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Through December 22: Teddy Sandoval and the Butch Gardens School of Art is the first museum retrospective dedicated to Teddy Sandoval (1949–1995), a central figure in Los Angeles’s queer and Chicanx artistic circles who was an active participant in avant-garde movements. Through December 22: Pallavi Sen: Colour Theory is an immersive installation of new work by interdisciplinary artist and Williams College assistant professor of art Pallavi Sen.

Paradise City Arts hosts New England’s premier and most celebrated shows of contemporary fine and decorative arts. The Marlborough event draws thousands of attendees of art buyers, designers, and enthusiasts seeking to connect with 175 exceptional artists and makers from across the country. In Metrowest Boston (with free parking), enjoy the special exhibition Styling the Seasons, music in the air, and two cafés.

Ongoing: Look Again: Portraits of Daring Women by Julie Lapping Rivera; Designing Downtown; Tiffany’s Gardens in Glass; Gilded Echoes: The Tiffany Influence in Josh Simpson’s Glasswork.

Through December 22: Varujan Boghosian: Material Poetry. This exhibition presents collages and mixed-media pieces that span Boghosian’s career, including rarely seen artworks from the collection of his daughter, Heidi Boghosian. Well-known as an art professor at major American universities, Boghosian played a large role in the Provincetown art colony, influencing generations of artists and writers.

Through January 12, 2025: Bob Dilworth: When I Remembered Home features the vibrantly colored, richly layered, monumental portraits of Bob Dilworth. Through January 5, 2025: G.O.A.T. The Sports Photography of Walter Iooss. Iooss photographed professional sports with the passion and perception of a true fan, capturing iconic moments in sports history for over sixty years. Ongoing: Africa Rising: 21st-Century African Photography, including photographs by Zanele Muholi, Lalla Essaydi, and Aida Muluneh, among others.

Through December 31: Tony Sarg: Genius at Play is the first comprehensive exhibition exploring the life, art, and adventures of Tony Sarg (1880–1942). Known as the father of modern puppetry in North America and the originator of the iconic Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade balloons, Sarg was an accomplished illustrator, animator, designer, and nimble entrepreneur who summered on, and took inspiration from, Nantucket for nearly twenty years. Organized and in partnership with the Normal Rockwell Museum. Made possible in part by funding by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Montserrat Gallery, through November 23: Throughline, The Fiber Art of Mary Balzer Buskirk. Carol Schlosberg Alumni Gallery, through November 16: I’ll Be Your Mirror (Part I); Annie Lee-Daly & Shannon Herrick.

Through January 12, 2025: American Paintings from the Art Complex Museum Collection. Hands to Work, Hearts to God: Celebrating Mother Ann Lee’s Legacy, featuring Laura Christensen. November 10, 2024–February 9, 2025: Nancy Hayes: Thought Translated into Form. Reception: Sunday, November 10, 2024, 1–4 p.m. Ongoing: Nora Valdez: Passage. Admission is always free.

Jane Deering Gallery presents Two Photographers | Two Solos: November 9–December 8: Paul Cary Goldberg’s street images from the 1970s alongside his contemporary farm portraits, and Anthony Ohman’s black and white series exploring the relationships of images in sequence. December 14 & 15: Paige Farrell, Art in Clay: Lighten up, It’s Christmas!

Ongoing: Filtered Identity: The Art of Tigran Tsitoghdzyan. Tigran is a New York-based artist whose photo-realistic paintings merge an interest in classical and modern art with an emphasis on his own experiences as a father and an immigrant. He has exhibited widely including Art Basel Miami, Cube Art Fair in Times Square, and globally in cities such as Dubai, Singapore, Zurich, and Brussels.

November 2–30: johngreinerferris/november2024/mixedmedia, mixed media by John Greiner-Ferris, and POLLINATION: BODY AND SOUL, painting and mixed media by Dominick Takis. Opening reception: Sunday, November 3, 2–5 p.m. Second reception and artists talks: Thursday, November 14, 6–9 p.m. December 7–28: Jingle Bells, Batman Smells, Eric Hess and elfin friends. Opening reception: Saturday, December 7, 5–8 p.m. Third Thursday reception and artist talk: December 19, 6–9 p.m.

