It’s hard to stay hopeful these days, in the face of ever-increasing inequality, scarcity, and war. Thankfully, with his exhibition “Ricochets,” Francis Alÿs presented an antidote to pessimism. The exhibition, organized by Florence Ostende, focused on “Children’s Games,” 1999–, a series of dozens of films made in locations around the world—among them Belgium, Cuba, Hong Kong, Iraq, Mexico, Morocco, and Nepal—that together underline transnational connections that today feel all the more poignant in the face of the rising tide of anti-immigration policies. The show presented thirty films from this series, along with nineteen small-scale oil paintings from between 1990 and 2024 and a substantial research archive on the history of children’s games.