1. 1. “The Abstract Impulse”

   At the National Academy Museum through February 2008

   A visual time line of the museum’s 50-year love-hate relationship with abstract art.

2. 2. Richard Pousette-Dart

   At the Guggenheim through September 25

   Textured mid-century abstractions by the “action painting” pioneer.

3. 3. “Peter Young: 1963–1977”

   At P.S. 1 through September 24

   A sizable retrospective of Young’s dizzying curves, dots, and grids.

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