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4 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now Jack Pierson’s assembled works; Marsha Pels’s conceptual jewels; Gordon Hookey’s takes on racism; and Emily Mason’s exuberant abstract paintings. Jack Pierson’s “Pink” (2020) in the show “Five New Pieces” at Kerry Schuss Gallery.Credit...Jack Pierson and Kerry Schuss Gallery Jan. 27, 2021 Through Feb. 13. Kerry Schuss Gallery, 73 Leonard Street, Manhattan; (212) 291-9918; kerryschussgallery.com. The deep content of Jack Pierson’s art is t...

Published Jan. 22, 2021Updated Jan. 26, 2021 In the small, sun-scorched town of Cloncurry, Australia, the artist Gordon Hookey grew up very much aware of Madison Square Garden. “It was in the psyche of most Aboriginal people, because of boxing,” says Hookey, 59, who belongs to the Waanyi people. “In the early days, boxing was a means for young Aboriginal men — an opportunity for achievement against the background of racism and inequalities.” Nearly 10,000 miles away in New York, the a...