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	Edward Weston Chambered Nautilus 1927		Edward Weston: Photography and Modernism Phillips Collection June 1-Aug. 18, 2002 Over 140 vintage prints by Weston dating from 1920-48, with additional works by Alfred Stieglitz, Imogen Cunningham, Charles Sheeler, Willem de Kooning and more. This show is the third in a series organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, from the collection of Mrs. William H. Lane; it has been touring since 1999. Catalogue: 229 pp., introduction by Theodore Stebbins Jr., additional essays by Karen Quinn and Leslie Furth, $75.

	Paul and Henri Vever Owl Comb French 1900		Mati�res de R�ves: Stuff of Dreams from the Paris Mus�e des Arts D�coratifs Wadsworth Atheneum June 1-Sept. 1, 2002 100 works of silver, ivory, porcelain, glass, jewelry and furniture of French design, organized by the Portland Museum of Art Curators: Penelope Hunter-Stiebel (Portland), Odile Nouvel (Mus�e des Arts Decoratifs), Linda H. Roth (Wadsworth) Catalogue: 134 pp. by Hunter-Stiebel and Nouvel Funding: Florence Gould Foundation Tour: Birmingham (Ala.) Museum of Art, Sept. 22, 2002-Jan. 5, 2003.

	Reuben Kadish Lamentation 1935		On-Ramps: Transitional Moments in California Art Pasadena Museum of California Art June 1-Sept. 1, 2002 127 works of art, architecture and design from the 1850s to the present arranged by historical themes in the museum's inaugural exhibition Curators: Nancy Moure, Michael Duncan, Peter Frank, Thomas Solomon

	Hulleah J. Tsinhnahjinnie Nobody's Pet Indian detail 1990-1993		Parallels and Intersections: Art/Women/California, 1950-2000 San Jose Museum of Art June 1-Nov. 3, 2002 90 women artists, from Eleanor Antin to Catherine Opie and Kara Walker, in an exhibition highlighting historical correspondences Curator: Diana Fuller Catalogue: 350 pp., essays by Angela Davis, Karin Higa, Rosa Fregosa, others

	Alfred Stieglitz Self-portrait 1907		Alfred Stieglitz: Known and Unknown National Gallery of Art June 2-Sept. 2, 2002 Approximately 100 photographs celebrating the NGA's new catalogue of the 1,600-photo Alfred Stieglitz Collection Tour: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Oct. 6, 2002-Jan. 5, 2003 Funding: Eastman Kodak

	Robert Venturi Sainsbury Wing, National Gallery, London 1985-91		Out of the Ordinary Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego June 2-Sept. 8, 2002 Postmodern architecture and design by Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown and Associates Curators: Kathryn B. Hiesinger with Professors David B. Brownlee and David G. DeLong (Philadelphia Museum) Catalogue: 320 pp., 375 illustrations Funding: Sue K. and Dr. Charles C. Edwards

	Frederic Edwin Church n.d. lithograph by Sarony, Major & Knapp N.Y.		Fire and Ice: Treasures from the Photographic Collection of Frederic Church at Olana Dahesh Museum of Art June 4-Aug. 24, 2002 55 photographs compiled by the great 19th-century landscapist of his subjects in the Americas and the Caribbean, along with the artist's oil sketches and designs Curator: Thomas Weston Fels

	Paul Cézanne		David to C�zanne: Nineteenth-Century French Drawings Morgan Library June 6-Sept. 8, 2002 Nearly 100 drawings by Ingres, David, Degas, C�zanne, others Curator: Cara Dufour (Morgan) Also on view: "A Love Affair with Line Drawings by Al Hirschfeld," opening June 6

	Vito Acconci Adjustable Wall Bra 1990-91		Vito Acconci/Acconci Studio: Acts of Architecture Aspen Art Museum June 7-Sept. 15, 2002 Approximately ten sculptures from the 1980s and 90s, as well as a display system for models, photo-documentation and selected texts relating to various public works and architectural projects Curator: Dean Sobel, Milwaukee Art Museum Catalogue: 98 pp., essays by Dean Sobel and Sanford Kwinter

	Miriam Backstrom Exhibitions and Presentations, Model homes, Stockholm, 1998 1998-2000		Out of Place: Contemporary Art and the Architectural Uncanny Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago June 8-Aug. 11, 2002 Displacement and the unheimlich, via works by 14 artists, including Miriam B�ckstr�m, Johanna Bresnick, Monica Bonvicini, Miles Coolidge, Sam Durant, Julia Fish and others Curator: Dominic Molon (MCA) Tour: Samuel P. Harn Art Museum, Gainesville, Fla, Sept. 3-Dec. 1, 2002

