Critic's picks - visual arts

AND SO TO BED: INDIAN BED CURTAINS FROM A STATELY ENGLISH HOME

A small exhibition using two hangings - one embroidered cotton, the other hand-painted calico - brought to England from India to explore the influence of the "Indies" on interior decoration in 17th-century Britain. Through June 21. Museum of Fine Arts. 617-267-9300, www.mfa.org

GARY KNOX BENNETT: CALL ME CHAIRMAKER

Fifty-two one-of-a-kind chairs, many of them riffing on designs by the likes of Frank Lloyd Wright, Gerrit Rietveld, and Charles Rennie Mackintosh. The show was organized by the Bellevue Arts Museum in Washington. Through Feb. 8. Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton. 508-588-6000, www.fullercraft.org

THE ABCDS OF SOL LEWITT

Work exploring the underlying grammar of the Minimalist and Conceptual master, all of it from the late artist's private collection, in a show designed to complement the huge wall-drawing retrospective at nearby Mass MoCA. Through May 17. Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown. 413-597-2429, www.wcma.org

BESSIE POTTER VONNOH

An exquisite exhibition devoted to the pioneering female sculptor of womanhood and childhood at this remarkable Connecticut museum, known as the "home of American Impressionism." Through Jan. 11. Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme, Conn. 860-434-5542, www.flogris.org

SEBASTIAN SMEE