Wes Lang’s Here Comes Sunshine at Half Gallery. Opening reception on Thursday May 17 from 6-8pm.

X Initiative opens the second of its seasonal phases, No Soul For Sale, A Festival of Independents, to the public today. The event is the product of inviting thirty esteemed arts organizations from all over the world to transform spaces in the X Building however they like: be it with art, publications, performances, videos, or any other way they choose to work with the space. In addition, each is given an hour to have free reign of a dedicated performance area. A full list of participants and details can be found here.

Regardless of your preconceptions of Picasso, the one thing you can expect from Picasso: Mosqueteros, the ambitious show of the artist’s late work currently on view at Gagosian Gallery, is to have your expectations trumped. The sheer scale of the show itself and the strength of the work from the often-overlooked last decade of Picasso’s life are nothing short of impressive. Be sure to spend time with the series of delightfully whimsical and rich works on paper, which his dramatic canvases can easily overshadow.