Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art

From bird portraits to black-on-white meditations, September’s Hudson Valley art shows span the mythic, the musical, and the wildly material.

Work by Dawoud Bey, Christina Fernandez, Richard Mosse, and Rick Silva will be on display.

Art shows to check out this month: Rollie McKenna at the Lehman Loeb Art Center, Sean Hemmerle at Front Room Gallery, "Global Connections" at the Dorsky Museum at the Dorsky Museum, Olalekan Jeyifous at Art Omi, Bobby Grossman at Time and Space Limited, Mark Hogancamp at One Mile Gallery, Caitlin MacBride at Kinderhook Knitting Mill, and Tatana Kellner at Garrison Art Center.

These seven heavy-hitting museums in the Hudson Valley and the Berkshires are worthy weekend destinations for your fall and winter adventuring.

The Dorsky Museum mounts a retrospective of pioneering curator, artist, and community builder Ben Wigfall.

“Mary Frank: The Observing Heart,” a retrospective of the Hudson Valley artist's work, opens February 5 at The Dorsky Museum at SUNY New Paltz