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    David Zwirner

    3.9 (117 reviews)
    InexpensiveArt Galleries
    Closed 10:00 am - 6:00 pm

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    Julia S.

    Stopped by to view the Yayoi Kusama exhibit, and I HIGHLY recommend. We stopped by during a great time because there weren't many people around and we waited less than 10 minutes to enter the Infinity Mirror Room. I live in Phoenix, so I have seen Yayoi's Fireflies Infinity Room multiple times, and LOVE it. This one, while better for picture taking, still didn't compare to Fireflies in my opinion. There aren't too many exhibits, so you can see everything in a relatively short period of time.

    "Aspiring to Pumpkin's Love, the Love in My Heart"
    Katherine P.

    There are four rooms. If you don't want to wait in line to see the mirrored room, then you can go ahead and enter via the side and visit the other 3 exhibits. It's free admission. We got in line at 11:25AM, and got to the front at 12PM. They allow about 6 people in at a time. Rooms: 1. "Dreaming of Earth's Sphericity, I Would Offer My Love"- A very cool, colorful, and mirrored room, but difficult to take a photo without the reflections of other people in there + people walking by outside 2. "EVERY DAY I PRAY FOR LOVE"- A series of vibrant paintings utilizing dots and lines 3. "Aspiring to Pumpkin's Love, the Love in My Heart" - Interesting space consisting of pumpkin sculptures 4. "I Spend Each Day Embracing Flowers"- 3 massive flower sculptures There was AC in the warehouse, surprisingly. It's a good way to cool down, but not worth standing in line more than an hour.

    Aleksandra E.

    I believe it is incredible that you can see masterpieces. The organization was implacable, I was going to see Infinity Mirror Room by Yayoi Kusama, and it was a line that moved quickly. Besides this, there were paintings and sculptures; it was always a joy to see her pumpkin sculptures.

    Liz B.

    Really cool place to visit! I popped on in to see the Yayoi Kusama Exhibit on a weekday with no line and had a great time there

    Avery D.

    Came for the Yayoi Kusama exhibit. Stood in line for about 35 mins for the infinity mirror room. If was pretty cool. A little underwhelming. It was small and you could only stay in for a few mins to keep the line moving. Still worth it, but I wouldn't wait longer than 30 mins. The rest of the exhibit was cool. The large flowers were super pretty. A fun free exhibition!

    Waiting in line for Yayoi Kusama's Every Day I Pray For Love (Thursday, 11/21/2019)
    Jennifer Y.

    Haunting and Magical is Yayoi Kusama's "Everyday I Pray For Love". A marvel is her newest Infinity Mirror Room - 60 seconds of bliss. Purposefully I stood in line 2x to enter twice. First, I relished living in the beauty the installation room, and, only on the second visit, did I bring in my iPhone for photos! Thanks to David Zwirner Art Galleries, a separate building housed this icon's newest exhibition. In addition to the infinity room, there are two floors filled with Kusama's colorful and nostalgic paintings and sculptures celebrating life and of the beyond! CHEERS!

    Monica M.

    The gallery is very spacious, and the visitor service team was very friendly and helpful. I came for the Yayoi Kusama exhibit, and it was an incredible show. The curating was beautifully displayed.

    Linda M.

    I am always fascinated by the artwork that is display in the David Zwirner's gallery. It is never a disappointment and always something that sparks my interest. Currently they have collections from Rose Wylie ("Which One") and Ray Johnson ("What A Dump"). Definitely should stop by if you are around the area!

    Yayoi Kusama: Festival of Life line for entry. It's free!!!!
    Florence C.

