The latest exhibition at the Transformer Station brings selections of the Akron Art Museum’s permanent collection to Cleveland for the first time. Choice: Contemporary Art from the Akron Art Museum opens with a reception from 7 to 9 p.m. today (Transformer Station members can preview the exhibition beginning at 5 p.m.). Choice is part of the Akron Art Museum’s ongoing outreach initiative to engage with surrounding communities, and invite the public back to the museum to further explore its collection, world-class architecture and new public garden space. Choice remains on view at the Transformer Station through Dec. 6. Free. (Usmani)
Africa & Byzantium considers the complex artistic relationships between northern and eastern African Christian kingdoms and the Byzantine Empire from the fourth…