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If you can’t spend every day visiting exhibitions, then it may be impossible for you to see the vast number of contemporary art shows that open each week in New York. That is why every couple of weeks we share Whitewall’s top 5 picks from the numerous shows that we have seen helping you narrow the choices down.

 

1.  Yayoi KusamaGagosian Gallery, 555 West 24th Street, New York, NY 10011, April 16 – June 27, 2009

2. The Generational: Younger than JesusThe New Museum, 235 Bowery, New York, NY 10002, April 8 – June 5, 2009

3. Tara Donovan: New DrawingsPace Wildenstein, 32 East 57th Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10022, April 10 – May 2, 2009

4. Sophie Calle: Take Care of YourselfPaula Cooper Gallery, 534 West 21st Street, New York, NY 10011, April 9 – June 6, 2009

5. Andrew Sendor: Based on a True StoryCaren Golden Fine Art, 539 West 23rd Street, New York, NY 10011, April 9 – May 16, 2009