OPENINGS & EVENTS

Southern Saratoga Art Society, Clifton Park Senior Community Center Gallery, Clifton Park. Shenendehowa High School exhibit. 518-3831343. There will be 30 pieces of artwork on display including a variety of media. Open Wednesday. Through March.

Southern Saratoga Art Society , Mechanicville Library, 190 N. Main St., Mechanicville. Artist Barbara Hurley. 518-664-4646. Portraits in oils and some recent works in acrylics. Proceeds from sales to the Round Lake Methodist Church. Opens Wednesday. Through March.

MUSEUMS

Albany Institute of History & Art , 125 Washington Ave., Albany. “The Hudson River School: Landscape Paintings from the Albany Institute Collection.” Ongoing. Also , “Nineteenth-century American Sculpture: Erastus Dow Palmer and His Protégés Launt Thompson, Charles Calverly and Richard Park.” Ongoing. Also , “Lenses.” Exhibition of student work, created by seven local students participating in the AIHA and Youth FX Education Photography Partnership: My Camera is a Weapon. Ends Friday.

American Italian Heritage Museum, 1227 Central Ave., Albany. "Beauty in the Ordinary” by Cynthis Romano. Oil and acrylic paintings. Through March.

Arkell Museum, 2 Erie Blvd., Canajoharie. “Thrown Together: Salt Glazed Stoneware from New York State and Vermont.” This exhibition celebrates salt glazed stoneware and sheds light on where these utilitarian objects were produced and by whom. Also, “Framing Art: Sargent, Inness, Whistler, and More from the Arkell Museum Collection.”

The Clark Art Institute, 225 South St., Williamstown, Mass. “Promenades on Paper: Eighteenthcentury French Drawings from the Bibliothèque nationale de France.” The exhibition includes a selection of 84 studies, architectural plans, albums, sketchbooks, prints, and optical devices that expand our understanding of drawing as a tool of documentation and creation in the age of Enlightenment. Through March 12.

The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Skidmore College. “Parallax: Framing the Cosmos.” skidmore.edu/tang. The exhibition explores what our fascination with outer space reveals. Work includes scientific images, NASA photographs and contemporary art by Lisa Beck, Vija Celmins, Russell Crotty, Jed Lind, Giorgia Lupi, Josiah Mcelheny, Demetrius Oliver, Alice O’malley, Katie Paterson, Dario Robleto, Carrie Schneider and Alisa Sikelianos-carter. Through June 19. Also, “Lauren Kelley: Location Scouting. The artist and curator reshapes and combines meditations on travel with snapshots of everyday life in her drawings, sculpture and stopmotion animation videos. Through Sept. 10. Also, Matter of Faith — Medieval Art from the Hyde Collection. Through April 19. Also, Elevator Music 45: Neil Leonard — Sonance for the Precession. Through March 12. Also, “Christine Sun Kim: Oh Me Oh My.” skidmore.edu/tang. Kim, whose first language is American Sign Language (ASL), has garnered international recognition for work that challenges the notion that sound is solely an auditory experience. The exhibition of the American-born, Berlin-based artist’s work features more than 40 pieces from the past 10 years, spanning Kim’s artistic practice that includes drawing, video, murals and sound installation. Opens Saturday; artist’s talk 4 p.m. March 4. Through July 16.

The Hyde Collection, 161 Warren St., Glens Falls. “The Harmon and Harriet Kelley Collection of African American Art: Works on Paper.” hydecollection.org. A traveling exhibition celebrating African-american artists and their contributions to U.S. art and culture. Through April 23.

The JRM Artists’ Space at the National Bottle Museum

, 76 Milton Ave., Ballston Spa. “Welcome to Ballston Spa.” Oils of the village by Stu Eichel. Ends Saturday.

MASS MOCA, 1040 MASS MOCA Way, North Adams, Mass. Sol Lewitt: A Drawing Retrospective. Ongoing. 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, Lily Cox-richard: “Weep Holes.” Through January. Also, Marc Swanson: “A Memorial to Ice at the Dead Deer Disco.” Through January. Also, Nicholas Whitman, photographs. Also, “Deep Water,” the third of a series of rotating exhibitions drawn from a single private collection of music photography. Through summer. Also, “Defining Moments.” The children’s exhibit explores how memories are formed, recalled and visualized. Through May 29.

New York State Museum, 222 Madison Ave., Albany. “Berenice Abbott: Changing New York.” Through July 2. Also, “Captured: Recent Photography Acquisitions.” Through Feb. 27.

Norman Rockwell Museum, 9 Glendale Road, Stockbridge, Mass. Rockwell’s 323 “Saturday Evening Post” Covers. Ongoing. Also, “Eloise and More: The Life and Art of Hilary Knight.” Through March 12.

Saratoga Automobile Museum, Avenue of the Pines, Saratoga Springs. “Bond in Motion.” Featuring 25 official vehicles from the past 60 years of the longest-running film franchise in movie history. The multimedia exhibit also features movie memorabilia, images and video to create a totally unique Bond experience for museum visitors. Through November.

University Art Museum , University at Albany, 1400 Washington Ave., Albany. “Near & Far: Six Photography Portfolios from the University at Albany Fine Art Collections.” albany.edu/museum. Photographers Tom Baril, Andreas Feininger, Larry Fink, Mary Ellen Mark, Edward Steichen and Andy Warhol from the University at Albany Fine Art Collections offer nuanced views of social class, power, desire and beauty. Also, “Carrie Mae Weems: Coming Up for Air.” This presentation marks the 20th anniversary of the inception of Weems' feature-length video interwoven with staged scenes reflecting relationships, family and intimacy. Through April 5.