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  1. Photograph: Courtesy Oakland Museum
    Photograph: Courtesy Oakland Museum

    “Now Dig This! Art and Black Los Angeles 1960–1980” at MoMA PS1
    This show examines the strong community of African-American artists working within the burgeoning L.A. art scene of the ’60s. Sun 21–Mar 11

  2. Courtesy Sprüth Magers
    Courtesy Sprüth Magers

    “Rosemarie Trockel: A Cosmos” at New Museum of Contemporary Art
    This four-decade survey has been cocurated by the artist herself as a sort of self-portrait. Wed 24–Jan 13

  3. Courtesy marian Goodman Gallery
    Courtesy marian Goodman Gallery

    John Baldessari, “Double Play” at Marian Goodman Gallery
    New paintings feature the artist’s deconstructions of found images, this time culled from art history. Fri 19–Nov 21

  4. Courtesy Alexander and Bonin
    Courtesy Alexander and Bonin

    Eugenio Dittborn at Alexander and Bonin
    On view are the Chilean artist’s “Airmail Paintings,” spanning the years 1989 to 2011. The works—collages on lightweight fabrics that could be folded and mailed to friends—circumvented the constraints of working under Pinochet’s dictatorship. Sat 20–Nov 24

  5. Courtesy The Pace Gallery
    Courtesy The Pace Gallery

    Chuck Close at The Pace Gallery
    Cindy Sherman, Philip Glass, Lou Reed and Paul Simon are just some of the celebs lending their mugs for Close’s latest series of paintings, photo tapestries and prints. Fri 19–Jan 12

Top five shows: Oct 18–24, 2012

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