my brother and i just checked out the new museum of contemporary art on bowery. the current exhibit is
Unmonumental: The Object in the 21st Century
some of it was less than impressive, but there were some mexican sculptors with interesting stuff, and some former saatchi artists up to their usual antics.... and the new building is awesome. at the book shop i got a signed mary kelly (
http://www.x-traonline.org/vol9_4/images/Wack29.jpg) exhibit catalog for 18 dollars.
the whitney didn't seem to have anything interesting, so i skipped it this time, but you judge for yourself:
http://www.whitney.org/www/exhibition/index.jsp
i was only in the city for an afternoon so i didn't do any gallery hopping, but i usually like to check out david zwirner, gagosian, and deitch projects. i've also seen good shows at the chelsea art museum.
http://chelseaartmuseum.org/
further down the bowery from the new museum (but not all the way to canal street) was the best bowl of
Phở i've ever had.... ever.