Cultured's fall gallery show guide for New York highlights five exhibitions opening in September 2025. Christopher Kulendran Thomas presents 'Peace Core' at Gagosian, featuring an AI-auto-edited video of pre-9/11 TV footage alongside paintings of a Sri Lankan massacre. Catharine Czudej's 'God is Good' at Meredith Rosen Gallery combines corrupted QR codes and religious imagery with a line of merchandise. Florian Krewer's 'cold tears released' at Michael Werner explores animalistic human nature through thickly layered oils. Ohad Meromi's 'At Rest' at 56 Henry focuses on moments of inactivity and reflection. Nayland Blake's three-part exhibition at Matthew Marks Gallery includes a retrospective on the AIDS crisis and new sculptural works.
This guide matters because it provides a curated overview of significant New York gallery shows opening in early fall 2025, offering readers insight into emerging and established artists' practices. The exhibitions collectively address themes of AI and memory (Kulendran Thomas), consumerism and digital culture (Czudej), human-animal connections (Krewer), labor and rest (Meromi), and queer identity and activism (Blake), reflecting current conversations in contemporary art.