	José Clemente Orozco Queensboro Bridge 1928		Jos� Clemente Orozco in the United States, 1927-1934 Hood Museum of Art, Hannover, N.H. June 8-Dec. 15, 2002 Mexico's radical meets U.S. modernism, in the first-ever show devoted to Orozco's work from this period, via 120 paintings, prints and drawings Curators: Renato Gonz�lez Mello (National Autonomous University of Mexico), Diane Miliotes (Hood) Catalogue: 384 pp., W.W. Norton, $50 list, with essays by Dawn Ades, Alicia Azuela, Rita Ede, others Tour: Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City, Jan. 25-Apr. 13, 2003 (the exhibition debuted at the San Diego Museum of Art)

	H. C. Westermann Memorial to the Idea of Man if He Was Idea 1958		H.C. Westermann Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art at the Geffen Contemporary June 9-Sept. 8, 2002 The first posthumous retrospective of the artist includes approximately 130 sculptures, 20 works on paper and ephemera in a traveling show organized by the Chicago MCA Curators: Lynne Warren, Michael Rooks (MCA) Catalogues: 212 pp. exhibition catalogue and a 398 pp. catalogue raisonn�

			Banaras: The Luminous City Asia Society June 11-Aug. 18, 2002 Nineteenth-century and contemporary photographs of Banaras, the sacred city situated on the banks of the Ganges, plus a multi-media installation exploring the spiritual and social aspects of the city that includes an "e-rickshaw" that allows viewers to navigate the streets of a projected view of Banaras by moving the handlebars

	Artemisia Gentileschi Judith Slaying Holofernes 1612-13		Orazio and Artemisia Gentileschi: Father and Daughter Painters in Baroque Italy Saint Louis Art Museum June 14-Sept 15, 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, in a show that has already appeared at the Met 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; Catalogue: 480 pp., $70 (Yale) Funding: Gail and Parker Gilbert Fund, NEA

	James Koehler Summer Dances III 2002		The Renwick Invitational: Four Discoveries in Craft Smithsonian American Art Museum, Renwick Gallery June 14-Oct. 14, 2002 50 objects by four artisans: James Koehler, Gy�ngy Laky, Kristina Logan and Kim Rawdin Curator: Kenneth Trapp (Smithsonian)

			Michael Sweerts 1618-1664: Flemish Master of the Sacred and Profane California Palace of the Legion of Honor June 15-Aug. 25, 2002 40 paintings and 20 engravings by the European artist known for his intriguing images of artists at work in the studio Tour: This is the second stop of a show that was coorganized with the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, where it premiered, and the Wadsworth Athenaeum, where it opens Sept. 1, 2002

			Stanley Tretick: The Kennedy Years Corcoran Gallery June 15-Aug. 19, 2002 Photos of the Kennedy family from the 1950s and '60s, plus pictures from the Korean War, by the late photojournalist and Hollywood still photographer Curator: Philip Brookman (Corcoran)

	Jacob Lawrence Self-Portrait 1977		Over the Line: The Art and Life of Jacob Lawrence High Museum of Art June 15-Sept. 8, 2002 Nearly 200 works by the leading 20th-century artist, in a show that premiered at the Phillips Collection Funding: ExxonMobil, AT&T

	David Byrne More Songs about Buildings and Food 1978		The LP Show Andy Warhol Museum June 16-Aug. 18, 2002 More than 2,000 record covers from more than 50 collections, chosen for their design and organized thematically Curator: Carlo McCormick Also on view: "Off Guard: The Photographs of Ron Galella," opening June 16, 2002

	Frederick J. Brown They had the Right to Sing the Blues 1995		Frederick J. Brown: Portraits in Jazz, Blues, and Other Icons Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Mo. June 16-Sept. 1, 2002 Portraits of Louis Armstrong, B.B. King, Stagger Lee, Billie Holiday, some 25 others Curator: Lowery Stokes Sims (Studio Museum) Tour: New Orleans Museum of Art, Feb. 1-Mar. 16, 2003; Studio Museum of Harlem, Apr. 23-Jun. 29, 2003

	Gustav Klimt Orchard 1905		Gustav Klimt: Landscapes Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Mass. June 17-Sept. 2, 2002 15 large-scale landscapes are the focus of a region-wide series of exhibitions of Austrian art dubbed "The Vienna Project" Curator: Stephan Koja (Galerie Belvedere), Richard Rand (Clark) Catalogue: Essays by Christian Huemer, Stephan Koja, Peter Peer, Verena Perlhefter, Carl Schorske, Erhard St�be and Anselm Wagner, $65 hardcover, $35 softcover Also on view: "Josef Hoffmann: Homes of the Wittgensteins," "Otto Wagner: The Academy of Fine Arts," "Bernardo Bellotto: Views of Imperial Vienna," opening June 17, 2002 Tour: Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Oct. 23, 2002-Feb. 23, 2003

