Martha Jackson Jarvis

Washington, DC Dumbarton Oakes A perfect match of artist and venue, “Outside/IN” (whose outdoor component remains open until December 16) shines an overdue spotlight on a substantial body of work by Washington, DC, sculptor Martha Jackson Jarvis, while illuminating the collections that led to the creation of this Harvard research center as a “home of

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Senga Nengudi

Los Angeles Art + Practice As far as symbolism is concerned, certain materials arrive ready-made, freighted with meaning. The protean sculptor/dancer Senga Nengudi, a major influence on Los Angeles’s African American art scene of the ’70s and ’80s, employs a material whose sole function is to be in contact with the female body.

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