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	Stanton Macdonald-Wright Yin Synchromy 1930		Color, Myth and Music: Stanton Macdonald-Wright and Synchromism Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Dec. 2, 2001-Feb. 24, 2002 More than 60 works spanning six decades and archival material by the American Synchromist, in a show organized by the North Carolina Museum of Art. Curator: Alison de Lima Greene, MFAH. Catalogue: 228 pp., essays Will South, William C. Agee, more.

	Liz Larner Ignis (fake) 1998-99		Liz Larner Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles Dec. 2, 2001-March 10, 2002 First museum survey of Los Angeles-based sculptor and installation artist. Curator: Russell Ferguson, UCLA Hammer. Catalogue: 120 pp., essay by Russell Ferguson. Funding: Susan Bay-Nimoy and Leonard Nimoy and The Katherine S. Marmor Endowment for Emerging Artists.

	Junya Watanabe Dress with neck ruff "Techno Couture" Collection Fall/Winter 2000 Photograph: firstview.com		Extreme Beauty Metropolitan Museum of Art Dec. 6, 2001-Feb. 10, 2002 The Met's Costume Institute gets extreme, via everything from padding to prosthesis, ranging from a 16th-century iron corset to Jean Paul Gaultier's "Madonna" bustier. Anthropological and ethnographic pieces are included, as are illustrations and caricatures by Cruikshank, Daumier, Rowlandson and Vernet.

	Richard Tuttle New Mexico, New York #3 1998		In Parts: 1998-2001 Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia Dec. 8, 2001-July 28, 2002 Site-specific installation by Richard Tuttle, drawing on 13 different bodies of his work and an additional four works than span his entire career. Catalogue: An 80-page artist's book by Tuttle and the graphic design team of Connie and Neil Purtill. Also on view: "Against the Wall: Painting against the Grid, Surface, Frame," Dec. 8, 2001-Feb. 10, 2002, and "Stratascape Asymptote: Hani Rashid + Lise Anne Couture and Karim Rashid," Dec. 8, 2001-Feb. 10, 2001.

	Large drug jar with the head of a Moor 1501 Deruta, Italy		Italian Renaissance Ceramics: The Howard I. and Janet H. Stein Collection Philadelphia Museum of Art Dec. 8, 2001-Apr. 28, 2002 70 pieces of Majolica ceramics, plus related items from the museum collection. Catalogue: Authored by Majolica specialist Wendy M. Watson with assistance from Dean Walker.

	Transrapid German Maglev experimental train		Modern Trains and Splenid Stations: Architecture and Design for the 21st Century Art Institute of Chicago Dec. 8, 2001-July 28, 2002 Plans, drawings, models and photographs tracing the latest in train stations in the U.S., Europe and Japan. David Childs and Marilyn Taylor of Skidmore, Ownings and Merrill have designed the installation. Curator: Martha Thorne, ArtIC. Catalogue: 160 pp., articles by train designer Claudia Wessner, transportation writer Don Phillips, and ArtIC curator Martha Thorne.

	Felix Gonzalez-Torres Untitled 1991		The Inward Eye: Transcendence in Contemporary Art Contemporary Art Museum, Houston Dec. 8, 2001-Feb. 7, 2002 29 works on the theme, made between 1970 and 2001 by Robert Gober, Roni Horn, Bridget Riley, others.

	Ogata Kenzan Water jar with design of maple leaves Japan, Edo period, 18th century at the Freer Gallery		The Potter's Brush: The Kenzan Style in Japanese Ceramics Freer Gallery of Art Dec. 9, 2001-Oct. 27, 2002 Painted pottery from the workshop of Ogata Kenzan (1663-1743) collected by Freer Gallery founder Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), who acquired nearly 100 examples, making his collection the largest in the world. Catalogue: The show celebrates the publication of a definitive catalogue of the collection, written by Richard L. Wilson.

	Fred Tomaselli Echo, Wow and Flutter 2000		Fred Tomaselli: Ten-Year Survey Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art Dec. 10, 2001-Mar. 3, 2002 45 paintings made from pills, marijuana leaves and magazine cutouts collaged with paint and resin. Curator: Amy Cappellazzo, Christie's contemporary expert and PBICA guest curator. Catalogue: Fully illustrated monograph designed by COMA.

