This week's What's On column highlights must-see gallery shows in New York City, including Simone Fattal's bronze and ceramic works at Greene Naftali and kaufmann repetto, Sol Lewitt's early works at Paula Cooper, Charles Atlas's portraits at Luhring Augustine, John Akomfrah's eight-channel installation at Lisson, and Brenda Goodman's new exhibition at Sikkema Malloy Jenkins. On the Upper East Side, the Metropolitan Museum of Art presents Helene Schjerfbeck's self-portraits in "Seeing Silence," the Jewish Museum features Joan Semmel's radical nudes, and White Cube hosts Marguerite Humeau's cave-inspired show "scintille."
The article matters because it offers a curated, critic-driven guide to current exhibitions, helping readers navigate New York's dense gallery scene and discover both emerging and established artists. It underscores the ongoing vitality of gallery-going as a cultural practice and highlights how institutions like the Met and Jewish Museum continue to spotlight overlooked modernists and feminist artists, while commercial galleries push conceptual and multimedia boundaries.