
From the architecture of Playboy and the photography of Irving Penn to modern art’s influence on early television and the role of designers in the Cold War, there is a fresh crop of art exhibits across the country, just waiting to be picked.
ARIZONA
Phoenix Art Museum
Defining Moments: Fifty Years of Fashion at Phoenix Art Museum
ILLINOIS
Elmhurst Art Museum
Playboy Architecture, 1953–1979
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Surrealism: The Conjured Life
IOWA
Figge Art Museum, Davenport
The Art of Architecture: LEGO Sculptures by Adam Reed Tucker with Photographs by J. Hunt Harris II

GEORGIA
Museum of Design Atlanta
Make Believe America: U.S. Cultural Exhibitions in the Cold War
Related article from Introspective magazine: How Mid-Century Designers Became Unlikely Diplomats
MAINE
Portland Museum of Art
Edward Curtis: Selections from the North American Indian
MASSACHUSETTS
Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover
Revolution of the Eye: Modern Art and the Birth of American Television
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Ruined: When Cities Fall

MICHIGAN
Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills
Tours of Saarinen House and Frank Lloyd Wright’s Smith House run May through September.
NEW YORK
Bard Graduate Center Gallery
Artek and the Aaltos: Creating a Modern World
Museum of Art and Design
Atmosphere for Enjoyment: Harry Bertoia’s Environment for Sound (Opens May 3.)
Bent, Cast & Forged: The Jewelry of Harry Bertoia (Opens May 3.)
MoMA
Edgar Degas: A Strange New Beauty
Cooper Hewitt
Beauty: Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial

ONTARIO
Art Gallery of Ontario
Outsiders: American Photography and Film, 1950s–1980s
TEXAS
Dallas Museum of Art
Irving Penn: Beyond Beauty
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
Frank Stella: A Retrospective
WASHINGTON
Seattle Art Museum
Mood Indigo: Textiles from Around the World
