Overpainted abstractions upending African masks. Barry Le Va in Changed: The Altered Photograph at Ricco/Maresca.
The blurred uncertainty of color blocks in the woods. Victor Schrager at Edwynn Houk.
An angled array of soaring divers. Gustav Klutsis in the Soviet Photomontage 1920s-1930s group show at Nailya Alexander.
The shifting realities of the digital New York Times. Wade Guyton at Petzel Gallery.
Sensitive transgender portraits taken on Christopher Street. Mark Seliger at 231 Projects.
Dense photographic wallpaper above racks of refugee clothes. Ai Weiwei at Deitch Projects.
A tender embrace in a tondo shape. Nadar in the 12/20 auction at Millon.
Coupling bodies on a cluttered mantle. Mark Morrisroe at Alexander and Bonin.
Brash colors and staged eroticism in test Polaroids. Miles Aldridge at Steven Kasher.
Incisively merging the male/female of rockets and porn. Suzanne Wright in the Cut-Ups: Queer Collage Practices group show at Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art.
Inserting lesbian desire into classic movies. Deborah Bright in the Cut-Ups: Queer Collage Practices group show at Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art.
Exploring body image and the oddly mundane in deadpan self-portraits. Iiu Susiraja at Ramiken Crucible.
The slippery elegance of translucent bodies. Louisa Clement in the Never Leave Me group show at On Stellar Rays.
Pulling stock imagery outside the frame. Nina Beier in the Never Leave Me group show at On Stellar Rays.
A wall of strong women on view in a former prison. Annie Leibovitz at the former Bayview Correctional Facility.
A dizzying mosaic of skyscrapers. Thurman Rotan in the Exceptional Exposures: 20th Century Photographs Online sale at Sotheby’s, ending 12/12.
The echoing tactile curves of body and succulent. Nobuyoshi Araki in the Implosion 20 group show at Anton Kern.
Graceful stone bending toward a spot of light. Constantin Brancusi in the Impasse Ronsin show at Paul Kasmin.
Hues of yellow as a unifying theme. Nan Goldin at Matthew Marks.
Bending space with grids of light. Otto Piene in The Serial Attitude at Eykyn Maclean.
