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Notable Museum Openings This Spring and Summer

“Interior With an Etruscan Vase” is part of “Matisse in the Studio” at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.Credit...2017 Succession H. Matisse/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, via Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

BOSTON “Matisse in the Studio.” An exploration of this path-blazing artist’s creativity unites 36 paintings and 50 other artworks with the textiles, pitchers, masks and other objects he displayed as inspiration. April 9 through July 9. Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Avenue; 617-267-9300, mfa.org.

BOSTON “Dana Schutz.” The dark humor, vibrant color and eccentricity that are hallmarks of Ms. Schutz’s imaginative narrative paintings, which mix abstraction and figuration, will be fully on view in this show of her recent work. July 26 through Nov. 26. Institute of Contemporary Art, 25 Harbor Shore Drive; 617-478-3100, icaboston.org.

BRUNSWICK, ME. “The Ivory Mirror: The Art of Mortality in Renaissance Europe.” This exhibition of some 80 carved ivories, prints, jewelry and other items depicting death and decay sheds light on the centrality of the macabre in the culture of the 14th to 17th centuries. June 23 through Nov. 26. Bowdoin College Museum of Art, 9400 College Station; 207-725-3275, bowdoin.edu/art-museum.

SALEM, MASS. “Ocean Liners: Glamour, Speed and Style.” Nearly 200 paintings, sculptural works, models, furniture, textiles, photographs and other items will illustrate the design, engineering, personality and opulence of these ships during their heyday, the mid-19th century through the mid-20th century. May 20 through Oct. 9. Peabody Essex Museum, 161 Essex Street; 978-745-9500, pem.org.

WILLIAMSTOWN, MASS. “As in Nature: Helen Frankenthaler Paintings.” Large paintings from the 1950s through the 1990s illustrate Frankenthaler’s inventive, poetic use of color in abstractions inspired by nature. July 2 through Oct. 9. A companion show, “No Rules: Helen Frankenthaler Woodcuts,” showcases experiments that stretched the medium, resulting in painterly images. July 2 through Sept. 24. Clark Art Institute, 225 South Street; 413-458-2303, clarkart.edu.

WORCESTER, MASS. “Renaissance Woman in Asia: Florance Waterbury and Her Gifts of Asian Art.” Reflecting increased art-historical interest by collectors, this exhibition reveals a woman who, in the first half of the 20th century, traveled the world, painting and collecting, eventually becoming a scholar of Chinese art who donated many works to this museum. May 13 through Aug. 20. Worcester Art Museum, 55 Salisbury Street; 508-799-4406, worcesterart.org.

MONTCLAIR, N.J. “Matisse and American Art.” From Maurice Prendergast and Stuart Davis to Andy Warhol and Faith Ringgold, generations of artists have taken cues from Matisse to experiment with wild colors, fluid lines, strong structural components and varied subjects, as manifested in this exhibition of 19 works by Matisse and 44 by Americans. Through June 18. Montclair Art Museum, 3 South Mountain Avenue; 973-746-5555, montclairartmuseum.org.

NEW YORK “Robert Rauschenberg: Among Friends.” Spanning six decades, this retrospective brings together more than 250 paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, photographs and recordings that illustrate the ways Rauschenberg’s use of everyday objects and his interdisciplinary approach broke ground and influenced many other artists. May 21 through Sept. 17. Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53rd Street; 212-708-9400, moma.org.

NEW YORK “The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s.” The bold, colorful designs that characterized the heady days of the Roaring Twenties are highlighted here in a show of 350 pieces of jewelry, fashion, furniture, textiles, paintings, posters and other items. (An article on the exhibition is on Page 8.) April 7 through Aug. 20. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2 East 91st Street; 212-849-8400, cooperhewitt.org.

PHILADELPHIA “American Watercolor in the Age of Homer and Sargent.” With fragile works that are rarely on view, this exhibition shows how an enormously creative band of American watercolorists like Winslow Homer and John Singer Sargent led to a new vision of art that was later adopted by Modernists like Charles Demuth and Edward Hopper. Through May 14. Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2600 Benjamin Franklin Parkway; 215-763-8100, philamuseum.org.

WASHINGTON “Frédéric Bazille and the Birth of Impressionism.” In the first major American exhibition of Bazille’s work in almost 25 years, he is shown as a central figure in the Impressionist era through the display of 75 works, including several by contemporaries such as Monet and Renoir and by predecessors like Courbet. April 9 through July 9. National Gallery of Art, Constitution Avenue NW, between Third and Ninth Streets; 202-737-4215, nga.gov.

WASHINGTON “Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors.” This traveling exhibition features six of Ms. Kusama’s immersive “Infinity Mirror Rooms,” as well as many other key paintings, collages and works on paper from the early 1950s to the present, and several recent large-scale paintings that have never been shown in the United States. Through May 14. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Independence Avenue at Seventh Street SW; 202-633-1000, hirshhorn.si.edu.

