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	Paolo Monti Venice 1999		Postwar Italian Photography Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Feb. 2-Apr. 28, 2002 A selection of works by Giuseppe Bruno and Carlo Mantovani, Mario Finazzi, Mario Giacomelli, Tazio Secchiaroli, others.

	Eva Hesse Ringaround Arosie 1965		Eva Hesse San Francisco Museum of Art Feb. 2-May 19, 2002 Approximately 160 works by the late Postminimalist. Curator: Elisabeth Sussman. Catalogue: 320 pp., $65 (Yale). Tour: Museum Wiesbaden, June 15-Oct. 13, 2002; Whitney Museum, Nov. 7, 2002-Feb. 16, 2003. Search Artnet galleries: Eva Hesse

	Susanna Starr Green Gorge (detail) 2002		Beyond the Pale: Material Possibilities Neuberger Museum of Art Feb. 2-May 26, 2002 Paint and painting as subject -- drip and squeeze to tack and tape -- via work by 18 contemporary artists, including Radcliffe Bailey, Roxy Paine, Judy Pfaff, Scott Richter, Jonathan Seliger and Jessica Stockholder. Curator: Dede Young (Neuberger). Funding: Westchester Arts Council. Also on view: "Renewing Tradition: The Revitalization of Bogolon in Mali and Abroad," opening Feb. 3, 2002.

	Reagan Louie Neighborhood resident Davore Henderson playing guitar 1999		Indivisible: Stories of American Community Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego Feb. 3-Apr. 21, 2002 12 photographers produce a kind of sociological survey, with oral histories, of community activism in a dozen local communities. Participants include Dawoud Bey, Lynn Davis, Danny Lyon and Sylvia Plachy. Organizer: Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University in partnership with the Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona. Tour: The show is midway through a multi-city tour that began in fall, 2000; forthcoming stops include Sarasota, Philadelphia and Anchorage. Funding: Pew Charitable Trusts.

	Charles Debbas Ergo Pen 1998		Mood River Wexner Center for the Arts Feb. 3, 2002-May 26, 2002 Design in contemporary life, via more than 2,000 objects, including new works by 200 artists, designers and design firms, in an "immersive installation" devised to offer "a variety of experiences and moods, from bliss to rage to trauma." Curators: Jeffrey Kipnis, Annetta Massie (Wexner). Catalogue: 148 pp. (D.A.P.). Funding: Battelle.

	Christo and Jeanne-Claude The Pont Neuf Wrapped 1975		Christo and Jeanne-Claude in the Vogel Collection National Gallery of Art Feb. 3-June 23, 2002 Christo's first major U.S. survey features 61 works, many from the collection of Dorothy and Herbert Vogel, which the museum acquired in 1991. Curator: Molly Donovan. Catalogue: $35 (Abrams). Tour: Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, Sept. 22, 2002-Jan. 5, 2003. Search Artnet galleries: Christo and Jeanne Claude

	Canaletto The Arch of Constantine with the Colosseum in the Background ca. 1742-45		Drawing Italy in the Age of the Grand Tour J. Paul Getty Museum Feb. 5-May 12, 2002 Vedute, or expansive views (and ancestors of the modern daypostcard), by Canaletto, Francesco Guardi, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, others, exhibited in conjunction with "Naples and Vesuvius on the Grand Tour" and "Rome on the Grand Tour." Search Artnet galleries: Canaletto

	Eric Fischl What Stands between the Artist and... 1999		Modernism and Abstraction: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum National Academy of Design Feb. 6-Apr. 7, 2002 Over 50 works by American avant-guardists, including Arthur Dove, Marsden Hartley, Georgia O'Keeffe, Joseph Stella, Max Weber, others. Funding: Principal Financial Group.

	Réne Magritte The Rape 1934		Surrealism: Desire Unbound Metropolitan Museum of Art Feb. 6-Apr. 7, 2002 More than 300 works in the first major survey of the movement in 20 years, organized by the Tate Modern. Curators: Jennifer Mundy, Dawn Ades, Vincent Gille (Tate), William S. Lieberman, Anne L. Strauss (Met). Catalogue: 352 pp., $65 (Tate Publishing). Funding: Jane and Robert Carroll.

