David Zwirner Review

This gallery is spacious, providing room to appreciate the art of Noah Davis, a young black man who passed away at the age of 32 from a rare tissue cancer.

Noah's snapshots of life covers both the intimate family pictures, landscapes, and the ethereal.

Also showing in the gallery was an experimental artist named Doug Wheeler. You are treated to a giant room filled with a soft light, emminating from the back.

A great place to visit, along with the many other galleries on the street, for tourists looking for free art.

An amazing gallery.
For those who want to see more than the MoMa and Guggenheim.

I love free galleries like this one! Though I didn t have time to spend three hours in line for Yayoi Kusama s Infinity Room installation, I did get to see the rest of the gallery, which I very much enjoyed. This gallery has lots of space, which Kusama s exhibit, Everyday I Pray For Love, made great use of. I m excited to see what they do next here!

Saw the Lucas Arruda exhibition here, didn't know who he was until I went. Very Turner-esque and so beautiful. Wish they would sell prints of Arruda's works at Zwirner.

Finally got a chance to make my way to David Zwirner for the Yayoi Kusama Festival of Life exhibition. Waiting on line for this exhibit was painful only because it's close to the water and the wind made it colder than it needed to be. I believe I spent a little over an hour on line and the time inside for the actual exhibit was no where near that. But it makes sense to keep it short in order to keep the line moving. As for the exhibit itself, it was nice. It was a different type of visual art, different from what I'm accustomed to seeing. Good to get out of your box and experience different things. I love the hallucinatory qualities that Yayoi brings to her art. Glad I was able to catch installation since I missed the one last year. I won't post too many pictures or videos. Give those an opportunity to experience it themselves without giving it away.

Such a cool, modern gallery -- somehow it sets itself apart from all the other "cool, modern" galleries in Chelsea. Maybe it's just the grand, sweeping space that lends itself so well to major shows, when world class artists can completely transform the space. Rumor has it they are opening a five floor space around the block (complete with a roof garden). Can't wait!

I waited an hour and half in the cold for paintings a two hat old can make

Amazingly its free because my room looked worse then this as a kid and was way more artistic.

What an amazing space, and the exhibit was well worth the 3hr wait to see

Doesn't say anywhere that the line closes as 5. I came at 17:03 and the Guard told that the line is closed and sometimes even close to 2-4 hours before.

Great work but the employees are so incredibly rude and abrasive..it really takes away from the art experience.

We came here on Saturday. And it was closed. You should update your websites. There was a lot of disappointed people around. Including UPS delivery.

Totally rude and toxic environment full of ignorant and vacuous people. The front desk personnel are the lowest of the low as far as Manhattan scum goes.

Two years ago as I was walking towards the entrance I saw David Zwirner outside on the sidewalk escorting a couple to their car. Just when I got to the entrance, all of a sudden he turned around, smiled, and opened the door for me. I was totally impressed that the owner of a top blue chip gallery in an elitist art world would be so down to earth and polite. His staff is just as respectful as well. It's always a pleasure to visit this gallery with a professional atmosphere.

The Yayoi Kusama Festival of Life exhibition is now showing at David Zwirner in Chelsea, NYC. The exhibition was really nice. If you don't mind to wait on long lines to get inside, then you are a real New Yorker. I went on a Thursday and it took me about 1 hour and 15 minutes to get in. The wait time may vary depending on what day of the week you go on. The wait may be about 2 hours if you go closer to the weekend or on the weekend. Since it's first showing in LA, it has become very popular and people from all over are now coming to see what the hype is all about in NYC. Doors open at 10am daily. Closed on Sundays.There were only a few rooms, so you can see everything in just a matter of minutes (about 15 min), depending on how long you want to stay. But some of the rooms you will be rushed out of by the workers since they try to keep everyone moving so that they can get everyone behind you inside as quickly as possible.
The mirror rooms are pretty cool, great for pictures. You are allowed to take videos and photography. But you are not allowed to touch anything inside. And the workers will remind you of this. There is one large room with paintings that go all around the room and and art piece of flowers in the center of the room. This was probably my favorite room which is full of color and pretty impressive art work. There is also another showcase of Yayoi Kusama's Inifinity mirrors in the Upper East side.

I had a very enjoyable experience here. You find some really neat things in this gallery. i don't want to spoil any surprises but all I gotta say is check it out!

Loved the James Baldwin exhibit! It's free to walk in. The space was curated in two large sections with a few rooms in each. Beautiful work representing the work of Baldwin.

Beautiful art. Constantly changing with new completely different pieces. Always super crowded.

I can only hope to be in a position one day to buy a piece from this amazing gallery!

Long-lines are worth the wait for the exhibits here - and several times the gallery staff appreciated the time I was taking to visit the gallery and wait on the lines - they were helpful and patient with my questions even though they were hosting hundreds of people.

OMG all ART lovers if your ever in the NYC area you should definitely come here.

Came here for the famous Infinity room exhibit. I would recommend coming on a weekday and preferably early in the day. I came on Friday around 12 and only waited 45 mins.

It was a great exhibit but i thought it would've been nicer if people got to experience the exhibit alone for 15 seconds then a whole group for 45 seconds total. Hard to see infinity if there are other folk in the room. Otherwise it was a cool experience to finally check out the artwork of Yayoi Kusama.

