In New York: Carmen Herrara | Lines of Sight
Some artists get a major museum show right out of graduate school; some artists have to wait until they’re 101. This is an overdue showcase for the Cuban-born centenarian painter, whose exacting geometric compositions – of boldly contrasting blue and orange stripes, or whispering green triangles drowned in fields of white – have an emotional impact that belies their hard edges. They also hint at her early study of architecture; Herrera studied the building arts at the University of Havana in 1938. Info 
On Saturday and Sunday, 3 pm gallery tours are included with admission. Info 
The Whitney Museum of American Art, 99 Gansevoort Street, NY, NY Info
Above: Carmen Herrera (b. 1915), Untitled, 1948. Acrylic on canvas, 48 × 38 in. (121.9 × 96.5 cm). Collection of Yolanda Santos © Carmen Herrera; photograph by Roberto Ortiz.

In Los Angeles: Doug Aitkin | Electric Earth
A grove of trees, an undulating desert, a horse in a field: seemingly banal imagery becomes, in Aitken’s immersive and rhythmic video projections, the source of intense and uncanny sensations. The first American retrospective for this California artist, spanning 40,000 sq ft, will feature seven of his hi-def, hi-spec video works, one of which is new. Aitken’s installations may be the biggest draw for a Hollywood crowd, but this show also promises to highlight his drawings and collages, which articulate the same themes of displacement and urban life with rather more delicacy. Info
The Geffen Contemporary of MOCA, 152 North Central Avenue, Los Angeles, CA Info
On Saturday and Sunday, gallery tours, at noon and 2pm, are included with admission. Info

Opening next weekend in D.C.: National Museum of African American History and Culture
On the last vacant lot on the national mall, in the shadow of the Washington monument, the British architect  David Adjaye has designed a lustrous home for the newest member museum of the Smithsonian. The bronze-covered aluminum grilles, whose designs draw on cast-iron fixtures made by American slaves, enclose 105,000 sq ft of exhibition space, devoted to a new, full-throated narrative of black history. The museum has had to put together its entire collection in just 13 years; it now houses 35,000 objects, evidence of the goodwill and impatience that have greeted this new institution. Info|
Timed entry passes are available here
Preview the inaugural installation on NYTimes interactive, here

This Fall Art Roundup courtesy The Guardian