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Iconic artist Robert Indiana is known for bold sculptures exploring language and numbers. Born Robert Clark, in New Castle, Indiana on September 13, 1928, Indiana showed early artistic talent, and developed his talent throughout his schooling, earning a BFA from the Art Institute of Chicago after serving in the Air Force. Indiana moved to New York in 1954 to pursue an art career, and joined the Coenties Slip art community. Indiana changed his name in 1958 to honor his home state. Indiana currently lives and works in Vinalhaven, Maine.

Encounters: 12 ambitious projects at this year’s Art Basel show in Hong Kong

Magdalena Abakanowicz: Embodied Forms Marlborough Gallery 40 West 57th Street, New York February 7 – March 10, 2018

This winter, the Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania will present three exhibitions that explore how artists have captured, interrogated, and responded to rapidly changing environments in contemporary society.

La Historia Recordada Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art 161 Calhoun St., Charleston,SC January 19 –March 3, 2018

California Landscapes: Richard Diebenkorn | Wayne Thiebaud Acquavella Galleries 18 East 79th Street, New York February 1 – March 16, 2018 

Pittsburgh, PA—Carnegie Museum of Art (CMOA) presents Teenie Harris Photographs: Service and Sacrifice, open January 27–May 28, 2018. The exhibition is the latest from CMOA’s Teenie Harris Archive, focusing on Harris’s work documenting the experiences of black soldiers.

ATLANTA, Jan. 25, 2018 – The High Museum of Art continued to expand its collection in 2017 with the addition of artworks in all seven curatorial departments, including major acquisitions that demonstrate continued commitment to exploring the diverse artistic and cultural perspectives of art from the American South. Recently acquired works build on the Museum’s existing strengths and represent important growth across periods and genres. The acquisitions will be featured prominently in a collection reinstallation planned for fall 2018.

Louise Nevelson: Black and White Pace Gallery 537 West 24th Street, New York February 1 through March 3, 2018 Pace Gallery presents an exhibition of works by leading Abstract Expressionist Louise Nevelson. Arne Glimcher, Pace Gallery Founder, has worked with Nevelson and her estate for the last 55 years, and is honored to “present such incredible work to new audiences.”

While sharing her earliest influences and what led her to become an artist, Barbara Kruger explains the origins of her 2017 Performa commission, "Untitled (Skate)," a site-specific installation at Coleman Skatepark in New York City’s Lower East Side. Growing up in a working class family in Newark, New Jersey before landing a job as a designer for Condé Nast publications, Kruger considers how her design experience lent a fluency and directness to the development of her text-driven work. "Money talks. Whose values?" says Kruger, quoting some of the panels installed in the skatepark.