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Tres gay in Hartford

*“Studio Still Life” (acrylic on wood panel), by New York painter Kyle Dunn, in his show Matrix 194, at the Wadsworth Athenaeum Museum of Art, Hartford, June 7-Sept. 1*
*- Courtesy of the Artist and P·P·O·W, New York*
*- Photo by JSP Art Photography*

The museum says:

“Kyle Dunn’s luminous paintings dramatize themes of intimacy and alienation. In alluring domestic scenes, men perform everyday rituals against the backdrop of the big city, whose glow shines through the windows of their small apartments. Some of his composite figures sit in quiet contemplation, while others are seemingly caught during romantic encounters. Spatially ambiguous settings collapse interior and exterior worlds—both physical and psychological—inviting us to question the boundaries between public and private, individual and collective.’’

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Keeps them moving

“Geisha-Revue, The Dance on the Volcano’’ (1911/13, oil on canvas), by Georg Tappert, at the Wadsworth Athenaeum Museum of Art, Hartford. It’s part of the show “The Dance on the Volcano: German Expressionism at the Wadsworth,’’ through May 30. — “*Geisha-Revue, The Dance on the Volcano*’’ *(1911/13, oil on canvas),* *by Georg Tappert, at the Wadsworth Athenaeum Museum of Art, Hartford. It’s part of the show “The Dance on the Volcano: German Expressionism at the Wadsworth,’’ through May 30.*

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Everything is animated

"Eager'' (video still from stop-motion, clay animation video with sound), by ALLISON SCHULNIK, in the "Allison Schulnik/Matrix 168'' show at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, through May 4.