BENDED KNEE

The drawings and paintings on display in “Having Trouble to Pray,” which closes this week, illustrate Peruvian artist Moico Yaker’s commitment to prayer even at its most difficult. The artworks are his attempts to portray on paper the prayers that he cannot physically offer.The protagonist of the series encounters difficulties at every turn; he is carried away by butterflies, balances on a seal, and leans exhausted against a tree. Through Thursday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Yeshiva University Museum, 15 W. 16th St., between Fifth and Sixth avenues, 212-294-8330, $6 general, $4 seniors and students, free for children under 5.

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. Black-and-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.

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