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Tuesday, April 21st, 2020
The American artist Kara Walker poses questions about slavery’s history and legacy with a major UK commission. ...
Wednesday, April 8th, 2020
The work of earlier artists can be found in scenes from this expat Russian painter’s adolescence. ...
Sunday, March 3rd, 2019
A derangement of the senses is arrived at via multifarious stimuli ...

Scott Williams, Fenced Waterfront, 2017. Oil on panel, 18 x 28 inches. Courtesy of the artist
Monday, December 10th, 2018

Surfaces Sparkling: The cityscapes of Scott Williams

On view at 490 Atlantic through December 18

Helio Oiticica, Metaesquema 212, 1957. Gouache on board, 16.6 x 19.5 inches. Courtesy of Galerie Lelong & Co., New York
Thursday, November 29th, 2018

The Source of Growth and Change: Hélio Oiticica at Galerie Lelong

Early forays into abstraction by the Brazilian master

Installation shot, Stanley Whitney: In the Color, Lisson Gallery, New York, 2018 © Stanley Whitney; Courtesy Lisson Gallery
Thursday, November 29th, 2018

Where Color Takes Shape: Stanley Whitney at Lisson Gallery

His fourth show with the gallery, up through December 21

Sunday, November 11th, 2018

The Painted Word: Monique Johannet at The Painting Center

Her project room show, Intimations, is up through November 24

Kara Walker, Untitled, 2016, graphite on paper, 75 x 37.5 in. ©Kara Walker. Courtesy of the artist and Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York
Saturday, November 10th, 2018

Representing Rape: A Powerful Show at John Jay College

Curated by Monika Fabijianska earlier this fall

Monday, November 5th, 2018

Nemo: The Anonymous Portaits of Katinka Lampe and Colin Chillag

Overlapping Lower East Side shows at Elizabeth Houston Gallery

Installation shot, Ron Baron: Ode to A Void, at Studio 10, Brooklyn, 2018
Thursday, November 1st, 2018

Silent Procession: Ron Baron in Bushwick

Ode to a Void, at Studio 10, through Sunday

Saturday, October 27th, 2018

Initial Impact: Benjamin Pritchard and the Art of Legible Shapes

Wayfarer, his first show at SFA Projects, through Sunday

Elena Sisto, Rapunella, 2018. Oil on linen, 24 x 30 inches. Courtesy of the artist and Bookstein Projects
Sunday, October 21st, 2018

A New Ecology of Signs: Elena Sisto beyond the studio

As We Dream at Bookstein Projects through October 27

Installation shot, Graham Nickson: Cumulus, Monumental Trees and Transient Skies, at the New York Studio School, 2018, with works from the Monumental Tree series in the collection of the Louis-Drefus Family Collection. Image courtesy of the New York Studio School
Thursday, October 18th, 2018

Saturated Color and Subtle Harmonies: Graham Nickson’s Watercolors

“Cumulus, Monumental Trees and Transient Skies”, on view at the New York Studio School