CARLOS HERNANDEZ/COURTESY OF PROJECT FOR EMPTY SPACE
Photos in Andrea Chung’s “The Ocean Doesn’t Recognize Tears” exhibition, which is at Project for Empty Space in Newark through Aug. 17.
Through July 31: “Crossing Borders: Geometric Abstraction 1960 to Now” at Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick.
Through July 31: “Napoleon: A Visual Legacy of Power” at Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick.
Through July 31: “Shifting Perspectives on Environmental Crisis” at Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick.
Through July 31: “An Eye for Photographs: Gifts From Anne and Arthur Goldstein” at Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick.
Through July 31: “Powers of the Unseen” at Express Newark. Works by Yasi Alipour, Laylah Amatullah Barrayn, Younes Baba-Ali, Charlotte Brathwaite, Nene Aïssatou Diallo, Binta Diaw, Bruno Hadjih, Chester Higgins, Amina Kadous, Baseera Khan, Gordon Parks, Kameelah Janan Rasheed, Malick Welli.
Through July 31: “Sangita Phadke: The Understory (Soft Pastel Paintings)” at Monmouth Museum, Lincroft.
Through Aug. 1: “Summer Lovin’: Artsy Grooves & Good Vibes” at West Orange Arts Center. Works by Peter Astor, Jeanette Averbuch, Andrew Burger, Joan Carter, Mary Franklin, Luzayde Goyzueta, Laurie Harden, Kathleen Heron, Arlene Hirst, Manman Huang, Carol T. Jenkins, Theodore Jenkins, Joanne Leone, Denise London, John Masi, Patricia Mitrano, Denise Toney, Kris Wight, Elaine Wladyga.
Through Aug. 2: “New Jersey Arts Annual Exhibition: Artist as Activist” at Rowan University Art Gallery & Museum, Glassboro. Works by Catherine Allen, ShinYoung An, Ellis Angel, Ylvia Asal, Donna Bassin, Kristian Battell, Michael DalCerro, Kirstin Demer, Laura Frazure, Adam Gustavson, Ellen Hanauer, Sam Horowitz, Tony Khawam, Krystle Lemonias, Christopher López, Jazlyne Sabree, Chanika Svetvilas, Hui Tian, Alan Willoughby.
Through Aug. 10: “Nanette Carter: Shifting Perspectives” at Montclair Art Museum.
Through Aug. 15: “Patterns: People in Transition,” works by Martryce Roach at Akwaaba Gallery, Newark.
Through Aug. 17: “Andrea Chung: The Ocean Doesn’t Recognize Tears” at Project for Empty Space, Newark. (NJArts.net Review)
Through Aug. 17: “Helina Metaferia: When Civilizations Heal” at Project for Empty Space, Newark.
Through Aug. 17: “Inspired Minds: Young Artist Exhibition” at Herb + Milly Iris Gallery at South Orange Performing Arts Center.
Through Aug. 25: “The Garden State” at Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit. Works by members of New Jersey Photography Forum.
Through Aug. 29: “Colorblind” works by Val DeAppolonio at Ruth Bauer Neustadter Gallery at Hackensack Performing Arts Center.
Through Aug. 31: “Selections from The Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art” at Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton. Works by Tokie Rome-Taylor, Accra Shepp, Katrina Andry, Tawny Chatmon, Lavett Ballard.
Through Aug. 31: “Pulp: The Fluid and The Concrete” at Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton. Hand paper-making works by Jill Adler, Sarah Brayer, Luca Buvoli, María Magdalena Campos Pons, Lesley Dill, Michele Oka Doner, Sue Carrie Drummond, Susan Gosin, Joan Hall, Jane Hammond, Kyle Holland, Juan Logan, Roberto Mannino, Melanie Mauro, Irina Nakhova, Stuart Netsky, Evgeniy Pantev, Marc Rosenquist, Michelle Samour, John Shorb, Stephanie Slate, Bibiana Suárez, Annelies van Dommelen, Anne Vilsbøll, Paul Wong, Melanie Yazzi, Leo Zhao. (NJArts.net Review)
Through Aug. 31: “Milton & Mike Quon: Art Runs in the Family” at Monmouth Museum, Lincroft.
