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“Waterfall, Northern Cascades, Washington, 1960,” by Ansel Adams, at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem.
PAUL KLEE:
PHILOSOPHICAL VISION; FROM NATURE TO ART
Exploring the philosophy of the great European modernist. Through Dec. 9. McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College. 617-552-8100, www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/artmuseum
JULIANNE SWARTZ:
HOW DEEP IS YOUR
Inventive, poetic, and witty installations and sculpture. Through Dec. 30. DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln. 781-259-8355, www.decordova.org
ANSEL ADAMS:
AT THE WATER’S EDGE
Famous and lesser known photographs of water by the celebrated American photographer. Through Oct. 8. Peabody Essex Museum, Salem. 866-745-1876, www.pem.org