DALLAS “Mexico 1900-1950: Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, José Clemente Orozco and the Avant-Garde.” An attempt to broaden the perception of Modern Mexican art, this exhibition of more than 200 paintings, sculptures, photographs, drawings and films celebrates the work of lesser-known pioneering artists, as well as the recognizable titans. Through July 16. Dallas Museum of Art, 1717 North Harwood Street; 214-922-1200, dma.org.

FORT WORTH “The Polaroid Project.” This debut of an international touring exhibition demonstrating the cultural power of Polaroid showcases about 150 photographs by more than 100 artists, including Robert Mapplethorpe, William Wegman and Barbara Kasten, along with cameras, prototypes and ephemera from Polaroid’s corporate archive. June 3 through Sept. 3. Amon Carter Museum of American Art, 3501 Camp Bowie Boulevard; 817-738-1933, cartermuseum.org.

FORT WORTH “Louis Kahn: The Power of Architecture.” Renowned as a master of light and space, Kahn — celebrated here in drawings, models, photographs and films — created many beautiful, important buildings, including the Salk Institute in La Jolla, Calif., and the National Assembly Building in Dhaka, Bangladesh, as well as single-family homes. Also on view are watercolors, pastels and charcoal drawings Kahn created on his travels. March 26 through June 25. Kimbell Art Museum, 3333 Camp Bowie Boulevard; 817-332-8451, kimbellart.org.

HOUSTON “Between Land and Sea: Artists of the Coenties Slip.” In the late 1950s and the ’60s, Agnes Martin, Ellsworth Kelly and other artists and writers congregated in spaces near the lower tip of Manhattan. Their views of the sea and the Brooklyn Bridge inspired experimentations with abstraction, as seen in the 27 works on view. April 14 through Aug. 6. The Menil Collection, 1533 Sul Ross Street; 713-525-9400, menil.org.

HOUSTON “Adiós Utopia: Dreams and Deceptions in Cuban Art Since 1950.” More than 100 paintings, photographs, installations, videos and other works, created by more than 50 artists who remained in Cuba after the 1959 revolution, demonstrate the ways they dealt with their aspirations for social utopia and with their disappointment over the failure to attain it. Through May 29. Museum of Fine Arts, 1001 Bissonnet; 713-639-7300, mfah.org.

MIAMI “John Dunkley: Neither Day Nor Night.” An exhibition of 30 of his 50 extant paintings, along with 10 sculptures, introduces this self-taught Jamaican artist, born in 1891, to American museumgoers. One of Jamaica’s most important historical artists, Dunkley deployed a dark palette to create imaginative, highly detailed, psychologically tinged works. May 26 through Jan. 14, 2018. Pérez Art Museum Miami, 1103 Biscayne Boulevard; 305-375-3000, pamm.org.

NEW ORLEANS “A Life of Seduction: Venice in the 1700s.” Travelers flocked to Venice in the 18th century, enticed by its street life, festivals, gala balls and fashions. Here, paintings — including several never seen in the United States — costumes, furnishings, glass, masks, a puppet theater and ceremonial regalia celebrate the city that was home to Casanova, Vivaldi and Tiepolo. Through May 21. New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle; 504-658-4100, noma.org.

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A Japanese figure, circa 1600, in the exhibition “Heaven and Hell: Salvation and Retribution in Pure Land Buddhism,” at the San Antonio Museum of Art.Credit...via Dallas Museum of Art

SAN ANTONIO “Heaven and Hell: Salvation and Retribution in Pure Land Buddhism.” Some 75 paintings, sculptures and decorative artworks illustrate the art — including scenes of hell and numerous divine beings on earth — of a popular form of Buddhism centered on the deity Amitabha, who promised salvation to those who simply called upon him. June 16 through Sept. 10. San Antonio Museum of Art, 200 West Jones Avenue; 210- 978-8100, samuseum.org.

CINCINNATI “A Shared Legacy: Folk Art in America.” With more than 60 works created by self-taught or minimally trained artists between 1800 and 1925 — including rare canvases by Ammi Phillips and John Brewster Jr. — this display illustrates American ingenuity. June 10 through Sept. 3. Cincinnati Museum of Art, 953 Eden Park Drive; 513-721-2787, cincinnatiartmuseum.org.

CLEVELAND “Brand-New & Terrific: Alex Katz in the 1950s.” While other artists were creating abstractions, Mr. Katz insisted on making art with recognizable images, but pared them down to their most fundamental elements — prefiguring the development of Pop Art, as seen in the 70 works in this exhibition. April 30 through Aug. 8. Cleveland Museum of Art, 11150 East Boulevard; 216-421-7350, clevelandart.org.

