Multiple gallery exhibitions feature Cecily Brown and contemporaries across New York

Cecily Brown's work appears at Gagosian Gallery, while other artists have concurrent shows throughout New York. Bacon, Freud and a Century of Painting Life runs until August 27. Ancestors continues at Gagosian through June 16. Paula Cooper Gallery recently presented the artist's first exhibition with that venue. Nice Weather is on view at Skarstedt's uptown and Chelsea locations until April 16. Two painters are displayed at Maccarone. Motherboard remains at Sperone Westwater through April 19. Continuum continues on Madison Avenue through October 22. Petah Coyne exhibits at Galerie Lelong and the Sculpture Centre. Diana Thater shows at David Zwirner and Zwirner and Wirth. James Hyde appears at Brent Sikkema. The author references a Frankenstein moment and compares art writing to that of Ruskin.