> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://hyperallergic.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Five NYC Art Shows to See This Week - URL: https://hyperallergic.com/5-nyc-art-shows-to-see-this-week-february-2025/ - Published: 2025-02-10T22:08:50.000Z - Updated: 2025-11-24T15:14:26.000Z - Description: From AbEx giant Cy Twombly to explorations of assimilation by Serena Chang to the politics of prettiness in the portraits of Marie Laurencin, these shows deserve close looking. - Author: Hrag Vartanian - Tags: Art, New York, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-large, #Import 2025-11-24 09:41 (2025) Complex, compelling, and fantastical are just some of the words that could describe the shows below. Plan on making time to thoroughly take in these thought provoking and visually engaging shows, ranging from previously unseen and eminently human works by AbEx giant Cy Twombly to conceptual explorations of assimilation by Serena Chang to the politics of prettiness in the portraits of Marie Laurencin. While you’re out and about, make sure to check out some other standout shows, including Ulala Imai’s poignant exhibition [*Calm*](https://karmakarma.org/exhibitions/ulala-imai-chelsea-ny-2025/?ref=hyperallergic.com) at Karma in Chelsea, up through February 22\. —*Natalie Haddad, Reviews Editor* --- ## Serena Chang: Sweet Water [**Island Gallery**](https://island83.gallery/Sweet-Water?ref=hyperallergic.com), 83 Bowery, Lower East Side, Manhattan Through February 15 ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2025/02/chang.jpg) Detail of Serena Chang’s “Sweet Water” (2024) at Island Gallery on the Lower East Side (photo Hrag Vartanian/*Hyperallergic*) "Chang plays with language and its translation, something that undergirds assimilationist anxieties, as we often walk a line that renders us, as immigrants, at once alien and/or familiar." —*Hrag Vartanian* Read the full review [here](https://hyperallergic.com/covering-up-the-present-in-a-ghost-forest/). --- ## Nathalie Djurberg and Hans Berg: Only for the Wicked [**Tanya Bonakdar Gallery**](https://www.tanyabonakdargallery.com/exhibitions/846-nathalie-djurberg-hans-berg-only-for-the-tanya-bonakdar-gallery-new-york/?ref=hyperallergic.com), 521 West 21st Street, Chelsea, Manhattan Through February 21 ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2025/02/nh5.jpg) View of the second-floor installation with looped videos in Nathalie Djurberg and Hans Berg's *Only for the Wicked* at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery (photo Natalie Haddad/*Hyperallergic*) "Djurberg and Berg may be exploring human psychology, but the specific scenarios are nothing if not a reflection of actual systemic abuses in reactionary and totalitarian governments." —*NH* Read the full review [here](https://hyperallergic.com/nathalie-djurberg-and-hans-berg-fairytales-with-no-heroes/). --- ## Marie Laurencin: Works from 1905 to 1952 [**Almine Rech Gallery**](https://www.alminerech.com/exhibitions/10551-marie-laurencin-works-from-1905-to-1952?ref=hyperallergic.com), 39 East 78th Street, Floor 2, Upper East Side, Manhattan Through February 22 ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2025/02/ml6.jpg) Marie Laurencin, "Tête de jeune fille" (1925), watercolor on paper (photo Natalie Haddad/*Hyperallergic*) "Laurencin's work is a riposte to the second-class status of female-presenting (or simply non-cis-het male) creators via the long-standing trivialization of 'feminine' art." —*NH* Read the full review [here](https://hyperallergic.com/prettiness-is-political-for-marie-laurencin/). --- ## Cy Twombly [**Gagosian Gallery**](https://gagosian.com/exhibitions/2025/cy-twombly/?ref=hyperallergic.com), 980 Madison Avenue, Upper East Side, Manhattan Through March 22 ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2025/02/twombly.jpg) Installation view of Cy Twombly, “Untitled” (1971), oil-based house paint and wax crayon on canvas (photo by Maris Hutchinson, image courtesy Gagosian Gallery) "The works in this exhibition are distinctly earthly endeavors, showcasing the human hand in all its striving." —*Lisa Yin Zhang* Read the full review [here](https://hyperallergic.com/the-wobbly-humanity-of-cy-twombly-gagosian-gallery/). --- ## Nolan Oswald Dennis: overturns [**Swiss Institute**](https://www.swissinstitute.net/exhibition/nolan-oswald-dennis-overturns/?ref=hyperallergic.com), 38 St. Mark’s Place, East Village, Manhattan Through April 13 ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2025/02/dsc02724.jpg) Detail of Nolan Oswald Dennis, "Articulated globe (pair)" (2024), black primer, cowry shell veil, steel armature (photo Hrag Vartanian/*Hyperallergic*) "The artist has a knack for articulating their ideas in powerful objects that both conceal and reveal their inner logics and contradictions." —*HV* Read the full review [here](https://hyperallergic.com/we-are-also-the-darkness-after-the-big-explosion-nolan-oswald/).