Paintings
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YOUNG MASTER Gagosian Gallery presents an exhibit of new works by a contemporary painter, John Currin, that mine creative sources as varied as Old Master portraits, Playboy magazine advertisements of the 1970s, and 20th-century cinema. Through Friday, December 22, Tuesday–Saturday, 10 a.m.–6 p.m., Gagosian Gallery, 980 Madison Ave., between 76th and 77th streets, 212-744-2313, free.
WYETH’S MUSE Adelson Gallery presents “Helga on Paper,” an exhibit of watercolors and drawings by painter Andrew Wyeth. Between 1971 and 1985, the artist created more than 200 sketches — many of them nudes — of the Germanic beauty, who was his neighbor in Chadds Ford, Pa. Through Friday, December 22, Monday–Friday, 9:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m., Saturday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m., Adelson Gallery, 19 E. 82nd St., between Fifth and Madison avenues, 212-439-6800, free.
