Maps are usually seen as practical things, not works of art. The curator James Lingwood thinks otherwise. His exhibition at Thomas Dane in Naples investigates the power maps hold as objects, designs, inspiration. The exhibition’s title, “Atlante,” comes from the Italian word for “atlas.” A 1968 portfolio by Claudio Parmiggiani sees him photographing deflated blow-up globes. Luigi Ghirri, who photographed his own crumpled plastic globe in 1973, focuses on close-ups of diverse landscapes, what he calls a “journey through images” (in an essay, Ghirri writes that “within the atlas, all possible journeys are already described, all itineraries already traced”). The Cape Town artist Igshaan Adams is represented by a series of amazing tapestries that shimmer with beads and wires. Some of the artists use Google Maps satellite images, others evoke charts of movement to symbolize the murkiness of current “geo-political weather.” —Maggie Turner