Full Circle: Toshiko Takaezu and Friends
LongHouse Reserve, East Hampton, NY
Through September 6
In conjunction with the retrospective at the Noguchi Museum, LongHouse presents pieces that its founder, Jack Lenor Larsen, acquired or was gifted from his friend, Toshiko Takaezu, one of America’s most influential ceramic artists. Larsen regarded her as a kindred spirit since their meeting at Cranbrook Academy of Art in 1953.
Tall Timber: The Future of Cities in Wood
The Skyscraper Museum, 39 Battery Place
Through August 31
An emerging system of building materials called “mass timber” is being used in ways that avoid the “carbon cost” of traditional high-rise construction in concrete and steel. This exhibition examines tall buildings that have been recently constructed utilizing mass timber, and investigates its role in creating a more sustainable, low-carbon future for our cities and our planet.
Carmen Herrera: Estructuras Monumentales
Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, NY
Through December 8
On display in the museum’s South Meadow are four large-scale sculptures in red, blue, yellow, and green by artist Carmen Herrera (American, b. Cuba, 1915–2022). The four works installed here are part of Herrera’s series Estructuras, which she initially envisioned as sketches and paintings in the 1960s. It was only in the final 15 years of the artist’s life that she was able to realize her vision for these as monumental sculptures. The Estructuras series at the Parrish provides an opportunity to view the acrylic and aluminum works the way Herrera imagined them.
SO – IL \ WCMA: Building a New Museum
Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA
Through December 22
After years of planning, the Williams College Museum of Art has partnered with SO – IL to create a state-of-the-art building as the museum’s first purpose-built home since it opened in 1926 in what had previously been the college’s library. Organized by the design team and the museum, the exhibition showcases plans and renderings of the building design. It provides a sense of what goes into the design of a complex and ambitious project and an opportunity to consider what it means to make a campus art museum for the future.
Osman Khan: Road to Hybridabad
MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA
Opens August 24
Osman Khan rereads the magical and fantastical figures found in folktales and lore, with a particular focus on those from South Asia, the Middle East, and other Muslim and immigrant traditions. Khan interprets these figures through contemporary technologies and concerns, including an animatronic djinn, drone-operated flying carpets, a wall-destroying sound system/cannon, and a storytelling Scheherezade AI. This sprawling and wryly funny exhibition encourages a reconsideration of the narratives around identity, difference, and power reflected and recounted in the tales we tell ourselves.
