E.O. HOPPÉ’S AMERIKA: Modernist Photographs from the 1920s
Silverstein Photography

During the second and third decades of the 20th century, E. O. Hoppé was one of the world’s best — and maybe the best — known photographers, and now he is virtually unknown, all but forgotten except by photohistorians and his grandson, Michael Hoppé. (Mr. Hoppé has a link on his Web site with information about his venerable grandsire.) “E.O. Hoppé’s Amerika: Modernist Photographs from the 1920s,” the current exhibition at Silverstein Photography, and a book by the same name being published this month by W. W. Norton, should help rehabilitate his reputation: Hoppé has a chance for a second go-around with fame.

William Meyers

Until May 12 (535 W. 24th St., between Tenth and Eleventh avenues, 212-627-3930).

DANA SCHUTZ: STAND BY EARTH MAN
Zach Feuer Gallery

Usually, an artist has to choose between directness and complexity, stridency and nuance, abstract qualities and psychological ones. But Dana Schutz sustains a highwire balancing act by reconciling these opposites. Her new show includes works that seem intent on communicating with the future, or with another planet, about how humanity performed various tasks, arcane or quotidian.

David Cohen

Until May 19 (530 W. 24th St., between Tenth and Eleventh avenues, 212-989-7700).

VAN GOGH & EXPRESSIONISM
Neue Galerie

Walking into this glorious, high-key-colored exhibit is like entering a party in full swing: The atmosphere is heady; the conversations, a combination of shouts, murmurs, and belted-out song, are amicable and a joy to listen to. Such is the inexplicable magic of a show centered on the influence of a painter so gifted, his work so groundbreaking, that his art demanded an immediate and emotional response in the studios of other artists.

Lance Esplund (March 22)

Until July 2 (1048 Fifth Ave. at 86th Street, 212-628-6200).