Statuesque: Pawel Althamer, Huma Bhabha, Aaron Curry, Thomas Houseago, Matthew Monahan, and Rebecca Warren

Statuesque is a group exhibition which will bring together a dynamic group of six international artists as they reinvent and extend the language of figurative sculpture for a new era. Neither literal portraits nor traditional monuments, their works push the expressive potential of sculptural forms and materials, marking a renewed interest in the figure in contemporary art. The exhibition is the first time these artists have been shown together and marks the New York debut of each work included.

Double Take: Michael DeLucia, Christian de Vietri, Natasha Johns-Messenger, Johannes VanDerBeek, Matt Irie & Dominick Talvacchio

Double Take showcases five new commissions by six emerging artists. Designed with MetroTech Center's specific conditions in mind, the artists have taken an element of the existing architecture or environment and subjected it to a process of modification or metamorphosis. Each work plays with fantasy and illusion to force a shift in perception, in turn creating a mirage of sorts. Nothing is as it seems: a chain-link fence dissolves into pixels, a bonfire yearns for its flame, outdoors is indoors, a ghost lurks, and a lamppost bends. Double Take celebrates the curious over the comfortable, the strange over the simple, and the mysterious over the mundane.

Ryan Gander: The Happy Prince

This fall, Public Art Fund will present a new commission by Ryan Gander entitled The Happy Prince. Drawing inspiration from Oscar Wilde's beloved children's story, Gander will transform the final moments of the story — the scene of the fallen statue — into a lyrical work reminiscent of a romantic ruin for his first public art commission in the United States.