In HIDDEN HEROES: The Genius of Everyday Things, the M.I.T Museum focuses on commonplace objects whose ubiquity and reliability have obscured their importance in the day-to-day life of the 21st century.Objects such as the tea bag, dowel, lightbulb, and zipper are highlighted here to demonstrate their on-going conceptual and economic importance.

The Norton Museum of Art presents The Radical Camera: New York's Photo League 1936-1951, an exhibition of over 170 works by members of the influential group founded on the conviction that photography could motivate social change. The show includes works by Berenice Abbott, Aaron Siskind, Weegee, and other artists who contributed to the group's publications, exhibits, and educational programs during its' brief incarnation.

The exhibit offers examples of post-war design, jandscape, and architecture that contributed to the idea of "LA style". Drawings, photos, film, ephemera, and oral histories all contribute to the modeling of a new design language unique to southern California. Museum info at getty.edu, for more on the same subject see the Living In A Modern Way exhibit at LACMA or purchase the companion Handbook of CA Design 1930-1965: Craftspeople,Designers & Manufacturers, now available at LAMA.com.

Only a show about small things could have this many big names. Described as "intimate, whimsical, wearable sculpture", the exhibit showcases over 100 pieces of jewelry created by artists and commissioned or purchased for the collection of curator.... Artist-creators include Louise Nevelson, Salvador Dali, Max Ernst, Anish Kapor,Roy Lichtenstein, Michele Oka Doner and many, many more of today's best- and little-known artists.