Patte Loper’s melancholy paintings and drawings of fluffy little
dogs adrift in modernist interiors and fawns added to a series of
famous minimalist installation photographs from the 1970s were charming
to look at but also secretly thick with references and questions
about art, sex, and nature. Now, in a show of new drawings and
animation, she’s taking on Antarctica. (Platform Gallery,
114 Third Ave S, 323-2808. Reception 5–7 pm,
free.)

Jen Graves (The Stranger’s former arts critic) mostly writes about things you approach with your eyeballs. But she’s also a history nerd interested in anything that needs more talking about, from male...