OPENINGS/RECEPTIONS Openings/Receptions Bronx River Art Center 1087 E. Tremont ...

Bronx River Art Center 1087 E. Tremont Ave. (Devoe Ave.), Bronx, 718-589-5819. Mon.-Fri. 3-6:30; Sat. 12-5, Free "Pedestrian," group show of artists who 'who synthesize the polar extremes of the infinite and the physical space' eh? whut? [reception 3/13 from 4-7, through 4/24].

Cue Art Foundation 511 W. 25th (betw. 10th & 11th Aves.), 212-206-3583. Tues.-Sat. 10-6, Free "Thaddeus Mosley," sculptures created through fusion of wood & stone. Reception incl. artist's talk & poetry reading [reception 3/12 from 6:30-8:30, through 4/17].

International Center of Photography 1133 6th Ave. (43rd St.), 212-857-0000, www.icp.org Tues.-Thurs. 10-5; Fri. 10-8; Sat. & Sun. 10-6, 2 for 1 Thurs. in Nov, $10 $7 st./s.c "Gustav Klutsis and Valentina Kulagina: Photography and Montage After Constructivism," Soviet pioneer of photomontage & his wife a poster, book & exhibition designer are pres. in this show of nearly 200 works [opens 3/12, through 5/30].

Mitchell-Innes & Nash Gallery 1018 Madison Ave. (betw. 78th & 79th Sts.), 212-721-5350, www.miandn.com Tues.-Sat. 10-5, Free "Kojo Griffin: Now and Then," pastel colored playful creatures hold back darker dangers in seven paintings, some works on paper & an installation [reception 3/10 from 6-8, through 4/24].

MOMA QNS 33rd St. (Queens Blvd.), L.I.C., 212-708-9400, www.moma.org Thurs. & Sun. 10-5; Fri. & Sat. 10-9., $12, $8.50 st./s.c., Fri. after 4 pay-what-you-wish "Roth Time," unlike Hammer Time this show is a retrospective of the works of Dieter Roth a sculptor, not a rapper [opens 3/12, through 6/7].

Plum Blossoms Gallery 555 W. 25th St. (11th Ave.), 212-719-7008, www.plumblossoms.com Tues.-Sat. 10:30-6:30, Free "Corporate Corporeality: Chinese Artists Re-examining the Body in the Age of Global Capitalism," we are all really just pieces of meat being bought & sold by some giant butcher [reception 3/12 from 6-8, through 4/10].

Robin Rice Gallery 325 W. 11th St. (betw. Greenwich & Washington Sts.), 212-366-6660. Thurs.-Sat. 1-7; Sun. 1-6, Free "Devotions," lovely photos by Kim Reierson (not Ned! Ryerson! Neddle-nose Ned. Ned the Head. Case Western High! Ned Ryerson. Bing!) [reception 3/10 from 5:30-8:30, through 4/25].

Galleries

A Taste of Art 147 Duane St. (W. B'way), 212-964-5493, www.atasteofart.com Mon.-Fri. 12-8; Sat. 12-6, Free "Night Mannequins," if they are anything like Kim Catrall in Mannequin they should be coming to life & running amok in a department store, naked [through 3/29].

Alona Kagan Gallery 540 W. 29th St. (betw. 10th & 11th Ave.), 212-360-0670. Tues.-Sat. 10-6, Free "Werner Reiterer," sculpture & line drawing feat. in first NY showing [through 4/10].

Annina Nosei Gallery 530 W. 22nd St. (betw. 10th & 11th Aves.), 212-741-8695. Tues.-Fri 11-6, Free "Ieva Mediodia: Biomorphic Automata," Lithuanian artist's first solo show. She works w/mylar, vinyl & canvas to create dreamy & intricate large scale pieces [through 3/30].

Anton Kern Gallery 532 W. 20th St. (betw. 10th & 11th Aves.), 212-367-9663, www.antonkerngallery.com Tues.-Sat. 10-6, Free "Commerzbank," German artist Manfred Pernice creates bench shaped sculptures for his double entendre named show. Commerzbank is to Germany as Citibank is to the US & bank means both bank & bench [through 3/20].

AXA Gallery 787 7th Ave. (51st St.), 212-554-2015, www.axa-financial.com Mon.-Fri. 11-6; Sat. 12-5, Free "They Still Draw Pictures: Children's Art in Wartime from the Spanish Civil War to Kosovo," beautiful, haunting ones at that made by those who understand the least about war & generally suffer the most from it [through 4/3].

Barbara Gladstone Gallery 515 W. 24th St. (10th Ave.), 212-206-9300, www.gladstonegallery.com Tues.-Sat. 10-6, Free "Alighiero e Boetti," expressive photos on paper [through 3/27].

Bonni Benrubi Gallery 52 E. 76th St. (betw. Park & Madison Aves.), 212-517-3766, www.bonnibenrubi.com Tues.-Sat. 11-6, Free "Massimo Vitali: Landscape with Figures," photographer captures people in places like masses of bodies lying on lounges on a super-crowded beach [through 4/10].

