Complicated, compelling, and fantastical are simply a number of the phrases that might describe the reveals beneath. Plan on making time to totally soak up these thought frightening and visually partaking reveals, starting from beforehand unseen and eminently human works by AbEx big Cy Twombly to conceptual explorations of assimilation by Serena Chang to the politics of prettiness within the portraits of Marie Laurencin. Whilst you’re out and about, ensure that to take a look at another standout reveals, together with Ulala Imai’s poignant exhibition Calm at Karma in Chelsea, up by February 22. —Natalie Haddad, Opinions Editor
Serena Chang: Candy Water
Island Gallery, 83 Bowery, Decrease East Facet, ManhattanThrough February 15
Element of Serena Chang’s “Sweet Water” (2024) at Island Gallery on the Decrease East Facet (photograph Hrag Vartanian/Hyperallergic)
“Chang plays with language and its translation, something that undergirds assimilationist anxieties, as we often walk a line that renders us, as immigrants, at once alien and/or familiar.” —Hrag Vartanian
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Nathalie Djurberg and Hans Berg: Just for the Depraved
Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, 521 West twenty first Road, Chelsea, ManhattanThrough February 21
View of the second-floor set up with looped movies in Nathalie Djurberg and Hans Berg’s Just for the Depraved at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery (photograph Natalie Haddad/Hyperallergic)
“Djurberg and Berg may be exploring human psychology, but the specific scenarios are nothing if not a reflection of actual systemic abuses in reactionary and totalitarian governments.” —NH
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Marie Laurencin: Works from 1905 to 1952
Almine Rech Gallery, 39 East 78th Road, Ground 2, Higher East Facet, ManhattanThrough February 22
Marie Laurencin, “Tête de jeune fille” (1925), watercolor on paper (photograph Natalie Haddad/Hyperallergic)
“Laurencin’s work is a riposte to the second-class status of female-presenting (or simply non-cis-het male) creators via the long-standing trivialization of ‘feminine’ art.” —NH
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Cy Twombly
Gagosian Gallery, 980 Madison Avenue, Higher East Facet, ManhattanThrough March 22
Set up view of Cy Twombly, “Untitled” (1971), oil-based home paint and wax crayon on canvas (photograph by Maris Hutchinson, picture courtesy Gagosian Gallery)
“The works in this exhibition are distinctly earthly endeavors, showcasing the human hand in all its striving.” —Lisa Yin Zhang
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Nolan Oswald Dennis: overturns
Swiss Institute, 38 St. Mark’s Place, East Village, ManhattanThrough April 13
Element of Nolan Oswald Dennis, “Articulated globe (pair)” (2024), black primer, cowry shell veil, metal armature (photograph Hrag Vartanian/Hyperallergic)
“The artist has a knack for articulating their ideas in powerful objects that both conceal and reveal their inner logics and contradictions.” —HV
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