Complex, compelling and fantastic are just a few of the words that the shows below can describe. Plan to make time to thoroughly assume this voting and visually fascinating shows, ranging from rather unseen and pre -eminently human works by Abex Giant Cy Twombly to conceptual explorations of assimilation by Serena Chang to the politics of beauty in the portraits of Marie Laurencin. While you are on the road, you view some other striking shows, including the moving exhibition of Salala Imai Calm In Karma in Chelsea, until 22 February. –Natalie Haddad, Reviews Editor
Serena Chang: fresh water
Island gallery83 Bowery, Lower East Side, Manhattan
Up to and including 15 February
“Chang plays with language and the translation, something that is based on the assimilation fears, because we often run a line that, as immigrants, makes us strange and/or familiar.” –HRag Vartanian
Read the full review here.
Nathalie Djurberg and Hans Berg: Only for the wicked
Tanya Bonakdar Gallery521 West 21st Street, Chelsea, Manhattan
Up to and including 21 February
“Djurberg and Berg can investigate human psychology, but the specific scenarios are nothing, if not a reflection of actual systemic abuses in reactionary and totalitarian governments.” –NH
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Marie Laurencin: Works from 1905 to 1952
Almine Rech Gallery39 East 78th Street, Floor 2, Upper East Side, Manhattan
Up to and including 22 February
“The work of Laurencin is a riposte for the second-class status of female-presenting (or just non-CIS-De-Deet male) makers through the long-term trivialization of ‘female’ art.” –NH
Read the full review here.
Cy Twombly
Gagosian gallery980 Madison Avenue, Upper East Side, Manhattan
Up to and including March 22
“The works in this exhibition are clearly earthly efforts and present the human hand in all its endeavors.” –Lisa Yin Zhang
Read the full review here.
Nolan Oswald Dennis: overthrow
Swiss Institute38 St. Mark’s Place, East Village, Manhattan
Up to and including April 13
“The artist has a talent for articulating their ideas in powerful objects that hide and reveal both their inner logic and contradictions.” –HV
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