Art
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CURRENT AFFAIRS
In “Currency,” California artists Barbara McCarren and Jud Fine exhibit large-scale artworks based on paper money from all over the world. “Tattoo: Iraq Coalition,” which is seen above, combines images from the notes of Iraq and the 31 countries in the “coalition of the willing.” In other works, life-sized banknotes are copied and arranged to look like textiles or mandalas. Through Saturday, April 23, Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, 31 Mercer St. at Grand Street, 212-226-3232, free.
GREAT OUTDOORS
Gerald Peters Gallery displays recent paintings by George Sorrels, including landscapes of the artist’s native Texas. The exhibit closes this weekend. Through Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Gerald Peters Gallery, 24 E. 78th St., between Madison and Fifth avenues, 212-628-9760, free.
COLONEL COLLECTION
Photographs, drawings, and videos by the New York-based Israeli artist Ofri Cnaani are on exhibit in “The Colonel and I.” In the video “Quartet,” four women slowly destroy a sculpture so thoroughly that by the end, their hands are covered in powder. Through Friday, April 22, Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Andrea Meislin Gallery, 526 W. 26th St., between Tenth and Eleventh avenues, no. 214, 212-627-2552, free.
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