Other exhibitions

Swarthmore's season opener is "William Daley: Vesica Explorations," 19 of the acclaimed ceramic artist's recent slab-built vessels. (To Oct. 31; 610-328-8488 or www.swarthmore.edu/Humanities/art/Gallery.)

Gallery 339 Are female photographer-portraitists superior to their male counterparts? You have to wonder when you learn that "Personal Views: Contemporary Photographic Portraiture in Philadelphia" is made up of works by Justyna Badach, Rita Bernstein, Jessica Todd Harper, Andrea Modica, Nadine Rovner, Sarah Stolfa, and Zoe Strauss. (Wednesday-Nov. 14; 215-731-1530 or www.gallery339.com.)

Gallery Joe's later-than-usual fall opening should be worth the wait, and certainly of the moment. "Formulations" features number-based works by Xylor Jane, Will Yackulic, Lynne Woods Turner, and Serge Onnen, all on paper except for Onnen's video. (Oct. 2-Nov. 21; 215-592-7752 or www.galleryjoe.com).

Fleisher/Ollman Gallery's John Ollman is honoring his favorite show, "Magiciens de la Terre," the seminal 1989 exhibition organized by Jean-Hubert Martin for the Centre Georges Pompidou. Its memorable case for the inclusion of non-Western art in the canon will be evoked in Fleisher/Ollman's rendition. (Oct. 15-Dec. 5; 215-545-7562 or www.fleisher-ollmangallery.

com.)

Larry Becker Contemporary Art. Waiting to see what Barry Goldberg has been up to? Becker shows off the artist's recent oil and encaustic paintings - some in diptych and triptych form - and watercolors on paper. (Dec. 5-Jan. 23; 215-925-5389 or www.artnet.com/

lbecker.html.)

And, peeking into 2010, the much-anticipated first international festival of contemporary art, "Philagrafika 2010: The Graphic Unconscious," will take place at venues all over the city starting Jan. 29 and running all the way to April.