Bruce Silverstein Gallery 504 W. 22nd St. (10th Ave.), 212-627-3930, www.brucesilverstein.com Tues.-Sat. 11-6, Free "KNOCKOUT!," Kathy Suder's photo show on boxing knocks you out?or so mama said [through 3/13].

Ceres 584/588 B'way #306 (betw. Prince & Houston Sts.), 212-226-4725. Tues.-Sat. 12-6, Free "Earth's Mysteries," Roseanne Backstedt explains w/large scale paintings of landscapes [through 3/27].

Cheim & Read 547 W. 25th St. (betw. 10th & 11th Aves.), 212-242-7727, www.artnet.com/cheim-read.html Tues.-Sat. 10-6, Free "Lynda Benglis: A Sculpture Survey; 1969-2004," from then to now, the artist's works are comprised of 'metaphorical, sexual & biomorphic shapes' [through 4/3].

Cheryl Pelavin Fine Arts 13 Jay St. (betw. Greenwich & Staple Sts.), 212-925-9424, cherylpelavin.com Tues.-Sat. 11-6, Free "The Crane and the Heron Series," monotypes & works on paper by Valentina Dubasky [through 4/3].

Deitch Projects 18 Wooster St. (betw. Grand & Canal Sts.), 212-343-7300, www.deitch.com Tues.-Sat. 12-6, Free "Suburban House Kit," this installation realizes a full scale suburban environment. Comes w/ house, garden, driveway & car?dog & batteries sold seperately [through 3/27].

80 Washington Square East Galleries 80 Washington Sq. (betw. W. 4th St. & Waverly Pl.), 212-998-5747., Free "Small Works," A group show feat. "1502" & "The Spanish Lesson" [through 3/12].

Eyejammie Fine Arts Gallery 516 W. 25th St. (betw. 10th & 11th Aves.), 212-645-0061, www.eyejammie.com Mon.-Sat. 12-6, Free "Work It! Images of Women in Hip Hop," respect goes out to the females of hip hop who deal w/stereotypes, sexism & the terms biatches & hos being flippantly thrown at their hard working heads. See the fruits of their labor [through 3/27].

Feigen Contemporary 535 W. 20th St. (10th Ave.), 212 929 0500, www.feigencontemporary.com Tues.-Sat. 11-6, Free "Nicky Hoberman," exhibits large drawings & 1 oil painting showing little girls & cats who have lost touch w/gravity. "Jeanne Dunning" meanwhile swathes her models in black cloth, creating an anatomical peek-a-boo show [through 3/27].

The Grolier Club 47 E. 60th St. (Park Ave.), 212-838-6690, www.grolierclub.org Mon.-Sat. 10-5, Free "Volvelles: The Magnificent Art of Circular Charting," feat. marvelous "information wheels," used to calculate, record & measure the positions of the sun, moon, planets & even tides [through 4/24].

Haim Chanin Fine Arts 210 11th Ave. 2nd fl. (betw. 24th & 25th Sts.), 646-230-7200, www.haimchanin.com Tues.-Sat. 10-6, Free "Winds," group show w/one common element (guess what it is) incl. video pieces, wax & oil paintings, soot on glass paintings & paintings done by trees [through 3/13].

Howard Greenberg Gallery Fuller Building, 41 E. 57th St. (Madison Ave.), 212-334-0010, www.howardgreenberg.com Tues.-Sat. 11-6, Free "Halsman/Dali," Philippe Halsman & Savlador Dali played together in a whimsical world of art & madness. "Confidence." Mark Osterman takes you on a journey through 20 years in a traveling medicine show, all in one night! [through 3/13].

Jim Kempner Fine Art 501 W. 23rd St. (10th Ave.), 212-206-6872, www.artnet.com/jkfa.html Tues.-Sat. 10-6, Free "The Kennedys: Photographs by Jaques Lowe," b&w photos from the classy Camelot . Also, "Masterworks from the Life Magazine Photo Collection" by a nice selection of photographers incl. Margaret Bourke-White & Andreas Feininger [through 3/20].

Kim Foster Gallery 529 W. 20th St. (betw. 10th & 11th Aves.), 212-229-0044, www.artnet.com/kfoster.html Tues.-Sat. 11-6, Free "Still," as in quiet, calm, immobile perfectly describes Sarah Leahy's contemplations on water & reflections [through 3/27].

LFL Gallery 531 W. 26th St., 4th fl. (betw. 10th & 11th Aves.), 212-989-7700, www.lflgallery.com Tues.-Sat. 11-6, Free "More Than You Want, Less Than You Need," painter Jim Meyerson likes kinetic imagery & reproduces it in his work with frantic colors & swirling paints [through 3/27].

Paul Kasmin Gallery 293 10th Ave. (27th St.), 212-563-4474, www.paulkasmingallery.com Tues.-Sat. 10-6, Free "Barry Flanagan," showing 23 bronze sculptures feat. animals particularly hares engaged in various acrobatics in combination w/inanimate objects like computers & anvils [through 3/13].