	Thomas Eakins Starting Out After Rail 1874		Thomas Eakins Metropolitan Museum of Art June 18-Sept. 15, 2002 60 major works in oil as well as watercolors, drawings and sculptures, plus 120 photographs by Eakins and his circle. Organized by the Philadelphia Museum of Art Curators: H. Barbara Weinberg and Jeff L. Rosenheim (Met), Darrel Sewell (Philadelphia) Catalogue: Essays by H. Barbara Weinberg, Carol Troyen, Marc Simpson, others Funding: Fleet

	Paul Gauguin Self-Portrait with Palette (detail) ca. 1894		Gauguin in New York Collections: The Lure of the Exotic Metropolitan Museum of Art June 18-Oct. 20, 2002 Approximately 120 works drawn from New York public and private collections --including more than 60 from the Met's own holdings span the breadth of Gauguin's career. Curators: Colta Ives and Susan Alyson Stein, Met. Catalogue: Essays by the curators and the paintings conservator, Charlotte Hale Funding: Suez

			The Age of Impressionism: European Painting from the Ordrupgaard Collection, Copenhagen Metropolitan Museum of Art June 18-Sept. 8, 2002 80 paintings by Degas, Gauguin, Monet, Pissarro and Danish artists. Also on view: "Summer Selections: Scenes and Citizens of the Early Republic in Watercolor," opening June 4, 2002; "Herzfeld in Samarra," notebooks and drawings by the archeologist Ernst Emile Herzfeld, opening June 5, 2002

	María Fernanda Cardoso Cemetery -- Vertical Garden/Cementerio -- jardín vertical (detail) 1992-99		Ultrabaroque: Aspects of Post-Latin American Art Miami Art Museum June 20-Sept. 1, 2002 Painting, sculpture, photography video and installation by 16 contemporary artists from Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Spain, Venezuela and the U.S, in a traveling show that premiered at the MCA San Diego Curator: Cheryl Hartup (MAM)

	Nikki S. Lee The Hispanic Project 1998		Open City: Street Photographs since 1950 Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden June 20-Sept. 8, 2002 140 works by 19 artists including Nikki S. Lee, Jeff Wall and Catherine Opie Curators: Kerry Brougher (Hirshhorn), Russell Ferguson (Hammer) Catalogue: 205 pp., $35

	Joan Mitchell La Grande Vallée 1983		The Paintings of Joan Mitchell Whitney Museum of American Art June 20-Sept. 29, 2002 60 works spanning the career of the Abstract Expressionist Curator: Jane Livingston Catalogue: Text by Jane Livingston, essays by Linda Nochlin and Yvette Lee Tour: Birmingham (Ala.) Museum of Art, Fort Worth MMA, Phillips Collection Also on view: "Claes Oldenburg Drawings, 1959-1977, Claes Oldenburg with Coosje van Bruggen Drawings, 1992-1998," opening June 7; "Visions from America: Photographs from the Whitney Museum of American Art," opening June 20; and "Jack Goldstein: Films and Performance," opening June 27

	Nancy Burson Baby Elvis 1989-90		Seeing and Believing: The Art of Nancy Burson Blaffer Gallery, Houston June 22-Sept. 8, 2002 The "Age Machine, the "Human Race Machine" and other works by the conceptual photographer, in a show that premiered at the Grey Art Gallery, NYU Also on view: "Michael Byron: The Amitin Notebook Project, June 22-Sept. 8, 2002

	Gerhard Richter Seascape (Sea-Sea) (Seestücky (See See)) 1970		Gerhard Richter: 40 Years of Painting Art Institute of Chicago June 22-Sept. 15, 2002 Nearly 200 works by the German postmodernist painter in an exhibition that debuted at the Museum of Modern Art Curator: Robert Storr (MoMA), Neal Benezra (AIC) Tour: San Francisco MoMA, Hirshhorn Museum

	Yoko Ono Cut Piece 1965		Y E S Yoko Ono San Francisco Museum of Modern Art June 22-Sept. 15, 2002 Over 150 works spanning 40 years and many media, focusing on the beginning of the artist's career; Ono will perform Blue Room Event Curator: Alexandra Munroe (Japan Society Gallery), Janet Bishop and Clara Kim have organized the SFMoMA presentation Catalogue: 350 pp., including a CD Also on view: "Willem de Kooning: Tracing the Figure," opening June 27, 2002

