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At the Met, ‘Winslow Homer: Crosscurrents’ offers a completist’s view

Born in Boston and raised in Cambridge, the painter captured the wildness of the sea and the brutality of human conflict in his oils and watercolors, 88 of which are now on view in New York.

Delighting in ‘Lines and Colors’ at Bernay Fine Art

Artists color in and out of the lines in a new exhibit at the Great Barrington gallery through July 10.

At PEM, Zachari Logan’s ‘Remembrance’ finds beauty in ambiguity

The works speak for themselves — no hand-holding necessary.

In ‘History Is No Mystery,’ artist Shea Justice draws parallels between American racism past and present

The show at Fountain Street Gallery features probing pencil drawings and collages.

Art Review
Everything’s scary — but don’t let it break you
Lily Cox-Richard’s ‘Weep Holes’ at Mass MoCA meets a tense time with a measure of playfulness.

ART REVIEW
Power and prototypes: Matthew Angelo Harrison at MIT List Visual Arts Center
The Detroit-based artist positions organized labor and workers’ rights as entombed relics, victims of post-industrial economy — and leaves little room for discussion.

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Documenting Amazonia — and the amazing resilience of the earth

After years of photographing war and famine around the world, Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado turned his lens on the Amazon. He now has two gallery shows in Boston through August.

ART REVIEW

Pop-up show in East Providence beckons with ‘OddKin’

In exhibition curated by Kate McNamara, artists meditate on making kin and earthly connections.

When a mural is a mirror: In Dewey Square, Rob ‘ProBlak’ Gibbs pays tribute to youth around the city

"It’s long overdue for a local Boston artist to be on this wall," says Audrey Lopez, the Greenway’s director and curator of public art.

CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK

I don’t know how we should talk to kids about difficult topics. I just know that art can help.

When I was a child, my parents tried to shield me from painful truths by hiding them. As an art critic, I’ve learned to process the world around me through close looking.

ART REVIEW

Things and ‘thneeds’ — and what they say about us

‘An Object’s Promise: The Magical Thinking We Attach to Our Things’ examines the syntax of stuff at Fort Point Art Community’s Assemblage Art Space.

ART REVIEW

Gorgeous trash and radical recycling at ICA’s Watershed

"Revival: Materials and Monumental Forms" is a group exhibition exploring themes of work and waste.

PHOTOGRAPHY REVIEW

At the MFA, a camera-ready country

"Real Photo Postcards" shows an early-20th-century America in fascinating flux.

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You can judge an album by its cover

Some very famous photographers have had their work on some very famous album covers, as an exhibition in London amply demonstrates.