TEA AND TRUTH

Photographs by Costa Rican artist Priscilla Monge are on display at Yancey Richardson Gallery. In the series “The Artist Reveals Mystic Truth,” Ms. Monge photographed teacups coated in thick brown coffee, then scrawled with Spanish phrases. Each epigram ends with the words “a matter of life and death,” which is also the name of the exhibit. In “Pizarras,” sentences including “I should not think obsessive thoughts” and “I should not love too much”are written on green chalkboards along with children’s drawings. Blackand-white photographs by Mario Cravo Neto are on display in the gallery’s project room. Through Saturday, May 14, Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Yancey Richardson Gallery, 535 W. 22nd St., between Tenth and Eleventh avenues, 646-230-9610, free.

GALLERY GOING

TriBeCa galleries stay open late for the “Second Wednesdays” art event. Art lovers can enjoy the opening reception for Russell Sharon’s exhibit of landscapes (35 North Moore St., between West Broadway and Hudson street, 212-343-8964), new abstract paintings by Sharon Bartel-Clements at Franklin 54 Gallery (54-57 Franklin St., between 257 301 460 311Lafayette and Cortlandt streets, 212-732-0009), and an exhibit of flower vases and tea containers at Gallery Gen (158 Franklin St., between Varick and Hudson streets, 212-226-7717). Wednesday, 6-8 p.m., various locations, free. Please go to www.cherylpelavin.com/TGAfull.html for a map and full list of galleries.

OH, BABY

Julie Farstad’s paintings of baby dolls in surreal settings are on display in “Eat My Heart Out” at Ricco Maresca Gallery. Ms. Farstad says she wants to address “flirtation, passive aggression, and manipulation” in her colorful paintings. Also on display: photograms by Nicki Stager, who uses color and light but no camera or negatives. Through Saturday, April 30, Tuesday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Ricco Maresca Gallery, 529 W. 20th St., between Tenth and Eleventh avenues, third floor, 212-627-4819, free.

LANDSCAPES AT THE LIBRARY

Brooklyn landscapes by artists Catharine Balco and Albert Fayngold are on view at the Brooklyn Public Library. Mr. Fayngold, a Urkainian immigrant, uses chalk, pastels, watercolors, and gouache to paint his soft images of Brooklyn Heights, Fort Greene, and Coney Island. Ms. Balco’s plein air paintings were made in Sunset Park,Gowanus, Green-Wood Cemetery, and Park Slope. Through Sunday, May 15, Tuesday-Thursday, 10 a.m.-9 p.m., Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sunday, 1-6 p.m., Brooklyn Public Library, Central Library, Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, 718-230-2100, free.

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