Through Sept. 1: “Slow Motion” at Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton. Works by Billy Dufala, Ana Teresa Fernández, Colette Fu, Omar Tate, Sandy Williams IV.
Through Sept. 13: “Allan Gorman: A Different Way of Seeing” at Ria X Gallery, Montclair.
Through Sept. 21: “Brian House: Synchronizing Uncertainty” at ArtYard, Frenchtown.
Through Oct. 5: “Painting to Scale” at Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick.
Through Oct. 5: “TULA TELFAIR: N A T U R E does not locate itself” at Morris Museum, Morris Township.
Oct. 5: “Ash Eliza Williams: The Dreams of Small Animals” at ArtYard, Frenchtown.
Through Oct. 5: “Patrick Warner: Art Studio Project” at ArtYard, Frenchtown.
Through Nov. 9: “Léni Paquet-Morante: Extract/Abstract,” presented by Princeton University Art Museum at Art@Bainbridge.
Through Nov. 30: “Stay: The Black Women of 19th Century Newark” at The Newark Museum of Art.
Through Dec. 6: “Realms Within: The Artistry of Paul Stankard” at Heritage Glass Museum, Glassboro.
Through Dec. 21: “Indigenous Identities: Here, Now & Always” at Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick. (NJArts.net Review)
Through Dec. 21: “Hope With Humor: Works by Jaune Quick-to-See Smith From the Collection” at Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick.
Through Dec. 21: “My Powerful Hair” at Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick.
Through Dec. 28: “redunancies” at Museum of American Glass, Millville
Through Dec. 31: “Animal Kingdom” at Newark Museum of Art.
Through Jan. 11: “Family, Community, Belonging: Works from the Collection” at Montclair Art Museum.
Through Jan 11: “Clifford Ward: I’ll Make Me a World” at Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton.
Through March 1: “Morven Revealed: Untold Stories From New Jersey’s Most Historic Home” at Morven Museum & Garden, Princeton. (NJArts.net Review)
Through March 7: “Risham Syed: Destiny Fractured” at The Newark Museum of Art.
Through Dec. 31, 2027: “Transformations: The Wasserstein Collection of Contemporary Glass” at Museum of American Glass, Millville
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UPCOMING
Aug. 2-31: “Cult of Beauty: Celebrating the Extraordinary in the Ordinary,” works by Deb Sinha at Art House Productions, Jersey City.
Aug. 9: “Robin Frohardt: Shopping Center Parking Lot” at ArtYard, Frenchtown.
Sept. 5-29: “Hope & Freedom,” works by Mira Mitrova at Ruth Bauer Neustadter Gallery at Hackensack Performing Arts Center.
Sept. 6-28: “Artist Narrator: The Art of Storytelling in Contemporary Painting,” works by Grace Graupe-Pillard, Christina Schlesinger, Giustina Surbone and Robin Tewes at Art House Productions, Jersey City.
Sept. 13-Jan. 4: “Tom Nussbaum: But Wait, There’s More!” at Montclair Art Museum.
Sept. 13-Aug. 9, 2026: “Christine Romanell: Sacred Transition” at Montclair Art Museum.
Sept. 14: Arts in the Park, Highland Park.
Oct. 3-Nov. 10: “Roots of Light,” works by Amy Ashlyn at Ruth Bauer Neustadter Gallery at Hackensack Performing Arts Center.
Oct. 11-Nov. 30: “Yanni Fotiadis: Architect as Artist” at Montclair Art Museum.
Nov. 20-June 28: “JP Terlizzi: Remembering Eden” at Montclair Art Museum.
Nov. 22-March 15: “Jordan Eagles: Centrifuge,” presented by Princeton University Art Museum at Art@Bainbridge.
Dec. 12-14: Holiday Craft Morristown at Morristown Armory.
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