There are so many museums in NYC showing interesting art and unique exhibitions. Unless you have all the time (and money) in the world, it's doubtful you'll get to everything. Take a look at 5 of the most critically acclaimed exhibitions going on now!

Gabriel Orozco at the MoMA - Orozco's extensive exhibit, on through March 1st, displays the Mexican artist's varied work (from his industrially fabricated pieces to an entire room of boldly colored abstract paintings). The exhibition examines and displays the artist's creations of the past two decades, which are layered in duality (fluidity vs. industrial strength, ethereal meaning and value vs. material certainty and strict categorization, etc).
 
Tino Sehgal at the Guggenheim - The show, on display through March 10th, is anything but ordinary. Sehgal, who has an unconventional background in dance and economics, seeks to use the museum as a choreographed forum for interpersonal scenarios.  Typical of the illusive artist, Sehgal hasn't revealed any specifics about the exhibition (there's no catalogue, documentation, objects or any specific information). He has only stated that he will be creating "two ambiances for the main space - an 'arena for spectatorship' on the ground floor of the rotunda and a scenario involving 'direct verbal interaction between museum visitors and trained participants' on the spiral ramp." Hmmmm... sounds interesting (I think).

Alias Man Ray: The Art of Reinvention at the Jewish Museum - Man Ray's heterogeneous art, which includes photographs, paintings, drawings, sculptures, films and more, will be on display at the Jewish Museum through March 14th. This first US multimedia retrospective in over twenty years contains over 200 of Man Ray's pieces and reflects an ongoing concealment of the artist's Russian-Jewish roots.

"Leopards in the Temple" at the Sculpture Center - On display through March 30th, fifteen artists show-off their diverse works in this exhibition. The artists, mostly young Europeans, include Aleana Egan, Patrick Hill, Nina Canell, Joao Maria Gusmao, Pedro Paiva, Rosalind Nashashibi, and Lucy Skaer. The pieces, which range from screen shorts to light installations, are loosely connected by Franz Kafka's allegory about leopards who break into a temple, lap up the sacrificial wine, and become part of the ceremony.

"Tim Burton" at the MoMA - The much talked-about exhibition, on through April 26th, is a retrospective containing various movie screenings, early shorts, drawings, paintings, storyboards, maquettes, puppets, production ephemera, and more. The unique exhibition definitely sheds some light onto Burton's creatively creepy movies. My advice: don't go during the weekend... the exhibition rooms are pretty small (and it was almost uncomfortably crowded on a Friday afternoon).


Read more about the exhibitions listed above by visiting Art Forum.