Armchair Traveler: From Batman to Bed Bugs

The art world too global for you? Each week, Interview highlights in pictures the shows you’d want to see—if you could jetset from one international art hub to the next.

Joel Sternfeld, Nags Head, North Carolina, (#27), June–August 1975. At Luhring Augustine, New York, through Feb. 4.

Damien Hirst, Myristyl Acetate, 2005. At Gagosian, New York (21st Street), through Feb. 18.

Joyce Pensato, Batman I, 2011. At Petzel, New York, through Feb. 25.

Edvard Munch, Self-Portrait with Hat (Right Profile), 1930. At the Centre Pompidou, Paris, through Jan. 23.

Reena Spaulings, Bed Bug, 2011. At Chantal Crousel Paris through Jan. 14.