'Flat Line'

Just shy of its first anniversary, Sellout, the hot-box mini-gallery situated in the front of Ruben Nusz's Northrup King Building studio, is closing. The final show, morbidly titled "Flat Line," breaks with the gallery's standard three-artist format, trotting out a bonanza of 2-D work from the space's flat file archives. You may recognize names such as Allen Brewer, Tectonic Industries, Pamela Valfer, Bruce Tapola and David Petersen. "Flat Line" also breaks with the gallery's lust for odd materials and conceptualism with what, on preview, appears to be a plain ol' drawing show. Of course, we've never known Nusz to settle for anything less than frenetic intellectualism, so "drawing" may be just another concept to volley back and forth in multiple entendres. Expect heavy death puns, wry resignation and maybe a hint of a celebratory wake. Free opening reception 6-9 p.m. Fri 3/5. Sellout, Studio 456, Northrup King Building, www.selloutart.com.

• Gregory J. Scott

'Gardens for Winter'

Veteran gardeners know that their gardens are often most beautiful in February and March when, flush with summer promise, they bloom in the imagination. Three Minnesota artists -- Elizabeth Erickson, Joyce Lyon and Sandra Menefee Taylor -- have unpacked that metaphor into a new show featuring paintings, drawings and mixed-media artworks. More event details.

• Mary Abbe