	AA Bronson from Mirror Sequences 1969-70		AA Bronson: Mirror Mirror MIT List Visual Arts Center Feb. 7-Mar. 31, 2002 Photos, installations, wall paintings and video by the member of General Idea. Curator: Bill Arning. Catalogue: designed by the artist.

	Tyi Wara (farming animal) headdress: mother and child Mali 19th-20th century photo Paul Macapia		Art from Africa: Long Steps Never Broke a Back Seattle Art Museum Feb. 7-May 19, 2002 17 installations, presentations and performances, mounted in collaboration with local scholars and performance groups, in an effort to showcase African art from the museum collection in a broad context. Catalogue: 304 pp., $50.

			Manifestations of the Spirit: Photographs of Afro-Brazilian Religion by Phyllis Galembo Newark Museum Feb. 7-Dec. 29, 2002 The rituals and sacred arts of Candomble, via 16 photos by Galembo. Curator: Nii Quarcoopome (Newark). Also on view: "Free Expressions: Community Voices and Contemporary African American Art from the Collection," opening Feb. 7, 2002, and "From Castles and Tents, Tibetan Carpets," opening Feb. 13, 2002.

			Cavepainting Santa Monica Museum of Art Feb. 8-Mar. 31, 2002 New works by Peter Doig, Chris Ofili and Laura Owens in an experimental, unstructured exhibition installed by the artists themselves and informed by their friendships. Catalogue: designed by Peter Willberg, with essays by British critic Jonathan Jones and interviews with the artists by Houston-based critic Lane Relyea. Also on view: "Fiorucci Made Me Hardcore," a video projection on U.K. dance culture by London artist Mark Leckey, opening Feb. 8, 2002.

	Frida Kahlo Self-Portrait with Monkey 1938		Places of Their Own: Emily Carr, Georgia O'Keeffe and Frida Kahlo National Museum of Women in the Arts Feb. 8-May 12, 2002 62 works by O'Keeffe, Kahlo and Carr, a Canadian painter known for sweeping, spirit-infused landscapes. Curator: Sharyn Udall. Catalogue: 384 pp., $45 (Yale). Tour: The show is organized and circulated by the McMichael Canadian Art Collection in Kleinburg, Ontario; its next stop is the Vancouver Art Gallery, June 15-Sept. 15, 2002. Also on view: "Lois Mailou Jones: Imagining Africa," a retrospective of paintings and drawings by the late Howard University art teacher, Feb. 15-May 12, 2002. Search Artnet galleries: Georgia O'Keeffe

	Andreas Gursky 99 Cent 1999		From Twilight to Dawn: Postmodern Art from the UBS PaineWebber Art Collection The Frist Center for the Visual Arts Feb. 8-May 26, 2002 56 works by the likes of by Andreas Gursky, Gerhard Richter, Andy Warhol and Cindy Sherman. Curator: Mark W. Scala (Frist).

			Slowdive: Sculpture and Performance in Real Time Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Feb. 9-May 5, 2002 An exhibition and series of public performances by eight conceptual artists, including Nao Bustamante, Per Hüttner, Tony Labat and Bruce Tomb. Also on view: "Guide to Trust No. 2," a show of new works by more than 40 artists responding to a Dennis Cooper novel; "Elder Arts 2002," art by the elderly; and "Building Project," a video installation by Shannon Kennedy.

	Edvard Munch Apple Tree in the Garden ca. 1932-42		After the Scream: The Late Paintings of Edvard Munch High Museum of Art Feb. 9-May 5, 2002 62 works Munch painted after 1916 at his estate in Norway, named Ekely, on loan from the Munch-Museet in Oslo. Curator: Elizabeth Prelinger (Georgetown). Catalogue: 208 pp., $45 (Yale). Funding: American-Scandanavian Foundation. Also on view: "Beauford Delaney: The Color Yellow," opening Feb. 9, 2002. Search Artnet galleries: Edvard Munch

