This fall global art scene is ablaze with an array of captivating exhibitions across various genres and periods. Here’s a list of engaging and thought-provoking art displays spanning United States for the month of October. All of them are held in various cities and states across the country, showcasing a diverse range of art styles, periods, and themes:

Making Her Mark: A History of Women Artists in Europe, 1400-1800
Location: Baltimore Museum of Art
Duration: Oct. 1-Jan. 7, 2024
Celebrating the often overlooked contributions of women in art, this historic exhibition features the works of painters such as Artemisia Gentileschi and sculptors like Luisa Roldán, along with embroidery and crafts by lesser-known artists. The exhibition seeks to illuminate the extensive influence of women on visual culture.

Mr. Pergolesi’s Curious Things: Ornament in 18th-Century Britain
Location: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Duration: Oct. 1-Jan. 21, 2023
Explore the world of Michel Angelo Pergolesi, the mastermind behind the ornamental designs adorning London’s most opulent residences. This exhibition features his watercolors and drawings, providing a glimpse into the intricate world of ornamentation.

Made in L.A. 2023: Acts of Living
Location: Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
Duration: Oct. 1-Dec. 31
This biennial event, curated by Diana Nawi, Pablo José Ramírez, and Ashton Cooper, presents a vivid display of Los Angeles-focused art, offering an intriguing glimpse into the city’s contemporary art scene.

The Great Hall Commission: Jacolby Satterwhite
Location: The Met
Duration: Oct. 2-Jan. 7, 2024
In “A Metta Prayer,” Jacolby Satterwhite employs mesmerizing videos projected in the Met’s entrance hall, intertwining the museum’s collection with kaleidoscopic imagery, creating an immersive experience for visitors.

Picasso Cut Papers
Location: Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
Duration: Oct. 2-Dec. 31
Explore Picasso’s lesser-known realm of collages and cut-paper constructions, a facet of his artistry that remained relatively unseen. This exhibition unveils a plethora of intriguing examples, complemented by a selection of sheet-metal sculptures, providing a fresh perspective on Picasso’s creative genius.

Van Gogh in America
Location: Detroit Institute of Arts
Duration: Oct. 2-Jan. 22, 2023
Immerse yourself in the profound impact of Vincent van Gogh’s art on the United States through a monumental assembly of over 70 paintings and drawings. The journey begins with the Detroit Institute’s acquisition of van Gogh’s iconic 1887 “Self-Portrait,” marking a pivotal moment as the first public American museum to acquire his work.

Sargent and Spain
Location: National Gallery of Art, Washington
Duration: Oct. 2-Jan. 2, 2023
Discover a journey across Iberia and the captivating island of Majorca through the lens of John Singer Sargent. Over 100 paintings and photographs showcase Sargent’s artistry, offering insight into the beauty of the Spanish landscapes.

Henry Taylor: B Side
Location: The Whitney
Duration: Oct. 4-Jan. 28, 2024
This expansive exhibition showcases Henry Taylor’s largest-ever display, featuring sculptures, drawings, and portraits that delve into the intricacies of Black American life and contemporary society.

Fragments of a Faith Forgotten: The Art of Harry Smith
Location: The Whitney
Duration: Oct. 4-Jan. 28, 2024
This first-ever solo exhibition of Harry Smith’s work unravels the artistry of a multifaceted individual—painter, filmmaker, collector—and delves into his groundbreaking projects that shaped American culture.

Max Beckmann: The Formative Years, 1915-1925
Location: Neue Galerie
Duration: Oct. 5-Jan. 15, 2024
Delve into the transformative years of Max Beckmann, where his experiences in World War I and subsequent mental breakdown propelled him to develop his iconic style of dark, intensely expressive paintings.

Plaster
Location: MoMA
Duration: Opens Oct. 6
Explore the origins and evolution of modern sculpture through the lens of plaster, with a particular focus on early modern experiments and biomorphic forms. This permanent gallery promises a captivating journey through sculpture’s transformative medium.

Partisans of the Nude: An Arab Art Genre in an Era of Contest, 1920-1960
Location: Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University
Duration: Oct. 6-Jan. 14, 2024
Immerse yourself in a survey of paintings, drawings, and sculptures from the post-Ottoman era, shedding light on a significant yet often underrecognized genre in Arab art.

Porfirio Gutiérrez: Cosmos/Continuous Line
Location: Chinati Foundation, Marfa, Tex.
Duration: Oct. 7-July 2024
Exhibition of textile works of California-based Zapotec weaver, Porfirio Gutiérrez, in whose craft intertwines tradition and innovation.

Camille Claudel
Location: Art Institute of Chicago
Duration: Oct. 7-Feb. 19, 2024
Delve into the daring sculptures by the iconic French artist Camille Claudel, long associated with her involvement with Rodin.

Marisol: A Retrospective
Location: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Duration: Oct. 7-Jan. 21, 2024
Offering a complete survey of the glamorous Marisol Escobar’s work, this exhibition showcases her unique fusion of photography and sculpture and her significant role in two Warhol movies.

African Modernism in America
Location: Phillips Collection
Duration: Oct. 7-Jan. 7, 2024
Explore the intricate historical relationships between American collectors and the development of modern art in Africa through this thought-provoking traveling exhibition.

Picasso in Fontainebleau
Location: MoMA
Duration: Oct. 8-Feb. 17, 2024
Revisit the summer of 1921 through Pablo Picasso’s eclectic works, oscillating between Cubist and academic styles, all consolidated in this tightly focused yet wildly varied show.

Robert Frank and Todd Webb: Across America, 1955
Location: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Duration: Oct. 8-Jan. 7, 2024
Even shows a unique juxtaposition of the photographs taken by Robert Frank and Todd Webb as they traversed the United States, capturing the essence of the nation in distinct yet harmonious perspectives.

