CRAFT IN AMERICA: EXPANDING TRADITIONS
The only East Coast venue and the last stop on the national tour of this vigorous survey of craft objects, seen as both artworks and repositories of American history. Through May 25. Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton. 508-588-6000, www.fullercraft.org
MAHJONG: CONTEMPORARY CHINESE ART FROM THE SIGG COLLECTION
The only East Coast venue for this selection of 100 works from Uli Sigg's widely admired collection of Chinese art made over the last 40 years. The show includes work by such stars as Ai Weiwei and Zhang Huan. Through May 17. Peabody Essex Museum, Salem. 978-745-9500, www.pem.org.
SHOWA SOPHISTICATION: JAPAN IN THE 1930S A delightful look at cultural shifts in 1930s Tokyo - the early Showa era - as reflected in recently acquired paintings that combine modern subject matter with a clean, bright graphic style that is fizzily appealing. Through Nov. 8. Museum of Fine Arts. 617-267-9300, www.mfa.org
TEA CULTURE OF JAPAN: CHANOYU PAST AND PRESENT
An exhibition exploring 1,000 years of Japanese tea culture, or chanoyu, through approximately 100 exquisite objects, including tea utensils, painted screens, and traditional attire, drawn primarily from the Peggy and Richard M. Danziger Collection. The show includes a life-size portable tea room fitted out for a 16th-century tea ceremony. Through April 26. Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven. 203-432-0600, www.artgallery.yale.edu
SEBASTIAN SMEE
