ACA Galleries, New York City

“Surviving the Darkness: Urban Fragments,” dark, richly colored paintings by Joseph Peller, in the tradition of Hopperesque alienation. September 4–October 10, 2008.

 

Atlanta Art Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia

“Realism Invitational 2008,” featuring work by Anthony Waichulis and a strong contingent of charcoal artists, including Omar Rodriguez, Justin Balliet and Terese Rogers. Through October 5, 2008.

 

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City

“Giorgio Morandi, 1890–1964,” approximately 110 works by a twentieth-century master of still-life painting, combining modern paint-handling with classical harmony and proportion. September 16–December 14, 2008.

 

Museum of Biblical Art, New York City

“Albrecht Dürer: Art in Transition,” an impressive cache of 106 images by the greatest draftsman of the Northern Renaissance. His woodcuts and engravings redefined graphic virtuosity, and his iconography became part of the Western cultural imagination. Through September 21, 2008. Travels to the Museum of Art, Mobile, Alabama (October 2008) and the Museum of Art, St. Petersburg, Florida (January 2009).