A blockbuster meetup of Manet and Degas, an unprecedented retrospective for Ed Ruscha and a once-in-a-lifetime chance to see an 800-year-old ink painting that has never before left Asia — the new season of museum shows is full of heart-stoppers. A new gallery devoted to plaster is set to open at the Museum of Modern Art, too, and drawing shows are everywhere, from Hanne Darboven in Texas to Stéphane Mandelbaum in New York. SeptemberONLY THE YOUNG: EXPERIMENTAL ART IN KOREA, 1960s-1970s Coming of age in a rapidly changing country, postwar Korean artists innovated without fear. Organized with the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Seoul, this show is slated to travel on to the Hammer in Los Angeles. (Sept. 1-Jan. 7, 2024; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum)JA’TOVIA GARY: THE GIVERNY SUITE A Black feminist angle on art history — and on Monet’s famous gardens at Giverny, France — in a newly acquired video installation.

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Persons: Manet, Degas, Ed Ruscha, Hanne Darboven, Stéphane Mandelbaum, Ruth Asawa, Michelangelo, Asawa, Solomon R, GARY Organizations: Museum of Modern, Whitney Museum of American, Francisco’s Legion, Honor, National Museum of Modern, Art, Guggenheim Museum, Modern, of Fine Arts Locations: Asia, Texas, New York, KOREA, Seoul, Los Angeles, Giverny, France, Houston