ART Galleries Anton Kern Gallery 532 W. 20th St. ...

Anton Kern Gallery 532 W. 20th St. (betw. 10th & 11th Aves.), 212-367-9663. Tues.-Sat. 10-6. Free. "Saul Fletcher," 36 snapshots by British photographer described as having "precisionist vision" [through 3/22].

Art@Large 630 9th Ave. #707 (betw. 44th & 45th Sts.), 212-957-8371, www.artatlarge.com Tues.-Sat. 11-6. Free. "Ruby Legs," New York-based Sonja Wagner paints her character w/sexy red lips, hooked onto a pair of legs wearing high heels, in different situations [through 3/8].

AXA Gallery 787 7th Ave. (51st St.), 212-554-2015, www.axa-financial.com Mon.-Fri. 11-6; Sat. 12-5. Free. "Edward Weston and Margrethe Mather: A Passionate Collaboration," showing of photographs taken by two great, pre-WWII American artists. Exhibition runs in conjunction w/curator Beth Gates Warren's publication of the same name [through 4/19].

Bruce Silverstein Gallery 504 W. 22nd St. (10th Ave.), 212-627-3930, www.brucesilverstein.com Tues.-Sat. 11-6. Free. "André Kertész: The New York Period (1936-1985)," 50 b&w prints [through 3/15].

Chelsea Art Museum 556 W. 22nd St. (betw. 10th & 11th Aves.), 212-255-0719, www.chelseaartmuseum.org Weds.-Sun. 12-6. $5. "Shots in the Dark: True Crime Pictures," Gail Buckland curates group exhibition of "forensic photography, mug shots, tabloid images of gangsters, and crime scenes recorded by both police and criminals" [through 3/15].

China Brilliance Gallery 155 W. 72nd St. #703 (betw. B'way & Columbus Ave.), 212-875-0344, www.chinabrilliance.net Thurs.-Sat. 12-6. Free. "The Return of Puppy Love," paintings by Eric Ginsburg [through 3/8].

Claire Oliver Fine Art 529 W. 20th St. (betw. 10th & 11th Aves.), 212-929-5949, www.cofa.info Tues.-Sat. 11-6. Free. "Extra Virgin," stained glass light boxes by Philadelphia-based artist, Judith Schaechter, whose work was last seen in Whitney's "2002 Biennial Exhibition" [through 3/15].

The Dollhaus 37 B'way (betw. Dunham Pl. & Wythe Ave.), Williamsburg, 718-384-6139, www.dollhaus.org Weds.-Sun., call for hours. Free. "The Terrible Toy Fair," mutilated toys submitted by 30 local & New Orleans-based artists, half of whom are high school students [through 3/8].

Fire Patrol No. 5 Gallery 307 121 St. (betw. Manhattan & 8th Aves.), 212-316-2609, Weds.-Sat. 1-7. "Visions of Africa," in celebration of Black History month, French-born painter Bernard Boisseau displays oil & mixed-media paintings [through 3/1].

First Street Gallery 526 W. 26th St. (betw. 10th & 11th Aves.), 646-336-8053, www.firststreetgallery.net Tues.-Sat. 11-6. "Recent Paintings," figurative interiors by Mary Connelly, still-lifes by Doretta Miller & figurative art from Stefan Porkorny [through 3/1].

Gale Gates et al 37 Main St. (betw. Front & Water Sts.), DUMBO, 718-522-4596, www.galegates.org Weds.-Sat. 12-6. Free. "Rehearsal Shots," photographer Tina Barney captures small performance group, the Wooster Group, on film [through 3/15].

Gallery 292 120 Wooster St. (betw. Prince & Spring Sts.), 212-431-0292, www.gallery292.com Tues.-Sat. 11-6. Free. "The Teds," British street gang (1950s-1970s) recognized by their suits, slicked-back Elvis dos & love for rock 'n' roll captured on b&w film by Chris Steele-Perkins [through 3/15].

