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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 ...

El Anatsui, Gli (Wall) (detail), 2010. Aluminum and copper wire, installation at the Brooklyn Museum, dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. Brooklyn Museum photograph
Wednesday, May 1st, 2013

The Wall is Also a Story: El Anatsui at the Brooklyn Museum

The Ghanaian artist’s first solo exhibition in a New York museum, on view till August 4.

David Diao, 40 Years of His Art, 2013. Acrylic and vinyl on canvas, 40 x 60 inches. Courtesy of Postmasters
Friday, April 26th, 2013

Towards A Sense of Closure: David Diao’s TMI at Postmasters

The last day of show and space alike is Saturday, April 27.

Jane Irish, Thousand Yard Stare Urn, 2012. Low fire whiteware, china paint, luster and underglaze, 15½ x 8 x 8 inches. Courtesy of Locks Gallery, Philadelphia
Friday, April 26th, 2013

Drawing Room Plunder: Jane Irish at Locks Gallery, Philadelphia

Sông H’u’ong: Withdrawing Room is on view through May 10

Ariane Lopez-Huici, Priscille, 2012. Silver gelatin print, 20 x 24 inches. Courtesy of Hionas Gallery
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013

Lavished in Kindness: Ariane Lopez-Huici Photographs Priscille

“Many male viewers are disturbed to discover they are turned on by her mutilated body”

Judith Belzer, Through Lines #27, 2011). Oil on canvas, 64 x 64 inches. Courtesy of Morgan Lehman Gallery
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013

On the Edge: Judith Belzer at Morgan Lehman

Mapping the urbanization of California’s coastline, through April 27

Antonio Dias , Do It Yourself: Freedom Territory, 1968, Adhesive vinyl on floor, overall dimensions variable, Daros Latinamerica Collection, Zürich
Thursday, April 18th, 2013

In the Air: Conceptual Art, North and South

When artists were still writing postcards and sending faxes. At Hunter College through May 8

Mary Lucier, Wisconsin Arc, 2009-2013, Single-channel video installation. Color. Sound. 26:00 (installation view). Courtesy of Lennon, Weinberg, Inc.
Wednesday, April 17th, 2013

Meditative Continuity: New Video Works by Mary Lucier

closing this weekend at Lennon, Weinberg

Gordon Matta-Clark, Conical Intersect, 1975. Still, 16mm film transfer, 18:40 minutes, silent. Courtesy of David Zwirner Gallery
Wednesday, April 17th, 2013

Other Sights of a Career: Gordon Matta-Clark at David Zwirner

“Matta-Clark wanted to be known as more than the guy who cuts buildings in half”

David Hammons, In the Hood, 1993. Athletic sweatshirt hood with wire. 23 x 10 x 5 inches. Courtesy of Tilton Gallery
Saturday, April 13th, 2013

It Was Twenty Years Ago Today: NYC 1993 at the New Museum

On view through May 26

Sarah Walker, Near Earth Objects XII, 2013. Acrylic on paper, 14 x 13.25 inches. Courtesy of Pierogi Gallery
Saturday, April 6th, 2013

Quantum Fields and Cellular Processes: Sarah Walker at Pierogi

Planet X on view in Williamsburg thru’ April 21