Sebastian Smee's visual art picks for 2010
BEST OVERALL SHOW: “Charles Le Dray: workworkworkworkwork,’’ Institute of Contemporary Art.
BEST (OTHER) CONTEMPORARY SHOWS: “Lynda Benglis,’’ Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art, Providence; “Mark Bradford,’’ ICA; “Chakaia Booker: In and Out,’’ DeCordova Sculpture Park + Museum, Lincoln
BEST MODERN SHOW: “Picasso Looks at Degas,’’ The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown
BEST INTERNATIONAL SHOW: “The Emperor’s Private Paradise: Treasures From the Forbidden City,’’ Peabody Essex Museum, Salem
BEST GROUP SHOWS: “The 2010 DeCordova Biennial’’ in Lincoln. “Material World: Sculpture to Environment,’’ Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams
BEST OLD MASTER: “Luis Melendez,’’ Museum of Fine Arts
MOST FUN: “Avedon Fashion: 1944-2000,’’ MFA
BEST NEW DISPLAY: “Art of the Americas Wing,’’ MFA.
BEST COLLEGE MUSEUM SHOWS: “A Room of Their Own: The Bloomsbury Artists in American Collections,’’ Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton. “Harold Reddicliffe: Paintings From Three Decades,’’ Boston University Art Gallery. “Mexico: Beyond Its Revolution,’’ Tufts University Art Gallery
BEST SCHOLARLY SHOW: “Fiery Pool: The Maya and the Mythic Sea,’’ Peabody Essex Museum