The Gallery at Lincoln Center Concourse Level, 65th St. (B'way), 212-580-4673. Mon.-Sat. 10-8. "Le Vie Metropolitan," celebrating French opera, rare photographs, posters, autographs & hundreds of other pieces of memorabilia are on display [through 3/8].

Hirschl & Adler Galleries 21 E. 70th St. (Madison Ave.), 212-535-8810, www.hirschlandadler.com Tues.-Fri. 9:30-5:15; Sat. 9:30-4:45. Free. "Diana Horowitz: Recent Paintings," 30 small-scale landscape paintings on oil & canvas [through 3/15]. "The Prints of Josef Albers," German-born painter, photographer & printmaker, who was a leading figure at Bauhaus, and later taught at Yale, exhibits comprehensive showcase of more than 75 prints, drawings & photographs [through 3/22].

Howard Greenberg Gallery 120 Wooster St. (betw. Prince & Spring Sts.), 212-431-0292, www.howardgreenberg.com Tues.-Sat. 11-6. "Paul Strand," never before seen photographs spanning his career, 1915-1967 [through 3/15].

Kaufman Arcade 139 W. 39th St. (betw. 6th & 7th Aves.), 212-964-2671. Mon.-Fri. 8-8; Sat. 8-5. "Art for Fashion," downtown gallery, A Taste of Art, curates mixed-media show feat. American & European samples [through 4/5].

Kavehaz Gallery 123 Mercer St. (betw. Prince & Spring Sts.), 212-343-0612. Daily 12 p.m.-2 a.m. "Mississippi and the South," photographer Peter Leitch documents the people, lifestyles & regions south of the Mason Dixon Line [through 3/3].

Kim Foster Gallery 529 W. 20th St. (betw. 10th & 11th Aves.), 212-229-0044. Tues.-Sat. 11-6. Free. "Arachnoid," Susan Wides' close-up images of spiders & other specimens, photographed against blue backgrounds, taken in the Catskills & at the American Museum of Natural History [through 3/15].

Leica Gallery 670 B'way (Bond St.), 212-777-3051. Tues.-Fri. 11-6; Sat. 12-6. Free. "Evelyn Richter: Photographs," East Germany's "Grande Dame" pres. 50-60 b&w documentary style images reflecting upon culture & life in socialist Germany [through 3/1].

Marlborough Gallery 40 W. 57th St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-541-4900, www.marlboroughgallery.com Mon.-Sat. 10-5:30. "Markers: 1980-2002," 80-year old American sculptor, Beverly Pepper, displays over 20 large creations made from bronze & wood [through 3/2].

Mitchell-Innes & Nash Gallery 1018 Madison Ave. (betw. 78th & 79th Sts.), 212-721-5350. Tues.-Sat. 10-5. Free. "Tony Smith: Louisenberg," rarely seen paintings & drawings by American artist [through 3/1].

Monique Goldstrom Gallery 560 B'way, 3rd fl. (betw. Houston & Prince Sts.), 212-941-9175, www.moniquegoldstrom.com Tues.-Sat. 11-6. Free. "Morningwood: Musical Performances/Paintings/Video/Photography," live performance & paintings by NYC rock group [through 3/12].

The Painting Center 52 Greene St. (betw. Broome & Grand Sts.), 212-343-1060, www.thepaintingcenter.com Tues.-Sat. 11-6. Free. "Short Subject," paintings completed by Frank Stout?inside his 16th-century Italian farmhouse?within the last two years. "Modern Shadows," 14 artists explore darkness & light [through 3/1].

Paul Kasmin Gallery 293 10th Ave. (W. 27th St.), 212-563-4474, www.paulkasmingallery.com Tues.-Sat. 10-6. Free. "Robert Indiana: Recent Paintings," illustrated catalog accompanies exhibition focusing on painted letters & numbers, mostly taking on the form of fictitious signs [through 3/22].

