Art
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MAINE MAN Painter Alex Katz signs his book “Alex Katz in Maine” (Charta), produced in conjunction with the summer show at the Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland, Maine. The signing takes place at a temporary bookstore run by Distributed Art Publishers, which will be open through the end of September at Visionaire Gallery. Tonight, 6-8 p.m., Artbook at Visionaire, 11 Mercer St., between Canal and Grand streets, 212-274-8959, free.
WORLD SERIES The group show “In a Series” closes Friday at Adam Baumgold Gallery. It features paintings, drawings, works on paper, sculpture, and video contributed by 28 artists. Each contribution is connected to a theme in the artist’s larger body of work. Artists on view include Saul Steinberg, Ed Ruscha, Adam Dant, and Robin Tewes. Through Friday, 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Adam Baumgold Gallery, 74 E. 79th St., between Madison and Park avenues, 212-861-7338, free.
NO STONE-THROWING ALLOWED The New York Botanical Garden examines the evolution of glasshouses, structures that allow tropical flora to grow in northern climates. The show, open through this weekend, includes woodcuts and engravings of European glasshouses, 19th-century horticultural manuals, historic advertisements for residential-glasshouse company Lord and Burnham, and a section on the architectural history of the New York Botanical Garden itself. Through Sunday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library, Bronx River Parkway and Fordham Road, Bronx, 718-817-8700, $13 general, $11 seniors and students, $5 children ages 2 to 12, free for children under 2.
LADIES FIRST The group show “Girls on Film” gathers work by artists who portray women the way pop culture often does: as starlets, pinups, or fashion models. Francis Picabia’s “L’elegante” (1942-43), painted in a style cribbed from popular “gentlemen’s magazines,” is the focal point of the show. Other artists whose work is on view include John Currin, Paul McCarthy, Cindy Sherman, and Andy Warhol. Through Friday, September 2, Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Zwirner & Wirth, 32 E. 69th St., between Park and Madison avenues, 212-517-8677, free.
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