Home of American Illustration; featuring new exhibitions. Opening November 9: Anita Kunz. November 23, 2024–January 4, 2026: Illustrators of Light: Rockwell, Wyeth, and Parrish from the Mazda Edison Collection. Opening November 9: Norman Rockwell: Home for the Holidays. Guided tours of Rockwell’s Studio and galleries by reservation. Museum Store (and online store). Save time with online tickets. More at NRM.org.

Through January 20, 2025: Im/Perfect Modernisms: Asian Art and Identity Since 1945. Challenge your preconceptions of modern art through thought-provoking and at times subversive artworks created across postwar Asia. November 23, 2024–March 9, 2025: Twentieth-Century Nudes from Tate. Explore how the nude was used by artists in the 20th century to explore new ideas about age, race, gender, and sexuality, with works by Pablo Picasso, Alice Neel, Barkley L. Hendricks, Henri Matisse, and many more.

Through December 20: Blue Profundity: Contemporary Artists Revisit a Color. This exhibition features contemporary artists who incorporate blue in their work to highlight the symbolic and historic meanings of the color. Includes work by Adam Chau, Ifé Franklin, Michelle Samour, Heather Evans Smith, and Andrea Pettway Williams.

The Museum has a permanent collection focusing on American art from the 19th century to the present day, rotating exhibitions of contemporary, regional artists, and a gallery focused on the artist Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller. Through January 26, 2025: Ileana Doble Hernandez: My Dear Americans, It’s Not Enough; DM Witman: Ecologies of Restoration; Suzanne Révy: A Murmur in the Trees. See website for hours and events.

Through December 7: Jo Sandman: Folded Fabric. Saturday, November 9, 2 p.m.: Gallery talk with Jennifer M. Swope (David and Roberta Logie Curator of Textiles, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) and Katherine French (curator, Sandman Legacy Project, and Director Emerita, Danforth Museum of Art). Reception to follow. Through December 7: Aiko Miyawaki: Work; and Robert Gober: One Wall, One Work. Saturday, November 30, 10 a.m.: Annual AIDS benefit (online only).

Through November 30: Stapleton Kearns—We Are Still In Eden, a solo exhibition of oil paintings that reveal the landscape artist’s deep sensitivity to the beauty and magnificence found in pure rural nature as each canvas implores us to respond to a visual poetry of place. Artist demonstration: Saturday, November 16, 1 p.m. Opening December 7: Winter Holiday and Small Works Displays.

November 7–December 19: Archiometries. Artist: Santiago Hernandez. Opening reception: Thursday, November 7, 5:30–7 p.m. Archiometries is an exhibition of dynamic and colorful large-scale paintings that explore the connections (intersections?) between geometric abstraction, architecture, and graphic design.

Through January 5, 2025: Made in Germany? Art and Identity in a Global Nation. Discover an array of artworks that transcends borders and spotlights the complexities of modern German identity.

Main Gallery, through December 19: Faculty Triennial. Members Gallery, through November 24: Deborah Baskin, Lawrence Elbroch, Victoria Elbroch, and Jean Smith. December 5–19: The Holiday Show. Reception: Thursday, December 5, 5:30 p.m.

Through January 12, 2025: Steina: Playback. The List Center galleries and programs are always free and open to the public. Visit listart.mit.edu for programming and exhibition updates along with their most up-to-date visitor information.

Through December 1, Main and Center Gallery: Rhonda Smith, Undiscovered Country. Through December 1, Project Space Gallery: Wendy Seller, Hybridized Worlds. Opening reception: Friday, November 1, 5–8 p.m. December 4–29, Main and Center Gallery: Iwalani Kaluhiokalani, Show Title: Mer Sea. December 4–29, Project Space Gallery: Amy Kaczur, Messages from the Marsh—parts 4–6. Opening reception: Friday, December 6, 5–8 p.m.

November 1–December 5: November at the Griffin celebrates the collection of Frazier King, champion of emerging and mid-career artists in the exhibition Collectors Eye. An artist himself, Frazier looks at the craft of photography through the eyes of these incredible artists. December brings the Griffin’s annual member’s Winter Solstice exhibition and solo exhibition from Bridget Jourgensen, the 2024 Chervinsky Prize winner.