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Every month our resident art expert, David Behringer, searches for the best of what’s happening in modern art in New York City galleries. He seeks the best exhibitions and shows that most of us wouldn’t even know existed, and shares an up close and personal view of the artists and their work.

2019 Year in Review: Unframed

2019 Year in Review: Unframed

We take a visual dive back into New York City's modern art scene to see what was covered in our Unframed column in 2019.

Walead Beshty: White Shadows

Walead Beshty: White Shadows

Artist Walead Beshty produced over 11,000 blue cyanotypes of EVERY object that passed through his studio over the course of a year.

A Fog of Color: The Sculpture of Aleksandar Duravcevic

A Fog of Color: The Sculpture of Aleksandar Duravcevic

Nine of Aleksandar Duravcevic's reflective, stainless steel sculptures fill the TOTAH gallery in New York’s Lower East Side.

The Self-Adhesive Intricacies of Marco Maggi - with the Lights Off

The Self-Adhesive Intricacies of Marco Maggi - with the Lights Off

Marco Maggi uses uses adhesive paper to create intricate, incredibly detailed collages.

Finding the Art of LaKela Brown at Rockefeller Center

Finding the Art of LaKela Brown at Rockefeller Center

Artist LaKela Brown references African-American culture and her personal love of 90’s hip hop in new sculptures at Rockefeller Center.

Unpainting: The Ethereal Art of Ryan Crotty

Unpainting: The Ethereal Art of Ryan Crotty

Ryan Crotty's latest paintings trick your eyes as the canvas is not transparent and the surface is not emitting light.

Carving Paint: The Art of David Allan Peters

Carving Paint: The Art of David Allan Peters

Work that is technically made of paint but the visual effect is achieved by carving thousands of gouges into the thick surface.

The Weight of Bullets: Sculpture by Robert Longo

The Weight of Bullets: Sculpture by Robert Longo

A hanging sculpture that holds 40,000 bullets that each represent a life lost to gun violence in the United States.

The Dazzling Damaged Photographs of Paul Anthony Smith

The Dazzling Damaged Photographs of Paul Anthony Smith

Paul Anthony Smith pierces & picks the surface of his photographs thousands of times to create a surface that is both scarred & dazzling.

7 Intricate Objects from Armory Art Fair Week

7 Intricate Objects from Armory Art Fair Week

We share 7 incredible artworks that stood out as the most intricate and magical objects we've seen lately.

Emil Lukas: The Art of Bubble Wrap, Thread, and Larvae

Emil Lukas: The Art of Bubble Wrap, Thread, and Larvae

Emil Lukas' current exhibition mixes new work from four different series across three floors of the gallery.

Overglazed: The Sculpture of Brian Rochefort

Overglazed: The Sculpture of Brian Rochefort

Brian Rochefort's sculptures are an explosion of clay, texture, and color.

2018 Year in Review: Unframed

2018 Year in Review: Unframed

Enjoy a visual dive back into the art exhibitions David Behringer covered in our Unframed column in 2018.  

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The "Interwoven" Photographs of Kyle Meyer

Arrestingly beautiful photographs where the strategy of weaving colorful fabric with each image holds a greater meaning for the sitters.

The Ceramic Sculptures of Kathy Butterly

The Ceramic Sculptures of Kathy Butterly

Beautiful and odd sculptures that demand a full 360-degree exploration.