Groups shows in New York and L.A. explore visual journaling.

Patricia Piccinini “Not As We Know It” solo exhibition at Haunch of Venison Gallery, New York. Piccinini imagines an inventive DNA future.

The Art Dealers Association of America fair features 3 mid-century “outsiders” who are now revered for their original thinking.

Kerry James Marshall’s solo exhibition “Black Romantic” places African-Americans into visual cliches to include them “back-into” pop-culture.

My review of contemporary landscapes take us on a tour of art styles. From digitally enhanced reality to painted abstraction, from the 1970s scene to the body as a garden, these images of place describe us.

Located across the street from Miami’s Art Basel Art Fair, The Design Fair is challenging the idea that design is a lesser medium than art because it serves a function. With artists making chairs and designers sculpting objects, the once distinct fields are now merging.

Dorian Gray’s small East Village gallery takes on a big show subject as they compare 1980s art stars like Nan Goldin and Keith Harring with the 21st century artists they influenced.

The Jonathan Levine Gallery has mounted Scott Musgrove’s highly original show. Musgrove takes on the human race, the natural world, and art history by creating and describing a world of his own.