The heat has been turned way up on the East Cost, which is all the more reason to duck into a few galleries as you trudge through the city. As is typical for the summer months, a lot of galleries have mounted group exhibitions, and many of them focus on painting.

In New York City, be sure to see: “The Big Picture” at Sikkema Jenkins (featuring NAP alums John Dilg and David Schutter; “Breed” at Greenberg Van Doren Gallery (featuring NAP alum Eddie Martinez); “Stretching Painting” at Galerie Lelong (featuring NAP alums Sarah Cain, Kate Shepherd, and emerging Chicago-based artist, Gabriel Pionkowski); “Contemporary Watercolor” at Morgan Lehman (featuring NAP alums Nina Bovasso, Sarah Cain, Ellen Lesperance and Kim McCarty); “Yeah we are friends and shit” at Josee Bienvenu Gallery (featuring NAP alums Kirk Hayes and Devin Troy Strother); “Stand still like a hummingbird” at David Zwirner (featuring NAP alum Ruth Laskey); “Everyday Abstract – Abstract Everyday” at James Cohan Gallery; “Painting in Space” at Luhring Augustine; “Context Message” at Zach Feuer; “Hot Tub Time Machine at Canada; and “Braman, Buren, Falls, Heilmann, Louis, Thurman” at Eleven Rivington. I know…that is a lot. But they are all well worth a visit.

Eddie Martinez. Courtesy of Greenberg Van Doren Gallery

Elsewhere around the country there are plenty of group shows to be found, but, there are also a number of strong solo exhibitions. Iva Gueorguieva continues to gain a lot of attention, and with her first show at Vielmetter in Los Angeles is to continue that trend. Emerging Texas artist, Bethany Johnson, produces exquisite ink on paper work that can be seen at Houston’s Moody Gallery this month. In San Francisco, you still have a few days to check out Patrick Wilson’s abstract paintings at Marx & Zavattero.

I am a sucker for artists who have produced a significant body of work over an extended period of time and have, for whatever, not gotten the attention they deserve. At 91 years of age, Northwest-based artist Gaylen Hansen, is high on my list of “most under recognized” painters. Sure, he had a Seattle Art Museum retrospective a few years ago, but outside of that city he is an virtually unknown quantity. This month, his long time dealer, Linda Hodge, will present an exhibition of recent work that is a true Must See. I want to personally congratulate Gaylen on decades of superb work.

Enjoy the list, and be sure to let us know whom you think we forgot in the comments section. – Steven Zevitas, Editor/Publisher

NEW AMERICAN PAINTINGS ARTISTS ON VIEW

Rocio Rodriguez (NAP #3, #58)
July 18 – September 7, 2012
Sandler Hudson Gallery

Arise (Featuring Bill Thompson, NAP #7, #44)
June 23 – July 28, 2012
Barbara Krakow Gallery

Morgan Bulkeley (NAP #5)
May 25 – July 10, 2012
Howard Yezerski Gallery

Anna Fidler  (NAP #61)
June 21 – August 4, 2012
Johansson Projects

Ana Fidler. Courtesy of Johannson Projects.

Steve Locke (NAP #86)
May 11 – July 21, 2012
Samson

Scott Reeder (NAP #95)
May 12 – July 28, 2012
Kavi Gupta

Impressions  (Featuring Jill Moser, NAP #50)
June 1 – July 7, 2012
Wade Wilson Art

Robert Josiah Bingaman (NAP #90, #101)
Archie Scott Gobber (NAP #77)
Michael Krueger (NAP #36, #46, #60, #72)
June 29 – August 25, 2012
Dolphin

Robert Josiah Bingaman. Courtesy of Dolphin.

Iva Gueorguieva (NAP #73)     PUBLISHER'S PICK
July/August, 2012
Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects

Iva Gueorguieva. Courtesy of Suanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects

Coin Chillag (NAP #78, #96)
June 9 – July 31, 2012
101 Exhibit

Material Matters (Vadis Turner, NAP #44, #74, #80, #92)
June 7 – July 7, 2012
Lyons Wier Gallery

The Big Picture (David Schutter, NAP #59, 65, John Dilg, NAP #11)      PUBLISHER'S PICK
June 8 – July 27, 2012
Sikkema Jenkins & Co

Heat Waves (John Zurier, NAP#55)
July 5 – July 27, 2012
Peter Blum

Breed (Featuring Eddie Martinez, NAP #68)
July 11 – August 24, 2012
Greenberg Van Doren Gallery

Stretching Painting (Gabriel Pionkowski, NAP #101, Kate Shepherd, NAP #44, Sarah Cain, NAP #73)      PUBLISHER'S PICK
June 21 – August 3, 2012
Galerie Lelong

Gabriel Pionkowksi. Courtesy of Galerie Lelong.

