There is a starkness in Chris Killip's photographs of the Northeast of England and Ireland between 1975 and 1986. And a kind of visual grace. He famously captured the struggle of life in fishing communities on the North Yorkshire coast and the fury of the 1984 miners' strike, documenting the divisions that defined England in the late 20th century. His images, as editor, curator, and author Mark Holborn notes in the new book "Chris Killip: North." were "emblems of despair couple with lyricism and tenderness." The new book features more than 200 of Killip's photographs of Northern England and Ireland, nearly half of which have never before been published.

  French artist and composer Céleste Boursier-Mougenot has expanded his monumental sound installation, Clinamen, to its largest iteration to date, now on view at the Park Avenue Armory. For those who track his work—perhaps remembering his smaller, bird-and-guitar installations or an earlier iteration of this piece at SFMOMA, in 2017—the sheer scale here is breathtaking. Spanning 55,000 square feet, the vast, shadowy drill hall has been punctuated by t...