Coinciding with the Chinese New Year (January 26), the Crow Collection in Dallas opens an eye-popping exhibition, Seizing the New World, of recent paintings by Yang Jin Long, a Chinese artist who moved to the U.S. three years ago. There's a lot going on in Yang's zany, energized canvases—aquaplanes, toys, flying eyeball creatures—but mostly they're just plain fun. Apparently, the artist is happy to be living in an unrepressed society: "At last, I am able to paint with colors and images with no limitation," he said. The show opens tomorrow, January 23. Take your family and share the joy.

"Happy Wood Dragon, Rat and Snake" (2009) by Yang Jin Long (b. 1960).

"Winter" (2008) by Yang Jin Long.

"Wood-Horse and Wood-Sheep Riding on the Aquaplane" (2009) by Yang Jin Long.

All images courtesy of the Crow Collection of Asian Art, Dallas.