Nina Beier at Metro Pictures

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Metro Pictures
519 West 24th Street
New York, NY 10011
April 16 – May 23, 2015

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Nina Beier has been one of my favourite artists since I saw her mind-blowing show at Yerba Buena Arts in San Francisco about five years ago. Her latest work is now on view at New York powerhouse Metro Pictures, and it might be her best showing yet. The explanations for the pieces are light, and really, there is no explanation necessary. That's not because they are self-explanatory, it's because they are so viscerally attractive that you won't need any sort of in-depth knowledge to appreciate them.

—Metro Pictures

Gary Simmons: Fight Night

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Metro Pictures
519 West 24th Street
New York, NY 10011
October 30 – December 13, 2014

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Gary Simmons continues his conceptual legacy with his new show at Chelsea powerhouse Metro Pictures. While it might lack the overt punch of last year's show at this location, it will still be a serious treat for his long-term fans. It builds upon a lot of his familiar themes, most notably boxing, which he uses as a tool to examine the often repulsive state of race relations in early 1900s America.

—Metro Pictures