With the establishment of Edo (modern-day Tokyo) as the major political and commercial center of Japan in the 17th century, a new type of imagery was developed, known as ukiyo-e. Masters of the genre explored the daily activities of the city's inhabitants and detailed the stylish preoccupations of the "Floating World," the theaters and the brothels of the area.

This exhibition is the first comprehensive survey of the decorative arts of the Empire style. Named for its identification with the Napoleonic Empire, the style was the new formal language championed by Napoleon after his coronation in 1804.

The MFA celebrates the works of Edward Rossbach, widely recognized as a pioneer of the contemporary fiber arts movement, in this exhibition of approximately 40 of his works. Ed Rossbach created works in almost every known textile technique during his five decade-long career.

The Temptations of Flora: Jan van Huysum (1682-1749), the first large- scale exhibition devoted to Jan van Huysum´s work, opens at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Van Huysum is renowned for the tremendous realism with which he painted elaborate floral and fruit arrangements, and was said to be the most highly paid Dutch artist of all time.

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) hosts the Cogan Family Foundation Vacation Week Adventures with "Journey to Italy," featuring a wide range of activities and live performances inspired by the Italian Renaissance. Kids and their families are encouraged to explore the masterpieces on view in the exhibition Donatello to Giambologna: Italian Renaissance Sculpture, then create their own portrait head in clay, Roman mosaic, or golden altarpiece.

This exhibition highlights three exceptional historical works in the MFA's collection and nearly twenty recent works examining artists' responses to contemporary world events. The picture shows Airplanes, 2002, the author is Suara Welitoff.

This exhibition includes nearly 100 Italian sculptures from the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston--many of which have never been on view to the public. This survey showcases masters of the period as well as other lesser known artists in a variety of mediums including marble, bronze, silver, terra-cotta and wood.

Perhaps the last great collection of Chinese painting and calligraphy still in the possession of the original family, the Weng collection is remarkable not only for its superb quality, fine condition, and welldocumented provenance, but also for the fact that it has remained in the family for five generations.

This exhibition will present highlights from Daphne Farago's collection of contemporary jewelry, which was given to the MFA in 2006. The collection comprises more than 600 works of jewelry by leading American and European artists, ranging in date from about 1940 to the present, in a wide variety of media and sculptural forms.

Collector Geneviève McMillan was born in the French Pyrenees and studied Political Science in Paris during World War II. She was intrigued by the beauty of African and Oceanic sculpture in the galleries of the famous Rive Gauche district.

The Arts of Sufism: Three prominent scholars discuss Sufism as it relates to aspects of Turkish art and culture. This program engages the themes of the current exhibition Marbling and Music: Practicing at a Turkish Tekke that explores the paper marbling and musical traditions associated with the Ozbekler Tekke, a religious complex for Sufi orders near Istanbul. Presented with support by the Turkish Cultural Foundation, and a donation by John and Carol Rutherfurd. Sun, Mar 25, 2 pm: Free

Christian Dior, Le Couturier et son double by Phillippe Lanfranchi (2005, 52 min.). Far from the image of the flamboyant creator, Christian Dior was a simple man, conventional and reserved, who was passionate about art and architecture and entered the world of fashion almost by accident. He was extremely ill at ease with his role as the head of a large company of 900 employees.