bruce nauman
Bruce Nauman’s video and sound installation at the new Sperone Westwater space on the Bowery consists of stacked projections of the artist’s hands that move “in response to verbal instructions provided by his recorded voice.”
jerry saltz
In this week’s New York Magazine art critic Jerry Saltz lists his top 10 shows of 2010.
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“Saturday, December 11 at the Knitting Factory in Williamsburg, will be a night of covers of Kathleen Hanna songs to benefit the making of Sini Anderson’s documentary, The Kathleen Hanna Project a.k.a. Who Told You Christmas Wasn’t Cool? Songs from Bikini Kill to Le Tigre to the Fakes to Julie Ruin, such as “Rebel Girl,” “Stay Monkey,” and “Carnival” will be performed by bands who have been influenced by Hanna, as well as by her contemporaries such as MEN and Kaia Wilson.”
david zwirner
David Zwirner continues to present top-notch exhibitions. Through December 21 one has the chance to see Michael Heizer, Luc Tuymans and Raymond Pettibon. And in early January comes their excellent look at 112 Greene Street.
anselm kiefer
For his blockbuster Next Year in Jerusalem Anselm Kiefer “engages the complex events of history, the ancestral epics of life, death, and the cosmos, and the fragile endurance of the sacred and the spiritual amid the ongoing destruction of the world.”
the frick
December 16, 2010, marks the 75th anniversary of The Frick Collection as a public museum. To celebrate, The Frick is offering free admission on that day. More information may be found on their website.
norman rockwell
The Brooklyn Museum has an interesting exhibit that looks at the photographs behind some of Norman Rockwell’s best known paintings. It will be on view until April 10.
bob dylan
Duluth’s own Bob Dylan has written a few songs in his day. His handwritten lyrics to the 1964 classic ‘The Times They Are A-Changin’ will be auctioned at Sotheby’s on December 10 and could fetch upwards of $300,000.