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Recommended…

The Shape of Space at the Guggenheim (through September 5). Explore the meaning of space, one of the most basic elements in art, as seen in many different media. Featuring work by Global Feminisms:Remix artist Pipilotti Rist, as well as works by Louise Bourgeois, Roni Horn, Alyson Shotz, and Aleksandra Mir.

(Photo: Aleksandra Mir. First Woman on the Moon, 1999. Video (00:12:00), flag, publicity stills, and open-ended archive originating from the live event on August 28, 1999, produced by Casco Projects, Utrecht, on location in Wijk aan Zee, NL. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Featured in Shapes of Space.)

The Bees: Something Swarming Something at Brooklyn Fire Proof. The eight artists in this show–Lauren Beck, Sophia Dixon, Angela Fraleigh, Christy Gast, Ella Kruglyanskaya, Sandra Maas, Lilly McElroy and Erika Somogyi– “construct a spectrum of contemporary feminism, each one individually digesting and, to varying degrees, embracing this concept.” Through August 12.

Gagosian Summer Show at Gagosian Gallery. A summer group show with an emphasis on physical forms. Featuring work by Jenny Saville who is also in Global Feminisms: Remix. Through August 17.

(Jenny Saville. Suspension, 2002-2003. Oil on canvas. 115 x 178-3/8 x 3/1/4 inches. Courtesy of Gagosian Gallery.)

Drawn and Quartered: A Small Works Show at Like the Spice. Featuring small works by Sunny Chapman and others. From August 11- September 2.

(Image: Sunny Chapman, 2007. Grass. 9 x 12 in. India ink on paper.)

Broadthinking at Silent Space Gallery, in Kingston, NY. Inaugural group show of the newly-formed Broad Thinking collective. An exploration in new concepts of “broad thinking” by women artists. Featuring work by Peggy Cyphers, a founder of the collective, Pam Longobardi, and others.

(Image: Broadthinking.org)