art criticism new york upper east side guide

The article presents a walking tour of art exhibitions on Manhattan's Upper East Side, led by a critic. It highlights Jeffrey Gibson's monumental bronze sculptures "The Animal That Therefore I Am" (2025) installed on the Metropolitan Museum of Art's façade, depicting four anthropomorphized Hudson Valley animals. The tour also covers Alix Cléo Roubaud's first solo show outside France, "Correction of perspective in my bedroom" at Galerie Buchholz, featuring intimate black-and-white photographs from 1979–1983, and Nancy Holt's work at Sprüth Magers, including a historic photograph of her in the Sun Tunnels.