Organizing the landscape with a large wooden frame. Robert Frank (from 1979) at Pace Gallery.
The overlapped players of the “Train Whistle Blues”. Romare Bearden (from 1964) at DC Moore Gallery.
Posing male nudes in every letter of the alphabet (this is Y). Peter McGough at Karma.
Isolating jungle scenes from famous Vietnam war movies (Platoon/Apocalypse Now/Hamburger Hill), all actually filmed in the Philippines. Stephanie Syjuco (from 2007) in the Fugitive Land group show at Silverlens.
An incident in a crosswalk, as seen in forged steel crosshairs. Y. Malik Jalal at March Gallery.
Hank Willis Thomas finding visual “kinship” between images by Irving Penn at Pace Gallery, like tangled wrestlers and shrimp in a bouillabaisse (both from 1948).
The brick-like patterns of a grain barge from above, as published in the first edition of Hart Crane’s The Bridge. Walker Evans (from 1929) in the second floor hallway at the Met.
A slumped figure along the quay. Lisette Model (from 1933-1938) in the second floor hallway at the Met.
Delicate sprigs of flower amid cyanotype leaves. Anna Atkins (from 1851-1854, the earliest photograph by a woman in the museum’s collection) in the second floor hallway at the Met.
The tactile interplay of light and dark hands. Ken Graves and Eva Lipman (from 2000) in the Stark Contrast group show at CLAMP. This image was included in the 2021 photobook Restraint and Desire reviewed here.
Adding a surreal fish eye to a shadowy male nude. Jason Byron Gavann at Daniel Cooney Fine Art.
The momentary vulnerability of a fallen rider. Jeff Wall (from 2022) at Gagosian Gallery.
A color study in saturated neon red. Jeff Brouws (from 1990) at Robert Mann Gallery.
Watching a record spin as it fades in and out of focus. Narcisa Hirsch’s “Come Out” (from 1974) at Microscope Gallery.
Reflecting nearby buildings in a polished David Smith sculpture. James Welling (from 2023) in the Your Patience is Appreciated group show at Marian Goodman Gallery‘s new Tribeca space.
The dangling wires of test stations at CERN. Thomas Struth (from 2023) in the Your Patience is Appreciated group show at Marian Goodman Gallery‘s new Tribeca space.
Watching the total solar eclipse from Niagara Falls. An-My Lê (from 2024) in the Your Patience is Appreciated group show at Marian Goodman Gallery‘s new Tribeca space.
Paris intently observing bonsai specimens. Yang Fudong (from 1999) in the Your Patience is Appreciated group show at Marian Goodman Gallery‘s new Tribeca space.
A nude figure dissolving into flares of light and gestural marks. Matt Saunders (from 2024) in the Your Patience is Appreciated group show at Marian Goodman Gallery‘s new Tribeca space.
Looking down at Marcel Duchamp’s “Bicycle Wheel”, stretched across a corner. Louise Lawler (from 2023/2024) in the Your Patience is Appreciated group show at Marian Goodman Gallery‘s new Tribeca space.