Paul Rodgers/9W Gallery 529 W. 20th St. (10th Ave.), 212-414-9810, www.paulrodgers9w.com Tues.-Sat. 11-6, Free "Music Marking Making Music," group show about the 'm' word, that being music not what you were thinking [through 3/20].

Pierogi Gallery 177 N. 9th St. (Bedford St.), Bklyn, 718-599-2144, www.pierogi2000.com Thurs.-Mon. 12-6, Free "Kim Jones: Escape from the Flatlands," retreat! Runaway! Flee! Graphite on paper drawings with such titles as Untitled War Drawings [through 3/15].

Plane Space 102 Charles St. (betw. Hudson St. & 7th Ave.), 917-606-1268, www.plane-space.com Wed.-Sat. 10-6; Sun. 1-5, Free "Meghan Scribner," picture a cream colored water balloon lying, post explosion, over furniture, intrigued aren't you? [through 3/21].

Posteritati Movie Poster 239 Centre St. (betw. Broome & Grand Sts.), 212-226-2207, www.posteritati.com Tues.-Sat. 11-7; Sun. 12-6, Free "Orson Welles," showcase of one man's creative endeavors (acting, directing, producing) as witnessed through the posters that advertised him [through 4/15].

Ricco Maresca Gallery 529 W. 20th St. 3rd fl. (10th Ave.), 212-627-4819, www.riccomaresca.com Tues.-Sat. 11-6, Free "Andrea Stern: Inheritance," and to you dear reader, I bequeath a free visit to this gallery to see highlights from a photographic journey through one woman's family tree [through 3/20].

Robert Mann Gallery 210 11th Ave., 10th fl. (betw. 24th & 25th Sts.), 212-989-7600, www.robertmann.com Tues.-Sat. 11-6., Free "Jem Southam," the artist's first US show brings you images of the tranquil yet ever changing landscapes of England [through 3/20].

Robert Steele Gallery 511 W. 25th St. (10th Ave.), 212-243-0165, www.robertsteelegallery.com Tues.-Sat. 11-6, Free "Erhan's Babies," Aussie artist Erhan uses airbrush to recreate the female in a pop art hyper style [through 3/13].

SculptureCenter 44-19 Purves St. (Jackson Ave.), L.I.C., 718-361-1750, www.sculpture-center.org Thurs.-Tues. 12-6, Free "In Practice Projects," works commissioned through the In Practice program, created to support works by innovative emerging artists [through 4/11].

Sepia International 148 W. 24th St. (betw. 6th & 7th Aves.), 212-645-9444, www.sepia.org Thrs.-Sat. 10-6, Free "identity," three concurrent solo shows. Sunil Gupta shows a series of large photos entitled "Homeland" on the subject of being a gay HIV positive man in India, England & Canada. Annu Palakunnathu Matthew looks at staged photos & cultural stereotypes. Tomoko Sawada disguises herself in a series of Omiai (arranged marriage process) photos [through 3/20].

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 "National Juried Krappy Kamera Exhibition," see what a doo-doo camera can do, now you can stop blaming your bad photos on a crappy camera [through 4/3].

Tibor de Nagy Gallery 724 5th Ave. (betw. 56th & 57th Sts.), 212-262-5050, www.tibordenagy.com Tues.-Sat. 10-5:30, Free "Horizons," to make you broaden yours by Pat de Groot. "Paintings and Works on Paper" by Tom Burckhardt w/"landscape references, collaged w/figures & objects"?vague enough? [through 3/13].

UrbanGlass 647 Fulton St. (Ashland Pl.), Bklyn, 718 625 3685, www.urbanglass.org Daily 12-5. "Illuminating Surfaces: Bisazza and the Art of Mosaic," show of glass mosaics by the world's leading producer thereof [through 5/31].

White Columns 320 W. 13th St. (Horatio St.), 212-924-4212, www.whitecolumns.org Weds.-Sun. 12-6, Free "East of the Sun and West of the Moon," named after a folktale this exhibit revolves around the concepts & archetypes everpresent in folklore [through 3/14].

Museums/Cultural Inst.

Cooper Hewitt's National Design Museum 2 E. 91st St. (5th Ave.), 212-849-8380, ndm.si.edu Tues.-Thurs. 10-5; Fri. 10-9; Sat. 10-6; Sun. 12-6, $8, $5 st./s.c., child. under 12 free "Shock of the Old: Christopher Dresser," the "first full-scale retrospective on the career of a pioneer industrial designer," [through 7/29].

National Museum of the American Indian George Gustav Heye Center, 1 Bowling Green (betw. State & Whitehall Sts.), 212-514-3700, www.americanindian.si.edu Daily 10-5; Thurs. 10-8, Free "George Longfish," the artist shows large acrylic paintings & an installation inspired by a medicine wheel [through 5/23].