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But the shows this fallseason tell us otherwise-- especially the ones by greatBlack artists who remind us of art's necessity. 1 Barkley L. Hendricks:Portraits at the Frick The Frick Collection,opens 9/21 The Frick will devote anentire gallery in its temporarylocation at the Breuer toHendricks, who during hislife imbibed this magnificentcollection's painterly magicand formal mysteries. [Extracted from the article]

The CULTURE PAGES ART IIU SUSIRAJA COMES FROM a long tradition of photographerswho stay at home, dress up, and take pictures of themselves. Claude Cahun, Catherine Opie, Patty Chang, Cindy Sherman--they arethere and not there in their images, playing cat and mouse with that elusiveanimal called identity, enacting dreams and surfacing subconsciousanxieties. [Extracted from the article]

The CULTURE PAGESTo DoART5. See Michael WilliamsStudio visit.Gladstone Gallery, 515 West 24th Street; through August 2.The great gallerist Barbara Gladstone passed away only days before this Michael Williams exhibition opened in her spacious Chelsea HQ. She would have a lot to say about these large, almost corporate paintings in light blues, greens, and lovely grays of chairs inviting us into the inner sanctum where paintings happen, the studio. We can't take our eyes off them.By JERRY SALTZ [Extracted from the article]

The CULTURE PAGESTo DoART3. See Alexis Rockman Ecocide-attentive paintings.Magenta, 149 Canal Street; through February 24.For decades, Alexis Rockman's hallucinogenic amalgams of ecology and life-forms have taken shots at the forces killing the environment. Here, he pulls back in a series of smaller, very beautiful naturalistic watercolors of flowers, reefs, treetops, kelp forests, even ants. Perhaps all is not well in this world, but it is rendered with such loving attention that we are brought in and swept away.By JERRY SALTZ [Extracted from the article]

The CULTURE PAGESTo DoART7. See Medieval Money, Merchants, and MoralityGlowing pages.The Morgan Library & Museum, through March 10. The Morgan is a New York destination for high-quality, small-scale exhibitions. Here's an amazing gathering of manuscripts, some illuminated. Culled from the Morgan collection, each work depicts a world of visionary brilliance focused on money in the Middle Ages.By JERRY SALTZ [Extracted from the article]

The CULTURE PAGETo DoART3. See Judy ChicagoBeyond The Dinner Party.New Museum, through March 3.In 1974, Judy Chicago shocked the world with her gigantic installation of a three-sided dinner table set with 39 gorgeous enfolded opening labial plates, each representing a different woman of history. Now, the rest of her storied and controversial career is finally on delicious view at the New Museum.By JERRY SALTZ [Extracted from the article]

This article provides a brief overview of three art shows happening in New York. The first show, "Come Close," features the work of 83-year-old artist Joan Snyder, whose paintings are described as loud, funky, and poetic. The second show, "The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism," showcases works from the 1920s to '40s that have had a lasting impact on American art. The third show, "LaToya Ruby Frazier: Monuments of Solidarity," presents the photographs of the MacArthur-winning artist, focusing on everyday people fighting against ecological poisoning. [Extracted from the article]

So herelies another reading of the painting: It isalmost as if Manet were asking us to seethe courtesan, this modern Venus representingthe depths and peaks of Europeanculture, through another set of eyes, dimlyglimpsed in the background. Édouard Manet's 1863masterpiece Olympia, the star of theMetropolitan Museum of Art's gigantic newshow "Manet/Degas", in some respects fitsthis description. [Extracted from the article]

"Matisse:The Red Studio"Museumof Modern Art Matisse's The Red Studiois a one-painting rebellionagainst illusionisticperspectival space and agigantic shove off the cliffof the possibilities of color. Gallery cofounderand artist JamianJuliano-Villani said shewanted to "show art thatis not afraid of itself" andpromised this would be aspace that treats everyone"equally like shit.". [Extracted from the article]

"Africa Fashion"Brooklyn Museum(June 23-October 22) * A sizzling display ofgarments, hats, shoes,and other swag, "AfricaFashion" is the largest-evershow of its kind. Pepón Osorio:"My BeatingHeart/Mi corazónlatiente"New Museum(June 29-September 17) * A retrospective ofOsorio's large-scalemultimedia installations,which are parade floats ofstuff: tables, chairs, policetape, couches. Party will playoff this strange portrait,which depicts a dapperman--a dandy, anaristocrat, or an actor--wearinga flowered vest,a powdered wig, bluevelvet, and a tricorne hat,who looks at us throughhalf-closed eyes. [Extracted from the article]

Her crackling, nearabstractions are frozen in icy paint that meltsupon view. See Marilyn Minter Electric images. The glimmering works by Marilyn Minter ignitein flashes of color and lightning to form incrediblepictures of Lizzo, Roxane Gay, Monica Lewinsky,Lady Gaga, and others. [Extracted from the article]

See Miriam SchapiroA look at the feminist pioneer's abstract side. Miriam Schapiro was one of the George Washingtonsof the Pattern and Decoration movement,landing painting in the middle of the conversationand blasting open a door for women artists. [Extracted from the article]

See Thornton Dial,David Hammons, andRobert Rauschenberg Wild combinations. Here,works created with the near-at-hand--castoffs,garbage, and otherwise unwanted poetic materialssuch as fabric, rope, and wood--make youbelieve that each of the three artists, Dial, Hammons,and Rauschenberg, are alchemists able tospin mud into sublimities. [Extracted from the article]

Bypainting and gouging walls and darkening lightsto display her sculptures and collages, we beholdanother kind of world. This multi-floor retrospective shows us an operaticallyambitious, materially inventive, spirituallyalive artist in ways we've never seen her. [Extracted from the article]

