mike brodie

A Period of Juvenile Prosperity, Mike Brodie's show at Yossi Milo, "depicts the gritty youth subculture of freight train hoppers and squatters."

bill brandt

Bill Brandt's retrospective at MoMA "represents a major critical reevaluation of his heralded career."

elizabeth peyton

Elizabeth Peyton's show at Gavin Brown opens March 29.

tilda swinton

Tilda Swinton staged an unannounced performance of The Maybe last weekend at the MoMA, and will do so periodically through the end of 2013.

nick cave

Heard NY, Nick Cave's piece at Grand Central, "transforms Vanderbilt Hall with a herd colorful life-size horses that peacefully graze and periodically break into choreographed movement."

christopher bucklow

Christopher Bucklow's show at Danziger, which features "Guston-like visionary dreams and nightmares," closes March 23.

tiago estrada

The Wall of Pleasure, Tiago Estrada's show at Rooster, continues the artist’s "previous research regarding language and its use, but it is also a deeper reflection on one’s true freedom and expression."

jon kessler

The Swiss Institute presents The Web, Jon Kessler's show that "that addresses the significance of the Internet and mobile devices in our lives while simultaneously examining the role of the viewer."

helen frankenthaler

Helen Frankenthaler's paintings from the 1950s are on view at Gagosian.

james turrell

James Turrell's show at Pace focuses on "the Roden Crater, an extinct volcano in the Painted Desert of Northern Arizona that Turrell has been transforming into a monumental work of art since the 1970s."

philip guston

Philip Guston: A Centennial Exhibition, at McKee Gallery, is a "spontaneous celebration, attempting to expand our understanding of Guston with works which have not been widely exhibited, interspersed with some Guston classics which have been shown and reproduced all over the world."

andra ursuta

Andra Ursuta's show at Venus Over Manhattan is "informed by her native country, her subsequent move to New York as a student, and the attendant issues of foreignness, exoticism and dislocation."

white collar crimes

White Collar Crimes, the painting show curated by Vito Schnabel at Acquavella, "presents an unexpected collaboration between conceptually rigorous emerging artists and a gallery with a legacy for blue chip exhibitions of modern masters."

jacob kassay

Jacob Kassay is having a big week. First signing with 303 Gallery, and now in a group show at Andrea Rosen's new experimental space with Olivier Mosset and Lawrence Weiner.

joe zucker

Joe Zucker's show, Empire Descending A Staircase, at Mary Boone, continues his "process of physically breaking down not just the ostensible subject -- here, fluted Doric columns -- but the materials of painting itself."

robin rhode

Robin Rhode's show at Lehmann Maupin closes March 16.

nayland blake

What Wont Wreng, Nayland Blake's show at Matthew Marks, "seeks out the spontaneous moments in daily life and uses them as departures for art."

nyc 1993

NYC 1993: Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star, at the New Museum, attempts to "capture a specific moment at the intersection of art, pop culture, and politics."

jill freedman

Circus Days, Jill Freedman's show at Higher Pictures, closes March 9.

balázs kicsiny

Balázs Kicsiny’s The Checkered Doubt, at Rooster Gallery, features paintings, photos and videos with a common motif: their black and white checkered pattern, which originates from an English 16th Century sarcophagus in Westminster Abbey.

el anatsui

If you've been to the Met you are familiar with the work of El Anatsui. His current show at the Brooklyn Museum, which his first solo exhibition in a New York Museum, features "over 30 works in metal and wood that transform appropriated objects into site-specific sculptures."