A retrospective of the influential abstract painting group.

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

On view at 450 West 41st Street through Saturday

Notations: The Cage Effect Today at Hunter College through April 21

Becky Brown at Hunter College

Nightfall can inspire fascination with the starry sky, optimistic hopes for fulfilled sexual desire, or at least anticipation of sleep. But it can also cause anxiety if you are lonely, which is why van Gogh described The Night Café (1988), at MoMA, as showing a place where “dark forces lurked and suppressed human passions could suddenly explode.”