
ASIA IN AMSTERDAM: THE CULTURE OF LUXURY IN THE GOLDEN AGE A collaboration with the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, this exhibition of around 170 objects addresses the rich connections between luxury goods imported from Asia and paintings and objects made in response by the Dutch in the 17th century. Closes June 5. Peabody Essex Museum, East India Square, Salem. 978-745-9500. www.pem.org
MEGACITIES ASIA Sculptures, installations, and other large-scale work grounded in an aesthetic of accumulation by artists based in Asian cities of 10 million people or more (Mumbai, Beijing, Shanghai, Delhi, Seoul). Includes installations and sculptures by Ai Weiwei, Song Dong, Hema Upadhyay, Subodh Gupta, Asim Waqif, Yin Xiuzhen, Hu Xiangcheng, the collective flyingCity, and Aaditi Joshi. Through July 17. Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave. 617-267-9300, www.mfa. org
REVOLUTION OF THE EYE: MODERN ART AND THE BIRTH OF AMERICAN TELEVISION More than 260 objects open a window onto the ways in which avant-garde art affected the look of early television, and the ways in which TV in turn spread people’s awareness of modern art. Through July 31. Addison Gallery of American Art, 180 Main St., Andover. 978-749-4015, www.andover.edu/museums/addison
ALEX DA CORTE: FREE ROSES Installations (“Lightning,’’ detail pictured), collage paintings, and, best of all, videos in bright colors and surreal, Pop-influenced imagery, by the talented young artist. Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, 87 Marshall St., North Adams. Through January 2017. 413-662-2111, www.mass moca.orgSEBASTIAN SMEE


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