PROVIDENCE, RI | Paintings by Ida Shmulowitz at Bank RI Pitman Street Gallery | June 7–July 13 | solo show of plein air canvases
NEW YORK, NY | Chip Simone at Steven Kasher Gallery | through May 26 | solo exhibition blending American modernist traditions and street photography
NEW YORK, NY | 2012 Biennial at Whitney Museum of American Art | through May 27 | group exhibition
KATONAH, NY | Tree Figures at the Katonah Museum of Art | through May 30 | part lumberjack and part forester, artist Joseph Wheelwright creates giant figures from trees found on his Vermont property
LONG ISLAND CITY, NY | Teleportraiture at Space Womb Gallery | May 18–31 | intimate oil portraits painted over remote video chat
CROSS RIVER, NY | Color of Light at Gallery in the Park, Ward Pound Ridge Reservation | through June 3 | solo exhibition of paintings
NEW YORK, NY | Toothsome at Bulletspace/ABC No Rio | May 17–June 10 | group exhibition of works made of sugar, honey and candy
NEW YORK, NY | Glasstress New York: New Art from the Venice Biennales at Museum of Arts and Design | through June 10 | international group exhibition of glass sculpture
NEW YORK, NY | Performing for the Camera: Forty Years of Self-Portraits at Barry Friedman LTD | April 26–June 29 | solo exhibition
NEW YORK, NY | Giving Up the Ghost at Salomon Contemporary | May 31–June 30 | solo exhibition
NEW YORK, NY | We Are Here!: The Eiteljorg Contemporary Art Fellowship at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, George Gustav Heye Center | June 2–September 23 | group exhibition
NEW YORK, NY | A Singular Vision at Ukrainian Museum | through October 7 | solo painting retrospective
WASHINGTON, DC | Lunar Bower at the Phillips Collection | through May 27 | light is given a corporeal presence as it filters through the hanging sculpture made of felt and silk, and connects with the stained glass window above
CHARLESTON, SC | Confluence: Recent Works by Bo Joseph and Tim Hussey at Rebekah Jacob Gallery | through June 15 | new artwork by two RISD alumni
IRVINE, CA | Marks on the Land—The View from Here at Great Park Gallery at the Palm Court Arts Complex | through June 17 | solo show of aerial photography
BRATTLEBORO, VT | Witness Trees at Brattleboro Museum and Art Center | through July 8 | student work made from dead trees harvested from historic sites, an ongoing project with the National Park Service
PORTLAND, OR | The Architecture and Legacy of Pietro Belluschi at Oregon Historical Society | May 17–September 9 | overview of the architect’s long and influential career, curated by Anthony Belluschi
PHILADELPHIA, PA | The Battle of Carnival and Lent at Eastern State Penitentiary | through November 30 | stained-glass installation
GRAND FORKS, BC, CANADA | Too Slow to Move: Paintings by Vivi Harder at Gallery 2 | June 9–September 1 | solo exhibition