	John Baldessari Everything is Purged... 1966-68		From Pop to Now Frances Young Tang Art Gallery, Saratoga Springs, N.Y. June 22-Sept. 29, 2002 100 works by 45 artists from the Sonnabend Collection, including Cy Twombly, Jime Dine, Anselm Kiefer, Andy Warhol and Jeff Koons Curator: Charles Stainback (Skidmore) Tour: Wexner Center for the Arts; Milwaukee Art Museum

			When 1 is 2: The Art of Alighiero e Boetti Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston June 22-Oct. 6, 2002 More than 60 works, nearly half of which are from a private Houston collection compromise the largest ever Boetti exhibition assembled in the U.S. Curator: Paola Morsiani Catalogue: 120 pp., essays by Morsiani and Barry Schwabsky

	Sven P�hlsson Sprawlville or Life at Highway Exit Ramp 2001		Out of Site New Museum of Contemporary Art June 27-Oct. 13, 2002 Fictional architectural spaces and topographies, via works by Haluk Akak�e, Ricci Albenda, Aziz + Chucher, Nina Bovasso, Craig Kalpakjian, Patrick Meagher, Shirley Tse, others Curator: Anne Ellegood Funding: Altoids

	Gustav Klimt The Dancer ca. 1916-18		New Worlds: German and Austrian Art, 1890-1940 Neue Galerie, New York June 28-Sept. 1, 2002 The inaugural show of works by Klimt, Schiele, Kokoschka and more returns to the new museum founded by Ronald S. Lauder and the late Serge Sabarsky

			Moving Pictures Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York June 28, 2002-Jan. 28, 2003 Photography and film form the 1960s and 70s by conceptual artists such as Vito Acconci, Bruce Nauman, and Robert Smithson, with more recent work by artists such as Pierre Huyghe, William Kentridge and Shirin Neshat Curators: Lisa Dennison, John Hanhardt and Nancy Spector (Guggenheim) Catalogue: designed by Associates in Science

	Pinin Farina Cisitalia 202 GT 1946		AUTObodies: Speed, Sport, Transport MoMA QNS June 29-Sept. 16, 2002 The Museum of Modern Art unveils its new Queens annex with a show of its collection of autos, plus four other exhibitions: "To Be Looked At: Painting and Sculpture from the Collection," "Tempo," "A Walk through Astoria and Other Places in Queens: Photographs by Rudy burckhardt" and "Projects 76: Francis Al�s."

	Dennis Oppenheim Echo 1973		Into the Light: The Projected Image in American Art, 1964-1977 Cleveland Museum of Art June 30, 2002-Sept. 8, 2002 Film installations by Vito Acconci, Anthony McCall, Robert Morris, Burce Nauman, Dennis Oppenheim and several other pioneers of process and Body Art, in a show that premiered at the Whitney Museum last October

	Jean Siméon Chardin Still Life with Game ca. 1760-65		Anne Vallayer-Coster: Painter to the Court of Marie-Antoinette National Gallery of Art June 30-Sept. 25, 2002 The first retrospective of the 18th-century French still-life painter features 40 of her paintings plus works by Chardin, Vig�e-Lebrun and other contemporaries, in a show organized by the Dallas Museum of Art Tour: Dallas Museum, Oct. 13, 2002-Jan. 5, 2003, Frick Collection, Jan. 21-Mar. 23, 2003, Mus�e des Beaux Arts, Nancy, Apr. 20-July 13, 2003

	Large pendant in the form of a bird ca. late 16th-first quarter 17th century		Treasury of the World: The Jeweled Arts in the Age of the Mughals Museum of Fine Arts, Houston June 30-Oct. 27, 2002 300 objects including the "Talisman of the Throne," a 249.31 carat ruby inscribed with the names of four of its owners from the al-Sabah Collection in Kuwait from the Indian empire Curator: Manuel Keene (Kuwait National Museum), and Frances Marzio (MFAH) Catalogue: 160 pp., written by Manuel Keene, $29.95 softcover Also on view: "Imperial Portraits from the Mughal Courts from the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution," opening June 30, 2002; and "Glass of Imperial Rome from the John F. Fort Collection," opening June 4, 2002

	Eliza Proctor		ARTFRONT\WATERFRONT: Artists Explore the Staten Island North Shore Snug Harbor Cultural Center June 30, 2002-Jan. 2003 30 works by 20 artists commissioned to work with the Staten Island landscape and community