Paul Rodgers/9W Gallery 529 W. 20th St. (10th Ave.), 212-414-9810, www.paulrodgers9w.com Tues.-Sat. 11-6. Free. "Transfigurations," five heat-generating sculptures by Buffalo's Michael Dominick [through 3/29].

Photo District Gallery 37 W. 20th St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-807-8787. Mon.-Thurs. 11-8; Fri. 11-9; Sat. 1-6. Free. "Point of View," group showing from established & emerging artists from across the U.S. [through 3/17].

Posteritati Movie Poster 239 Centre St. (betw. Broome & Grand Sts.), 212-226-2207. Tues.-Sat. 11-7; Sun. 12-6. Free. "French Gangsters & the New Wave," exhibition of international movie posters runs in tangent w/Pioneer Theater's "Le Gangland" series [through 3/4].

Robert Mann Gallery 210 11th Ave., 10th fl. (betw. 24th & 25th Sts.), 212-898-7600, www.robertmann.com Tues.-Sat. 11-6. Free. "Michael Kenna: Japan," landscape photographs running in conjunction w/same-titled book [through 3/1].

Robert Steele Gallery 511 W. 25th St. (10th Ave.), 212-243-0165, www.robertsteelegallery.com Tues.-Sat. 11-6. Free. "New Paintings," 10 or less oil on linen paintings from 2' x 6' up to 6' x 7' by Australian David Serisier [through 3/8].

Soho Photo Gallery 15 White St. (betw. 6th Ave. & W. B'way), 212-226-8571, www.sohophoto.com Thurs. 6-8; Fri.-Sun. 1-6. Free. "New Light from an Old Hole," cleverly titled show feat. images from & cameras used by world famous avant-garde pinhole photographers Ralph Howell (San Antonio, Texas) & Justin Quinnell (Bristol, England) [through 3/1].

Synchronicity Fine Arts 106 W. 13th St. (betw. 6th & 7th Aves.), 646-230-8199, www.synchronicityspace.com Tues.-Sat. 12-6. Free. "New York Through a Pinhole," b&w photography by Cooper Union's Veronica Sadder [through 3/1].

Union Square Ceramic Center Forma Studio Gallery, 7 E. 17th St., 8th fl. (betw. B'way & 5th Ave.), 212-633-2026. "Rhythmic Clay," group showing by NYC artists Marvin A. Schwam, Larry Stern & Frank Bradley Jr. [through 3/6].

Museums/Cultural Inst.

American Museum of Natural History Central Park W. (79th St.), 212-769-5100, www.amnh.org Daily 10-5:45. $12, $9 st./s.c., $7 child. "Under Antarctic Ice," 30 large prints of mammals, fish & plants by underwater photographer Norbert Wu [through 3/2]. "The First Europeans: Treasures from the Hills of Atapuerca," nearly 70 ancient hominid fossils, stone tools & artifacts from northern Spain, dating as far back as a million years [through 4/13]. "Einstein," comprehensive exhibition on dude synonymous with e=mc2, creating "special theory of relativity" & proving the existence & size of molecules. Displayed in five parts ("Einstein's Revolution," "Life and Times," "Light," "Time," "Energy") this presentation incl. photos, cartoons & documents never-before-seen by the public [through 8/10].

Asia Society 725 Park Ave. (70th St.), 212-517-2742, www.asiasociety.org Tues.-Thurs., Sat. & Sun. 11-6; Fri. 11-9. $7, $5 st./s.c. Free Fri. 6-9 & for children under 16. "Montien Boonma: Temple of the Mind," first retrospective on Thai artist (1953-2000) incl. charcoal sketches, soul drawings, perfume paintings, sculptures & mixed-media works [through 5/11].

Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum 2 E. 91st St. (5th Ave.), 212-849-8400, www.si.edu/ndm Tues. 10-9; Weds.-Sun. 10-5. $8, $5 st./s.c. child under 12 free. "New Hotels for Global Nomads," 35 possibilities exploring the themes: "Urban Hotels," "Hotels as Global Business," "Hotels on the Move," "Natural Hotels" & "Fantasy Hotels." All of these examples combine architecture, interior design, photography, film & art, providing both real & fictional concepts to meet consumers' "needs & wants" [through 3/2].

The Cuban Art Space 124 W. 23rd St. (betw. 6th & 7th Aves.), 212-242-0559, www.cubanartspace.net Tues.-Fri. 11-7; Sat. 12-5. Free. "Isabel De Las Mercedes and Wayacón," pen & ink drawings, paintings & prints by two self-taught Cuban artists [through 3/1].

Dia Center for the Arts 548 W. 22nd St. (betw. 10th & 11th Aves.), 212-989-5566, www.diacenter.org Weds.-Sun. 10-6. $6, $3 st./s.c. "Refraction," installation incorporating reflection, transparent boundaries & the meaning of art by Jorge Pardo & Gerhard Richter [through 6/15].

Freakatorium Museum/El Museo Loco 57 Clinton St. (betw. Stanton & Rivington Sts.), 212-375-0475, www.freakatorium.com Thurs.-Sun. 1-7. $5, $3 child. Under 12. "Cabinet of Curiosities," collection of oddities culled by sword swallower, Johnny Fox, incl. photography from the 1800s, hermaphrodites, freaks, Sammy Davis' glass eye & other strange acquisitions.

The Frick Collection 1 E. 70th St. (betw. Madison & 5th Aves.), 212-288-0700, www.frick.org Tues.-Thurs. & Sat. 10-6; Fri. 10-9; Sun. 1-6. $12, $8 s.c., $5 st. Anne Vallayer-Coster: Painter to the Court of Marie-Antoinette," first retrospective on French still-life painter (1744-1818) feat. 35 paintings [through 3/23].

Goethe-Institut 1014 5th Ave. (betw. 82nd & 83rd Sts.), 212-439-8700. Mon., Weds. & Fri. 10-5; Thurs. & Tues. 10-7. Free. "Christina Zück," exhibition of photographs [through 3/7].

Hebrew Union College Brookdale Center, 1 W. 4th St. (betw. B'way & Mercer St.), 212-824-2205. Mon.-Thurs. 9-5; Fri. 9-3; selected Sun. 10-2. Free. "LILITH Magazine: The Voice of the Jewish Community," illustrations, manuscripts, photos & other memorabilia celebrating more than 25 years of feminist Jewish journalism [through 6/27]. "Thirty Pieces/Thirty Years: Sculpture by Ann Sperry," works contrast & compare feminism w/Jewish heritage [through 6/26].

Henry St. Settlement Abrons Arts Center 466 Grand St. (Pitt St.), 212-598-0400, www.henrystreet.org Mon.-Sat. 10-6. "Digital Art: Chapter One," Koya Abe's digital images explore the influence Japanese wood block print had on Western art during the 1800s [through 2/28]. "What's Cooking?," photo exploration of local chefs & their restaurants [through 3/23].

Humanities and Social Sciences Library The New York Public Library, 5th Ave. (42nd St.), 212-930-0803, www.nypl.org Tues. & Weds. 11-7:30; Thurs.-Sat. 10-6. Free. "New York Eats Out," New York Times critic William Grimes curates exhibition exploring city's fascination w/diners, hotdog stands & delis through collection of restaurant memorabilia incl. menus, photos & magazine covers culled from the Library's Buttolph Menu Collection [through 3/1].

Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum Pier 86, W. 46th St. (12th Ave.), 212-245-0072, www.intrepidmuseum.org Tues.-Sun. 10-5. $14, $10 veterans, reservists, st./s.c., $6 ages 6-11, $2 ages 2-5, free for active duty & toddlers. "All Hands on the Deck," test your coding & knot-tying skills. "Intrepid Remembers 9/11," indoor & outdoor exhibit incl. 17 ft. by 10 ft. mural & two steal beams from the WTC. "Attack Cobra Helicopter," earlier version of copter deployed to Afghanistan. "Virtual Flight Simulators," 4-D experience.

