Carsten Höller, Animal Group, 2011. Dolphin, Hippopotamus, Crocodile, Orangutan, Rhinoceros, Reindeer, Walrus. Installation view, "Experience," New Museum. Photo © Benoit Pailley

This is a great week to catch up with some exhibitions that will be closing in January. Here’s a short list of top draws:

Kindred Spirits: Native American Influences on 20^th Century Art through January 28^th at Peter Blum Gallery. 99 Wooster Street, NY, NY.

Carsten Höller: Experience through January 15^th at New Museum, 235 Broadway, opposite Spring Street, NY, NY.

The First $100,000 I Ever Made by John Baldessari through December 30^th. High Line Art, 10^th Avenue at 18^th Street, NY, NY.

David, Delacroix, and Revolutionary France: Drawings from the Louvre, through December 31^st at Morgan Library and Museum, 225 Madison Avenue at 36^th Street, NY, NY.

New Photography 2011 through January 16^th, featuring work by Moyra Davey, George Georgiou, Deana Lawson, Doug Rickard, Viviane Sassen, and Zhang Dali. MoMA, 11 West 53^rd Street, NY, NY. Save the date: Tuesday, January 10^th, 7:30 pm | Pop Rally, a conversation centered around issues of privacy and surveillance. Bernhard Seefeld, Product Manager for Google Maps; Doug Rickard, an artist featured in the exhibition; and Dan Leers, exhibition organizer, participate. An exhibition viewing and a cocktail reception featuring a DJ set by Japanster will follow. Tickets.

de Kooning: A Retrospective through January 2 at MoMA, 11 West 53^rd Street, NY, NY.

Crafting Modernism: Midcentury American Art and Design through January 15^th at Museum of Arts and Design, 2 Columbus Circle, NY, NY.

David Smith: Cubes and Anarchy through Janaury 8^th at Whitney Museum of American Art. 945 Madison Avenue, at 75^th Street, NY, NY.

Picasso’s Drawings, 1890-1921: Reinventing Tradition through January 8^th at the Frick Collection, 1 East 70^th Street, NY, NY.

Steiglitz and His Artists: Matisse to O’Keefe through January 2 at Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1500 Fifth Avenue, at 81^st Street, NY, NY.

The World’s Largest Dinosaurs through January 2 at American Museum of Natural History. Central Park West at 79^th Street, NY, NY.

George Kuchar: Pagan Rhapsodies through January 15^th at MoMA PS 1. 22-25 Jackson Avenue, Queens, NY.

Youth and Beauty: Art of the American Twenties through January 29^th at Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY. Save the date: Thursday, January 5^th, 7 pm | Gallery Tour.

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