New York

Exploring New York City in the footsteps of Frank O’Hara

Why can’t New York get over its ‘bad old days’?

Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, USA

Why do we love to watch people who can’t act?

Various venues, New York, USA

With her current solo show at Anton Kern Gallery, New York, the Dutch-American artist explains her travelling, hybrid procession-protest piece which uses graphic design and portable sculptural pieces to champion women’s rights

Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, USA

Margaret Lee thanks those who have helped her gain a deeper understanding of how to be more empathetic in difficult times

More from today’s Briefing: protesting Raghubir Singh; documenta artists defend exhibition (again); Enrico Castellani (1930–2017)

A pivot to glass by the sculptor shows an attempt to see hope through political disillusionment

James Cohan Gallery, New York, USA

For Performa 17, Barbara Kruger prods New York not to be a jerk

Company Gallery and The Leslie-Lohman Museum, New York

From skyscraper bridges to giant bio-domes enclosing Manhattan, an exhibition at the Queens Museum takes us on a tour of the city that could have been

From re-examined positions, to explorations of gender and energy: a roundup of the best shows across the city

A pair of exhibitions in New York question the nature of authorship in fashion’s postmodernity 

SculptureCenter, New York, USA

Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, USA

Lomex, New York, USA 

The controversy over the Guggenheim’s ‘Art and China after 1989’ show highlights animal rights activists as one of art’s most ‘engaged’ audiences