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At the MFA, South Korean pop culture in full effect

"Hallyu: The Korean Wave" layers all the fun and flash with meaningful narrative about the country’s triumph over oppression.

A new Banksy mural sprouts beside a cropped tree in London. Many see an environmental message.
The artwork covers the wall of a four-story building and shows a small figure holding a pressure hose beside a real tree. Green paint has been sprayed across the wall, replicating the absent leaves of the tree, which has been severely cropped.

‘Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away,’ the result of a 20-museum partnership, opens in Boston this week
Of the 6 million Jews murdered by the Nazis during the Second World War, nearly 20 percent died at Auschwitz-Birkenau, the notorious death camp.

For artist John Shen, a room of one’s own means a studio that doubles as a giant camera

For the Pawtucket-based photographer, plastic straws play on perceptions of pixels.

WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH
Which trailblazing woman with Massachusetts ties should be memorialized with a permanent bust in the State House?
Senate President Karen E. Spilka put out a statewide call for nominations; the winning trailblazer will join a lineup of currently all-male busts in the Senate Chamber.

ART REVIEW
An urgent call to save the planet at Peabody Essex Museum
Captivating and preachy, the new exhibition “Our Time on Earth” charts the climate catastrophe with faint glimmers of hope.

PHOTOGRAPHY REVIEW
‘A Long Arc’ bends toward justice at the Addison Gallery of American Art
The show surveys nearly two centuries of photographs of the South.

‘Passion for Postcards’ heading to Spellman Museum Sunday
The one-day show invites hobbyists and history buffs to indulge — or discover — their love of deltiology.

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WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH

Sharmin Faeq Sadiq from Kurdistan, Iraq, and Tugba Gula of Turkey contribute to "The Red Dress" in 2022. Created by textile artist Kirstie Macleod,"The Red Dress" was crafted by hundreds of embroiderers around the world. It's on view at Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton.

At Fuller Craft Museum, ‘The Red Dress’ speaks intimately to the experiences of women

Over 14 years, nearly 400 needleworkers from around the world stitched their stories into a single garment. 6:00 a.m.

WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH

Painter Leslie Sills in her home studio in Brookline. Her show "Artists I Have Known" is at Gallery Kayafas through March 23.

Brookline painter Leslie Sills brings women’s art history to life

In the Globe's "Working Artist" series, writer Cate McQuaid visits artists and performers in their studios and spaces to find out how they create and what their lives are really like. 6:00 a.m.

Visitors and pilgrims walked the grounds at Plimoth Patuxet, a complex of living history museums in Plymouth founded in 1947.

This Mass. attraction named the country’s top ‘open-air museum’ by USA Today

The museum draws hundreds of thousands of visitors each year and is a popular destination for school field trips. 1:05 p.m.

Art Review

Mark Rothko, "The Bathers," 1934. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation Inc.

Rothko’s power takes shape on paper, at the National Gallery of Art

In D.C., tantalizing views of the artist's evolution 5:13 p.m.

PHOTOGRAPHY REVIEW

Left: Robert Frank, "Rodeo, New York City," 1955-56; right: Todd Webb, "Cowboy, Lexington, NE," 1956.

On the road with Robert Frank and Todd Webb

Both photographers took camera trips across America in 1955; their pictures are now at the Addison. 3:06 p.m.

WORKING ARTIST | PAINTER JAMEEL RADCLIFFE

Jameel Radcliffe, near a work in progress, in his studio at the Boston Center for the Arts. The work hanging from his walls is from his series "Kids From the Stars," on exhibit at ShowUp.

For painter Jameel Radcliffe, portraits begin with a studio party — and drinks, food, and friends

In the Globe's new "Working Artist" series, writer Cate McQuaid visits artists and performers in their studios and spaces to find out how they create and what their lives are really like. 9:00 a.m.

Installation view of "Forest Futures" at the Harvard Graduate School of Design.

Stopping by woods at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design

"Forest Futures" offers a global look at its subject, from Athol to Zurich. 11:44 a.m.