With it, the Fondation Cartier continues the tradition of staging unconventional, thought-provoking exhibitions in its home, a stunning building designed by Jean Nouvel.

Using fine choices representing four widely respected artists, this small but thought-provoking exhibition explores the contributions that handmade paper can make to a work of art.

It's one of the most moving, thought-provoking exhibitions I've seen.

Taken together with the attractive catalogue by the show's curator, Kevin Avery, they make a concentrated and thought-provoking exhibition.

The Firehouse presents "thought-provoking exhibitions, supporting innovative and emerging artists, and engaging the public through exposure to high-quality artwork, exhibition-related discussions, and arts activities."

We thought it would make a thought-provoking exhibition.

But whether or not one agrees with Mr. Tillim's conclusions, his thought-provoking exhibition throws valuable light on some of the most vexing critical questions in contemporary art.

The first of these two thought-provoking exhibitions sets the stage for the other, and Strand's early photographs, seen in vintage prints, are the main event.

Perhaps the idea that art can combine moral fierceness with gentleness is the lesson to carry away from this modestly presented but thought-provoking exhibition.

Among those exhilarated was the photographer Paul Strand (1890-1976), whose early work is the subject of a thought-provoking exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.