Asian art is rooted in visions and dreams. Manga and anime drawings, for instance, see the future through adolescent eyes. In the past six months the world has changed a great deal, and the Asian artists gathered here are inspired as much by German Expressionism and French Surrealism as by their own cultural traditions. Glowing elephants fly in a night sky. There’s a three-eyed geisha, a magical lavender goddess, and girls of fairylike refinement. The future seems to be female. This otherworldly exhibition spans both Rome and London galleries. —E.C.

House of the Rising Light
Simultaneously on view at their London Gallery.
Dorothy Circus Gallery
Via dei Pettinari, 76, 00186 Roma RM, Italy
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