Must-see exhibitions in New York this autumn

"Marclay, a Swiss and Californian pioneer of time-based media, turned the art world on its axis with The Clock (2010), a 24-hour filmic opus that debuted at New York's Paula Cooper Gallery before embarking on a global tour. Dubbed "an addictive masterpiece" by The New Yorker, The Clock earned Marclay a reputation as a singular Pop Art synthesist; the following year, the film earned him the coveted Golden Lion award at the Venice Biennale."

"Doors debuted in London in 2023 and builds on the visual language of The Clock with an eye on thresholds. It features hundreds of spliced moments from films found and foraged in which characters enter and exit interstitial space. Using expert editing to explore the endless permutations of discovery, Doors ruminates on the connectivity of sight and sound, leading viewers through a rhapsodic cycle of bodies, eras, dialects and experiences."

"Reverend Joyce McDonald does not look like all she has been through. As she effervesces with charm and energy, it is difficult to envision the hardships she has endured to arrive at her first museum survey. McDonald discovered ceramics in the wake of her HIV diagnosis in 1995, deep in the throes of drug use and pursuing sex work to survive. In the late 1990s she began an art therapy programme through the Jewish Board of Family Services and w"

Doors (2022) is a 54-minute cinematic collage by Christian Marclay installed in the Brooklyn Museum's Moving Image Gallery and co-purchased with the Hirshhorn. The work assembles hundreds of spliced film moments focused on characters entering and exiting interstitial spaces, creating recurring clips that produce a cyclical, musical quality. Doors extends the temporal and visual strategies of The Clock while concentrating on thresholds, sight and sound connectivity, and diverse bodies, eras and dialects. Reverend Joyce McDonald receives a first museum survey at the Bronx Museum (5 September–11 January 2026), having discovered ceramics after an HIV diagnosis in 1995 and early art therapy through the Jewish Board.

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