Jewish Museum 1109 5th Ave. (92nd St.), 212-423-3200, www.thejewishmuseum.org Mon.-Weds. 11-5:45; Thurs. 11-8; Fri. 11-3; Sun. 10-5:45. $8, $5.50 st./s.c., child under 12 free. Pay-what-you-wish Thurs. after 5. "Adolph Gottlieb: A Survey Exhibition," more than 30 works by a progenitor of Abstract Expressionism [through 3/2].

Metropolitan Museum of Art 1000 5th Ave. (82nd.), 212-535-7710, www.metmuseum.org Sun., Tues.-Thurs. 9:30-5:30; Fri. & Sat. 9:30-9. $12, $7 st./s.c., child under 12 free w/adult. "Arts of the Spanish Americas, 1550-1850," religious & secular Latin American ceramics, textiles, drinking vessels & sculpture [through 4/6]. "African-American Artists: 1929-1945," more than 80 paintings, drawings & prints taken from the museum's collection [through 5/4]. "Arms and Armor: Notable Acquisitions 1991-2002" [through 6/29].

Museum for African Art 36-01 43rd Ave. (36th St.), L.I.C., 718-784-7700, www.africanart.org Mon., Thurs. & Fri. 10-5; Sat. & Sun. 11-6. $5, $2.50 st./s.c. & child. Museum joins MOMA, PS1, AMMI & Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum in Long Island City, Queens, for temporary relocation before building permanent home along Museum Mile. "Facing the Mask," inaugural exhibition feat. more than 70 symbolic objects used in societal roles & rituals [through 3/2].

Museum of Arts & Design 40 W. 53rd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-956-3535, www.americancraftmuseum.org Tues., Weds., Fri.-Mon. 10-6; Thurs. 10-8. $8, $5 st./s.c., child under 12 free. "Libensky and His Students: 44 Czech Glass Artists," 73 decorative glass objects created by 41 pupils, plus four pieces by Libensky & his wife/collaborator Jaroslava Brychtova [through 6/8].

Museum of Chinese in the Americas (MoCA) 70 Mulberry St., 2nd fl. (Bayard St.), 212-619-4785, www.moca-nyc.org Tues.-Sun. 12-5. $3, $1 st./s.c./child. under 12. "Gotta Sing Gotta Dance!: Chinese America in the Nightclub Circuit," showcase of photographs taken during first half of 20th century capturing Asian performers defying mainstream expectations [through 5/31]. "Portraits of a Neighborhood; Family Portraits by the FIT Photography Club," images from May 2002's "Family Photo Day" sponsored by MoCA [through 5/31].

Museum of the City of New York 1220 5th Ave. (103rd St.), 212-534-1672, www.mcny.org Weds.-Sat. 10-5; Sun. 12-5. $7, $4 st./s.c./child, $12 families. "Horn & Hardart's Automat," centennial celebration of machine that helped make hospital waiting rooms more tolerable [through 3/16]. "Between Worlds?Kabul/New York, 2001: Photographs by Anthony Suau," journalist juxtaposes two cities after 9/11 [through 4/13].

Museum of Modern Art in Queens 33rd St. (Queens Blvd.) L.I.C., 212-708-9400. Mon., Thurs. & Sun. 10-5; Fri. & Sat. 10-9. $12, $8.50 st./s.c., Fri. pay-what-you-wish after 4 "Matisse Picasso" collection addressing the relationship (both personal & artistic) between two great 20th-century artists, brings together pieces from public & private collections. 212-307-5577 for tickets [through 5/19].

