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Through March 10: Carlos Reyes: 18. Opening March 7: List Projects 29: Brittni Ann Harvey and Harry Gould Harvey IV. Opening April 4: Hana Mileti´c: Soft Services. Opening April 4: Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme: Only sounds that tremble through us. 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.

Ongoing: Combining historical materials and the perspectives of seven contemporary Black artists, Emancipation: The Unfinished Project of Liberation visualizes what freedom and the enduring legacy of emancipation look like today and beyond. March 7: Dr. Frances Jones-Sneed will discuss “What does emancipation mean in the Berkshires?”

March 22–24: Paradise City Arts hosts New England’s premier and most celebrated shows of contemporary fine and decorative art. This MetroWest Boston event draws thousands of collectors, designers, and art enthusiasts seeking to connect with 170 curated exhibitors from across the country. It’s the go-to destination for imaginative home decor, fine art and sculpture, handcrafted fashion, jewelry, and gifts that transcend expectations. With music in the air, two cafes, and the themed exhibit Fresh Greens!, it’s not to be missed.

Through March 31: Mira Cantor, DIG, and Phyllis Ewen, My Mind’s Eye. Cantor’s paintings are influenced by the subterranean landscapes of The Burren in Ireland and others. Reception: Friday, March 1, 5–8 p.m. April 3–28: Kingston Associates exhibition: Everything Leaves a Mark. Reception: Friday, April 5, 5–8 p.m.

One admission: five museums and the Dr. Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Park. Through March 24: A Gathering: Works from Contemporary Black American Ceramic Artists. Through May 5: The Outwin 2022: American Portraiture Today. Opening April 27: Look Again: Portraits of Daring Women by Julie Lapping Rivera. Ongoing in the Dr. Seuss Museum: Original art by Theodor Seuss Geisel, aka Dr. Seuss.

Opening March 13: Bold Women and Vivid Dreams: Sarah Peters and Don Nakamura features ceramic sculptures and drawings celebrating the human figure by Sarah Peters and Don Nakamura. Peters explores the intricacy of the human body, while Nakamura’s works are a freewheeling channeling of his inner spirit. Highlights include Peters’ Wondergrrrl series of teapots and ceramic sculptures by Nakamura.

Opening April 4: The Griffin is pleased to present Traces of Existence. Featuring the work of Muriel Hasbun, Alejandro Cartagena, Alejandro Luperca Morales, Rodrigo Valenzuela, and Ileana Doble Hernandez, Traces of Existence combines photography, installation, and the moving image to investigate notions of migration and identity and in Latin American communities.

The Gertrude Cawein at Hammond Castle Museum exhibition will feature nearly sixty works by American artist Eric Pape (1870–1938) spanning his entire career. The catalog, most of which is on loan by Pape collector and biographer, Dr. Gregory Conn, presents a rare example of his work as a society portraitist and includes examples of Pape’s celebrity portraits created during the Great Depression not publicly displayed since his death.

Ongoing: On Her Terms: Feminine Power Embodied features New England artists who foreground the human body in their work to engage contemporary issues around women’s rights. Also on view: Ria Brodell: Butch Heroes and Portrayed by Eakins: Ella Crowell as Model and Student. Opening March 2: Africa Rising: 21st Century African Photography, including photographs by Zanele Muholi, Lalla Essaydi, and Aida Muluneh, and others.

Through May 5: Zach Horn: Saturdays. Opening April 28: National Association of Women Artists Massachusetts (NAWAMA) Chapter: Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? Opening April 28: Cassatt and Beyond: Women Printmakers. Opening May 12: DIG, Joe Caruso, Jennifer Liston Munson, Christine Palamidessi and Marsha Odabashian. Reception: Sunday, May 12, 1–4 p.m. Ongoing: Nora Valdez: Passage. Admission is always free.

