CHELSEA

Listed from South to North. Most galleries are open 10am-6pm Tuesday-Saturday.

Lee Bul @ Hauser & Wirth Gallery, 542 W 22nd St, thru 10/24, exhibition link
Her sanded gobstopper-like paintings draw you super close, but the surprise is turning the corner for the massive mirrored blimp!

Hiroshi Sugimoto @ Lisson Gallery, 504 W 24th St, thru 10/24, exhibition link
Does a photograph look more real than the actual thing? New and old works from his “Diorama” series make the American Museum of Natural History feel more real that it does in real life.

Arlene Schechet @ PACE Gallery, 508 W 25th St, thruh 10/24, exhibition link
The BEST works are the smallest. I recommend walking on the left side of desk first to see small works then to the larger room.

Lynda Benglis @ PACE Gallery, 540 W 25th St, thru 10/24, exhibition link
5 decades of sculpture are a mind-trip on material confusion, from extruded ceramic curls to their enlarged bronze counterparts. There’s also an unannounced drawing/print Pollock show on 3rd floor!!! (No photos allowed, so you know it’s a rare treat).

Anthony McCall @ Sean Kelly Gallery, 475 10th Ave (at 36th St), thru 10/31, exhibition link
100% worth the walk up (or I recommend starting here!). Step through and inside these cones of “solid light”. Great for Instagram, but I HIGHLY recommend staying longer than you think to experience what’s happening to the shapes over time.

TRIBECA

Alix Vernet @ Chapter NY Gallery, 60 Walker St, thru 10/17, exhibition ink
”Aluminum air conditioner condenser coils” are dented with with extreme precision to create beautiful fonts and words.

Asher Liftin @ 125 Newbury, at 395 Broadway, ends 10/31, exhibition link
The smallest works are my favorite - hyper-real colored pencil drawings using only 4 colors.

Edith Dekyndt @ Marian Goodman Gallery, 385 Broadway Fl 2, thru 10/24, exhibition link
Once inside gallery, take elevator to 2nd floor to see pieces of knotted wood with “algorithmically generated 3D extensions” and a shelf of ocean trash displayed like precious artifacts.

Gordon Parks @ Jack Shainman Gallery, 46 Lafayette St, thru 11/7, exhibition link
He may be one of the greatest photographers of all time. Exceptionally composed and perfectly-timed photographs from the 1940s-60s revealing a heart-wrenching and hope-inspiring look at America.

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