Witness densities ofcolor with juxtaposing shapes that all seem tosing the song of their own making from wherethey lie on the surface. This new work by an expert old hand at geometricand allover abstraction shows an artisthoming in on her skill set. See Brenda Goodman Abstract geometry. [Extracted from the article]

Deutsch's gliding brushworkdescribes abstract shapes and figments of theimagination in an almost shamanic style recallingDalí without the surrealism--only freedom, dexterity,and vision remaining. Venus Over Manhattan gallery, 55 Great JonesStreet, and Eva Presenhuber gallery, 39 Great JonesStreet; through February 8. See David Deutsch Free and liquid. [Extracted from the article]

See Nick Cave,ForothermoreA neologism about creating space. The CULTURE PAGES To Do Twenty-fivethings to see,hear, watch,and read JANUARY 4-18 ART 2. [Extracted from the article]

's magnificent late paintings, someof them as big as barges, show us that paintingcan take a really long time to become great at. Mitchell, then in her 50s, reaches peak form ingathering brushstrokes that flicker and burn likeauras on fire. [Extracted from the article]

The article reviews the exhibition "2019 Whitney Biennial" at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City through September 22, 2019.

The CULTURE PAGES To Do ART 7 See Denny Dimin Gallery, 39 Lispenard Street;through October 29. Her sense of color is magicallyancient; her forms conjure altars, secret gardens,and rising goddesses. The multimedia of "Imago"--constructions,paintings, prints, and a model of a studio/shotgunshack/Eden--finds Paula Wilson stakinga claim to being one of the most fascinatingartists working. [Extracted from the article]

The article offers information on the exhibition "David Wojnarowicz: history keeps me awake at night" which depicts art work of David Wojnarowicz, which will be held at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York from July 13 to September 30, 2018.

The article reviews an art exhibition held at Frieze in New York on May 3, 2018.

The article reviews the exhibition "Michelangelo: Divine Draftsman and Designer" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, running through February 12, 2018.

This shocking show lets you test an old thesis ofmine: Ornamentation, or decoration, is God,insofar as it is built around and of life. It showshuman beings in search of life and pleasure, willingto take the scaffolding of form and make itbeautiful. See The Clamorof Ornament Objects from the 15th century to now. [Extracted from the article]

Richard Serra hasforged a spatial singularity--an absolute gravitypoint that seems to suspend you in space, whereinyou start to experience the buzzing of atomsaround you and then, after a bit, inside you, too. See Richard Serra:Sculpture A very large one. [Extracted from the article]

The article reviews the Whitney Biennial exhibition of contemporary American art featuring works of artist Rafa Esparza held at Whitney Museum of American Art in New York and running through June 11, 2017.

The article reviews the exhibition "Jeff Koons: A Retrospective" at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York through October 19, 2014.

The riveting watercolor drawings of the late NewOrleans artist Roy Ferdinand depict cops, addicts,prostitutes, a minister, restaurant workers, andothers in a world as rich in social texture as it isoriginal in visual intelligence. Andrew Edlin Gallery, 212 Bowery,through December 4. [Extracted from the article]

The article reviews the exhibition, "Philip Guston: Painter 1957-1967," ongoing through July 29, 2016 at the Hauser & Wirth gallery in New York City.

The article reviews the exhibition "Chris Ofili: Night and Day" at the New Museum in New York City ongoing through January 25, 2015.

The article reviews the exhibition titled "Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs" at the Museum of Modern Art In New York City which is ongoing until February 8, 2015.

The article reviews several art exhibitions held in 2018 including "Paintings for the Future," by painter Hilma af Klint at Guggenheim Museum, "Treasure Chest & Waterfall," by artist Robert Gober at 218 West 20th Street, New York City and another by artist Klara Lidén in New York City.

The article reviews art exhibition "Delacroix" held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art held through January 6, 2019 featuring painting of Eugène Delacroix.

The article reviews the exhibition "Impressionism, Fashion, and Modernity," at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City through May 27, 2013.

The article reviews the art exhibit "The Generational: Younger Than Jesus," curated by Lauren Cornell, Massimiliano Gioni, and Laura Hoptman, at the New Museum in New York.

The article reviews an art exhibition featuring paintings by Davis Rhodes, presented at the Team Gallery, New York City, through February 14, 2009.

The article reviews exhibition "One Hundred Drawings" held at Mathhew Marks Gallery on January 18, 2019.

The article reviews the art exhibition "The Beautiful Brain: The Drawings of Santiago Ramón y Cajal," at Grey Art Gallery in New York.

The article reviews the independent art fair, which includes the paintings of Hans-Peter Feldmann, at the Spring Studios, New York from March 9-11, 2018.

The article reviews the art exhibition "The Most Astounding and Important Painting Show..." featuring works of artist Kara Walker running at Sikkema Jenkins & Co. in New York City till October 14, 2017.

The article reviews several exhibitions in New York including "Love Is the Message, the Message Is Death" by artist Arthur Jafa at Gavin Brown's Enterprise gallery; "You Can Call Me Baby" by Myla Dalbesio, at James A. Farley Post Office building; and "Golden Eggs" by Alissa Bennett at Team Gallery.

The article reviews the exhibition "Mastry" by artist Kerry James Marshall's is at the Met Breuer museum in New York City through January 2017.

The article offers information on the "The Keeper" exhibition at the New Museum that runs till September 25, 2017.

The article reviews the art exhibition "Austin Lee: Feels Good" to be held at the art gallery Jeffrey Deitch in New York City on May 18, 2019, featuring paintings of artist Austin Lee.

The article previews the exhibition of German sculptor Lena Henke at the Bortolami Gallery in New York taking place through February 16, 2019.