Charles Kessler blogs about several impressive painting exhibitions currently on view at the 56 Bogart building in Bushwick, Brooklyn including: Shingo Francis: Bound For Eternity at Bogart Salon (through July 23), There Are No Giants Upstairs at Theodore:Art (through July 29), Text at Studio 10 (through July 22) and Claudia Chaseling: Infiltration at Slag Gallery (through August 30).

Kessler writes: "The best contemporary art in NYC right now can be seen in Bushwick, all in one building – 56 Bogart… [including] breathtaking wrap-around colorfield paintings by Shingo Francis… [and] Theodore:Art has one of the best shows of small abstract paintings I’ve seen in a long time."