Spy: The Secret World of Espionage, at Discovery Times Square, is an "interactive new family friendly exhibit that takes you beyond the Hollywood fiction and puts you face to face with the secret truth that goes on behind the scenes."
Brendan Smith's work, currently on view at Louis B. James with David Mramor, "reveals the physical engagement inherent in their making as embodied in a unifying formal system of coils."
A Painter and His Muses, Edouard Vuillard's show at the Jewish Museum, "offers a fresh view of the French artist's career, from the vanguard 1890s to the urbane domesticity of the lesser-known late portraits."
Rooster Gallery, in association with Residency Unlimited, presents Jaro 1, two simultaneous solo shows with work by RU resident artists Guy Goldstein and Erin Dunn.
The photographs in Surfland, Revisited, Joni Sternbach's show at Rick Wester Fine Art, are "ghostly and vibrant, ancient and modern, sturdy yet precious."
Matthew Brandt's show at Yossi Milo further "revives his traditional photographic techniques through various production processes, including handmade papermaking and gum-bichromate."
The International Center of Photography has an interesting show of Civil War photographs depicting the propaganda created by Northern artists and caricaturists.
Artists Including Me, William Wegman's show at Sperone Westwater, consists of "recent postcard paintings that feature imagery from secondhand souvenirs, imaginary landscapes, and art about art."