Definitely check out the artwork exhibit after you see the infinity rooms, I thought that was more stunning then the rooms.

my favorite gallery in town, always bringing the best artists

One of mny favorite art galleries in Chelsea , they have a lot of amazing exhibitions in this gallery with well known ARTISTS throughout the world ranging from Jean Michel Basquiat to Yayoi Kusama's artwork

Honestly overrated for the 1.5 hours I waited in line for. You get 60 seconds to spend in each of the 2 exhibits. It s smaller than I expected and was underwhelming overall.

Visited the David Zwirner gallery to see the Yayoi Kasumi exhibit. Interesting experience.

Constantly changing with new completly different pieces. Always super crowded.

Infinity mirrors exhibit was cool! Great location, very close to High Line and Chelsea

They "don't accept artist submissions " and I definitely won't support them

Art Walk is a great time to visit DTLA at night. I wouldn't really recommend you bring your small children, but I'm not the boss of you. I just don't think kids would enjoy it as much as adults.
Meet up with friends, chow down on food truck goodness, walk around, visit a few galleries, and have a good time!

This is the second time I've been here for an exhibition (the first being Summer 2015) and it wasn't as enjoyable as the first. While the exhibition itself was nice, I couldn't help but feel extremely rushed to move through the rooms. I know it was to people through more quickly, but I feel for the amount of time people spent waiting on line outside in December, we should've been given more time to enjoy it.

Beautiful Kusama exhibition. I can't take it out of my mind!

Very cool gallery - saw an installation of a life sized stylized marionette which was awesome and creepy!

One of my favorite NYC galleries ever since I found it during a performative installation of Rirkrit Tiravanija's work back in 2007. I love it.

When Yayoi s in town this place gets wild with lines, wish she would do a show in the spring or fall! It always ends up in winter and everyone waits in cold temps to see her exhibit. But its great!

The desk manager here, Gessica Lessner, was incredibly rude and hostile to me and my guests- avoid at all costs.

David Zwirner Gallery is an American contemporary art gallery owned by David Zwirner. It has three gallery spaces in New York City and one each in London, Hong Kong, and Paris.

Went to the Yayoi Kusama exhibition, waited 4 HOURS in the cold to see her infinity mirror room, it was the worst. You just have 50 seconds to see it and that s it. Would have never done a 4 hour line for that. Don t waste your time.

One of my favorite galleries in the city!!
Always nicely curated never disappointed

Came here for Yayoi Kusama Obliteration Room installation a while back and it is a very simple gallery with not a lot to it. The installation itself was fun and interactive and the gallery was also very clean and unrestrictive. Good location too since it is right by the highline.

Great gallery with some very interesting art work and projects.

I've been wanting to go, I don't know why they run on Sundays and Mondays, I will have to come back to be able to go. ;-)

Not sure if the Korean painter Yun Hyong Keun's work on the DW website is really his work. I am always cautious and suspicious about works exhibited after the artist's death. The drips somehow look unnatural. Met Yun in person...nice guy.

Great small gallery with a fairly quick turnaround of exhibits - must stop by if in Chelsea

When I went to the opening, I was surprised that there were too many people and too loud. A landscape not seen in Korea. Noah Davis's painting was beautiful.

When I came back on the weekend, I was envious of people of various ages coming and talking freely about the exhibition.

Came her for the infinity room exhibit. It was 4 rooms. 1 had the mirrors everywhere with ball displays, 2 rooms looking through a small hole to a tiny column of mirrors and lights and final room was all white with red dots and 2 statues. Exhibit was free but def not worth the long lines. Major overhyped unfortunately. No one even enjoys the art part, you only have a couple of mins so everyone has their phones out and taking pictures.

Went at the perfect time (around 2 on a Tuesday). Wait was about 25 mins outside and about 10 inside. Can't say I'd really wait longer than that knowing how rushed you are through the rooms once inside. There are 3 exhibits, each in there own room that you wait in line for.
The mirror exhibit is in the first room and you timed once your group is inside. When I say timed I literally mean the employees have stop watches around their necks. 30 seconds later you are "asked" to leave. 30 SECONDS! Nowhere near enough time to actually take in the piece. Take your pictures and reflect later lol.
The second exhibit is the lights and that was a little bit longer, yet still rushed out.
The last exhibit in this part is the red polka dot room which you can actually take your time in and take pictures.
From there you can go outside and then into another part of the gallery where you have all the time in the world to enjoy the pieces on the walls.
Overall I did enjoy the pieces. The gallery employees on the other hand could definitely stand to be a little less abrasive.

Depend on what you are looking for. If it's avant garde art that perplexes you, then this it. The gallery itself is lively, but some of the art is pretentious and ridiculous.

Love this gallery! For big attractions get there early to beat the crowd.

One of the outstanding art galleries in New York or anywhere!

It's a personal thing, but this kind of art doesn't do anything for me - and the presentation is extremely pretentious and ostentatious.

I like the gallery - big, clean, white. It seems well staffed and organized BUT I don't like the lines for some of the shows. grrrrrr. (and some of the security/line guards take their jobs a littttttle toooooo seriously.)

Very high profile exhibition with free admission. I Love New York.

This is a gem. Stylish minimalistic place. All white. I felt spiritual connection - my soul & mind were resting, my eyes were pleasantly surprised there. The atmosphere & simplistic design of the place enhance all the paintings better, so you truly enjoy the tiniest color splashes

This place uses its space generously! Several pretty cool exhibits!

Went to visit the Yayoi exhibition. The space is not very big but the installations are great. The way that the paintings are displayed are beautiful.

It s always packed and long line. Over all it s really nice