‘China Modern: Designing Popular Culture, 1910-1970’ at Pacific Asia Museum

Divided into two parts, “Cosmopolitan Capitalism: Shanghai Under the Republic” and “A Revolution in Culture: Designing the People’s Republic,” the new exhibition “China Modern: Designing Popular Culture, 1910-1970” tracks the iconographic representation of political ideologies and cultural values on decades of everyday objects, household commodities, fashions, plays, operas, posters and advertisements, numbering 100 iconic pieces in total. Pacific Asia Museum, 46 N. Los Robles Ave., Pasadena. Opens Fri. Wed.-Sun., 10 a.m.-6 p.m. $7-$9; free for members and children ages 11 and younger. (626) 449-2742. https://www.pacificasiamuseum.org.