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DRIFT presents their latest de-produced objects in their "Materialism" series at Pace Gallery, breaking down a VW Beetle, Rolex Watch, and more into the exact quantities and materials within each to reshape how we see the world.

Visually stunning sculpture by artist Matthew Angelo Harrison at Salon 94 gallery carves into resin-encased objects, bones and car parts.

Artist Ron Nagle's meticulous small sculptures are something that you watch more than you see + feel like they could move at any moment.

Artist Maya Lin plants a Ghost Forest of 49 dying trees in NYC's Madison Square Park in a surreal and jarring display of climate change.

Showcasing colorful mirrored glass sculptures and gritty paintings on gold leaf, Wild Rosebuds by Jean-Michel Othoniel is a must see.

Igshann Adams' tapestries, made of colorful nylon rope, chains, seashells, wood & glass beads, are inspired by decaying linoleum floors.

Kathleen Ryan captures the surprising beauty of decaying fruit by pinning thousands of individual minerals, gemstones and glass beads.

The Sam Moyer exhibition, Tone, presented paintings that incorporate large pieces of marble and a room of precariously balanced sculptures.

Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson's newest exhibition is a hypnotic play of colorful light that feels like peering into the cosmos.

The kaleidoscopic sculptures of Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian hold thousands of mirrors that dance like a diamond under a microscope.

Tara Donovan has created unfathomable new work titled "Intermediaries" showing her obsessive transformation of familiar materials.

Our resident art expert David Behringer searched for the best modern art in NYC galleries this year + here's what he saw in 2020.