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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 ...
 


Wu Guangzhong, Pines and Rocks of the Lao Mountains," 1987, Ink and color on rice paper, H. 70.9 in x W. 37.4 in (180 x 95 cm), Shanghai Art Museum

A Triumphant Survivor: The Ink Paintings of Wu Guanzhong


His show this spring was at the Asia Society


Claudia Chaseling, Rat, 2012. Egg tempera and oil on canvas, 35-1/2 x 31-1/2 inches. Courtesy of Slag Contemporary

Fast and Loose Play of Planes: Claudia Chaseling at Slag


Ambitious Bushwick show includes video, installation and “painting away from the canvas”


Hugo McCloud, Judith, 2012. Patina, mixed media on copper sheet, 77 x 93 inches. Courtesy of Meulensteen Gallery.

A Curation of Curators: Young Curators, New Ideas at Meulensteen


A  multifarious show equates curatorial choice with artistic production


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Spatialism in Action: Lucio Fontana at Gagosian Gallery


His Ambiente Spaziale were on view in May and June


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Beyond the Studio & Out of the Closet: Art and Sex on the Waterfront, 1971-83


Leslie + Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art


Marcia Hafif, Fresco: Italian Brown Pink Lake NY 09 2, 2009. Oil on canvas, 30 x 30 inches. Courtesy of Larry Becker Contemporary Art

Monochrome Austerity, Late Roman Style: Marcia Hafif at Larry Becker


Was seen in Philadelphia early Summer 2012


Keith Haring (American, 1958–1990). Still from Painting Myself into a Corner, 1979. Video, 33 min. Collection Keith Haring Foundation. © Keith Haring Foundation

Out of the Gallery and Into the Streets: Keith Haring’s Early Years


Keith Haring: 1978-1982 at Brooklyn Museum until July 8


Martha Diamond, Untitled, (detail), 2011, Oil on board, 15 x 10 inches. Courtesy of Sue Scott Gallery

Diamond Bright: Martha Diamond at Sue Scott Gallery


Her “bright brush” paintings are on view on the Lower East Side

 


Installation view, Josiah McElheny: Thoughts about the Abstract Body at Andrea Rosen Gallery, May/June 2012. Courtesy Andrea Rosen Gallery

Context is Key: Josiah McElheny at Andrea Rosen


Thoughts about the Abstract Body remained on view through June


Jean Hélion, Equilibre, 1936. Oil on canvas, 44-7/8 x 57-7/8 inches. Courtesy of Schroeder Romero & Shredder

Permanent Transformation: Jean Hélion at Schroeder Romero & Shredder


Gem of an exhibition by this enigmatic French modernist is up through June 30