Featuring works from the collection of the Uffizi Gallery, Florence¡¯s oldest art museum, this exhibition explores Italian Renaissance art of the 15th to 17th century. It is the first time that a large number of artworks from the Uffizi have been brought to Japan, and they will accompanied by other other pieces from Florence¡¯s Galleria dell¡¯Accademia, Galleria Palatina and Galleria dello Spedale degli Innocenti.

Main highlights are the Early Renaissance paintings of Sandro Botticelli, including ¡°Pallas and the Centaur¡± (c. 1482); Oct. 11-Dec. 14.

Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum; 8-36 Ueno Koen Taito-ku, Tokyo. Ueno Stn. 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. (Fri. till 8 p.m.) ?1,600. Closed Mon. 03-5777-8600;