DETROIT “Art of Rebellion: Black Art of the Civil Rights Movement.” Commemorating the 50th anniversary of this city’s riots, this exhibition presents about 25 paintings, sculptures, installations and photographs made by African-American artist collectives of the 1960s and ’70s that were intent on stressing black identity and civil rights. July 23 through Oct. 22. Detroit Institute of Arts, 5200 Woodward Avenue; 313-833-7900, dia.org.

MILWAUKEE “Frank Lloyd Wright: Buildings for the Prairie.” Drawn from the famed Wasmuth Portfolio of lithographs, considered the most significant collection of Wright’s early work, this show of his designs for furniture, stained glass, textiles and architecture celebrates the 150th anniversary of his birth. July 28 through Oct. 15. Milwaukee Art Museum, 700 North Art Museum Drive; 414-224-3200, mam.org.

MINNEAPOLIS “Merce Cunningham: Common Time.” This exhibition chronicles the life and work of the renowned choreographer who expanded the boundaries of dance with collaborators in music and visual arts. It presents moving-image presentations, stage sets, costumes and some 60 works by Morris Graves, Jasper Johns, Bruce Nauman and others. Through July 30. Walker Art Center, 725 Vineland Place; 612-375-7600, walkerart.org. A companion show of the same title runs through April 30 at the Museum of Contemporary Art/Chicago, 220 East Chicago Avenue; 312-280-2660, mcachicago.org.

MUSKEGON, MICH. “Edward S. Curtis: The North American Indian.” For 30 years, beginning in 1906, Curtis traveled the United States, photographing portraits, landscapes and the daily lives of 80 Native American tribes, images that were collated in a 20-volume history and 723 photogravure prints. All will be on view, along with his recordings of Native American music and artifacts, and objects from his life. May 11 through Sept. 10. Muskegon Museum of Art, 296 West Webster Avenue; 231-720-2570, muskegonartmuseum.org.

ST. LOUIS “Degas, Impressionism and the Paris Millinery Trade.” With paintings and drawings by not only Degas but also Manet, Renoir, Cassatt and others — as well as a sampling of 19th-century chapeaus — this innovative show explores the period’s artistic fascination with high-fashion hats and the industry that made them. Through May 7. Saint Louis Art Museum, 1 Fine Arts Drive, Forest Park; 314-721-0072, slam.org.

DENVER “The Western: An Epic in Art and Film.” How the mythology of the western was forged — not just by cowboys and Indians but also by gun violence, gender roles and race relations — is examined in this exhibition featuring 160 works, from paintings by Albert Bierstadt, Frederic Remington and Ed Ruscha to films by John Ford. May 21 through Sept. 10. Denver Art Museum, 100 West 14th Avenue Parkway; 720-865-5000, denverartmuseum.org.

LOS ANGELES “Eyewitness Views: Making History in Eighteenth-Century Europe.” In the 1700s, princes, popes and others of high rank commissioned large “view paintings” of ceremonies and important moments — a regatta on the Grand Canal, an eruption of Mount Vesuvius — in Paris, Venice, London and other notable spots. Some 50 such works, many never seen before in the United States, are gathered here. May 9 through July 30. J. Paul Getty Museum, 1200 Getty Center Drive; 310-440-7300, getty.edu.

LOS ANGELES “The Inner Eye: Vision and Transcendence in African Arts.” Celebrating artists as agents of insight and transformation, this exhibition of 100 masks, initiation objects, reliquary guardians, iconic sculptures and textiles explores the ways they enabled growth from one life stage to another. The subjects include spirit realms, esoteric wisdom and the afterlife. Through July 9. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 5905 Wilshire Boulevard; 323-857-6000, lacma.org.

PORTLAND, ORE. “Constructing Identity.” Works by more than 80 artists, from Elizabeth Catlett and Romare Bearden to Kara Walker and Mickalene Thomas, drawn from the Petrucci Family Foundation collection, focus on the identity and narratives of African-Americans. Through June 18. Portland Art Museum, 1219 Southwest Park Avenue; 503-226-2811, portlandartmuseum.org.

SAN FRANCISCO “Edvard Munch: Between the Clock and the Bed.” Through the lens of Munch’s own insight — that despite early success, his breakthrough came late in life — this exhibition of 45 key paintings re-evaluates his career. June 24 through Sept. 24. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 151 Third Street; 415-357-4000, sfmoma.org.

SAN JOSE “The Water Cycle.” With California experiencing at least five years of drought, three related exhibitions examine issues surrounding water use. The shows are devoted to photographs by Ansel Adams, Ernest H. Brooks II and Dorothy Kerper Monnelly (through Aug. 6); to videos and installations by five young artists (through Aug. 27); and to a monumental sculpture by Diana al-Hadid (through Sept. 24). San Jose Museum of Art, 110 South Market Street; 408-271-6840, sjmusart.org.

A version of this article appears in print on  , Section F, Page 40 of the New York edition with the headline: So Much to See. Order Reprints | Today’s Paper | Subscribe

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