New York: Tiffany Sia Documents Hong Kong’s Resistance

"Slow bodies, racing hearts." Valentina Di Liscia probes the languid paintings of Lucía Vidales, whic

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“Slow bodies, racing hearts.” Valentina Di Liscia probes the languid paintings of Lucía Vidales, which render the familiar yet strange tensions of our age. Meanwhile, get on down to Artists Space for Tiffany Sia’s poignant (and cleverly titled) exhibition, Slippery When Wet. Isabel Ling offers a compelling deep dive below.Have you caught the new Yayoi Kusama exhibition yet? Now on view at the New York Botanical Garden, it’s an opportunity to free your legs and mind a little amid the greenery.— Dessane Lopez Cassell, Editor, Reviews

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Dots for Days: Kusama Blooms at the New York Botanical Garden Cosmic Nature invites viewers to celebrate the artist’s joyful, creative energy after a year of loss and grieving. Bedatri D. Choudhury

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Wielding Time and Text, Tiffany Sia Documents Hong Kong’s Resistance Slippery When Wet evokes the sociopolitical pressure-cooker that has manufactured Hong Kong’s culture of protest. Isabel Ling

Slow Bodies, Racing Hearts: Lucía Vidales’s Paintings of Our Changing Selves Pleasingly difficult to decipher, Vidales’s paintings evoke the paradoxes of a year defined by solitude. Valentina Di Liscia

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Niki de Saint Phalle’s Vibrant, Multidimensional Universe The contribution of Structures for Life is its ability to move beyond Saint Phalle’s most acclaimed works. Johanna Sluiter

Michael Rakowitz Makes a Life Out of Fragments Rakowitz has installed at the Wellin a partial reconstruction of “Room H” within the Northwest Palace of the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud. Seph Rodney

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Marilyn Lerner Shifts Gears, Again Lerner’s new works evoke an asymmetrical kaleidoscopic hum, as geometric forms and multiple hues dance around each other. John Yau

Sarah Friedland Conjures the Distant Memory of Togetherness Friedland’s films conjure a sense of heightened, almost spiritual attunement to a body’s movements. Adina Glickstein

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The Starkly Poignant Prints of William Kentridge Viewed in 2021, Kentridge’s preference for black and white strikes as an urging to see issues of morality more clearly. Daniel Larkin

An Artist’s Lifetime of Asking the Hard Questions Derek Boshier’s commitment to being a witness to the catastrophes and jarring discrepancies of daily living has contributed to his near-invisibility in New York. John Yau

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Installation view of "Chloe Wise: Thank You For The Nice Fire," Almine Rech, 2021 (image courtesy Almine Rech; photo by Dan Bradica)

Chloe Wise: Thank You For The Nice Fire through April 17 at Almine Rech Izumi Kato through April 17 at Perrotin William Kentridge: Making Prints: Selected Editions 1998–2021 through April 17 at Marian Goodman Gallery Lucía Vidales: Sudor Frío through April 24 at PROXYCO Gallery Ilse D'Hollander: Tension Field through April 24 at Sean Kelly Gallery

On View in NY Museums

David Hammons: Body Prints, 1968–1979 through May 23 at the Drawing Center Grief and Grievance: Art and Mourning in America through June 6 at the New Museum Asia Society Triennial through June 27 at various NYC locations Laura Aguilar: Show and Tell through June 27 at the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art Lorraine O'Grady: Both/And through July 18 at the Brooklyn Museum

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