Chelsea’s southern blocks, West 21st to 24th. Start with Eric Aho’s meadow paintings at DC Moore and David Lamelas at Dia, see Eric N. Mack and Tauba Auerbach in Paula Cooper’s two spaces and Brice Marden at Gagosian, then head up to Lehmann Maupin and Lisson’s two galleries on 24th.
DC Moore Gallery
Eric Aho: The Meadow's Edge at DC Moore Gallery. New oil paintings of meadows at sunrise, at twilight and under snow, with fireflies dissolving into mist. Through Nov 14.
Oct 8 - Nov 14

Dia Chelsea
David Lamelas: The Machine at Dia Chelsea. A nonlinear survey of works from 1965 to now, with a performance and film program, on information, communication and perception. Through Jan 16.
Mar 6 - Jan 16

Paula Cooper, 521 W 21st Street
Eric N. Mack: You Red The Shirt Off My Back at Paula Cooper. Cut, dyed and pinned thrift and archive fabrics stretched across steel armatures, pushing painting into space. Through Oct 24.
Sep 10 - Oct 24

Paula Cooper, 534 W 21st Street
Tauba Auerbach: Zephyr, Zephyr at Paula Cooper. Foam paintings, heat-camera studies of water, glass chimes and rotating sculptures about turbulence and flow. Through Oct 24.
Sep 10 - Oct 24

Gagosian, 522 West 21st Street
Brice Marden: I Am Plane Image at Gagosian. The first major New York survey of his paintings in two decades, from early monochromes to late landscape-inspired works. Through Dec 12.
Sep 15 - Dec 12

Lehmann Maupin, New York
Rana Begum at Lehmann Maupin. Light-catching sculpture, including a suspended chain-link piece and folded metal reliefs inspired by kite-making. Through Oct 24.
Sep 10 - Oct 24

Lisson, 508 W 24th Street
Leonilson at Lisson. A survey of the Brazilian artist, from 1970s assemblages to the small embroideries he made after his 1991 HIV diagnosis. Through Oct 24.
Sep 15 - Oct 24

Lisson, 504 W 24th Street
Hiroshi Sugimoto at Lisson. New Diorama photographs made at the American Museum of Natural History, alongside washi paper folding screens. Through Oct 24.
Sep 15 - Oct 24