Post-Op (Ken Weathersby, NAP# 69, #75, #92)
July 12 – August 17, 2012
Mixed Greens

The Early Show (Jill Moser, NAP#50)
June 19 – August 17, 2012
Lennon, Weinberg, Inc.

Jacolby Satterwhite & Devin Troy Strother (NAP #85)
June 22 – July 27, 2012
Monya Rowe Gallery

Devin Troy Strother. Courtesy of Monya Rowe Gallery

Contemporary Watercolor (Nina Bovasso, NAP #98, Sarah Cain, NAP #73, Ellen Lesperance, NAP #97 Kim McCarty, NAP #49)
July 12 – August 17, 2012
Morgan Lehman

Ellen Lesperance. Courtesy of Morgan Lehman Gallery.

Yeah we friends and shit (Kirk Hayes, Devin Troy Strother, NAP#95)
June 28 – September 8, 2012
Josee Bienvenu Gallery

Kirk Hayes. Courtesy of Josee Bienvenu Gallery.

Stand still like a hummingbird (Ruth Laskey)
Alice Neel
June 28 – August 3, 2012
David Zwirner

Decade (Jim Gaylord, Jake Longstreth, Aaron Parazette, Jovi Schnell, Sarah Walker, Karla Wozniak)
July 5 – August 18, 2012
Gregory Lind Gallery

Karla Wozniak. Courtesy of Gregory Lind Gallery

Ada Sadler
June 7 – July 7, 2012
Dolby Chadwick Gallery

Patrick Wilson
June 2 – July 14, 2012
Marx & Zavattero

Patrick Wilson. Courtesy of Marx & Zavattero.

Summer Group Show (Amir Fallah)
July 5 – August 25, 2012
Frey Norris

Gaylen Hansen
July 5 – July 28, 2012
Linda Hodges Gallery

Gaylen Hansen. Courtesy of Linda Hodges Gallery.

Susann Bluhm
June 7 – July 14, 2012
Prole Drift

OTHER NOTEABLE SHOWS

BOSTON:

Somewhere In Between
June 14 – August 18, 2012
Steven Zevitas Gallery

Ned Vena. Courtesy of Steven Zevitas Gallery.

CHICAGO:

Brooks Cashbaugh
May 12 – July 7, 2012
Peter Miller Gallery
Molly Springfield
June 2, 2012 – August 18, 2012
Thomas Robertello Gallery

Seymour Rosofsky
July 27 – September 1, 2012
Corbett vs. Dempsey

Paul Cowan, Brendan Fowler, Chadwick Rantanen, Dan Rees
July 14 – August 25, 2012
Shane Campbell Gallery

DALLAS/HOUSTON:

Rex Ray
June 23 – August 31, 2012
Conduit Gallery

David Aylsworth      PUBLISHER'S PICK
May 25 – July 7, 2012
Inman Gallery

Trey Egan
July 14 – August 11, 2012
McMurtrey Gallery

Bethany Johnson     PUBLISHER'S PICK
July 14 – August 18, 2012
Moody Gallery

Bethany Johnson. Courtesy of Moody Gallery.

KANSAS CITY:

Andrzej Zielinski
June 29 – August 25, 2012
Dolphin

Linnea Spransky
Summer 2012
Byron Cohen Gallery

LOS ANGELES:

Creativity Explored
July 14 – August 11, 22012
Ambach and Rice

Brian Sharp      PUBLISHER'S PICK
Justin Beal
June 9 – July 7, 2012
ACME

Scott Olson      PUBLISHER'S PICK
May 27 – July 7, 2012
Overduin and Kite

The Road Ahead
June 16 – July 28, 2012
Roberts and Tilton

MIAMI:

Jose Bedia
May 31 – July 7, 2012
Fredric Snitzer Galery

Daniel Verbis
June 9 – July 28, 2012
Diana Lowenstein Gallery

NEW YORK:

Amy Feldman
Juen 14 – July 27, 2012
Blackston

Hot Tub Time Machine      PUBLISHER'S PICK
June 21 – July 22, 2012
Canada

Braman, Buren, Falls, Heilmann, Louis, Thurman      PUBLISHER'S PICK
June 21 – August 3, 2012
Eleven Rivington

Installation. Courtesy of Eleven Rivington.

