Photography
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MANY FACES “A Couple Ways of Doing Something” is a joint exhibit of portrait photographs by Chuck Close and poems by the founder of the Bowery Poetry Club, Bob Holman. Featured faces include Cindy Sherman, Elizabeth Peyton, Robert Wilson, and Lisa Yuskavage. Tonight through Thursday, January 4, reception tonight, 6 p.m., exhibit hours Tuesday–Saturday, 10 a.m.–6 p.m., Aperture Foundation, 547 W. 27th St., between Tenth and Eleventh avenues, 4th floor, 212-505-5555, free.
BEYOND BORDERS Photographer Shaul Schwarz speaks as part of the opening of “Cycle of Violence,” an exhibit of photos that confronts the ongoing Israeli–Palestinian Arab conflict. Tonight, 8 p.m., exhibit through Sunday, January 7, Monday–Sunday, 9 a.m.–4 p.m., the Half King, 505 W. 23rd St. at Tenth Avenue, 212-462-4300, free.
CASTRO’S CUBA Sapphire Lounge presents the opening of “Selected Photos of Cuba,” an exhibit of work by Zoë Barracano, which combines photojournalism and travel photography to depict decay in the Latin American country. Tonight, 8 p.m., exhibit through Saturday, November 18, Monday–Sunday, 7 p.m.–4 a.m., Sapphire Lounge, 249 Eldridge St., between Houston and Stanton streets, 212-777-5153, free.