Salvador Dali Museum, St. Petersburg - Through Jan. 30, "Dali and Mass Culture," a blockbuster exhibition of the artist's forays into filmmaking, advertising and design. Florida International Museum, St. Petersburg - Through Dec. 31, "The World of Barbie," more than 300 examples of the curvaceous doll, beginning with the first one from 1959, along with other memorabilia.
Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg - Through Jan. 2, "Marvels of Maiolica: Renaissance Ceramics from the Corcoran Gallery," a stunning collection of earthenware from 15th- and 16th-century Italy and "Through the Lens of the Masters: The Loebel Family Collection of Photographs," a recent gift to the museum, the group includes some of the biggest names in the medium.
Tampa Museum of Art - Through Jan. 2, "TMA@25: The Collection," works from the permanent collection, some long in storage.
Gulf Coast Museum of Art, Largo - Through Dec. 26, "Gavin Perry: From This Point On, It Only Gets Rougher," "DEMI y Arturo: Por El Amor y la Vida," and "William Schaaf: Equine Visions."
John and Mable Ringling Museum, Sarasota - Through Jan. 9, "Surrealism and Modernism: selections from the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art," a collection long on fine examples by big names.
