10 Art Shows We Can’t Wait to See This Fall

Venue: Harkawik

Barbour seems to commune with color itself. The effect is kaleidoscopic yet strangely calm.

Art: Courtesy of Karen Barbour & Harkawik, New York

Venue: P·P·O·W

Riley turns tapestry into autobiography — woven scenes stitched with uncommon care.

Art: © Erin M. Riley. Courtesy of the artist and P·P·O·W, New York

Venue: Fort Gansevoort

Birch’s figurative tableaux chronicle Black life in New Orleans with mythic immediacy.

Art: © Willie Birch. Courtesy of the artist and Fort Gansevoort, New York

Venue: Whitney Museum of American Art

An overdue reconsideration of the 1960s.

Art: Kiki Kogelnik Foundation, New York. © Kiki Kogelnik

Venue: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

More than 250 objects, many never before seen in the U.S., trace a visual language meant for gods, not humans.

Art: © The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Venue: Nicola Vassell Gallery

Uman paints from the center of a storm: a reminder of what painting can still do.

Art: © Uman. Courtesy of the artist and Nicola Vassell Gallery

Venue: Guggenheim

A major show for this German master of early modernism, a woman too long overshadowed by Kandinsky.

Art: © Artists Rights Society, New York/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn. Photo: © McNay Art Museum/Art Resource, New York

A huge cultural moment. Under Thelma Golden’s brilliant guidance, the new building promises to deepen the museum’s mission.

Art: © Dawoud Bey. Courtesy of the artist and Studio Museum in Harlem

Venue: The Museum of Modern Art

Jafa joins a legacy of artists invited to raid MoMA’s vaults and curate their own show.

Art: © Romare Bearden Foundation/VAGA at Artists Rights Society

Venue: New Museum

With Massimiliano Gioni at the helm, this buildingwide exhibition marks the reopening of a downtown institution.

Art: © Daria Martin. Courtesy of the artist and New Museum