The splendor of fall exhibits
— -- Museum curators often open their best shows in the fall, when the cooling off from the summer swelter seems to spark energy. USA TODAY's Maria Puente takes a look at some of the season's most notable exhibits nationwide.
Latin American Art
Frida Kahlo Walker Art Center, Minneapolis Oct. 27-Jan. 20, 2008 She's Our Lady of Latino Art, eclipsing in some ways even her beloved husband, Mexican muralist Diego Rivera. This centennial exhibit, featuring 50 paintings from 1926 to 1954, when she died, travels to Philadelphia and San Francisco. 612-375-7600; walkerart.org
Martín Ramírez Milwaukee Art Museum Oct. 6-Jan. 13, 2008 Mexican-born, self-taught, catatonic schizophrenic, no English, no papers. Ramirez (d. 1963) wasn't the usual art-world star — but his art was extraordinary. Featured: 80 of his expressive and complex drawings. 414-224-3200; mam.org
Asian Art
Arts of Japan:The John C. Weber CollectionMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston Sept. 22-Jan. 13, 2008 This show, along with Drama and Desire: Japanese Paintings Fom the Floating World 1690-1850 (through Dec. 16), is part of the museum's celebration of Japan. Featured are 80 masterworks from early 12th through the mid-20th centuries. 617-267-9300; mfa.org
Treasures From Shanghai:5,000 Years of Chinese Art and CultureHouston Museum of Natural Science Through Jan. 6, 2008 Seventy-seven sets of objects from about 3000 B.C. to early 20th century trace evolution of Chinese technology and culture. 713-639-4629; hmns.org
American Art
Earl Cunningham's AmericaSmithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C. Through Nov. 4 This retrospective, with 50 canvases, presents one of the premier folk artists of the 20th century as a modernist. 202-633-1000; americanart.si.edu
Photography
Edward Weston: Enduring VisionJ. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles Through Nov. 25 This show from the museum's own collections features 150 works spanning Weston's career from the 1900s to the 1940s. 310-440-7300; getty.edu
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