Mike Kelley, The Thirteen Seasons (Heavy on the Winter) #6: Fall (1994). Courtesy of Skarstedt.

Allen Jones, Bra-La-La (1974). Courtesy of Michael Werner Gallery.

It’s only been two months since New York City was inundated with art fairs, and this week we’re back at it all over again and we’re already wiped from wading through the crowds. The big kahuna, Frieze New York, opens to the public today, returning to Randall’s Island for the fifth time and bringing with it plenty for you to see (and hear) with talks, site-specific works, and of course uber-cool things to eat. Your cultural intake shouldn’t stop in the white tents, however, because there is plenty to see the old-fashioned way. From Skarstedt and Michael Werner Gallery to Bortolami and Leslie Feely, we’ve exhausted your list of unmissable shows. Good luck out there.

Alberto Biasi, Yellow Variable Round Image (1962–1970). Courtesy of GR Gallery.

Installation view. Courtesy of TOTAH.

Exhibition: “Alberto Biasi ‘A Dynamic Meditation’“
When: March 31–May 22, 2016
Where: GR gallery, 255 Bowery, New York, NY

Exhibition: “VERBA VOLANT SCRIPTA MANENT: Mel Bochner and Alighiero Boetti”
When: February 25–May 15, 2016
Where: TOTAH, 183 Stanton Street, New York, NY

Lauren Fensterstock, The Order of Things (2016). Courtesy of Claire Oliver Gallery.

Exhibition: “Lauren Fensterstock: The Order of Things”
When: April 14–May 21, 2016
Where: Claire Oliver Gallery, 513 W. 26th Street, New York, NY

Exhibition: “Allen Jones: A Retrospective”
When: March 31–June 4, 2016
Where: Michael Werner Gallery, 4 E. 77th Street, New York, NY

Rashaad Newsome, When You’re Talking to Someone and You Know They are Lying but You Keep Listening (2015). Courtesy of De Buck Gallery.

Exhibition: “Rashaad Newsome: STOP PLAYING IN MY FACE!”
When: April 21–June 25, 2016
Where: De Buck Gallery, 545 W. 23rd Street, New York, NY

Exhibition: “Mike Kelley: Shaped Paintings”
When: April 21–June 25, 2016
Where: Skarstedt, 550 W. 21st Street, New York, NY

Installation view. Courtesy of Bortolami.

Exhibition: “ROBERT BORDO and SAM ANDERSON with MICHEL AUDER”
When: April 28–June 18, 2016
Where: Bortolami, 520 W. 20th Street, New York, NY

Nicole Eisenman, Coping (2008). Courtesy of New Museum.

Exhibition: “Nicole Eisenman: Al-ugh-ories”
When: May 4–June 26, 2016
Where: New Museum, 235 Bowery, New York, NY

Hannelore Baron, Untitled (1983). Courtesy of Leslie Feely.

Abraham Palatnik, w-899 (2016). Courtesy of Nara Rosler.

Exhibition: “Hannelore Baron Collages and Box Constructions”
When: April 30–July 30, 2016
Where: Leslie Feely, 33 E. 68th Street, New York, NY

Exhibition: “Abraham Palatnik”
When: May 3–July 30, 2016
Where: Nara Roesler, 47 W. 28th Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY

Kathy Ryan, 10:10 a.m. (October 15, 2013). Courtesy of Howard Greenberg Gallery.

Exhibition: “Kathy Ryan Office Romance”
When: May 5–June 18, 2016
Where: Howard Greenberg Gallery, 41 E. 57th Street, Suite 1406, New York, NY

Andrew Salgado, Midnight Circus (2016). Courtesy of Beers London.

Hui Chi Lee, Red Hat #2 (2015). Courtesy of FitzGerald Fine Arts.

Exhibition: “Andrew Salgado: The Fool Makes a Joke at Midnight”
When: May 6–28, 2016
Where: Beers London at Thierry Goldberg Gallery, 103 Norfolk Street, New York, NY

Exhibition: “Hui Chi Lee Lian : Lian”
When: March 31–May 7, 2016
Where: FitzGerald Fine Arts, 40 Wooster Street, New York, NY