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Trevor Paglen
Saturday Mar 8 (6:30–7:30pm) @ Melville House Books
Free
Geographer/artist Trevor Paglen uncovers hidden worlds by examining the surface of things. In a 2006 book, Torture Taxi, Paglen and journalist A.C. Thompson revealed how... View details »
Trevor Paglen
Music: Rock/Pop
Alaska in Winter
Saturday Mar 8 (8:30pm) @ Public Assembly
Free
While not rife with the same wild-eyed eclecticism as Beirut, Brandon Bethancourt's project, Alaska in Winter, does have a pretty wide stylistic reach. Strings, plunking... View details »
Alaska in Winter

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Francis Alÿs
Saturday Mar 8 (10am–4pm) @ Hispanic Society of America More times »
Free
While Dia searches for a new home, the arts org has teamed up with Washington Heights' Hispanic Society on a three-year collaboration. The first showcase... View details »
Francis Alÿs
Art
Be Kind Rewind
Saturday Mar 8 (noon–6pm) @ Deitch Projects More times »
Free
In his newest film, Be Kind Rewind, Michel Gondry tells the story of two childhood friends who work to recreate a video store's entire inventory... View details »
Be Kind Rewind
Art
Jasper Johns
Saturday Mar 8 @ Matthew Marks Gallery More times »
Free
While the Met hosts a survey of Jasper Johns' gray-hued works, Matthew Marks shows 40 of the artist's drawings from the last decade. Johns, now... View details »
Jasper Johns
Art
Xu Zhen
Saturday Mar 8 (10am–6pm) @ James Cohan Gallery More times »
Free
A masterful obfuscator of facts and images, Xu Zhen (in his artworks, at least) has waged armed assaults on China's neighboring countries with remote-controlled toy... View details »
Xu Zhen
Art
Nayland Blake
Saturday Mar 8 (11am–6pm) @ Matthew Marks Gallery More times »
Free
For many years, Nayland Blake's surrogate was a big white bunny that showed up in his drawings and sculptures. But in his new pieces at... View details »
Nayland Blake
Art: Photography
Robert Mapplethorpe
Saturday Mar 8 (10am–6pm) @ Sean Kelly Gallery More times »
Free
Famous for his sensual photographs of flowers and notorious for his S&M images, Robert Mapplethorpe also took excellent portraits. Sean Kelly Gallery presents nearly 50... View details »
Robert Mapplethorpe
Art
Luc Tuymans
Saturday Mar 8 (10am–6pm) @ David Zwirner More times »
Free
Belgian painter Luc Tuymans makes every effort to stymie easy interpretation of his blurry, photo-derived paintings. A history painter in a media-saturated era, he's tackled... View details »
Luc Tuymans
Art
Sterling Ruby
Saturday Mar 8 (11am–6pm) @ The Drawing Center More times »
Free
Soho's venerable Drawing Center hosts a broad range of 2-D works by LA-based sculptor Sterling Ruby in its Drawing Room project space. In addition to... View details »
Sterling Ruby
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Matt Leines
Saturday Mar 8 (11am–6pm) @ Clementine Gallery More times »
Free
Matt Leines' New York solo debut features his signature drawings, an installation, and a new, limited-edition series of flags. Leines, who studied illustration at RISD,... View details »
Matt Leines
Art
Jen DeNike
Saturday Mar 8 (noon–6pm) @ Amy Smith Stewart More times »
Free
At the LES' cozy Amy Smith Stewart gallery, Jen DeNike presents two new videos and a photo series, disparate projects united by a recurring motif... View details »
Jen DeNike
Art
The Vision and Art of Shinjo Ito
Saturday Mar 8 (10am–9pm) @ Milk Gallery More times »
Free
Master sculptor, calligrapher, engraver, and photographer Shinjo Ito was a devout Buddhist who founded his own branch of the religion that reached out to people... View details »
The Vision and Art of Shinjo Ito
Art: Photography
Carrie Mae Weems
Saturday Mar 8 (10am–6pm) @ Jack Shainman Gallery More times »
Free
... rican American photographer Carrie Mae Weems marks her return to New York with a mini-retrospective at Chelsea's Jack Shainman Gallery. Weems... View details »
Carrie Mae Weems
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Cao Fei
Saturday Mar 8 (11am–6pm) @ Lombard-Freid Gallery More times »
Free
Chinese artist Cao Fei's RMB City is a virtual metropolis designed for the online world Second Life, and Lombard-Freid Gallery is exhibiting a scale model... View details »
Cao Fei