CHEYNEY THOMPSON The first museum survey of this Louisiana-born artist, who makes work concerned with reproductions and other abstractions of painting. Feb. 10-April 8. List Visual Arts Center, MIT. 617-253-4680, listart.mit.edu
THE MIND’S EYE: 50 YEARS OF PHOTOGRAPHY BY JERRY UELSMANN A survey of work by this popular photographer, famous for seamlessly fabricating photographs from unrelated negatives to create fantastic scenes. Feb. 11-May 13. Peabody Essex Museum, Salem. 866-745-1876, www.pem.org
FIGURING COLOR: KATHY BUTTERLY, FELIX GONZALEZ-TORRES, ROY MCMAKIN, SUE WILLIAMS Four contemporary artists exploring the potential of color and its relationship to bodies in 65 works. Feb. 17-May 20. Institute of Contemporary Art. 617-478-3100, www.icaboston.com
EDGAR DEGAS: THE PRIVATE IMPRESSIONIST Seventy drawings, prints, pastels, photographs, sculptures, and paintings by the great 19th-century artist. Feb. 23-May 28. Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine. 207-775-6148, www.portlandmuseum.org
CHARLINE VON HEYL Paintings and works on paper by this exciting German abstract artist. March 21-July 15. Institute of Contemporary Art. 617-478-3100, www.icaboston.com
ANDREW WYETH: LOOKING BEYOND A focused exhibition about the popular late Maine artist, hinging on three of his works in the museum’s collection. March 24-July 22. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford. 860-278-2670, www.thewadsworth.org
MAKING A PRESENCE: F. HOLLAND DAY IN ARTISTIC PHOTOGRAPHY Ninety works presenting an overview of this fascinating Pictorialist photographer. Includes portraits of Day by his photographer peers. March 27-July 31. Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover. 978-749-4015, www.andover.edu/museums/addison
LYONEL FEININGER: PHOTOGRAPHS, 1928 - 1939 Photographs by one of the most dynamic, inventive, and versatile artists of the early modern movement, who only took up photography with serious intent in his late 50s. March 30-June 2. Harvard Art Museums. 617-495-9400, www.harvardartmuseums.org
