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Abelardo Morell travels ‘In the Footsteps of van Gogh’ at Krakow Witkin Gallery

The Newton photographer brought his camera obscura to the South of France to pay homage to the famous painter — and painting itself.

Kin and kinship at the Griffin Museum of Photography

Judith Black and Bjorn Sterri show different sides of the ‘Family Album,’ Parker Thompson explores vernacular photos of Black Americans, and the Griffin finds gems in its archives and among its members.

Shelburne Museum hires curator of Native American Art

Victoria Sunnergren, whose title will be associate curator of Native American art, will open her first exhibition at the museum on June 24: “Built from the Earth: Pueblo Pottery from the Anthony and Teressa Perry Collection.”

10-plus eye-catching art exhibitions from Boston to the Berkshires to Portland

10-plus eye-catching art exhibitions from Boston to the Berkshires to Portland.

WINTER ARTS PREVIEW
At the MFA, ‘Hear Me Now’ tells the story of enslaved Black potters
“What does it mean to present a body of work whose makers were violently erased?” The MFA’s Ethan Lasser posed this question ahead of the museum’s exhibition showcasing the work of 19th-century enslaved potters, including David Drake, whose work was produced as part of an industrial-scale venture by his enslavers. The exhibit opens March 4.

Map quest: At BPL’s Leventhal center, two shows speak to a changing city
‘Building Blocks’ and ‘Becoming Boston’ examine, respectively, urban atlases and eight moments in local history through geography.

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ART REVIEW

Cy Twombly, a misfit who left a mark, at the MFA

"Making Past Present" explores how the American painter, who died in Rome, made art that connected the ancient world with the new.

PHOTOGRAPHY

Photographs that don’t so much confront scale as embrace it

Edward Burtynsky, with a show currently at the New Britain Museum of American Art, calls his work ‘a dialogue between attraction and repulsion, seduction and fear’

ART REVIEW

In ‘Playing on a Loop,’ video artist Maggie Stark captures life’s revolutions

What can we learn from merry-go-rounds? A new show at HallSpace in Dorchester considers the question.

Portland Museum of Art announces architects for $100 million expansion

The PMA has chosen a Portland firm — Portland, Ore., that is — LEVER Architecture.

‘The Glory of Handiwork’ gives new meaning to the domestic arts

The show at Drive-By Projects in Watertown features works by painter Michelle Grabner and ceramic artist Andrea Marquis.

At Norman Rockwell Museum, ‘Eloise and More’ is an enchanting look at the artist who drew her

The show explores Hilary Knight’s life and legacy, from children’s books to Broadway posters and more.

Wellesley show celebrates Ralph Coburn, a minimalist who left a major mark

At David Hall Gallery, the painter’s big ideas come in small pictures.

Bodies of work at the deCordova’s ‘New Formations’

The show is a potent reminder that, whatever the mind may imagine, the body is our solitary tool to navigate the hard realities of the world.