Calendar. 11.14.12.

Compact Object (Konpakuto obuje), 1962, by Nakanishi Natsuyuki. Bones, watch parts, hair, eggshells and other objects embedded in polyester. Part of the exhibit Tokyo 1955-1970: A New Avant-Garde, at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Opens Thursday, in Midtown. (Image courtesy of MoMA.)

• Boston: This Will Have Been: Art, Love and Politics in the 1080s, at the Institute of Contemporary Art. Opens Thursday.
• NYC: Martha Rosler, Meta Monumental Garage Sale, at the Museum of Modern Art. Opens Saturday, in Midtown.
• NYC: George Bellows, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Opens Thursday, on the Upper East Side.
• NYC: The Art of Scent 1889-2012, at the Museum of Arts and Design. Through February 24, in Midtown.
• NYC: Sinister Pop, at the Whitney Museum. Opens Thursday, on the Upper East Side.
• NYC: Ed Ruscha, at Gagosian Gallery in Chelsea. Opens Saturday at 4pm, on 24th Street.
• NYC: 13.0.0.0.0, a group show, at RH Gallery. Opens this evening at 6pm, in Tribeca.
• NYC: As Real As It Gets, organized by Rob Walker, at Apexart. Opens Thursday, in downtown Manhattan.
• NYC: Transparent Studio: Daniel Ballesteros, at Bose Pacia. Through December 15, in Dumbo.
• NYC: Yoon Lee, Road to Absolution, at Pierogi Gallery. Opens Friday at 7pm in Williamsburg.
• NYC: James Huang, The Gospel of Skills, at Auxiliary Projects. Opens Friday at 7pm in Bushwick.
• Chicago: Color Bind: The MCA Collection in Black and White, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. Through April 28.
• S.F.: APEX, at 941 Geary. Opens Saturday, in downtown.
• L.A.: Bodies and Shadows, Caravaggio and His Legacy, at LACMA. Through February 10, in the Fairfax District.
• L.A.: Florence at the Dawn of the Renaissance, at the Getty Museum. Through February 10. (This looks like it’s gonna be a bangin’ show…)