“Wedding Dresses 1775-2014”
Victoria & Albert Museum
London
Through March 15
The little black dress suitable for every occasion is all well and good. But it’s the long white dress worn just once that’s the most important among items of fashionable female attire. Designers with matrimonial work on display in this V&A exhibition include Charles Frederick Worth, Norman Hartnell, Charles James, John Galliano, Christian Lacroix, Vivienne Westwood, and Vera Wang. Cromwell Road, 011-44-20-7942-2000, www.vam.ac.uk
“Paparazzi”
Schirn Kunsthalle
Frankfurt
Through Oct. 12
More than 500 photographs and texts are on display in this historical overview of celebrity photography. The show also include the work of such “ringers” as Cindy Sherman, Gerhard Richter, and Andy Warhol. Römerberg, 011-49-69-299882.0, www.schirn.de/en
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“Ming: The Golden Empire”
National Museum of Scotland
Edinburgh
Through Oct. 14
This look at the first modern Chinese dynasty (1368-1644) includes a wide selection of items from the Nanjing Museum. They include silks and other textiles, paintings, jade, gold, and ceramics. Chambers Street, 011-44-300-123-6789, www.nms.ac.uk
“Deco Japan: Shaping Art and Culture, 1920-1945”
Asian Art Museum, Seattle
Through Oct. 19
Usually considered a Western style, Art Deco also left its mark on Japanese art and design. Nearly 200 objects — sculpture, painting, prints, ceramics, jewelry, textiles, furniture — give a sense of just how deep and extensive that mark was. 1400 East Prospect St., 206-654-3100, www.seattleartmuse
um.org
“Picasso TV”
Picasso Museum
Malaga, Spain
Through Nov. 16
It’s only July, but this year may already have its most unexpected exhibition. “Picasso TV” looks at the influence the French television programs the artist watched in the final four years of his life had on his work. Calle San Agustín 8, 011-34-95-212-7600, www.museopicassomalaga.org
“Andrew Wyeth:Looking Out, Looking In”
National Gallery of Art
Washington
Through Nov. 30
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A window is a potent visual metaphor for the canvas, one that fascinated Wyeth for six decades. This exhibition brings together renderings of windows from throughout his career. 6th Street and Constitution Avenue NW, 202-737-4215, www.nga.gov
“Mauritshuis — The Building”
Mauritshuis, The Hague
Through Jan. 15
The Netherlands’ most cherished museum — with its paintings by Vermeer, Rembrandt, Hals, Rubens, Holbein, and van Ruisdael — celebrates the conclusion last month of its two-year-long renovation with an exhibition about . . . itself. Plein 29, 011-31-70-302-3456, www.mauritshuis.nl/en
“The Paris of Toulouse-Lautrec: Prints and Posters”
Museum of Modern Art, New York
July 26-March 22
The work of no artist so vividly conjures up La Belle Époque as does that of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. More than 100 examples of his celebrations of Parisian night life and entertainment are on display. 11 West 53d St., 212-708-9400, www.moma.org
National Center for Civil and Human Rights
Atlanta
Expansion
The center opened 42,000 square feet of exhibition space last month. It aims to connect the US civil rights movement of the ’60s with today’s global human rights movement.
100 Ivan Allen Jr. Blvd., 678-999-8990, www.civilandhumanrights.org
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute
Williamstown
Renovation and reopening
On July 4, the Clark reopened after a nearly four-month-long hiatus. A new visitors center, designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Tadao Ando, adds 11,000 square feet of gallery space. Renovations in the main building have added a further 2,200 square feet for exhibitions. 225 South St., 413-458-2303, www.clarkart.edu
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