DOVE / O’KEEFFE: CIRCLES OF INFLUENCE An exploration of the mutual influence these two popular giants of early American modernism exerted on each other. Through Sept. 7. Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown. 413-458-2303, www.clarkart.edu

THE OLD, WEIRD AMERICA: FOLK THEMES IN CONTEMPORARY ART

The first museum exhibition to explore the widespread resurgence of folk imagery and mythic history in recent American art, inspired by Greil Marcus’s book of the same name. Through Sept. 7. DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln. 781-259-8355, www.decordova.com

MATTHEW DAY JACKSON: THE IMMEASURABLE DISTANCE

An ambitious, at times pulsating show of sculptures, installations, and video by the young American artist. Through July 12. MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge. 617-253-4680, listart.mit.edu

VIDA Y DRAMA: MODERN MEXICAN PRINTS A concise, rewarding survey of printmaking in Mexico from the time of the great muralists (Rivera, Siqueiros, and Orozco) through 1957. Through Nov. 2. Museum of Fine Arts. 617-267-9300, www.mfa.org SEBASTIAN SMEE