Sebastian Smee's picks
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Best contemporary: "Anish Kapoor: Past Present Future" and "Tara Donovan," both at the Institute of Contemporary Art.
Best old master: "El Greco to Velazquez: Art During the Reign of Philip III," Museum of Fine Arts
Best modern: "Mystic Masque: Semblance and Reality in Georges Rouault, 1871-1958," McMullen Museum of Art
Best design/decorative arts: "Imperishable Beauty: Art Nouveau Jewelry," MFA
Best ancient: "Art and Empire: Treasures from Assyria in the British Museum," MFA
Best themed show: "Wedded Bliss: The Marriage of Art and Ceremony," Peabody Essex Museum, and "Badlands: New Horizons in Landscape," Mass MoCA
Best video/film: "Chantal Akerman: Moving Through Time and Space," MIT List Visual Arts Center
Biggest disappointment: "The 2008 James and Audrey Foster Prize," ICA
Best political timing: "Andy Warhol: Pop Politics," Currier Museum of Art
Best show of the year: "Sol LeWitt: A Wall Drawing Retrospective," Mass MoCA