National Academy of Design 1083 5th Ave. (betw. 89th & 90th Sts.), 212-369-4880, www.nationalacademy.org Weds. & Thurs. 12-5; Fri.-Sun. 11-6. $8, $5 st./s.c. "Edwin Dickinson: Dreams and Realities," first exhibition devoted to American painter since '82 concentrates on observations of nature [through 4/13]. "The Artist Revealed," b&w photos by respected 20th-century artists incl. Henri Cartier-Bresson, Hans Namuth & Berenice Abbott [through 4/20]. "Side by Side: American Sculpture from the Collections of the Natural Academy of Design and the Metropolitan Museum of Art," [through 4/20].

National Museum of the American Indian George Gustav Heye Center, 1 Bowling Green (betw. State & Whitehall Sts.), 212-514-3700. Fri.-Weds. 10-5; Thurs. 10-8. Free. "Great Masters of Mexican Folk Art" incl. variety of materials such as pottery, furniture & jewelry [through 3/15]. "The New Old World: Antilles?Living Beyond the Myth," photographs depicting current life & culture of Taino & Caribe communities in the Caribbean [through 3/20]. "The Edge of Enchantment," photographs, multimedia installations & video footage examining the lives of Native communities in Oaxaca, Mexico [through 7/15]. "All Roads Are Good: Native Voices on Life & Culture" displays more than 300 symbolic objects [permanent].

New Museum of Contemporary Art 583 B'way (betw. Houston & Prince Sts.), 212-219-1222, www.newmuseum.org Tues.-Sun. 12-6; Thurs. 12-8. Free Thurs. 6-8. $6, $3 st./s.c., free for those under 18. "Super-Ficial: The Surfaces of Architecture in a Digital Age," architects from New York, Berlin & Los Angeles exhibit drawings & models that are either real or theoretical [through 4/6].

The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Dorothy & Lewis B. Cullman Center, 40 Lincoln Center Plaza, 65th St. (Amsterdam Ave.), 212-870-1630, www.nypl.org Thurs. 12-8; Tues., Weds., Fri. & Sat. 12-6. Free. "Vaslav Nijinsky: Creating a New Artistic Era," display of more than 250 artifacts incl. photographs & dancer/choreographer's diary [through 5/3].

The New-York Historical Society 2 W. 77th St. (Central Park W.), 212-873-3400, www.nyhistory.org Tues.-Sun. 11-6. $6, $4 st./s.c., child 12 & under free. "New York Diary: The Collages of John Evans," NYC artist displays works spanning four decades, created from photographs, stamps, labels & other knick-knacks [through 3/9]. "Julz Rulz: Inside the Mind of Jules Feiffer," survey of works by multitalented New Yorker who is probably best known for his cartoons & satirical look on modern culture. [through 5/18]. Aforementioned exhibition runs in conjunction with "Feiffer's Family Tree," which feat. comic strips & cartoons that influenced Feiffer [through 6/1]. "The Games We Played" displays over 150 board games, many of which were manufactured here in the city, from 1865 to present [through 6/30]. "Presidential Manuscripts," series of exhibitions feat. one President at a time [long term].

NY Transit Museum Gallery Annex, Grand Central Terminal, 42nd St. (Park Ave. S.), 718-694-5100. Mon.-Fri. 8-8; Sat. & Sun. 10-6. Free. "Travel by Train: The American Railroad Poster, 1870-1950" approximately 20 over-sized prints (30' long x 20' wide) documents the thrill of train travel [through 6/22].

P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center 22-25 Jackson Ave. (46th Ave.), L.I. City, 718-784-2084, www.ps1.org Thurs.-Mon. 12-6; $5, $2 st./s.c. "Yoko Ono: Freight Train," bullet hole riddled freight train installation inspired by death of Mexican workers attempting to enter United States. "After Matisse/Picasso," New York-based painters pay homage to Matisse & Picasso on stretched canvas in conjunction with MOMA QNS exhibit [through 5/17].

