Rounding up the best gallery exhibitions across the United States each month, Galerie journeyed from New York to Houston, Los Angeles, and San Francisco to discover the top solo shows for April. From emerging painter Dustin Emory's double show of voyeuristic visual narratives at Fredericks & Freiser and Margot Samel in New York to Sophie Calle's look back at projects that failed at Fraenkel in San Francisco, these are the not-to-be-missed shows this month.
Widely known for his concentric circles, squares, and star paintings, Gary Lang creates art that pulsates with vibrant sequences of color and energy. Born in Los Angeles and based north of the city, Lang improvises his paintings with various hues to make his geometrically shaped canvases radiate from within. His "Fourfold Glow" exhibition showcases a series of Concentric Square canvases completed between 2019 and 2024. Painted with glowing bands of color that shift in density and tone, his paintings keep the eye in motion, oscillating between variations of pigment and scale. Painted in succession from the outer edge inward, the canvases are subject to chance operations, as Lang covers the earlier applications before progressing toward the center, with the final painting only revealed in the end. Displayed as a series, the paintings transform the gallery into a meditative realm where visitors become immersed in each visually vibrant square, one after the next.