	Emma Jane Cady Fruit in Glass Compote ca. 1895		American Radiance: The Ralph Esmerian Gift to the American Folk Art Museum American Folk Art Museum Dec. 11, 2001-June 2, 2002 Inaugurating the new $22-million midtown facility features 400 works from the museum trustee. Curator: Stacy C. Hollander. Catalogue: 568 pp., 375 color photographs, published by Harry N. Abrams. Also on view: "Darger: The Henry Darger Collection at the American Folk Art Museum," Dec. 11, 2001-May, 2002.

	Easter Island figure Rapa Nui people late 18th-early 19th century		Splendid Isolation: The Art of Easter Island Metropolitan Museum of Art Dec. 11, 2001-Aug. 4, 2002 50 works dating from the 13th to the late19th century, including one of the famous large-scale figures. Curator: Eric Kjellgren, Met. Funding: Compa�ia Sud Americana de Vapores and Vi�a Santa Rita. Catalogue: 64pp., 70 black and white illustrations and 15 color prints.

	Roy Lichtenstein Coupe de Chapeau (Self portrait) 1996		Roy Lichtenstein: Inside/Outside Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami Dec. 12, 2001-Feb. 24, 2002 120 paintings, drawings and sculptures spanning the artist's career. Curator and catalogue author: MoCA director Bonnie Clearwater. Tour: Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires, Argentina.

	Paul Pfeiffer The Long Count (I shook up the world) 2000		The Contemporary Series: Paul Pfeiffer Whitney Museum of American Art Dec. 13, 2001-Feb. 24, 2002 Two new video works, The Long Count and Race Riot, by the first Bucksbaum laureate.

	Albrecht Dürer Adam and Eve 1504		Kindness of Friends: A Selection of Gifts of Drawings and Prints, 1919-2001 Los Angeles County Museum of Art Dec. 13, 2001-Feb. 24, 2002 160 prints and drawings from the collection including works by Albrecht D�rer, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso and David Hockney arranged chronologically. Curator: Kevin Salatino, LACMA.

	Thomas Demand Poll 2000		Thomas Demand Aspen Art Museum Dec. 14, 2001-Jan. 27, 2002 Demand's first solo exhibition in the United States consists of 14 large-scale photographs as well as a film work. Curator: Dean Sobel. Catalogue: 80 pp., essays by Dean Sobel and Lars Lerup. Tour: Premiered at ArtPace, travels to Site Santa Fe, Mar. 13-May 26, 2002.

	Vito Acconci Adjustable Wall Bra 1991		Vito Acconci: Acts of Architecture Miami Art Museum Dec. 14, 2001-Mar. 3, 2002 20 major indoor works and a selection of documentation of public works placed into three stylistic categories: architectural games and events; furniture, devices and instruments, room environments and interiors; buildings, streets and plazas; playgrounds, parks and gardens; and vehicles. Organized by the Milwaukee Art Museum. Curator: Dean Sobel, AAM.

	Riza-i-Abbasi Youth and an Old Man ca. 1605 calligraphy by Mir Ali Iran, Isfahan		Visual Poetry: Paintings and Drawings from Iran Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Dec. 16, 2001-May 5, 2002 30 works including several by Riza Abbasi and other artists active in 16th- and 17th-century Iran and India, from the Sackler Collection.

			Naples and Vesuvius on the Grand Tour Getty Museum Dec. 21, 2001-Mar. 24, 2002 Naples, Mount Vesuvius, Herculaneum and Pompeii as a near-mythic tourist destination, 1764-99. Also on view: "Artful Reading in Medieval and Renaissance Europe," Dec. 18, 2001-Mar. 10, 2002.

			Gordon Parks: Photojournalism Cleveland Museum of Art Dec. 22, 2001-Feb. 27, 2002, Gallery 105 17 vintage black-and-white prints from three iconic series: life in Harlem in the late 1940s; the Black Muslim and civil rights movements in the 1960s; and portraits of Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali.

	Roy Lichtenstein Eddie Diptych 1962		Noncomposition: 15 Case Studies Wadsworth Atheneum Dec. 22, 2001-June 23, 2002 100 works by 15 American artists from this century including Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein, Eva Hesse, Lee Lozano, Sol LeWitt and Andy Warhol. Curator: Nicholas Baume, Wadsworth.