OPENINGS & EVENTS
Albany Institute of History & Art, 125 Washington Ave., Albany. “Hudson River School Journeys: Watercolors and Drawings by William Hart and Julie Hart Beers.” albanyinstitute.org. Watercolors, drawings, paintings and rare archival materials by the Hudson River School artists and siblings. Through April 6.
The Clark Art Institute, 225 South St., Williamstown, Mass. “Portals: The Visionary Architecture of Paul Goesch.” clarkart.edu. This exhibition highlights the decorative portals and passageways that predominate in Goesch’s architectural work. Opens Saturday. Through June 11. Norman Rockwell Museum, 9 Glendale Road, Stockbridge, Mass. “Nora Krug: Belonging.” The award-winning artist’s graphic memoir, “Belonging: A German Reckons With History and Home,” and her most recent book publication, an illustrated edition of Yale historian Timothy Snyder’s “On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century,” will be the focus of the exhibition. Opens Saturday. Through June 18.
Opalka Gallery , Sage College of Albany, 140 New Scotland Ave., Albany. “Up South: Reflections on the Great Migration by ransome.” Presented in partnership with Black Dimensions in Art, Inc. this new body of work is deeply rooted in the artist's own personal migration story and family oral histories, recalled by his grandparents as early as 1900. Open. Tour at 5:30 p.m. and reception from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday. Through April 22.
The Clark Art Institute, 225 South St., Williamstown, Mass. Elizabeth Atterbury: “Oracle Bones.” Atterbury makes vibrant geometric prints using chine collé and embossment; textured monochrome reliefs in raked mortar; and wood and stone sculptures that greatly enlarge objects of personal significance. Through Jan. 21.
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, “Christine Sun Kim: Oh Me Oh My.” skidmore.edu/tang. Kim, whose first language is American Sign Language, 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. 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.
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, 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 March 26. Also, Courage: The Black New York Struggle for Quality Education. Through April 1. Also, Thomas Hart Benton. Through July 2. Also, “a small fort, which our people call Fort Orange.” Through July 2.
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