The Tribeca galleries slowly started reopening with the rest of retail this summer and they are now launching new shows as well. Here are some from galleries who sent word but NB: this is by no means comprehensive so use your usual art sources to see what’s up elsewhere — or just make the rounds.

JOHNNY SWING AT R & COMPANY
R & Company has a solo exhibition of new work by Johnny Swing — his first New York exhibition since 2012. Over the past 20 years, Johnny Swing has become one of the world’s most recognizable furniture designers, best known for his iconic series of seating made out of welded American coins. Serban Ionescu’s whimsical and impractical furniture is also on display at the gallery on White Street, which is taking visitors by appointment, and Curbed has also done a feature on the artist’s work. “I think these things become almost like pets,” says the designer of his work. 64 White and 82 Franklin. (By coincidence, the portrait above is by Tribecan photographer Kimberly Wang.)

BACKSEAT DRIVER AT SAPAR CONTEMPORARY
Sapar Contemporary presents Backseat Driver, a dual exhibition joining works by Kameelah Janan Rasheed and Yuken Teruya, two artists employing their personal narratives and US history as a basis for analysis and reflection on systemic issues in Western culture. While Teruya addresses the status quo in Western culture through a coded visual language composed of commercial icons, Rasheed embeds her work with overt phrases and archival records that, when presented together, create an image of the history of conflict in the United States. 9 N. Moore.

DALTON PAULA AT ALEXANDER AND BONIN
Alexander and Bonin has two exhibitions on view from September 12th to October 24th: Dalton Paula: a kidnapper of souls; and Ree Morton: For Kate. As part of his research, Paula visited Quilombo Alto do Santana in Goias, near Goiâna, where he works and lives. Quilombos are political organizations and communities of black cultural resistance of African origin that were recreated in Brazil during the 16th to 18 centuries. Paula photographed residents of the quilombo and used these images as the basis for his portraits. 47 Walker.

AKI SASAMOTO AT BORTOLAMI
Bortolami has announced the opening of Schematics, the gallery’s second exhibition with New York-based performance artist Aki Sasamoto. Sasamoto draws diagrams as she performs, using them as visual aids to her storytelling. After each performance, the resulting diagram is dated and hung in the venue. 39 Walker.

PUBLIC ART AT THE UNTITLED SPACE
The Untitled Space is showing “Art4Equality x Life, Liberty & The Pursuit of Happiness,” starting Sept. 26, which features a public art series of 10 billboards in New York City, along with a gallery exhibition featuring the work of more than 50 contemporary artists. Tuesday to Friday, 10 to 6. 45 Lispenard.