ASIA IN AMSTERDAM: THE CULTURE OF LUXURY IN THE GOLDEN AGE A collaboration with the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, this exhibition addresses the rich connections between luxury goods imported from Asia and paintings and objects made in response by the Dutch in the 17th?century. Through June 5. Peabody Essex Museum, Salem. 978-745-9500, www.pem.org

OFF THE WALL: GARDNER AND HER MASTERPIECES Twenty-five of the museum’s most celebrated works of art, by masters such as Rembrandt, Botticelli, Michelangelo, Raphael, and Rubens, have been moved from Mrs. Gardner’s palace into the contemporary Hostetter Gallery while the roof is repaired and an entire floor of the palace is closed for nine months. (Pictured: Francesc Comes the Younger’s “Virgin and Child With Saints George and Martin.’’) Through Aug. 15. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. 617-566-1401, www.gardnermuseum.org

VISITING MASTERPIECES: PAIRING PICASSO Eleven works by Picasso, drawn from the Beyeler Foundation in Switzerland, private collections, and the MFA itself, are divided into four pairs and a trio for close comparison. Through June 26. Museum of Fine Arts. 617-267-9300, www.mfa.orgSEBASTIAN SMEE

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