The artists’ work, up for another week, explores the unsettling quality of tourist destinations, translating their experiences into a sort of haunted travelog.
Though the “Book of Saints” photography exhibit is in Boston, it couldn’t be more about Cambridge. The show is by Cambridge photographer Kristen Joy Emack and invites viewers to contemplate the impact of innovation-driven gentrification here.
Lara Baladi’s“ABC: A Lesson in History” is a smart, irreverent work borrowing the visual language of Egyptian and Russian propaganda educational materials.
A public meeting this week looks at possible “fab” district zoning changes. It’s hosted in Ward Two, where $3.3 billion in work is proposed for a business complex.
There are more than 110 armed conflicts taking place globally right now, according to the Geneva Academy, and plenty of horror and humanity to recognize in these plaques by David Smith at the Harvard Art Museums.
“Your Work Here” is a hidden gem of an exhibition on view until Jan. 20 in Lesley University’s VanDernoot Gallery, and is next to a food court for perfect holiday shopping.