Barnaby Furnas's Heart Fucker, 2006.   (Photo: Courtesy of Marianne Boesky Gallery)

6. Barnaby Furnas, at Marianne Boesky
He’s been hyped steadily in the glossies since emerging from Columbia’s art school in 2000, but this Saatchi-sanctioned painter silenced naysayers by pulling off a high-profile fall show in Marianne Boesky’s new gallery. The large-scale canvases featuring tidal waves of poured pigment didn’t quite justify their epic proportions, but they revealed confidence and a willingness to experiment. Even better were the smaller watercolors laced with burns, slash marks, and Celtic curses—formal innovation with a touch of voodoo.