“Giving Shape to Space” @ David Zwirner Gallery, 525 W 19th St, ends 4/19 —>exhibition link
I will ALWAYS show up for a gallery exhibition that holds a few Fred Sandback yarn works (and the Suzan Frecon’s & Al Taylor’s are a great play with light & air too)

Walton Ford @ Gagosian Gallery, 522 W 21st St, ends 4/19 —>exhibition link
Massive watercolors based on the strange life of Luisa Casati (who kept cheetahs as pets). Read the press release for quick review on her life. (or see the show first and I promise it’ll make you curious).

Todd Gray @ Lehmann Maupin Gallery, 501 W 24th St, ends 3/29 —>exhibition link
Framed photos build collages that compress history, play with depth perception, and stitch a sense of cosmic time. Don’t miss downstairs!

Julian Opie @ Lisson Gallery, 504 W 24th St, ends 4/19 —>exhibition link
My favorite are the 13 foot-tall wall relieves of school children that make you feel like an ant while they visually break into abstract forms as you get closer.

Richard Learoyd @ Pace Gallery, 508 W 25th, ends 4/26 —>exhibition link
New camera obscura images capture incredible details that seem to capture light from the “Dutch Golden Age of Painting” (so like 400 years ago).

Nobutaka Aozaki @ Kai Matsumiya Gallery, 264 Canal St #5E, ends 3/28 —>exhibition link
Crushed cans are unfolded back to life and found lottery tickets are painted black except where scratched. An elevation of the unwanted, a re-examination of the value held in things.

David Kennedy Cutler @ Derek Eller Gallery, 38 Walker St, ends 4/12, —>exhibition link
Printed & painted on both sides of the canvas, the whole thing is cut so elements of the back BECOME the front and holes reveal more.

Tavares Strachan @ Marian Goodman Gallery, 385 Broadway, ends 4/19, —>exhibition link
A piano is in a duet with itself (listen carefully for the other half of the piano). Smarter the longer you listen. Find the skeleton on the first floor & I like the plates on the 2nd floor.

James Miller @ Nicelle Beauchene, 7 Franklin Pl, ends 3/29 —>exhibition link
Miller’s work feels like physical shadows, made from countless layers of sprayed paint that capture ghosts of objects no longer present. This new work recalls bioluminescence & echolocation in caves & ocean trenches.

Nick Cave @ Jack Shainman Gallery, 46 Lafayette St, ends 3/29 —>exhibition link
Be awe-struck by a 26-foot-tall bronze figure in this 1898 bank hall, but stay for the quilt-like works made from antique serving trays. An unmissable space!

Tuan Andrew Nguyen @ James Cohan Gallery, 291 Grand St, ends 4/5 —>exhibition link
A 10-minute film gives a literal voice to an unexploded bomb in Vietnam using, while a beautiful 10-foot mobile hangs in the next room - all made from metal recovered from old bombs & artillery shells.