Turning a cluster of open mouths (singing, shouting, and otherwise) into a chorus. Christian Marclay, in a group show with Terry Adkins and Kelley Walker, at Paula Cooper Gallery.
Seeing a delicate floral blossom in a shaved cabbage. Chih-Chien Wang at Arsenal Contemporary.
Meditative video portraits of the south shore of Long Island, filled with gradual change and motion. Peter Campus at Cristin Tierney Gallery.
Connecting to the artist’s Ghanaian heritage, by transforming everyday moments into hanging sculptural objects. Lloyd Foster at Anton Kern Gallery.
Using a cowboy-hatted shadow to frame a through-the-window diner view featuring the Statue of Liberty. Danny Lyon (from 1970, for Lewis Hine) at Edwynn Houk Gallery.
Cataloguing women’s bodies (both historical and self-portraits) in thematic reference to Duchamp’s Nude Descending a Staircase. Kim Hoeckele in the ongoing Press Release group show at Storage Art Gallery.
The swirling disorientation of the Yanomami plantain soup offering ceremony. Claudia Andujar at The Shed.
The mod elegance of white, outside the Métro Saint-Michel. Robert Doisneau (from 1969) in The girl in the city: the city and modernity at agnès b Galerie.
The powerfully personal rebellion of cutting hair, during the “Women, Life, Freedom” demonstrations. Maryam Ashrafi (from 2022) in the Barbad Golshiri show at Thomas Erben Gallery.
Printing images of refugee children on reclaimed wood, reversing the tonalities into ghostly silhouettes. JR at Perrotin.
Staccato bursts of code snippets and image fragments wrapped over a textural painterly surface. Chris Dorland at Lyles & King.
The surreal immediacy of being observed. Michel Auder at Martos Gallery.
The intertwined angles of embracing arms, with a nod to Marion Pinto’s pastels. Coyote Park at the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art.
The tactile threat of sandy eroision. Yiyo Tirado Rivera in the no existe un mundo poshuracán: Puerto Rican Art in the Wake of Hurricane Maria group show at the Whitney.
The bond between father and daughter made visible with red thread. Gabriella N. Báez in the no existe un mundo poshuracán: Puerto Rican Art in the Wake of Hurricane Maria group show at the Whitney.
Re-connecting with threatened nature via drawing on (and then rephotographing) cupey leaves. Javier Orfón in the no existe un mundo poshuracán: Puerto Rican Art in the Wake of Hurricane Maria group show at the Whitney.
Layered images of shrines and Asian restaurants, mixing complex combinations of heritage and home. Tommy Kha at Baxter St at CCNY.
A stacked study in candy-colored pink. Victor Demarchelier (from 2018) at Staley-Wise Gallery.
An elegant tumble of soft lavender. Patrick Demarchelier (for Dior, from 2011) at Staley-Wise Gallery.
Catching film director Eric Rohmer in mid air, while jumping rope. François-Marie Banier at Miguel Abreu Gallery.
