Timothy Lowlys large-scale portrait Temma on Earth shows his young daughter, physically and mentally disabled since birth, lying helpless in the dirt. Most haunting is the expression on her face: mouth gaping open and blank eyes staring at somethingor is it nothing?that we cant grasp. In Gaze: Vision, Desire, and Difference in the Frye Collections (through January 4), curators Jo-Anne Birnie Danzker and Donna Kovalenko put the emphasis on lookinghow we look at art, how those being depicted direct their own eyes. The show also contains works by Gabriel von Max, Franz Xaver Winterhalter, and other artists. In Steven Assaels photograph IRT #7, a subway candid, unsuspecting New York passengers have no idea of our scrutiny. Other subjects include seductresses and smitten fools. Most interesting among them are those who stare right back at us, meeting our gaze. Theyre looking at a voyeurin other words, you. Frye Art Museum, 704 Terry Ave., 622-9250, www.fryemuseum.org. Free. 10 a.m.5 p.m. ERIKA HOBART
Tuesdays-Sundays, 10 a.m. Starts: Aug. 31. Continues through Jan. 4, 2008