Arkansas outpost joins fine art itinerary

Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art: Walmart is not a name much associated with art, nor is Arkansas thought of as a cultural mecca. That may change, at least somewhat, with the opening earlier this month of Crystal Bridges. The museum takes its name from Crystal Spring, on its site, and the way the building’s design, by Boston-based architect Moshe Safdie, incorporates bridges. Funded by the Walton Family Foundation, the museum is the inspiration of Alice Walton, a leading collector of American art and the daughter of Walmart’s founder, Sam Walton. There are 217,000 square feet of gallery space and a permanent collection that spans five centuries, from the Colonial era to today. Highlights include Asher Durand’s painting “Kindred Spirits,’’ Winslow Homer’s watercolor “Spring,’’ John Singer Sargent’s portrait of Robert Louis Stevenson, and Norman Rockwell’s rendering of “Rosie the Riveter.’’ 600 Museum Way, 479-418-5700, crystalbridges.org

THROUGH JAN. 22

LONDON

“Building the Revolution: Soviet Art and Architecture 1915-1935’’: This Royal Academy of Arts show looks at how Russian artists and architects tried to remake building design in their country just before and for nearly two decades after the Soviets took power. On display are large-scale images of surviving buildings from that era, as well as drawings, paintings, vintage photographs, and periodicals. Burlington House, Piccadilly, 011-44-20-7300-8000, www.royalacademy.org

THROUGH JAN. 22

NEW ORLEANS

“NOMA 100: Gifts for the Second Century’’: The New Orleans Museum of Art celebrates its centennial with this exhibition of 110 items acquired over the past five years. They range from a 7-foot-long shark headdress from Nigeria to a Frank Stella painting to bronzes by both Augustus Saint-Gaudens and Kathe Kollwitz. Collins C. Diboll Circle, 504-658-4100, noma.org

THROUGH FEB. 12

MADRID

“Berthe Morisot: The Impressionist Woman Painter’’: Morisot, as the poet Paul Valery once said, “lived her painting and painted her life.’’ She was not just the female Impressionist, but also the most often overlooked. That status has far more to do with her gender than any lack of talent, as the canvases on display in this retrospective at the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza make plain. Paseo del Prado 8, 011-34-91-369-01-51, www.museothyssen.org/en/thyssen

THROUGH FEB. 27

LOS ANGELES

“Naked Hollywood: Weegee in Los Angeles’’: Weegee, that master of slam-bang tabloid photography, is most commonly associated with New York, the subject of his famous book “Naked City.’’ But in 1946, he moved to LA. “I was free,’’ he said. This Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art show features some 200 of his Southern California pictures, many never previously shown. 250 South Grand Ave., 213-621-1741, www.moca.org

THROUGH APRIL 2

PARIS

“Dancing Through Life’’: In this innovative exhibition, the Pompidou Center looks at interactions between dance and the visual arts since the beginning of the 20th century to the present. What is painting, after all, but a kind of choreography on canvas? Place Georges Pompidou, 011-33-1-44-78-12-33, www.centrepompidou.fr

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FROM JAN. 29

WASHINGTON

National Gallery of Art rooms reopening: The museum’s galleries for display of late-19th-century French art - it has very rich holdings in Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings - have undergone a two-year renovation. Among artists whose works are to benefit from the new installation are Manet, Monet, Renoir, Cézanne, van Gogh, and Gauguin. 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW, 202-737-4215, www.nga.gov

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