Susan Siegel in the ‘New York Academy of Art Annual Exhibition’ at Flowers Gallery

The New York Academy of Art’s annual summer exhibition brings together a variety of artwork for sale at accessible prices – a rare proposition in Chelsea’s booming mega-gallery scene. Susan Siegel’s ‘Big Hair’ is a tiny painting at eight by eight inches, but it packs a humorous punch. Substituting a cow for one of the delicate creatures normally populating Baroque painting, Siegel subverts our pleasure in consuming images of excess. (At Flowers Gallery through July 15th).

Susan Siegel, Big Hair, oil on panel, 8 x 8 inches, 2017.

Albert York at Matthew Marks Gallery

Late New York painter Albert York’s paintings of landscapes, dogs, cows and flowers may look conventional, but they elicit strong praise from art world cognoscenti for their dreamy quality and conversation with the history of painting landscape and portraiture. (At Chelsea’s Matthew Marks Gallery through Dec 20th).

Albert York, Cow, oil on board, 9 x 10 ¼ inches, c. 1972.