UPTOWN
PABLO PICASSOSaidenberg, 1035 Madison Ave. at 79th. Jacqueline, the youthful model whom the Spanish master, 82, married three years ago, shows up often in these twelve oils (1955-63). Many may wonder, looking at the twisted caricatures he paints, why he bothers with a model at all. But he uses her to express the infinite changes and fundamental unity of the Picasso vision, turning her face every which way and examining it like the facets of a diamond. Through April 4.
DARREL AUSTINPerls, 1016 Madison Ave. at 78th. Austin casts a lunar spell: rarely does...