims to show emerging painters. They haven’t been open long, but already they’re showing some of the most promising names on the scene: Joe Brittain, Alex Ebstein and Rachel Klinghoffer. In January, they’ll be presenting a show of works on paper and you can catch them at the next edition of the SPRING/BREAK art fair.

The New York Times: Alex Ebstein Form/Fit

by Roberta Smith

Alex Ebstein: ‘Form/Fit’ (through Dec. 20) A young painter adept with yoga mats (of all things) makes her New York debut in the new downtown gallery of a former and current employee of the Skarstedt Gallery venture. Ms. Ebstein exploits the mats’ bumpy texture and colors with compositions that have one foot in design (think soft Formica), one in 1950s biomorphism and a third in present interests in worldly abstraction and painting-without-paint. She paints patterns on a few of her cutout shapes, and these also look promising. Cuevas Tilleard, 142 Henry Street, at Rutgers Street, Lower East Side.

Art F City: This Week's Must See Events

This weekend, everyone will be (or should be) attending The Creative Time Summit in Bed-Stuy. Leading up to the all-day events this weekend, however, are a handful of promising openings. Monday, check out massive, rarely-seen works from abstract painter Friedal Dzubas in Midtown. Thursday, a Jeff Koons show at Gagosian attempts some metaphysical alchemy, and Friday morning, Juliana Huxtable’s new MoMA commission opens. Friday night we couldn’t be more excited for solo shows by Alex Ebstein and Meriem Bennani at Cuevas Tilleard Projects and SIGNAL, respectively.

Friday, November 13th
Alex Ebstein: Form/Fit
We’ve shown a lot of love for Alex Ebstein on the blog. And for good reason: she has a rare eye for composition and restraint and a knack for innovative use of materials in painting. Her recent “paintings” have been constructed from cut-up and reassembled colorful yoga mats. They’re gorgeous as abstract images, but also bring to mind a host of associations about the body, process, and consumerism. This is her first solo show in New York, and we’re excited to see it.