Gilbert & George "THE BEARD PICTURES" @ Lehmann Maupin Gallery in New York

The Lehmann Maupin Gallery presents THE BEARD PICTURES, a collection of pictures commemorating the 50th anniversary of Gilbert & George. The artists present themselves as two haunting figures, using their amorphous beards as a site for political and cultural critique. Scattered with fences and flowers, this series of self-portraits pieces together a narrative about an ever-changing urban landscape its constant turmoil. The 35 images that make up THE BEARD PICTURES will be on view at Lehmann Maupinโ€™s Chelsea and downtown Manhattan locations until December 22nd. photographs by Adam Lehrer

Billy Childish "Flowers, Nudes and Birch Trees: New Paintings 2015" @ Lehmann Maupin in New York

Lehmann Maupin is pleased to present its fourth exhibition with British artist Billy Childish, a prolific painter, writer, and musician. The artistโ€™s vivid oil paintings offer fragmented fields of intense color applied frenetically, often leaving charcoal marks and the linen canvas exposed, further emphasizing the immediate and intuitive nature of Childishโ€™s work. Billy Childish "Flowers, Nudes and Birch Trees: New Paintings 2015"  will be on view until October 31, 2015 at Lehmann Maupin, 536 W 22nd Street. photographs by Tenlie Mourning