"Palace of Fine Arts, 2006" by Liz Hickok is a work made of Jell-O, and is part of the exhibit "You Are What You Eat" coming to Mass MoCA in North Adams.
Critic's Picks: Art
"Palace of Fine Arts, 2006" by Liz Hickok is a work made of Jell-O, and is part of the exhibit "You Are What You Eat" coming to Mass MoCA in North Adams.
DRAWINGS & PAINTINGS BY ASHILE GORKY: MINA BOEHM METZGER COLLECTION Twenty-seven rarely seen drawings and paintings and the only surviving stone sculpture by the Armenian immigrant regarded by many as the father of Abstract Expressionism. Sept. 16-Nov. 7.
21 ETCHINGS AND POEMS Prints combining poetry and art from a 1960 portfolio of the same name, featuring work by artists and poets such as Dylan Thomas, Frank O’Hara, Helen Phillips, and Willem De Kooning. Sept. 16-Dec. 13. Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley. 781-283-2051, www.davismuseum.wellesley.edu
DAMIÁN ORTEGA: DO IT YOURSELF The first career survey of this former political cartoonist from Mexico who uses everyday objects to make inventive sculptures, installations, video, and photography. Sept. 18-Jan. 18. Institute of Contemporary Art. 617-478-3100, www.icaboston.org
FIRST HAND: CIVIL WAR ERA DRAWINGS FROM THE BECKER COLLECTION More than 130 drawings by artist-reporters during the Civil War, documenting not just the war but the construction of railroads, trans-Atlantic cables, and other phenomena of the time, selected from the largest collection of Civil War drawings in private hands. Sept. 5-Dec. 13. McMullen Museum, Boston College. 617-552-8100, www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/artmuseum
THE BRILLIANT LINE: FOLLOWING THE EARLY MODERN ENGRAVER, 1480-1650 Technically astonishing and beautiful engravings from the Renaissance, including work by a wide range of artists, among them Albrecht Dürer, Marcantonio Raimondi, Agostino Carracci, and Martin Schongauer. Sept. 18-Jan. 3. Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art, Providence. 401-454-6500, www.risdmuseum.org
EVOLUTION OF A SHARED VISION: THE DAVID AND BARBARA STAHL COLLECTION A collection of prints and drawings assembled over half a century, with an emphasis on modern American artists such as Edward Hopper and Reginald Marsh, but also featuring European old masters such as Rembrandt and Callot and German Expressionists such as Beckmann and Grosz. Sept. 26-Jan. 3. Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, N.H. 603-669-6144, www.currier.org
LALLA ESSAYDI: LES FEMMES DU MAROC Seventeen large-scale photographs riffing, with an ironic and critical eye, on 19th-century Orientalist painting. Sept. 26-Jan. 3. DeCordova Sculpture Park + Museum, Lincoln. 781-259-8355, www.decordova.org
YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT Five artists who deal with the sensory properties of food fill the museum’s Kidspace with an exhibition aimed squarely at children, featuring Chandra Bocci’s 15-foot wide installation of Gummi bears, worms, and other yummies. Oct. 3-Feb. 21. Mass MoCA, North Adams. 413-662-2111, www.massmoca.org
CONTINUOUS PRESENT Ten internationally renowned contemporary artists, including Dieter Roth, Roni Horn, On Kawara, Gabriel Orozco, and Peter Fischli, deal with themes of time and perception. Oct. 6-Jan. 3. Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven. 203-432-0600, www.artgallery.yale.edu
BRETT WESTON: OUT OF THE SHADOW More than 100 black-and-white photographs taken over the course of 60 years by the accomplished second son of Edward Weston. Oct. 10-Jan. 3. Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, N.H. 603-669-6144, www.currier.org
RARE BIRD OF FASHION: THE IRREVERENT IRIS APFEL Eighty outfits designed by the maverick designer and tastemaker, now in her 88th year. Oct. 17-Feb. 7. Peabody Essex Museum, Salem. 978-745-9500, www.pem.org
TOBIAS PUTRIH AND MOS: WITHOUT OUT A large-scale installation made from everyday materials following a design that plans for its own ruination. The work is a collaboration between Putrih, an artist, and MOS, a collective of architects and designers. Oct. 23-Jan. 3. MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge. 617-253-4680, listart.mit.edu
KRZYSZTOF WODICZKO: THE VETERANS PROJECT A projection-based installation addressing ignored aspects of the experience of veterans returning from the war in Afghanistan by this renowned, MIT-affiliated, Polish artist. Nov. 4-March 28. Institute of Contemporary Art. 617-478-3100, www.icaboston.org
HARRY CALLAHAN: AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHER An overview of the work of this formally rigorous but poetic photographer (1912-99). Nov. 21-July 3. Museum of Fine Arts. 617-267-9300, www.mfa.org
CAFÉ AND CABARET: TOULOUSE-LAUTREC’S PARIS Posters, prints, and paintings of fin-de-siècle Paris by everybody’s favorite denizen of the demi-monde. Nov. 21-Aug. 8. Museum of Fine Arts. 617-267-9300, www.mfa.org
SEBASTIAN SMEE
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