French conceptual artist Sophie Calle’s projects spring from boredom, a desire to explore intimacy, a lack of intimacy, a fascination with other people and a deep pleasure in voyeurism. Her exhibition “Overshare,” curated by Henriette Huldisch, spans 50 years of the artist’s work and proposes the idea that Calle might have predicted the rise of social media, where anyone can become a celebrity. Calle’s work probes deeper questions about the human experience such as life and death, love and heartbreak. Ends Jan. 26.

Midway Contemporary Art’s new space in northeast Minneapolis used to be a limousine garage, a coincidence that piqued artist Cameron Patricia Downey’s interest. Downey comes from a Midwestern family of Black chauffeurs. Parked in the middle of the gallery is an out-of-use black limousine with a two-channel video inside, relaying a mixture of poetic text and bluesy tunes. Downey, who is a first-year Master of Fine Arts student at Yale University, uses familiar consumer items in her work, such as plastic pickle bags, melted Fla-vor-ice freezer pops, colorful wigs, a PlayStation 2 dance pad and more to discuss the fine line between luxury and performance. Ends Jan. 25.