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Trevor Paglen, They Watch the Moon, 2010. C-print, 36 x 48 inches. Courtesy The New Museum
Tuesday, December 21st, 2010

Surfing the Flotsam: Free at the New Museum

on view through January 23

Peter Soriano, Other Side #93 (BASC), 2010, Steel Cable, aluminum pipe, and spray paint, Dimensions variable. Courtesy of Frederico Sève Gallery
Monday, December 20th, 2010

Hardware and Software Conspire: Peter Soriano at Frederico Sève

Peter Soriano: Dimensions Variable ran from September 23 to November 6

Gedi Sibony (with Diana Lyon), Who Attracts All That is Named, It Speaks of Them as The Three Bodies, 2010. Canvas, sofa, foam, tape, and cloth, vinyl, dimensions variable. Courtesy Greene Naftali Gallery, New York. Photo: John Berens
Wednesday, December 15th, 2010

Strikingly Simple Gestures: Gedi Sibony at Greene Naftali

The show ran from October 22 to December 4

Peter Campus, Fishing Boats at Shinnecock Bay, 2010. still from the video installation, Calling for Shantih, 2010. Courtesy of Cristin Tierney.
Sunday, December 12th, 2010

The Surrogate Eye: Peter Campus’s new videos

On view at Cristin Tierney until December 18

Larry Poons, Southern Exposure, 1986. Acrylic on canvas, 67-1/2 x 208 inches. Courtesy of Loretta Howard Gallery.
Friday, December 10th, 2010

From the Cocoon: Larry Poons at Loretta Howard

A group of paintings from the second half of the 1980s, up through December 23.

Thomas Nozkowski, Untitled (N-26), 2010, Ink, colored pencil, oil and crayon on paper, 8 5/8 x 9-13/16" inches. The Pace Gallery
Sunday, November 21st, 2010

The Model Abstraction for Our Times: Thomas Nozkowski at Pace

A counter argument to David Cohen’s earlier review of the same show

Sunday, November 21st, 2010

Cosmic Close-Ups: Stephen Mueller’s infinite spheres

until November 27 at Lennon, Weinberg, Inc.

Lee Krasner, Gaea, 1966.?Oil on canvas, 69 x 125-1/2 inches. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Kay Sage Tanguy Fund?© 2010 The Pollock-Krasner Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Saturday, November 20th, 2010

Strong on the Margins: AbEx New York at MoMA

Through April 25, the show draws exclusively from the museum’s collection.

detail of John Chamberlain, Untitled, ca.1960. Painted paper, staples, and mixed media on collage board, 11-1/2 x 11-1/2 inches. Courtesy of Allan Stone Gallery
Friday, November 12th, 2010

The Probity of Modernism: Collages by John Chamberlain and Alfred Leslie

Striking commonalities in the early works of two very different artists, at Allan Stone through December 23

Thomas Nozkowski, Untitled (N-22), 2010. Pencil and colored pencil on paper, 8-5/8 x 9-15/16 inches. The Pace Gallery
Sunday, November 7th, 2010

Ground Control to Major Tom: Please re-hang your show

Nozkowski’s current exhibition at Pace includes his best work to date, but the installation is another matter.