subodh gupta
A Glass of Water, Subodh Gupta’s show at Hauser & Wirth, “further extends Gupta’s ongoing investigation into the sustaining and even transformational power of everyday objects and activities.”
robert mapplethorpe
Who doesn’t like Robert Mapplethorpe? His show, 50 Americans, at Sean Kelly, features “fifty works selected by fifty Americans of diverse occupations, ages, races, and backgrounds.” It runs through June 18.
gillian wearing
Gillian Wearing’s show at Tanya Bonakdar describes “narratives that land strikingly between the public and private, fiction and documentary, the raw improvisation and the carefully staged.”
vahap avsar
NONEISAFE, the first solo exhibition in the US by Turkish born artist Vahap Avsar, strives to “question the strength of the social structures we have created to protect ourselves.” It will be on view at Charles Bank through June 19.
laurel nakadate
For 365 Days: A Catalogue of Tears, Laurel Nakadate “photographed herself before, during and after weeping each day from January 1 through December 31, 2010.” It is at Leslie Tonkonow through June 25.
jim dine
Jim Dine: The Glyptotek Drawings, at the Morgan, “explores Dine’s meditation on the antique world” by “presenting forty drawings, the resulting book of prints based on them, and a number of related works, all promised gifts of the artist to the Morgan.”