Visual art

HALLYU! THE KOREAN WAVE It’s no secret that popular culture from South Korea has been exploding in recent years (if you haven’t heard of “Parasite,” “Squid Game,” or BTS, you may as well stop here). Exploring its rapid rise to global prominence is this exhibition, which combines art, fashion, music, drama, and technology to provide a closer look at a little country that endured multiple oppressive regimes through much of the 20th century to emerge in the 21st with expansively American-esque global cultural import. Through July 28. Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 465 Huntington Ave. 617-267-9300, www.mfa.org

A set of propositions of a future planet adapting creatively to the accelerating impacts of the climate crisis, this exhibition, which comes from the Barbican Museum in London, engages viewers with immersive, experiential artworks meant to prompt out-of-box thinking to meet the inevitably massive change of the next few decades. Unexpected, at least by me, is a collaborative piece by the art/science/advertising collective Holition and noted climate sage George Monbiot, whose 2006 book “Heat” was among the very early public warnings of a rapidly changing global climate. Through June 9. Peabody Essex Museum, 161 Essex St., Salem. 978-7459500, pem.org

BETWEEN WORLDS: THE ART AND DESIGN OF LEO LIONNI As the weather turns warm again, I can’t help but think of Frederick, to me the most iconic of Leo Lionni’s countlessly iconic field mice, who lazed about all autumn while his family labored to gather provisions for winter. Frederick, it turned out, was busy gathering something else: sunshine, which he shared with warm thoughts deep in the family burrow as winter closed in. If there’s anything in common among the dozens of children’s books Lionni made over his career, it’s warmth — something much needed and on ample display at this exhibition as winter makes its exit. Through May 27. Norman Rockwell Museum, 9 Glendale Road, Stockbridge. 413-298-4100, www.nrm.org