Art
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SEGAL SNAPS Donald Lokuta’s photographs taken over the course of his 17-year friendship with sculptor George Segal are on display. The photographs capture Segal at work on some of his most famous sculptures. The gallery, owned by the boutique chain HP Group, which began in Tokyo’s Harajuku district, is located above the group’s store downtown. Through Saturday, November 5, Tuesday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., HPGRP Gallery, 32-36 Little West 12th St., between Ninth Avenue and Washington Street, 212-727-2491, free.
WOMEN, ETC. Spanish artist Bernardo Torrens’s paintings are on display. Along with a series of female nudes rendered in black and white, there are portraits of a bullfighter and a man napping as his son nestles in his lap.
Through Saturday, 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Bernarducci Meisel, 37 W. 57th St., between Fifth and Sixth avenues, sixth floor, 212-593-3757, free.
BEHIND THE SCENES New graphite drawings by Texas-born artist Richard Anthony Martinez are on display in “Backdrops and Cameras.” His subject is the early film technique known as “matte painting,” in which actors’ actions were superimposed onto detailed paintings used as backdrops.
Through Saturday, December 3, Tuesday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Foley Gallery, 547 W. 27th St., between Tenth and Eleventh avenues, fifth floor, 212-244-9081, free.
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