On display: Howardena Pindell’s 1980 video Free, White and 21, through Dec. 23, in which the artist appears in whiteface to convey the often-invisible racism confronting black women; The Touch of the Butterfly: Whistler and His Influence, through Dec. 16; The Character of Characters, through Dec. 23, A.D. White Professor-at-Large Xu Bing’s playful and poetic five-channel animation, included in the Cornell Council for the Arts 2018 Biennial; and Leo Villareal’s Cosmos, ongoing.
– Daniel Aloi