As Frieze approaches, New York exhibitions abound—spotlighting major names from Picasso and Leonor Fini to Salman Toor and Rashid Johnson.
As the New York art world prepares for another busy
art fair week, here’s our list of Frieze must-see shows at museums to galleries across the city. Whether you like emerging artists, rediscovered figures, or famous names from art history, we have you covered. See how many of these you can squeeze into your fair week agenda, and over the coming weeks.
Don’t miss the late sculptor
Mary Ann Unger‘s monumental installation of abstract sculpture,
Across the Bering Strait, being shown in New York City in its entirety for the first time. A feminist artist and curator—and member of the
Guerrilla Girls—Unger suffered from cancer the last 14 years of her life, and is only now gaining more recognition for her work thanks to the efforts of her daughter, artist
Eve Biddle, and widower, photographer
Geoffrey Biddle. Convinced of Unger’s art historical importance, her family saved her large-scale works, including the most monumental of the all,
Across the Bering Strait, a series of 34 large gray modular forms that recall bones and body parts. It’s a piece of great weight, both physically and philosophically, inspired by migration and the bodily suffering it can cause.
— Sarah Cascone, Artnet
May 5, 2025
