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See? Conceptualists Are Nothing to Be Afraid Of, Says Artist Albrecht Fuchs

Albrecht Fuchs’s Lawrence Weiner, New York (2005).Image courtesy of the artist and Mireille Mosler Ltd., New York.

In what’s best described as an art-world version of Us Weekly’s “Stars: They’re Just Like Us!†feature, German photographer Albrecht Fuchs’s “Portraits†gets cozy with contemporary greats. In this shot, though, famed conceptualist Lawrence Weiner isn’t so much like us as he is like Old Man Marley from Home Alone. “Portraits†is at the uptown Mireille Mosler gallery through March 22. —Rachel Wolff