Visual art

STRONG WOMEN IN RENAISSANCE ITALY Opening Saturday, this exhibition seems an extension of the MFA’s recent “Women Take the Floor” project, which for three years put on view the works of women artists with the explicit purpose of examining its own collection for its historic deficiencies in acquiring and showing work by women. This show reaches back as far as the 14th century to make a similar amendment: The recent superstar turn of Artemisia Gentileschi helped break open an underexplored realm of woman artists of the Renaissance in Italy; here, you’ll see her comrades in arms like Sofonisba Anguissola, Isabella d’Este, or Lavinia Fontana among the more than 100 works on view. Sept. 9Jan. 7. Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 465 Huntington Ave. 617267-9300, www.mfa.org VÉXOA: WE KNOW (NÓS SABEMOS) Drawing on the work of 22 Indigenous artists from Brazil, this show, just opened at Tufts in Medford, offers a dynamically contemporary, activist-driven take on Brazilian aesthetics at a time when Indigenous Brazilians are struggling for self-determination and visibility as the country’s rich, life-cradling natural environment is under threat as never before. Through Dec. 10. Tufts University Art Galleries, Aidekman Arts Center, 40 Talbot Ave., Medford. 617-627-3518, Artgalleries.tufts.edu

MURRAY WHYTE

THE DAY AFTER YESTERDAY: PORTRAITS OF DEMENTIA Portrait photographer and storyteller Joe Wallace has personal experience with dementia. His mother is living with it; two of his grandparents had it before they died. This exhibition anticipates the fall release of his book, “The Day after Yesterday: Resilience in the Face of Dementia,” and pairs photographs of people living with dementia and their portraits from years ago. It includes brief life stories focusing on dignity, care, and connection. Through Sept. 29. Hopkinton Center for the Arts, 98 Hayden Rowe St., Hopkinton. www.hopartscenter.org/event-details/the-day-after-yesterday-exhibition-portraitof-dementia