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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


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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Picking Up the Pieces: Julie Heffernan’s Honest Pessimism


Her show opens September 3 at Catherine Clark Gallery, San Francisco


Installation shot, Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2011.

Alexander McQueen Double Bill


Essay compares him with photographer Francesca Woodman while review challenges unquestioning acceptance of his violence against women.


Lois Dodd, Elliott's Place, 1993. Oil on panel, 11-3/4 x 19 inches. Courtesy of Caldbeck Gallery

Interesting for No Good Reason: Lois Dodd in Maine


A 40 year survey of real and imagined scenes at the Calbeck Gallery, Rockland, this summer


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.


Tejal Shah, You Too Can Touch the Moon (from the Hijra Fantasy series), 2006. Numbered photograph on archival paper, 147 x 96.5 cm. Courtesy de l’artiste et Project 88, Bombay

Passage to Postmodernity: Paris-Delhi-Bombay


at the Centre Pompidou through September 19