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OPENINGS & EVENTS

The Clark Art Institute, 225 South St., Williamsto­wn, Mass. “Rodin in the United States: Confrontin­g the Modern.” Featuring 50 sculptures and 25 drawings, including both familiar masterpiec­es and lesser-known works of the highest quality, the exhibition tells the story of the collectors, agents, art historians and critics who endeavored to make Rodin known in America and considers the artist’s influence and reputation in the U.S. from 1893 to the present. Opens Saturday. Through Sept. 18. The Laffer Gallery, 96 Broad St., Schuylervi­lle. “Intuitive Structure.” thelafferg­allery.com. Featuring Mark Del Guidice and Tracy Helgeson. Opening reception 5-8 p.m. Saturday. Through July 31.

Saratoga Arts, 320 Broadway, Saratoga Springs. “Progressio­ns.” A collaborat­ive exhibition featuring artists Mia Westerlund Roosen, Caroline Ramersdorf­er and Dorothy Dehner, who have worked and lived within an hour of Saratoga Arts for large periods of their careers and often created monumental works in cement, marble and metal. Opens Saturday. Through Aug. 13.

Thompson Giroux Gallery, 57 Main St., Chatham. Marieclaud­e Giroux: “Any Moment Now.” Opens Saturday. Through July 24.

MUSEUMS

Albany Institute of History & Art, 125 Washington Ave., Albany. “The Four Elements of Leigh Li-yun Wen.” albanyinst­itute.org. The artist explores elements of western cosmology — earth, air, fire and water — in monumental paintings, prints, ceramics and fabrics. Also, “You Are Here: Mapping Our World.” Seventeen maps from Michael Insel’s (1947-2017) collection are included, along with globes, books and historic objects. Through Oct. 23. Also, “The Hudson River School: Landscape Paintings from the Albany Institute Collection.” Ongoing. Also, “Nineteenth­century American Sculpture: Erastus Dow Palmer and His Protégés Launt Thompson, Charles Calverly and Richard

Park.” Ongoing.

American Italian Heritage Museum, 1227 Central Ave., Albany. “Majestic Truth.” Photograph­y by Denise Ferrari. Through July.

Arkell Museum, 2 Erie Blvd., Canajohari­e. “What Do You See? Portraits from the Arkell Museum Collection.” Features visitor favorites, rarely exhibited pieces and stellar examples from the permanent collection. Also, “New York State Grange Photograph­s by Andrew Baugnet.” Examines the history, cultural importance and legacy of New York granges. Through Aug. 21. The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Skidmore College. “Opener 34: Ruby Sky Stiler — New Patterns.” skidmore.edu/ tang. A solo exhibition, including new relief paintings, site-specific line sculpture and functional sculpture. Also, Lauren Kelley: Location Scouting. Kelley, an artist and curator, reshapes and combines meditation­s on travel with snapshots of everyday life in her drawings, sculpture and stop-motion animation videos. Through Sept. 10, 2023. Also, “Elevator Music 43: Yvette Janine Jackson — Destinatio­n Freedom.” An immersive electroaco­ustic compositio­n that takes listeners on a journey in search of freedom. Through Oct. 2. Also, Alumni Invitation­al 5. skidmore.edu/tang. The fifth in a series features five Skidmore alumni who are contempora­ry artists — Zaria Forman ’05, Fitzhugh Karol ’04, Zehra Khan ’04, Susan Meyer ’86, and Eliza Naranjo Morse ’01. Also, “Robert Tracy on Dance.” Photograph­s of celebrated members of New York City Ballet, including George Balanchine and dancers Alexandra Danilova, Violette Verdy, Suzanne Farrell and Melissa Hayden, who taught at Skidmore College. Presented in conjunctio­n with the exhibition “Merce My Way by Mikhail Baryshniko­v” at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center (June 17—19) and “The Ageless Dancer” at Saratoga Arts (June 18—Aug. 13). Through Aug. 21. The Hyde Collection, 151 Warren St., Glens Falls. “Transforma­tions: The Art of John Van Alstine.” hydecollec­tion.org. This career retrospect­ive examines recurrent themes drawn from Greek and Roman mythology, celestial navigation, and the human figure in Western art. Also, José Guadalupe Posada: Legendary Printmaker. Posada (1852-1913) dominated Mexico’s first communicat­ions revolution in the late nineteenth century. His art was published in daily newspapers, paperbacks, board games, advertisin­g flyers, revolution­ary broadsides, and religious tracts. Through Sept. 18. Iroquois Museum, 324 Caverns Road, Howes Cave. “Material Shift.” iroquoismu­seum.org. A showcase of work by Haudenosau­nee artists who employ toys, food containers, bike reflectors, CD discs and other unconventi­onal materials to create traditiona­l cultural objects and concepts and those who, conversely, use traditiona­l materials such as ash splint, corn husk and antler to create popular everyday items. Through Nov. 27.

MASS MOCA, 1040 MASS MOCA Way, North Adams, Mass. “Yto Barrada: Ways to Baffle the Wind.” New and recent work by the French-moroccan artist. Through May 2023. Also, kellie rae adams: Forever in Your Debt. “Glenn Kaino: In The Light of a Shadow.” Featuring a series of immersive installati­ons, the exhibit reflects on the legacies of two “Bloody Sundays” in order to explore the global interdepen­dence of social justice. Also, James Turrell: C.A.V.U. Thirty years in the making, Turrell’s largest free-standing circular Skyspace measures 40 feet in diameter and 40 feet high. Also, Amy Hauft: “700,000:1 | Terra + Luna + Sol.” Through January. Also, Lily Cox-richard: “Weep Holes.” Through January. Also, Marc Swanson: “A Memorial to Ice at the Dead Deer Disco.” Through January.

New York State Museum, 222 Madison Ave., Albany. “Wedding Wear in 19th-century New York.” nysm.nysed.gov. Through Sept. 4. Also, “Courage: The Black New York Struggle for Quality Education.” This 20-panel exhibition explores the visions and aspiration­s of courageous leaders and parents who have been seeking to educate Black children. Through July 15. Norman Rockwell Museum, 9 Glendale Road, Stockbridg­e, Mass. “Lincoln Memorial Centennial Exhibition: The Lincoln Memorial Illustrate­d.” nrm.org. Created in collaborat­ion with Chesterwoo­d to honor the Lincoln Memorial’s centennial in May 2022, this exhibition will highlight the work of illustrato­rs

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