INVENTORY: NEW WORKS AND CONVERSATIONS AROUND AFRICAN ART A smart show of contemporary African art recently acquired by the Hood, including photos, sculpture, and painting from across the continent, organized by curator Ugochukwu-Smooth C. Nzewi. (Pictured: Halida Boughriet’s “Diner des anonymes (Anonymous Diners).’’) Through March 13. Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H.. 603-646-2808. www.hoodmuseum.dartmouth.edu

ANN HIRSCH A small show of video works, as well as a disturbing chatroom conversation re-created as an iPad app, by the audacious, self-revealing artist, who toys with sexual politics and the borders between reality and artifice. Through Feb. 21. List Visual Arts Center. 617-253-4680. listart.mit.edu

DRAWING REDEFINED: RONI HORN, ESTHER KLAES, JOELLE TUERLINCKX, RICHARD TUTTLE, AND JORINDE VOIGT Ideas of drawing are extended into sculpture, photography, and other media by this quintet of contemporary artists. Through March 20. DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln. 781-259-8355, www.decordova.org SEBASTIAN SMEE

Sebastian Smee can be reached at ssmee@globe.com.