Degas and the Laundress: Women, Work and Impressionism
Location: Cleveland Museum of Art
Duration: Oct. 8-Jan. 14, 2024
Explore Edgar Degas’s fascination with Parisian laundresses through over two dozen paintings, revealing the poignant portrayals of hardworking women by Degas and his contemporaries.

Fashioned by Sargent
Location: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Duration: Oct. 8-Jan. 15, 2024
Delve into the captivating world of John Singer Sargent’s portrait subjects and their period garments, meticulously depicted and adjusted on canvas, in this exhibition organized in collaboration with Tate Britain.

Rirkrit Tiravanija: A Lot of People
Location: MoMA PS1
Duration: Oct. 12-March 4, 2024
The largest show ever dedicated to relational aesthetics artist Rirkrit Tiravanija, featuring works on paper, photographs, and reenactments of classic participatory pieces.

Judy Chicago: Herstory
Location: New Museum
Duration: Oct. 12-Jan. 14, 2024
Embark on an expansive journey through the revolutionary feminist Judy Chicago’s early Minimalism and later considerations of mortality, along with a special display featuring work by Hilma af Klint, Hildegard of Bingen, and Virginia Woolf.

Vertigo of Color: Matisse, Derain and the Origins of Fauvism
Location: The Met
Duration: Oct. 13-Jan. 21, 2024
Step back to the wild summer of 1905 through 65 paintings by André Derain and Henri Matisse, exploring the vibrant combination of heightened color and expressive exuberance that birthed the “fauves” movement.

Out of Bounds: Japanese Women Artists in Fluxus
Location: Japan Society
Duration: Oct. 13-Jan. 21, 2024
Mind-boggling journey through the avant-garde world of four pioneering trailblazers of the 1960s, featuring the experimental works of Shigeko Kubota, Mieko Shiomi, Takako Saito, and Yoko Ono.

Mood of the Moment: Gaby Aghion and the House of Chloé
Location: Jewish Museum
Duration: Oct. 13-Feb. 18, 2024
The intriguing story of Gaby Aghion, the visionary behind the iconic Chloé fashion house, in this exhibition that showcases her transformative influence on women’s clothing and the fashion industry.

Yiddish: A Global Culture
Location: Yiddish Book Center, Amherst, Mass.
Duration: Opens Oct. 15
Immerse yourself in the rich world of Yiddish culture as the Yiddish Book Center reopens with an immersive museum experience featuring sheet music, typewriters, and a captivating mural by illustrator Martin Haake.

Going Dark: The Contemporary Figure at the Edge of Visibility
Location: The Guggenheim
Duration: Oct. 20-April 7, 2024
Explore the multifaceted approaches of over two dozen artists as they obscure the human figure for aesthetic, conceptual, and political reasons, creating a captivating narrative within the Guggenheim’s iconic rotunda.

Morgan’s Bibles: Splendor in Scripture
Location: Morgan Library & Museum
Duration: Oct. 20-Jan. 21, 2024
The unmatched collection of scriptures left behind by John Pierpont Morgan, featuring the “Golden Gospels” of Henry VIII and cuneiform stories of the primal deluge.

Max Beerbohm: The Price of Celebrity
Location: New York Public Library
Duration: Oct. 20-Jan. 28, 2024
Exhibition of the pre-eminent caricaturist of the early 20th century, Max Beerbohm. This event unveils most of his drawings and manuscripts, never before displayed.

This Light of Ours: Activist Photographers of the Civil Rights Movement
Location: Skirball Cultural Center
Duration: Oct. 21-Feb. 25, 2024
Bear witness to the profound impact of the Civil Rights Movement through the lens of nine dedicated movement members, capturing the relentless fight for voting rights and racial equality.

The Sky’s the Limit
Location: National Museum of Women in the Arts
Duration: Oct. 21-Feb. 25, 2024
The National Museum of Women in the Arts reopens its landmark 1908 building after a two-year renovation, featuring large installations by Ursula von Rydingsvard, Rina Banerjee, and more.

Marie Laurencin: Sapphic Paris
Location: Barnes Foundation
Duration: Oct. 22-Jan. 21, 2024
The artistry of Marie Laurencin, an artist emblematic of 1920s Paris, renowned for her “feminine and discreetly queer” painting.

Hanne Darboven—Writing Time
Location: The Menil
Duration: Oct. 27-Feb. 11, 2024
Lingering exploration of the relationship between writing and time by the German conceptual artist Hanne Darboven, featuring her meticulous “Inventions that Have Changed Our World.”

Spirit and Invention: Drawings by Giambattista and Domenico Tiepolo
Location: The Morgan
Duration: Oct. 27-Jan. 28, 2024
This exhibition is a visual journey through fresco plans, animal studies, and other feats of 18th-century Italian draftsmanship by Giambattista and Domenico Tiepolo, curated by The Morgan.

Shifting Center
Location: Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center
Duration: Oct. 27-Nov. 18
Explore large-scale steel sculptures, including “Ilopango, the Volcano that Left” by Beatriz Cortez, in a captivating group show dedicated to acoustics, architecture, and dislocation.

Kiku
Location: New York Botanical Garden
Duration: Oct. 28-Nov. 12
The meticulous artistry of Japanese chrysanthemums meticulously trained into traditional styles at this annual festival at the New York Botanical Garden.

With exhibitions spanning various art forms, themes, and periods, this October is a vibrant tapestry of artistic expression and exploration. Embrace the diverse array of exhibitions, allowing them to illuminate and inspire your creative spirit.

(photo by Michael Barera)