I like smaller art museums and Bostonians are lucky to have several outstanding ones nearby. On Sunday I drove up Interstate 93 to Andover Mass and visited the remodeled and now reopened Addison Gallery of Phillips Academy. The Addison has a basement full of wooden ship models that my father visited as a boy, and while both of us always enjoy them, on this visit we focused on an exhibition of photographs by Paul Fusco. Fusco did a lot of work for Look magazine, which was a bi-weekly competitor to Life magazine. I liked Look a lot more. Look had better graphic design, better printing and a smaller group of photographers who worked best in color. This show consists of 20 rediscovered prints chosen from thousands of shots that Fusco took on the train that carried Robert F. Kennedy’s body to Washington, D.C. Because of Look’s biweekly schedule they were never printed because they were deemed old news. Great work that makes you think about many things.

The Addison also has a retrospective of 80 works drawn from its permanent collection, by artists who have previously been showed at the Gallery. Most of the work is very good. Not all of it is famous but a lot is including Winslow Homer and Jackson Pollock. But it is all very good, shown in handsome galleries. FREE.

My favorite show at the Addison was by the American fiber artist Sheila Hicks. After being born in Hastings, Nebraska Hicks had the good fortune or misfortune to leave the United States for Paris when Paris was being eclipsed as the center for modern art. This show is on tour and can be seen at the Mint Museum of Art and Craft in Charlotte, NC. This is not within driving range but if you’re in the Carolinas ….