    On a cloudy day, you could see forever. On an overcast Thursday morning, I waited for an hour outside and a half hour inside with my bro to see the "Infinity Mirror Rooms" and part of the "My Eternal Soul" portions of Yayoi Kusama's "Festival of Life" exhibit- a chance of a lifetime. That day, the threat of rain seemed to keep people away (shorter lines) - yay! I really appreciated that the gallery offered the entire exhibit for free. The staff was awesome and ran the place like a well-oiled machine, letting about 6 people into a room at a time for over a minute per room. The first was full of mirrors and mirror spheres with large peepholes for viewing wowing infinity effects. It was so mirrored-up that it was nearly impossible to get a picture without my reflection in it. The second was a dark room with LED lights in dynamic colors and patterns with similar holes and mirrors to see to infinity- really amazing. The third room required shoe covers that were pretty slippery but protected the exhibit which was a dreamy white room with red dots everywhere including huge flower sculptures. Though we were only allowed over a minute in each room, it was enough to experience the infinity effects and take some pix and videos. Kudos to David Zwirner and staff for hosting such an exhibit for free and mega thanks to Yayoi Kusama who at 88, still gifts the world with her mind-blowing work. **I suggest going on a weekday (Tuesday - Thursday) in the morning (they open at 10am) when it's cloudy or with threats of rain (less people show up) and bringing a friend for conversation. **Weekend wait times could be up to 3 or 5 hours so dress for the weather in layers. Inside, you can shed some layers, since it's quite warm. **You might want to pee beforehand and bring snacks in case your wait time is several hours. You have to leave food and drinks outside of the exhibit rooms. **Follow @davidzwirner on Twitter where they'll post updates if the wait time exceeds 2 hours. **There's zero wait to see My Eternal Soul paintings at 533 West 19th St. (same building as this) and Infinity Nets paintings in the uptown gallery at 34 East 69th St.

    First Infinity Room.
    Mark Nowell M.

    I just have to start with the employees! They are all rude! Thats it! 3 incident happen to me here today because of how rude the employees are! I am yelper, so all my reviews are fair with no biases, so everything that I will say here is true. Today, is my birthday and I decided to see Yayoi Kusama exhibit. I waited 3 hours in the cold, I don't mind cause I really want to see her artwork. Then the first incident with a guy employee here happened. Me and my friend was following a mother and baby so the line is really long and we don't want to push the mother and baby even though there is more space on the line, the guy told and tap my shoulder and said "Hey! You better move!". I told him "yeah but say it nicely". We went in, one of the infinity rooms has a time limit of 30 seconds..There is only 3 holes and we are 8 in our group (me, my friend and 6 people not related to us) Afcourse there is a line to peek through the hole. The guy told me "are you going to peek in?? You have 2 seconds left!" Are you serious? 2 seconds?? 3 hours of waiting for 2 seconds?? We finish the rooms and we went to the other exhibit, there we can stay as long as we want. For us to take pictures, we put our bags on the floor, then this girl is running to us and say "You are not allowed to put your things on the floor because it might touch the art work, if you don't follow me I WILL ESCORT BOTH OF YOU OUTSIDE!" Wow! A THREAT?? That is how they treat people visiting an artwork? Say it in a proper way. I understand it is free, but never treat anybody like that. We are people breathing the same air. No need for that. On a positive note, I love the exhibit of Yayoi Kusama, love the polka dot room! Will visit Tokyo or LA soon. I will never visit David Zwirner again, because of the employees. Treat people how people wants to treat you. Everything is just wrong, never again.

    Yayoi Kusama: "My Eternal Soul" series of paintings
    Linda T.

    Review for my experience of only viewing Yayoi Kusama's "My Eternal Soul" paintings: I did my due diligence for the past few weeks and decided not to wait 2-4+ hours on the line to view the infinity rooms. I checked out the Instagram photos (i.e. #FestivalOfLife) to see if it was worth waiting for. I guess the "Infinity Mirror Room - Let's Survive Forever" (i.e. The room with the mirrors and silver balls) is probably the coolest thing to see at this Yayoi Kusama's Festival of Life exhibit. I didn't want to wait on the lines for hours in the COLD to view something for one minute or less. I would probably wait 30-45 minutes tho. So, I just went directly to view Yayoi Kusama's "My Eternal Soul" paintings at 533 West 19th Street. There's no lines and it's walk-in. Upon entering, you'll see 66 HUGE colorful paintings by Yayoi Kusama. There's also three flower sculptures in the middle. I was there for 30 minutes to take my time in viewing the paintings and taking some photos. There's about two museum staff at this exhibit and they would warn people not to get super close to the paintings or the flower sculptures. Tips for those who still want to go view the infinity rooms: 1) Follow David Zwirner Galley on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook. They will post the current wait times for the infinity rooms. 2) Check Instagram with the hastag #FestivalOfLife to view the photos and see if it's worth going. 3) Bundle up - it's gonna be COLD if you wait for 2+ hours on the line. 4) Read the Yelp reviews from Christina E. (11/8/2017) and Swatee A. (11/16/2017). I found them to be very helpful.

