Photography
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BIG APPLE BILLBOARDS Belgium native Wouter Deruytter’s large black-and-white photographs of New York City billboards are on display in his first American museum show. Through Saturday, tomorrow-Saturday, noon-6 p.m., Thursday, noon-8 p.m., Chelsea Art Museum, 556 W. 22nd St. at Eleventh Avenue, 212-255-0719, $6 general, $3 seniors and students.
OWENS IN AMERICA The exhibit “Bill Owens: America” features previously unpublished photographs from Mr. Owens’s work during the 1960s, when he captured turbulent rock concerts and political demonstrations. The show, which closes this weekend, also includes photographs from his four most famous series, “Suburbia,” “Working (I do it for the money),” “Our kind of people,” and “Leisure.” Most of Mr. Owens’s work documents the lives of middle-class Americans, taken in a landscape of Mc-Donald’s patios and cul-de-sacs. Through Saturday, tomorrow-Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., James Cohan Gallery, 533 W. 26th St., between Tenth and Eleventh avenues, 212-714-9500, free.
RUSSIAN ARK German photographer Ingar Krauss shot portraits of young people in Arkhangelsk, Russia, last year. The sober results are on view at Marvelli Gallery. His previous series focused on the inmates in Russian juvenile prisons; this series includes images of nuns, sailors, and young children. Through Saturday, October 8, Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Marvelli Gallery, 526 W. 26th St., between Tenth and Eleventh avenues, second floor, 212-627-3363, free.
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