Inspired by old maps

“Stretched Marker” (woven silk yardage), by Liz Collins, in the “current “Stretching Boundaries’,’ show at the Addison Museum of American at Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass.

The gallery says:

“An extraordinary collection of antique maps at Phillips Academy, dating from the Age of Discovery, has brought together six diverse artists who were invited to view, study and interact with the documents and create works in response to them. The artists — Sonny Assu, Andrea Chung, Liz Collins, Spencer Finch, Josh T. Franco and Heidi Whitman — produced installations that reflect each artist’s unique perspectives on the historical documents.’’

Tough look at 1950s America

“Trolley—New Orleans ‘‘ (neg. 1955-1956, print 1989, gelatin silver print) , by the great Swiss-American photographer Robert Frank (1924-2019) as seen in his book The Americans.

A show — “Robert Frank: The Americans” — running until April 11 at the Addison Gallery of American Art, at Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass., displays a range of photographs from the famed book, providing an unflinching account of 1950s America. Note in this picture that the Blacks had to sit in the back in the still-segregated South.

The unusual Andover Town Hall.

Lethal game

"Chess,'' by LORNA SIMPSON, in her Sept. 20-Jan. 4 show at the Addison Gallery,  at Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass.