This Week: Must-See Arts in the City Slideshow

Photograph by Sunhi Mang. Courtesy of the artist and Haunch of Venison

Haunch of Venison in Chelsea is showing installations by Chiharu Shiota, including 'Other Side,' an installation piece made from windows the artist found in East Berlin.

Photograph by Sunhi Mang. Courtesy of the artist and Haunch of Venison

An installation view of Shiota's work.

Photograph by Sunhi Mang. Courtesy of the artist and Haunch of Venison

Shiota is also known for weaving tangled webs entirely out of black thread -- as in this 2012 piece, 'Reflection of the Past.'

Courtesy of the Neue Galerie

At the Neue Galerie: a celebration of Gustav Klimt, on the occasion of his 150th birthday. His portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer, from 1907, is seen above.

Courtesy of the Neue Galerie

Klimt is know for his portraits of Austrian society ladies among others. Above: 'The Black Feather Hat,' from 1910.

Courtesy of the Neue Galerie

Klimt's overtly sexual allegories weren't always well-received by the government. But he was an accomplished landscape painter, too. This 1916 work shows 'Forest Slope in Unterach on the Attersee.'

Courtesy of the artist and Adam Baumgold Gallery

Adam Baumgold Gallery is organizing a show of artworks devoted to the human face. Seen here: an untitled piece from 2004 by Chicago imagist Jim Nutt.

Courtesy of the artist and Adam Baumgold Gallery

The exhibit at Baumgold features work by an array of artists, including graphic novelist Charles Burns. Above, his piece 'Atomic Monster,' from 1991.

Courtesy of the artist and Adam Baumgold Gallery

From Seth: 'Members, The Great Northern Brotherhood of Canadian Cartoonists,' an illustration from 2011.

Courtesy of the artist and Adam Baumgold Gallery

Another pair of faces at Baumgold: Bette Blank's 'Castro in a Che Shirt,' from 2007.

National Academy Museum

The National Academy Museum has a suite of exhibits devoted to women artists, including a show of sculpture. Above: Nancy Grossman's c. 1991 bronze 'Gunhead.'

National Academy Museum

Also part of the Academy's sculpture exhibit: this work by Louise Bourgeois -- a 1995 cast of a 1967 work made of bronze.

National Academy Museum

The show includes a survey of recent gifts to the Academy by women artists. Above, Sarai Sherman's 'Up in the Sky,' from 1969.

National Academy Museum

'Night: WTC Looking East, 2000-1' by Jacqueline Gourevitch is another recent gift.

National Academy Museum

Another exhibit at the National Academy will feature rare drypoint drawings by Mary Cassatt, a figure known for her tender paintings of children. Above, 'The Map (or The Lesson),' from 1890.