	Nathan Oliveira Standing Man with Hands in Belt 1960		Nathan Oliveira San Jose Museum of Art Feb. 9-May 12, 2002 Nearly 70 works by the Bay Area artist known for figurative sculpture and painting. Curator: Peter Selz (U. Cal Berkeley). Catalogue: 256 pp., $65 (U. Cal Press). Tour: Neuberger Museum, June 16-Sept. 8, 2002; Palm Springs Desert Museum, Oct. 5, 2002-Jan. 5, 2003; Orange County Museum, Apr. 5-June 15, 2003; Tacoma Art Museum, Sept. 20-Nov. 30, 2003; National Academy of Design, dates t.b.a. Funding: Oshman Family Foundation. Search Artnet galleries: Nathan Oliveira

			The Short Century: Independence and Liberation Movements in Africa, 1945-1994 P.S.1, Long Island City Feb. 10-May 5, 2002 African culture, via art, film, photos, graphics, architecture, music, literature and theater by 53 artists from 22 countries, in an exhibition organized at the Museum Villa Stuck, Munich. Curator: Okwui Enwezor. Catalogue: 496 pp., $75 (Prestel).

	Willem de Kooning Pink Lady (Study) ca. 1948		Willem de Kooning: Tracing the Figure Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles Feb. 10-Apr. 28, 2002 78 works made between 1938 and '55, in the first comprehensive survey of de Kooning's depictions on paper of women. Curators: Paul Schimmel, Connie Butler (MOCA). Catalogue: 200 pp., $49.95 (Princeton). Tour: San Francisco MOMA, June 15-Sept. 8, 2002; National Gallery of Art, Sept. 29, 2002-Jan. 5, 2003. Search Artnet galleries: Willem de Kooning

	Nancy Burson Untitled (Healing Series) 1998		The Art of Nancy Burson Grey Art Gallery Feb. 12-Apr. 20, 2002 Approximately 100 images in a mid-career retrospective of the photographer who explores beauty, identity, genetics and race. Tour: Blaffer Gallery, Houston, and elsewhere.

	H.C. Westermann Brinksmanship 1958-59		H.C. Westermann Smithsonian Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Feb. 14-May 12, 2002 Over 130 works by the late American sculptor, in a show that premiered at the Chicago MCA. Curators: Lynne Warren, Michael Rooks (MCA). Also on view: "Metropolis in the Machine Age," nearly 40 woprks from the collection, Feb. 28-Sept. 2, 2002. Search Artnet galleries: H.C. Westermann

	Artemisia Gentileschi Judith Slaying Holofernes 1612-13		Orazio and Artemisia Gentileschi: Father and Daughter Painters in Boroque Italy Metropolitan Museum of Art Feb. 14-May. 12, 2002 Approximately 50 works by Orazio, Caravaggio's most gifted follower, and 35 by Artemisia, his daughter and the most celebrated female painter of the century. Curators: Judith Mann (Saint Louis Museum), Keith Christiansen (Met), Rossella Vodret (Soprintendenza per i Beni Artistici e Storici de Roma). Tour: Museo del Palazzo di Venezia, Rome, Oct. 15-Jan. 6, 2002; Saint Louis Art Museum, June 15-Sept. 15, 2002. Catalogue: 480 pp., $70 (Yale). Funding: Gail and Parker Gilbert Fund, NEA.

	Alexander Calder Aluminum Leaves Red Post 1941		Pierre Matisse and His Artists Morgan Library Feb. 14-May 19, 2002 The Morgan's first show devoted exclusively to 20th-century painting and sculpture looks at the career of the art dealer (and second son of Henri Matisse) who opened his gallery in New York's Fuller Building in 1931. The show features over 60 works by Balthus, Dubuffet, Giacometti, Matisse, Miró, Tanguy and others, and draws on the gallery archives, donated to the Morgan in 1997. Curators: William M. Griswold, Jennifer Tonkovich (Morgan). Funding: Pierre Matisse Foundation, Pierre and Maria-Gaetana Matisse Foundation, Florence Gould Foundation. Catalogue: 319 pp., $50 (hardcover).