    Natty C.

    OMG yes, yes, yes! Go if you still can, before December 15th. I came on a weekday morning and the line was an hour. It's free, people! So many good instagram worthy pics. Worth it for me. There are 3 rooms, you get a minute per room. They time you in the first room (mirrors) and are strict about it too. Check out the art gallery after, I loved it all.

    Johanna B.

    I love art and museums so when I saw that this was/is the hot ticket in town (until December 16), I had to check it out. It was one reason along with a newly acquired FOMO (fear of missing out) sentiment. Keep in mind, this is free to the public (hence the wait for the Instagram worthy Infinity Mirror exhibit in Chelsea). Currently, the artwork of 88 year old Yayoi Kusama is on exhibit across three spaces in Manhattan. One on 34 East 69th street--"Infinity Nets" (no wait--just waltz right in) and the others on West 19th Street. I decided to make my way uptown first and play by ear the downtown exhibits based on what the wait time would be. At the uptown location, the curator mentioned that the wait time for the Festival of Life in Chelsea has recently been 25 minutes between the hours of 1:30-3:00 PM. I took his advice; however, it was not the case when I arrived between those hours. But back to the East 69th street exhibit at David Zwirner. This exhibit was a collection of new paintings approximately one dozen in total and for the most part, was fairly easy to breeze through all of it in about 15 minutes or less. I then decided to head downtown to view the collection of 66 paintings--My Eternal Soul---(no wait on line) and find out what the wait time was for the other exhibits (both adjacent to one another at 525 and 533 West 19th Street (near the Highline). Once I arrived, I saw a long line nearing the end of the block and immediately thought this was at least a 90 minute wait if not more. I decided to check out the paintings collection which were really quite lovely and colorful--definitely worth seeing. Many people were enjoying the paintings, taking selfies or asking other visitors to snap pictures of them (the museum workers were not allowed to take pictures of visitors). When I asked the person at the desk about the other exhibit and whether it was worth waiting on line for, she informed me that the Mirror exhibit was mainly in the interest of those who were looking to post on Instagram. She also misinformed me that the Polka dot exhibit required no waiting on line. That said, I proceeded next door (as the line grew) to check out the Polka dot exhibit. Once there, I was informed that in order to see it, I had to join the line outside. She called the person at the painting exhibit to ask and sure enough I was misinformed. Because of her error, I was permitted to walk right into the Polka dot exhibit (every individual's shoes had to be covered with certain slip ons provided by the museum). The Polka dot exhibit was just one room. White and pink. Everyone was taking selfies and enjoying the unique experience. My observation at the paintings and polka dot exhibits was that the museum workers were frequently freaking out whenever it appeared a visitor was too close to the painting artwork or polka dot flower sculpture. A bit strange. Unfortunately, I was unable to wait on the long line to visit the Mirror exhibit. I might give it another shot before the exhibit ends on December 16, but to wait 2-3 hours was something I wasn't willing to do on this given visit. However, I did enjoy the other exhibits particularly, the paintings (the most) in Chelsea. I would suggest it's worth checking out if you're into interesting, unique and buzz worthy events.

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    Anyone went on the weekdays, if so how long is the wait for the infinity mirror? Also, how after entering to complete all the infinity mirrors room?

    Waited an hour and a half in line outside. You are allowed 1 minute inside the exhibit which you shouldn't waste your time on. Seriously, that's high school art. Extremely disappointing. Putting two mirrors together is not a new concept.

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