March 2–30: Contemporary Dialogues, Richard Dorff, John Greiner-Ferris and Joan Ryan. Opening reception: Saturday, March 2, 2–6 p.m. Third Thursday: March 21, 6–9 p.m. Performance: Stations of the XX: Saturday, March 23, 3 p.m. April 5–27: In the Woods, Nature-Inspired Paintings and Drawings by Joan Ryan and Julie C Baer. Opening reception: Saturday, April 6, 4–7 p.m. Third Thursday: April 18, 6–9 p.m.

Through March 31: Ed Andrews, Random Order and Leslie Wilcox, OUTWITS. First Friday: March 1. Artists’ reception: Saturday, March 16, 2–5 p.m. with artist talks at 3 p.m. Opening April 4: Jessica Straus, Packing for Mars and Marilu Swett, Off Center. First Fridays: April 5 and May 3, 5–8:30 p.m. Artist’s reception: Saturday, April 13, 2:30–5 p.m. with artist talks at 2:30 p.m.

Home of American Illustration, featuring new exhibitions: Between Worlds: The Art & Design of Leo Leonni, a first-ever U.S. retrospective on the illustrator (Frederick, Cornelius, Pezzettino +) and graphic designer; and Mystery & Wonder: Highlights from the Illustration Collection. Plus Rockwell’s 323 Post Covers. New guided gallery tours by reservation. Museum Store (and online store). Save with online tickets.

Through April 9: Sneha Shrestha: Ritual and Devotion. Nepali-born, Boston-based painter Shrestha interprets acts of ritual and devotion and what they can come to mean through themes of home, identity, and legacy.

The Museum has a permanent collection focusing on American art from the 19th century to the present day, with rotating exhibitions of contemporary, regional artists. Ongoing: Sandra Matthews: Unearthing; Jennifer Davis Carey and Scarlett Hoey: Not a Story to Pass On; and Harvest, Foraged, Found, featuring work by Madge Evers, Lynda Goldberg, Bob Kephart, Saberah Malik, and Sarah Sockbeson. See website for hours and events.

Through March 17: Faith Ringgold: Freedom to Say What I Please—Deeply personal, celebratory of African American culture, and rooted in political activism, explore the art and storytelling of Faith Ringgold. Opening April 6: New Terrain: 21st-Century Landscape Photography—Discover how artists are using different photographic processes to explore the idea of landscape.

Through March 24: Contained and Unbound: Vessel paintings by Judy Bramhall; pastels by Cindy Crimmin; photographs of Norway by Ellen Harasimowicz. March 27–May 5: Chiaroscuro: Coastal watercolors by Jillian Demeri; mixed media portraiture by Cynthia Brody; acrylic landscapes and florals by Avery Schuster Bramhall. New works by represented artists. Reception: Saturday, April 6, 6–8 p.m.

March 2–April 10: Kiki Smith: Sometimes; Janet Passehl: Here Is Why.

Through March 23: Waking to Beauty, a spring exhibition kicking off the season with a collection of new works from the Guild’s members. Opening March 30: All About Boston—Paintings by Frederick Kubitz, a solo retrospective exhibition of cityscapes in oil and watercolor from the forty-year career of a nationally recognized artist and prominent local architect. Opening reception: Saturday, March 30, 3–5 p.m.

Opening March 1: LaToya M. Hobbs: It’s Time. Immerse yourself in a day in the life of contemporary artist, LaToya M. Hobbs, through a tour de force of monumental printmaking. See how Hobbs shares the labor and intimacy of her private life in these prints, centering the negotiations she brokers daily to balance her manifold responsibilities—as a wife, mother, educator, and artist. Opening March 1: Future Minded: New Works in the Collection. Examine the museums’ recent acquisitions, spanning centuries and media. The works are by roughly 30 artists, including Jean (Hans) Arp, Edward Mitchell Bannister, Willie Cole, Pietro Damini, Svenja Deininger, Jeffrey Gibson, Baldwin Lee, Ana Mendieta, Lucia Moholy, Toyin Ojih Odutola, Noriko Saito-, Melissa Shook, Jane Yang-D’Haene, and many others.