	Gerhard Richter Wiesental 1985		Gerhard Richter: Forty Years of Painting Museum of Modern Art Feb. 14-May 21, 2002 188 canvases in a long overdue U.S. survey of the German pop artist. Curator: Robert Storr (MoMA). Catalogue: 336 pp., $75 (MoMA/D.A.P.). Tour: Art Institute of Chicago, June 22-Sept. 15, 2002; San Francisco MoMA, Oct. 11, 2002-July 14, 2003; Hirshhorn Museum, Feb. 20-May 18, 2003. Funding: Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder, Mimi and Peter Haas. Also on view: "Life of the City," photographs in response to the events of 9/11, Feb. 28-May 21, 2002. Search Artnet galleries: Gerhard Richter

	Ran-headed lotus column XXII dynasty		Jewish Life in Ancient Egypt Brooklyn Museum of Art Feb. 15-May 12, 2002 Statues, reliefs, vessels, jewelry and papyri from a period of relative peace during Persian rule in Egypt. Curator: Edward Bleiberg (Brooklyn). Funding: Steinberg Charitable Trust, Steinhardt Foundation, Forchheimer Foundation.

	Georges Pierre Seurat Woman with a Monkey 1884		Corot to Picasso: European Masterworks from the Smith College Museum of Art Phillips Collection Feb. 16-May 12, 2002 Nearly 60 paintings and sculptures, by Ingres, Cezanne, Courbet, Degas, Gauguin, Monet, Seurat, others, in a touring show mounted while the Smith museum undergoes renovation and expansion.

	Irving Penn Mies van der Rohe and Philip Johnson with the Model of the Seagram Building 1955		Mies in America Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago Feb. 16-May 26, 2002 The Whitney Museum's traveling show appears in the architect's home town. Catalogue: 584 pp., $75 (Abrams). Also on view: "Gary Simmons," 35 works in a traveling survey, opening Feb. 16, 2002. Search Artnet galleries: Mies van der Rohe

	Thomas Demand Poll 2000		Thomas Demand Site Santa Fe Feb. 16-June 2, 2002 Photos in a show organized by the Aspen Art Museum and curated by Dean Sobel. Search Artnet galleries: Thomas Demand

			Ken Aptekar: Eye Contact Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester Feb. 17-Apr. 21, 2002 An examination of the ways that people look at art, via six paintings by Aptekar, based on works in the gallery collection, with viewer responses etched onto glass panels bolted over the surfaces of the new works. Catalogue: 28 pp. Funding: Bausch & Lomb, NYSCA.

	J.M.W. Turner Rough Sea with Wreckage ca. 1830-35		Reflections of the Sea and Light: Paintings and Watercolors by J.M.W. Turner Baltimore Museum of Art Feb. 17-May 26, 2002 More than 100 watercolors, oil paintings, drawings and prints spanning the artist's career, in a show organized by the Tate. Also on view: "Looking Forward/Looking Black," 45 works by more than 20 artists examining the way African-Americans have been portrayed, Feb. 6-May 5, 2002.

	François Boucher Male Academy with Wings ca. 1745-50		French Master Drawings from the Collection of Muriel Butkin Dahesh Museum of Art Feb. 19-May 18, 2002 59 works from the collection promised to the Cleveland Museum. Curator: Carter E. Foster (Cleveland), Roger Diederen (Dahesh). Catalogue: 160 pp., $45. Tour: The show originated at the Cleveland Museum.

	Agnes Martin Untitled No. 9 1995		Agnes Martin Menil Collection Feb. 20-June 2, 2002 30 canvases made since 1993 by the New Mexico Minimalist, in a show honoring the artist's 90th birthday. Curator: Ned Rifkin. Catalogue: 128 pp., $30 (Hatje Cantz). Also on view: "Vik Muniz," a show of 25 works commissioned by the museum and based on the museum's scaled exhibition maquettes, opening Feb. 22, 2002. Search Artnet galleries: Agnes Martin

			Being There: 45 Oakland Artists Oakland Museum of California Feb. 23-May 12, 2002 An invitational for local artists, selected from portfolios and studio visits, in the first such show since "Oakland's Artists '90." Curator: Philip Linhares (Oakland).

	Ali Tayar Plaza Screen 1999		US Design: 1975-2000 Denver Art Museum Feb. 23-May 26, 2002 Three generations of American designers, including Robert Venturi, Frank Gehry, Steven Holl, Karim Rashid, others. Tour: American Craft Museum, May 2003. Curator: R. Craig Miller.