Brian Kenny
June 20 – July 22, 2012
Envoy Enterprises

Douglas Melini
July 10 – August 10, 2012
Feature, Inc.

Daniel Higgs      PUBLISHER'S PICK
Gina Beavers
June 17 – July 25, 2012
James Fuentes

Daniel Higgs. Courtesy of James Fuentes.

Cosmo
June 8 – August 4, 2012
Klaus Von Nichtssagend Gallery

Friends with Benefits
June 28 – August 10, 2012
Lehman Maupin

Jack Vickridge
Lizzie Wright
June 7 – August 3, 2012
Nicelle Beauchene Gallery

Creative Growth      PUBLISHER'S PICK
June 28 – August 10, 2012
Rachel Uffner GalleryBethany Johnson. Courtesy of Moody Gallery.

Wolf Kahn
July 12 – August 17, 2012
Ameringer, McEnery, Yohe

Ella Kruglyanskaya
June 28 – July 30, 2012
Gavin Brown’s Enterprise

David Malek
June 1 – July 8, 2012
Golden

David Korty
June 29 – August 23, 2012
Kimmerich

David Korty. Courtesy of Kimmerich.

Gardar Eide Einarsson
June 7 – July 27, 2012
Team

Dave Miko      PUBLISHER'S PICK
July 11 – August 16, 2012
Derek Eller Gallery

Up Do

July 19 – August 10, 2012
Jeff Bailey Gallery

The Mystery Trend      PUBLISHER'S PICK
June 28 – August 3, 2012
Wallspace

Cadmus, Steers, Warhol      PUBLISHER'S PICK
June 8 – July 20, 2012
Alexander Gray Associates

Everyday Abstract – Abstract Everyday       PUBLISHER'S PICK
June 1 – July 27, 2012
James Cohan Gallery

Jake Berthot
July 5 – August 10, 2012
Betty Cunningham Gallery

Bianca Casady
June 28 – September 8, 2012
Cheim & Read

Retrospective of S-
June 21 – July 27, 2012
Fredericks & Freiser

Robert Ryman
July 30 – August 24, 2012
Gagosian Gallery

Eli Gabriel Halpern
Martha Diamond
June 20 – July 27, 2012
Sue Scott Gallery

Eli Gabriel Halpern. Courtesy of Sue Scott Gallery.

Painting in Space        PUBLISHER'S PICK
June 22 – August 17, 2012
Luhring Augustine

Installation. Courtesy of Luhring Augustine.

Selma Parlour
Yelena Popova
June 14 – Jul 14, 2012
Horton Gallery

Context Message       PUBLISHER'S PICK
June 20 – August 5, 2012
Zach Feuer

Installation. Courtesy of Zach Feuer.

Constructs, Abrasions, Melons and Cucumbers
June 21 – August 3, 2012
Bortolami

PHILADELPHIA/DC:

Academy 2010
July 7 – August 18, 2012
Conner Contemporary Art

William Willis
Steven Cushner
June 8 – July 28, 2012
Hemphill Fine Arts

Lighten Up
June 9 – July 28, 2012
Gallery Joe

SAN FRANCISCO:

Mark Hagen, Richard Hoblock, Lesley Vance
June 29 – August 3, 2012
Anthony Meier Fine Arts

Lesley Vance. Courtesy of Anthony Meier Fine Arts.

Tucker Nichols
June 22 – August 4, 2012
Gallery 16

David Hannah
July 5 – August 4, 2012
Gallery Paule Anglim

Wayne Thiebaud      PUBLISHER'S PICK
May 23 – July 7, 2012
John Berggruen Gallery

Lora Fosberg
June 23 – July 28, 2012
Jack Fisher Gallery

Immaterial
June 7 – July 12, 2012
Mark Wolfe Contemporary Art

Amberlee Rosolowich
July 5 – August 4, 2012
Hespe Gallery

Dashiell Manley
June 22 – July 28, 2012
Silverman

SANTA FE:

Summer Group Exhibition
July 3 – July 25, 2012
Charlotte Jackson Fine Art

SEATTLE/PORTLAND:

Noah Davis
July 12 – August 24, 2012
James Harris Gallery

Noah Davis. Courtesy of James Harris Gallery.

Willy Heeks
June 28 – July 28, 2012
Elizabeth Leach Gallery