Come on now, do you really have time this week to go out and have funs. Here's hoping--

Aladire, Ltd., 166 Newbury Street, Boston--West African sculpture and masks.

Boston Artists Market, Lewis Wharf, Boston: Erotic art (group' show) through February.

Nielsen Gallery, 179 Newbury Street, Boston: "master prints and drawings of the 20th century."

Fogg Art Museum: The Fogg just opened a Jacques Villon retrospective his week), which one could almost subtitle "The Adventures of Marcel Duchamp's Smarter Brother." Whatever their relative merits, Villon was one of the 20th century's greatest artists. He was not a revolutionary like his brother, but continued to refine his chosen visual style--Cubism--throughout a long career. His color sense and sophistication produced work that Issboth elegang and exciting. See the show for a study break, if nothing else. Boston City Hall, Government Center, Boston: An Arab celebration of costumes, artifacts, photographs, mosque designs, Islamic prints, plus an exhibition of Massachusetts quilts. You make the connection.

Institute of Contemporary Art, 955 Boylston St., Boston: Claes Oldenburg notebook pages, "giant soft's sculptures, steel pieces...a complement to the Oldenburg show at MIT.

Museum of Afro-American History, Smith Street, Boston: "Bobo and other Black Dolls." Check out the genuine item here, as opposed to take-offs on Barbie and Ken.

Vose Gallery, 238 Newbury St., Boston: "American Impressionists and the Hudson River School landscapes of the 19th century." I love the Hudson River School--so tactile.

Gallery-of-the-Week: Enjay Gallery of Photography, 35 Lansdowne Street, Boston, is currently exhibiting work by the great photographer of the American West during times, William Henry Jackson. Jackson, who was featured at the Yale Art Gallery in the fall, accompanied geological survey teams into the uncharted Western vastness, recording the natural wonders as well as the Indian cultures on huge plates that resulted in prints of extraordinary clarity and detail. He also recorded the early settlements and manufactures. A fascinating, truthful visual record of our Old West.