FIRST HAND: CIVIL WAR ERA DRAWINGS FROM THE BECKER COLLECTION More then 130 drawings by artist-reporters during the Civil War. Through Dec. 13. McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College. 617-552-8100, www.bc.edu/artmuseum
CONTINUOUS PRESENT Contemporary artists including Dieter Roth, Roni Horn, On Kawara, Gabriel Orozco, and Peter Fischli deal with themes of time and perception. Through 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 60 years. Through Jan. 3. Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, N.H. 603-669-6144, www.currier.org
THE BRILLIANT LINE: FOLLOWING THE EARLY MODERN ENGRAVER, 1480-1650 Technically astonishing and beautiful engravings from the Renaissance. Through Jan. 3. Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art, Providence. 401-454-6500, www.risdmuseum.org
SEBASTIAN SMEE
