Curated by Paulo Herkenhoff

Maybe it has to do with the end of one century and the beginning of another, but lately artists and curators seem to have the issue of time on the brain. In this timely exhibition, MoMA curator Paulo Herkenhoff explores the gamut of temporal categories as they are reflected in contemporary art, including geologic time, history, personal memory, metabolism, experience, and duration. The thematic heavy lifting here is done by Herkenhoff’s conceptual organization. The curator has isolated the nearly fifty artists in his show into five broad areas, but will the art bear the weight of the ideas? See the show to find out. The clock is ticking.

— Katy Siegel