A November art tour of New York should include stops to recently opened exhibits:

The first a big splashy STAGES show benefiting Lance Armstrong’s cancer fight charity Live Strong at the Deitch Space:

The 25 artists in the show represent a cross-section of background with divergent work. Yet, the work was cohesive and vibrant, perhaps inspired by the common cause of healing, cures and the fortitude of Armstrong. Artists included Rosson Crow, Jules De Balincourt, Shepard Fairey, Futura, Andreas Gursky, KAWS, , Yoshitomo Nara, Catherine Opie , Os Gemeos, José Parlá, Richard Prince, Ed Ruscha and Kenny Scharf.

Crow’s bicycle exhibition from the late 1800s was particularly moving. Attendees at the opening clamored to get their pictures taken with this piece. On view through Nov. 21.

Juan Gomez

Columbian-born painter Juan Gomez is showing at the newly-opened Charlie Horse Gallery in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Gomez’s work teases the eye, elongated limbs of babies and women presented in backdrops of color.

The exhibit for Gail Buckland’s photographic overview of rockshots opened at the Brooklyn Museum, with rock’s biggest stars caught in the flash bulb. While the stars steal the stage, the emphasis is on the rock photographers that have documented everyone from Elvis to Lil Kim. A small room with imagery devoted to Grace Jones is a particular highlight. But nothing beats a brunette Deborah Harry performing with Blondie at the opening. Guitarist Chris Stein’s photography is also included in the show. On view through January 2010.

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