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	Ray K. Metzker Composites -- Philadelphia 1966		Taken by Design: Photographs from the Institute of Design, 1937-1971 Philadelphia Museum of Art Dec. 2, 2002-Mar. 2, 2003 200 images by Harry Callahan, Aaron Siskind, László Moholy-Nagy, Gyorgy Kepes, Ray K. Metzker, Kenneth Josephson and Nathan Lerner in a traveling show that originated at the Art Institute of Chicago Curator: David Travis and Elizabeth Siegel

	Kiki Smith Eve 2001		The Smiths: Tony, Kiki, Seton Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art Dec. 2, 2002-Mar. 23, 2003 Work by Tony Smith and his daughters Kiki Smith and Seton Smith Curator: Gilbert Brownstone (ICA) Catalogue: Essays by Eleanor Heartney, Adrian Dannatt and David Pagel, designed by COMA

	Haddon Sundblom Good Boys and Girls 1951		Inventing Santa: Art and Advertising High Museum of Art Dec. 3, 2002-Jan. 5, 2003 Almost 20 paintings by Haddon Sundblom, the artist who came up with the iconic image of Santa Claus as part of a 1931 marketing campaign for Coca-Cola Funding: Coca-Cola

	Julian LaVerdiere Allied Uranium Miners 2001		Julian LaVerdiere: Time Trial Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami Dec. 3, 2002-Feb. 23, 2003 The first solo museum show for the New York-based sculptor Also on view: "Sarah Morris: Miami," Dec. 3, 2002-Jan. 26, 2003 and "Christian Marclay: The Sounds of Christmas"

	Roger Ballen Les hammering into wall 2000		Roger Ballen: Photographs Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego Dec. 5, 2002-Feb.16, 2003 Documentary-style photographs by South Africa-based artist

	Munakata Shiko Kite Designs for the Aomori Festival 1971		Munakata Shiko: Japanese Master of the Modern Print Los Angeles County Museum of Art Dec. 5, 2002-Mar. 2, 2003 378 woodblock prints, paintings, calligraphies and ceramics spanning the career of one of Japan's greatest 20th century artists Curators: Robert T. Singer (LACMA) and Hollis Goodall (Keio University, Tokyo) Catalogue: Edited by Robert T. Singer and Kakeya Nobuho, essays by Singer, Goodall, Kawai Masatomo, (Philadelphia Museum of Art)

	Yayoi Kusama Repetition 1998		Yayoi Kusama Bass Museum of Art Dec. 5, 2002-May 11, 2003 Comprehensive survey of room-size installations, several trademark "infinity nets" and video spanning five decades Curator: Mark Ormond

	Theresa Hak Kyung Cha Untitled 1980		Theresa Hak Kyung Cha Henry Art Gallery Dec. 6, 2002-Mar. 2, 2003 A retrospective of the Korean-American artist with films, videos, sculptures, books and works on paper, organized by the Berkeley Art Museum

	Winslow Homer Boy fishing 1892		Casting a Spell: Winslow Homer, Artist and Angler Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Dec. 7, 2002-Feb. 9, 2003 65 works -- mostly watercolors -- featuring fly-fishing Curators: Patricia Junker (Amon Carter) Sarah Burns (Indiana University)

	Eliot Porter Luna Month, Silver Lake, New Hampshire, June 3, 1953		Eliot Porter: The Color of Wilderness Amon Carter Museum Dec. 7, 2002-Mar. 23, 2003 162 original photos and related ephemera by the nature photographer who bequeathed his archives to the museum in 1990 Curator: John Rohrbach (Amon Carter) Catalogue: 150 pp., oversize with 90 plates, 31 illustrations and chronology

	Leonardo da Vinci Lady with an Ermine (Portrait of Cecilia Gallerani) ca. 1490		Leonardo da Vinci and the Splendor of Poland Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Dec. 8, 2002-Feb. 17, 2003 Works by Leonardo da Vinci in the first survey of Poland's private and public art collections to be presented outside Europe, a show organized by the Milwaukee Art Museum Curator: Laurie Winters Catalogue: Eight essays plus timeline, $39.95 softcover, $60 hardcover Funding: WE Energies and Christopher Seton Abele

	Louise Bourgeois Quarantania 1947-53 and Untitled 1946		Louise Bourgeois: The Early Work Aspen Art Museum Dec. 13, 2002-Feb. 2, 2003 Selection of works Bourgeois produced during the 1940s and 1950s, including 25 early sculptures (Personages), 17 paintings, 30 early drawings and a set of prints, in a show organized by the Krannert Art Museum Catalogue: 150 pp. Also on view: "Gregory Crewdson, Twilight," Dec. 6, 2002-Feb. 2, 2003

