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Mary Lucier, Wisconsin Arc, 2009-2013, Single-channel video installation. Color. Sound. 26:00 (installation view). Courtesy of Lennon, Weinberg, Inc.
closing this weekend at Lennon, Weinberg ...
 
Gabriel Orozco, Island Within an Island, 1993. Silver dye bleach print, 16 x 20 inches, Edition of 5. Courtesy of Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, © 2009 Gabriel Orozco.
On view through May 26 ...
 
Marina Adams, Spin, 2010. Acrylic on Linen, 48 x 48 inches. Courtesy of Hionas Gallery
Quietly audacious abstract paintings on the Lower East Side ...
 


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Abstract Expressionism Is Alive and Well in Denmark


Per Kirkeby at Michael Werner Gallery through October 29


Richard Timperio, Jazz Blocker, 2011. Acrylic on paper, 30 x 22 inches. Courtesy of Art 101.

Ebullience in Acrylic: Richard Timperio at Art 101


Williamsburg show up through October 9


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Beyond the Yogurt Cap: New Works by Gabriel Orozco


on view at Marian Goodman through October 15


Lee Ufan, Relatum, 1978/1990. Steel and stones Two plates, 0.9 x 210 x 280 cm each; two stones, approximately 30 cm and 70 cm high The National Museum of Art.

Encounters Between Seer and Seen: Lee Ufan at the Guggenheim


His retrospective continues through September 28.


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The Reductive Expands: MINUS SPACE will move from 175 feet in Gowanus to a Dumbo loft


Last show in old space closes September 17


Cory Arcangel, Still from Various Self Playing Bowling Games (aka Beat the Champ), 2011. Hacked video game controllers, game consoles, cartridges, disks, and video, dimensions variable. Collection of the artist; Team Gallery, New York; Lisson Gallery, London; and Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg and Paris. Image courtesy Barbican Art Gallery, London; photograph © Eliot Wyman

Function Follows Formula: Cory Arcangel at the Whitney


Equal parts hacker and historiographer, his central theme is built-in obsolescence


Still from the hologram of Kate Moss that closed Alexander McQueen's 2006 show, Widows of Culloden. photo credit: WireImage.com

Savage Beauty, Tame Museum: Alexander McQueen at the Met


Offers feminist and museological criticism of the hugely popular show.


Xavier Cha, Body Drama, 2011. I(nstallation view, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York). Performance with actor and body-mounted video camera; and video, color, silent; time variable, looped. Photograph by Sheldan C. Collins

Distance and Dissonance: Xavier Cha at the Whitney


Body Drama, live performance and video projection, continues through October 9.


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Transcending Barriers: George Tun Sein at Tally Beck Contemporary


This Lower East Side show is up through August 30


Elisabeth Condon, Woke Up To Find It Missing, 2011. Acrylic on linen, 52 x 72 inches. Courtesy of Lesley Heller Workspace, photo by Karineh Gurjian-Angelo

Paintings That Shouldn’t Work: Elisabeth Condon


Her show was at Lesley Heller, April 13 to May 15, 2011