Harlem: In Situ

At the Addison Gallery of American Art, Harlem: In Situ burrows into a century of the neighborhood’s artistic influence, from a 1928 linoleum cut print by James Lesesne Wells to early 20th-century street photography by Aaron Siskind and artists walking those same blocks today. That includes Kehinde Wiley, who invites subjects to re-enact Old Master portraits, as in his Officer of the Hussars, which sees a denim-clad subject sporting Timberlands and toting a saber while on horseback a la Théodore Géricault’s 1812 portrait on view in the Louvre. Head uptown to catch other works by former Phillips Academy artist-in-residence Dawoud Bey and Bostonian Lorraine O’Grady, on display from March 30 to July 21.

Photo: Grocery Store by Aaron Siskind