	Weegee Marilyn Monroe ca. 1952		Weegee's Trick Photography International Center of Photography Dec. 13, 2002-Feb. 16, 2003 Nearly 200 prints culled from the ICP archives in the first extensive survey of Weegee's strange "caricatures" and "distortions" Curator: Carlo McCormick Also on view: "First Photographs: William Henry Fox Talbot and the Birth of Photography" and "Time of Change: Bruce Davidson, Civil Rights Photographs, 1961-65," Dec.16, 2002-Feb. 16, 2003

	Alexei Jawlensky Mystical Head: Galka 1917		My Four Kings: Galka Scheyer and the Blue Four Norton Simon Museum Dec. 13, 2002-Apr. 14, 2003 Over 300 paintings, prints, drawings and sculpture by the "Blue Four" artists Lyonel Feininger, Alexei Jawlensky, Vassily Kandinsky and Paul Klee, in the first of two exhibitions celebrating the art collector and dealer Emmy (Galka) Scheyer Curator: Sara Campbell (Norton Simon) Catalogue: The Blue Four Collection at the Norton Simon Museum by Vivian Endicott Barnett

	Philippe Parreno Anywhere out of the World 2000		No Ghost Just a Shell San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Dec. 14, 2002-Mar. 16, 2003 Animated films by French artists Pierre Huyghe and Philippe Parreno shown alongside works by Liam Gillick, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Pierre Joseph, Francois Curlet, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Joe Scanlan and Melik Ohanian all starring Huyghe's anime character AnnLee. After the SFMoMA presentation Annlee will be "terminated" Curator: Benjamin Weil (SFMoMA)

	Henri Matisse Nasturtiums and The Dance 1912		Old Masters, Impressionists and Moderns: French Masterworks form the State Pushkin Museum, Moscow Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Dec. 15, 2002-Mar. 9, 2003 76 paintings, 52 in the United States for the first time, showcasing works by Poussin, Renoir, Pissarro, Monet, Degas, Matisse, Picasso, Bonnard and more Curators: Janet Landay and Edgar Peters Brown (MFAH) Catalogue: $29.95 softcover, $50 hardcover Funding: Philip Morris Tour: High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Apr. 5-June 29, 2003, and Los Angeles County Museum of Art, July 27-Oct. 13, 2003

	Théodore Turpin de Crissé The Bay of Naples 1840		Impressions of Light: The French Landscape form Corot to Monet Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Dec. 15, 2002-Apr. 13, 2003 French landscape survey of 80 paintings and 70 works on paper by Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Paul Signac, others, with some early photography by Gustave Le Gray, others Curators: George T.M. Shackelford and Sue Welsh Reed (MFA) Catalogue: Essays by the curators and Fronia E. Wissman

			The Edge of Enchantment National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Dec. 15, 2002-summer 2003 Traditions surrounding "encantos" -- physical places of magic -- in the native communities located in the region of Oaxaca, Mexico, are shown through photographs, music, video and objects Curator: Alicia M. Gonzàlez Catalogue: 120 images by Roberto Ysàis

	Taddeo Zuccaro Italian, 1529-1566 Figure Studies ca. 1553-1556		Mise en Page: The Art of Composing on Paper J. Paul Getty Museum Dec. 17, 2002-Mar. 2, 2003 An exploration of "mise en page," or "placement on the page," in Old Master drawings from the Getty collections

	Anang Ibibio artist mask 20th century Nigeria		For This World and Beyond: African Art from the Fred and Rita Richman Collection High Museum of Art Dec. 18, 2002-May 25, 2003 Nearly 100 works -- half of which are promised gifts from the Richmans -- of African Art, made primarily in the 19th and early 20th centuries Curator: Carol Thompson (High)

	David Rathman You do hold on to your misery, don't you? 2002		Dialogues: Amy Cutler/David Rathman Walker Art Center Dec. 19, 2002-Mar. 23, 2003 Cutler's gouache drawings and Rathman's ink drawing are brought together Curator: Douglas Fogle (Walker)

	Bruce Yonemoto Dear Playboy 2002 (detail)		Fantasy Underfoot Corcoran Gallery of Art Dec. 21, 2002-Mar. 10, 2003 The 47th Corcoran Biennial showcases the new media work of 13 contemporary artists such as Nancy Davidson, Susan Smith-Pinelo, Bruce Nauman and Nigel Poor Curator: Jonathan P. Binstock Catalogue: 120 pp., essays by Binstock and Adam Lerner and poem by Poet Laureate Billy Collins

	Artist Maki Tamura in Hello Kitty apron		Rabbit, Cat and Horse: Endearing Creatures in Japanese Art Seattle Asian Art Museum Dec. 21, 2002-Mar. 10, 2003 Seattle-based artist Maki Tamura's special installation of Hello Kitty pop culture is on view along with 70 items from the museum collection that feature animals, from 4th-century clay horses to Edo-period rabbit designs and Zen Buddhist tiger images Curator: Yukiki Shirahara (SAM)