April Art Attack

I know what you're thinking. Three talented friends come together to throw a little visual soiree. "You're fabulous!"--"No, you're fabulous!"-- "No, no, no, I insist that YOU'RE fabulous!" But, seriously, they are fabulous. Seonna Hong, Caroline Hwang, and Saelee Oh have known and worked with each other for years. Friendship and art combine to bring us sisterhood and solidarity.
-Sloan Fine Art Gallery on 128 Rivington St. (until 4/11)



Ryan McGinness’ Works.
Afterimage Magazine called McGinness "a Warhol for the information age.” He's got this mature-cartoon and classy-graffiti thing going on but he's the kind of pop art that could also sneak its way into my Art History textbook. He's funny. Not “haha” funny. He’s real peculiar and ironic. If you miss this you won't have anything to talk about when you go to Brooklyn loft parties this summer.
–Deitch Projects on 76 Grand St. (until 4/18)



The Third Mind: American Artists Contemplate Asia
I'm Asian. I'm biased. Remember globalization? This exhibit shows the permeation of culture from East to West and West to East. It's fun, educational and relevant. And the Guggenheim has really nice bathrooms.
–The Guggenheim (Until 4/19)



About Face
When I was a kid, I was obsessed with drawing faces. I mostly drew beautiful women, because whenever I tried to draw a man he ended up looking too girly. His lips too plump or his jaw too delicate. Definite foreshadowing. This exhibit features portraits of all kinds as depicted by 37 contemporary and 20th century artists.
-Adam Baumgold Gallery on 74 East 79th St. (until 5/2)



Mickalene Thomas’ She's Come Undone
Mickalene challenges concepts of female identity and she's not afraid to sparkle while doing it. She uses gems in her paintings. I came up with a game for you to play with Mickalene. Pick one painting. Remember the woman in the image. Then go home, play David Bowie's "Queen Bitch" and dress in your own interpretation. I promise you'll feel smart, kinky and empowered.
-Lehmann Maupin Gallery on 201 Chrystie St. (until 5/2)



Martin Kippenberger’s The Problem Perspective
I would want Martin Kippenberger to design my bedroom except I'm pretty sure he'd try to put my bed on the ceiling and I'd have to sleep in a harness. He'd probably also put a mould of his face in my pillow. Creepy...but hot. Go run around his installations at the MoMA. “You Should be Ashamed of Yourself” brings me back to when my teachers used to publicly humiliate me during class for passing nude sketches to cute boys. OK, that was just a week ago but, damn, it was embarrassing.
–MoMA (until 5/11)



Jenny Holzer’s Protect Protect
I want to have Holzer’s babies. She writes dirty goodness in her script-art-poetry and freaks us out with photos on x-ray LSD.
-The Whitney (until 5/31)

-Suhatcha Nuriyah Panya