Ed Ruscha @ the Gagosian in Rome

In his most recent paintings, Ed Ruscha continues to meditate on the melancholy of Psycho Spaghetti Westerns in complex pictures that conflate his signature elements with the visual devices, perspectival techniques, and refined atmospheres of Old Master paintings to depict the romantic road trip of youth reduced to roadside dystopia. Ed Ruscha "Paintings"will be on view until January 17th at the Gagosian in Rome, Via Francesco Crispi 16

Mark Flood: Another Painting @ CAMSTL

The first solo museum exhibition of Houston-based artist Mark Flood, Another Painting features key examples of the artist’s recent text, lace, and corporate logo paintings. With a deadpan and confrontational tone, Flood’s work interrogates the verbal, visual, and written language of institutions—such as government, Wall Street, and the art market—that influence everyday life. Appropriating the vernacular of these establishments, Flood seeks to reveal what he believes to be their inherent absurdity and desire to control. Another Painting will be on view until January 3, 2015 at the Contemporary Art Museum of St. Louis, 3750 Washington Blvd St. Louis, MO

Last Chance to See Pentti Monkkonen's Wind Parade @ High Art

Wind Parade is Los Angeles-based artist Pentti Monkkonen's artistic interpretation of today's cultural and literal climate. The artist asks, "What will happen to all the art in the event of a global weather or economic disaster? I have a friend whose gallery bubble wrapped his paintings so well that they floated on the surface of a flooded basement during hurricane Sandy and remained unharmed." Pentti Monkkonen's Wind Parade will be on view until November 29, at High Art, 17, rue des Panoyaux 75020 Paris 

Quentin Jones The Fractured & The Feline @ The Vinyl Factor

The Vinyl Factory presents a survey of works by London-based multi-media artist Quentin Jones in collaboration with innovative spatial designer Robert Storey. Quentin Jones is a photographer, animator, painter and filmmaker whose distinctive illustrative style has led to high-profile commissions in the fashion and publishing worlds. This exhibition is the first to feature the full range of Jones’ oeuvre, resulting in her most comprehensive and varied show to date. Working on paper, in sculpture, film, photography, Jones takes masks and surreal portraiture as a grounding for her works. Quentin Jones The Fractured & The Felinewill be on view until December 13, 2014 at The Vinyl Factory Space at Brewer Street Car Park. 

Check Out Viv Albertine's New Memoir

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Viv Albertine is a pioneer. As lead guitarist and songwriter for the seminal band The Slits, she influenced a future generation of artists including Kurt Cobain and Carrie Brownstein. She formed a band with Sid Vicious and was there the night he met Nancy Spungeon. She tempted Johnny Thunders…toured America with the Clash…dated Mick Jones…and inspired the classic Clash anthem Train in Vain. But Albertine was no mere muse. In Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys, Albertine delivers a unique and unfiltered look at a traditionally male-dominated scene. Pick up her memoirs book here. 

Maurizio Cattelan Cosa Nostra @ Sotheby's S/2 Gallery

Venus Over Manhattan and Sotheby’s S|2 will present Cosa Nostra, the first major exhibition of Maurizio Cattelan’s work since his retrospective at the Guggenheim, and the artist’s subsequent retirement. Curated by Adam Lindemann, this exhibition will showcase a range of works from Cattelan’s career, including many of the artist’s most recognizable iconography that has made him one of the most idiosyncratic and unique of his generation. Cosa Nostra will be on view until November 26 at Sotheby's S/2 Gallery, 1334 York Avenue, New York.

Early Man @ The Hole Gallery

The Hole presents a group exhibition entitled Early Man. Taking early art making (as in Upper Paleolithic) as a jumping off point, artists in this show use various strategies to create meaning, from the barely rudimentary to the highly sophisticated. Some of the artists include Aurel Schmidt, David Shrigley, Bruce High Quality Foundation, and more. Early Man will be on view until December 28 at The Hole Gallery, 312 Bowery, New York. 

Ahmed Alsoudani @ Gladstone Gallery

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Gladstone Gallery presents an exhibition of new paintings by Ahmed Alsoudani. This will be the artist’s first exhibition with the gallery. The vibrant, large-scale paintings that will be featured draw on Alsoudani’s distinct painterly vocabulary and introduce new subject matter that marks a transition in his work. Ahmed Alsoudani's exhibition will be on view until December 20, 2014 at Gladstone Gallery, 515 West 24th Street, New York.