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Ansel Adams’ iconic photographs of the American West are among the most influential and memorable images of the natural environment, especially his National Parks photography from the 1940s. But his early photos shed light on his artistic development and his larger body of work, says Adams scholar Dr. Rebecca A. Senf, chief curator for the Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona and author of the book Making a Photographer: The Early Work...

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Art lovers, you can go home again. The Phoenix Art Museum is open to the public again, in full force. There are new exhibitions and special installations such as Stories of Abstraction: Contemporary Latin American Art in the Global Context and Seeking Immortality: Ancient Artifacts (burial objects from China, Japan and Korea). You can see Colors of Sky and Clouds: Chinese Blue–and-White Porcelain, plus Teresita Fernández: Elemental – the opening of the latter was delayed...

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1. Gallery Talk: Longer Ways to Go at Phoenix Art Museum – April 19
This exhibition dives into photos taken on America’s tangled web of roads and how they influenced the evolution of an American identity. The photos explore rural life, nature, westward expansion and personal freedom. Free. 7-8 p.m. Phoenix Art Museum, 1625 N. Central Ave., Phoenix, phxart.org.