Queens Museum of Art New York City Bldg., Flushing Meadows Corona Park, 718-592-9700, www.queensmuse.org Tues.-Fri. 10-5; Sat. & Sun. 12-5. Contrib. $5, $2.50 st./s.c., child. under 5 free. "The Pointed Pen: William Sharp's Courtroom Drawings, Political Caricatures, and Book Illustrations from the 1930s-1950s," first museum retrospective on Forest Hills artist who fled Nazi Germany feat. more than 250 illustrations, etchings & lithographs [through 3/2]. "637 Running Feet: Black on White Wall Drawings by 14 Artists" [through 3/2].

SculptureCenter 44-19 Purve St., L.I.C., 718-361-1750, www.sculpture-center.org Thurs.-Tues. 12-6. Free. "Jimbo Blachly, About 86 Springs," water troughs, photographs & moss terrariums are the medium chosen to analyze wells & springs. "Patrick Killoran, Glass Outhouse," toilet allows the user to see beyond the outhouse. "From Clay Club to SculptureCenter: A Timeline," 1928 to new facility in Queens designed by Maya Lin [through 3/10].

Whitney Museum of American Art 945 Madison Ave. (75th St.), 212-570-3676, www.whitney.org Tues.-Thurs., Sat. & Sun. 11-6; Fri. 1-9. $10, $8 st./s.c./groups of 10 or more; Fri. pay-what-you-wish 6-9 p.m. "The Quilts of Gee's Bend," 20th-century quilts made by African-American women from Gee's Bend, Alabama. Plus historical photographs & short doc. feat. interviews w/quilters [through 3/2]. "Dennis Oppenheim: Aspen Projects," first group of nine short films [through 5/25].

Openings/Receptions

Ceres 584/588 B'way #306 (betw. Prince & Houston Sts.), 212-226-4725. Tues.-Sat. 12-6. Free. "Light in the Season," 10 airy oil & pastel paintings by artist Vivian Tsao [opens 3/4, through 3/29].

LFL Gallery 530 W. 24th St. (betw. 10th & 11th Aves.), 212-989-7700. Tues.-Sat. 11-6. Free. "Happenstance," Holly Coulis's installation of ghost paintings brings to life a selection of ghost stories [opens 3/4, reception 3/8, through 4/5].

New Museum of Contemporary Art 583 B'way (betw. Houston & Prince Sts.), 212-219-1222, www.newmuseum.org Tues.-Sun. 12-6; Thurs. 12-8. Free Thurs. 6-8. $6, $3 st./s.c., free for those under 18. "Living Inside the Grid," 24 artists use grid motif to incite thought on overly technological world, mediums incl. computer, video, sculpture & photography [opens 2/28, through 6/15].

Smack Mellon Studios 56 Water St. (Front St.), Bklyn, 718-834-8761, www.smackmellon.org Weds.-Sun. 12-6. Free. "RAW," group show addresses social awareness & urban space through photography, video, drawing & performance [reception 3/1 from 6-9, through 4/6].

Synchronicity Fine Arts 106 W. 13th St. (betw. 6th & 7th Aves.), 646-230-8199, www.synchronicityspace.com Tues.-Sat. 12-6. Free. "New Works on Paper," abstract mixed media by Vita Petersen mingles urban landscape w/still lives [opens 3/4, through 3/29].

Westbeth Gallery 55 Bethune St. (betw. West & Washington Sts.), 212-989-4650, www.westbeth.org Fri.-Sun. 1-6. For private appts. call 212-691-0595. Free. "Then and Now," bright & cheerful still life paintings by Sandra Caplan [opens 3/1, through 3/30].

Whitney Museum of American Art 945 Madison Ave. (75th St.), 212-570-3676. See above listing for times & prices. "Scanning: the Aberrant Architectures of Diller & Scofidio," retrospective on husband/wife team whose projects combine architecture, performing arts & visual arts [opens 3/1, through 5/25].