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	Pierre Bonnard The Red Checkered Tablecloth or The Dog's Lunch (detail) 1910		Bonnard Denver Art Museum Mar. 1-May 25, 2003 110 paintings, prints, photos, books, folding screens and sculptures, in a traveling show organized by the Phillips Collection Curator: Elizabeth Turner Catalogue: 256 pp., Philip Wilson Pub., $45.

	Diller + Scofidio Blur Building 2002		Scanning: The Aberrant Architectures of Diller and Scofidio Whitney Museum of American Art Mar. 1-June 1, 2003 Retrospective of works by the husband and wife architectural team who designed the new Boston ICA and the cloudlike Blur Building on the Swiss lake Curators: Aaron Betsky (Netherlands Architecture Institute) and K. Michael Hays (Whitney) Catalogue: 244 pp., includes interview with the architects by Laurie Anderson

	Paul Klee Untitled (Nachlass) 1940		A Passion for Paul Klee: The Djerassi Collection San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Mar. 1-June 8, 2003 145 watercolors, drawings, etchings and lithographs including 85 works given to the museum by Dr. Carl Djerassi, inventor of the birth control pill Curator: Janet Bishop (SfMoMA) Catalogue: 100 illustrations, $59.95 Also on view: "2002 SECA Art Award," Mar. 20-July 27, 2003, and "Earthly Bodies: Irving Penn's Nudes, 1940-50" Mar. 22-July 27, 2003

	Rashid Masharawi Waiting 2002		One Ground 4 Palestinian & 4 Israeli Filmmakers UCR/California Museum of Photography Mar. 1-June 14, 2003 Metaphors of exile, belonging and home from eight artists: Michal Rovner, B.Z. Goldberg, Ori Gersht, Mona Hatoum, Avi Mograbi, Emily Jacir, Rashid Masharawi, Elia Suleiman

	Tino Rodriguez Spring Lullaby 2002		The Darkening Garden San Jose Museum of Art Mar. 1-June 14, 2003 The first solo museum show of work by the San Francisco artist Tino Rodriguez includes 40 hyper-realistic, dreamlike paintings Curator: Susan Landauer (SJMA)

	Yanagi Miwa Elevator Girl House If (detail) 1997		The History of Japanese Photography Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Mar. 2-Apr. 27, 2003 The first-ever comprehensive survey of 150 years of Japanese photography features more than 200 photos, books, scrolls and albums by 110 artists Curators: Anne Tucker (MFAH), Dana Friis-Hansen (Austin Museum), Joe Takeba (Nagoya City Art Museum) and Ryuichi Kaneko (Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography) Catalogue: 432 pp., Yale University Press, $65 Funding: Continental Airlines Tour: Cleveland Museum of Art, May 25-July 20, 2003 Also on view: "American Modern: 1920s and 30s Design," Mar. 15-July 20, 2003, and "Strange Messenger: The Work of Patti Smith" Mar. 28-June 15, 2003

	Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Nina Hard 1921		Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1880-1938 National Gallery of Art Mar. 2-June 1, 2003 The first major exhibition of Kirchner's art in 30 years features 140 paintings, sculptures and works on paper organized with the Royal Academy of Arts, London Curator: Andrew Robison (NGA), Jill Lloyd, Magdalena Moeller (Brucke-Museum, Berlin), Norman Rosenthal (RA) Catalogue: 254 pp., $39.95 Funding: Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation, Porsche Cars North America Tours: Royal Academy of Arts, London, June 28-Sept. 21, 2003

	Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez The Buffoon Don Juan de Austria 1632-33		Manet/Velázquez: The French Taste for Spanish Painting Metropolitan Museum of Art Mar. 4-June 8, 2003 Nearly 240 paintings and works on paper by El Greco, Velázquez, Ribera and other Spanish artists alongside French works by artists such as Delacroix, Courbet, Millet, Degas and Manet Curator: Gary Tinterow (Met) Catalogue: 600 pp., Yale University Press, hardcover, $75 Funding: Accenture Also on view: "Great Waves: Chinese Themes in the Arts of Korea," Mar. 1-Aug. 17, 2003

	Steve DiBenedetto Psycopter 2000-01		Invitational Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture American Academy of Arts and Letters Mar. 6-Apr. 6, 2003 Over 80 works by 31 artists, including Chris Burden, R. Crumb, Donald Moffett, Richard Tuttle and Tom Otterness, chosen by academy members

	Robert Whitman Window 1963		Robert Whitman: Playback Dia Center for the Arts Mar. 6-June 15, 2003 The first retrospective for the performance artist includes sculptures, drawings, a laser installation and video screenings Curator: Lynne Cook Catalogue: Essays David Joselit, George Baker and Ben Portis plus a DVD produced by Artpix, hardcover $45 Tour: Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, fall 2004, and Museum of Contemporary Art at the Serralves Foundation, Porto, Portugal, summer 2004

	Mieczyslaw Koscielniak Roll Call at Auschwitz 1944		The Last Expression: Art and Auschwitz Brooklyn Museum of Art Mar. 7-June 15, 2003 More than 200 works made by prisoners in the concentration camp, in an exhibition that was organized by the Mary and Leigh Block Gallery at Northwestern University Curators: David Mickenberg and Corinne Granof (Mary & Leigh Block Museum of Art) Catalogue: 300 pp., Northwestern U. Press, $55

	Gregory Crewdson Untitled from the "Twilight Series" 1999		Fantastic Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art Mar. 8, 2003-Spring 2004 Works by Miguel Calderón, Gregory Crewdson, Alicia Framis, Nils Norman and artist collective Temporary Services explore utopia and the paranormal Curator: Nato Thompson (MASSMoCA) Catalogue: Tabloid-style with essay by philosopher Peter Lamborn Wilson

	Exit Art's New Space		Exit Biennial: The Reconstruction Exit Art Mar. 8-May 4, 2003 The non-profit inaugurates its new space with 34 site-specific installations by 45 emerging artists including Robert Chambers, Orly Genger, Christoph Draeger and Jenny Polak Curators: Papo Colo and Jeanette Ingberman

	Ammann Bronx-Whitestone Bridge		The Art of Structural Design: A Swiss Legacy Princeton University Art Museum Mar. 8-June 15, 2003 Drawings, photographs, paintings, models and design objects by Robert Maillart, Othmar Ammann, Heinz Isler and others Curators: David P. Billington (Princeton) and Susan Taylor Catalogue: 200 illustrations, hardcover $55, softcover $35

	Aaron Siskind Chicago 224 1953		The Drama of Pictures: Aaron Siskind's Photography Center For Creative Photography, Tucson Mar. 8-July 6, 2003 From early modern landscape details from the 1930s to minimalist lava and tar photographs from the 1980s, culled from the CCP Siskind archive of over 900 prints Curator: Sheryl Conkelton

	Bodhisattva Avalokitesvaia Sri Lanka 8th-9th century		The World of Buddhism Asia Society Mar. 11-Oct. 19, 2003 Works from the permanent collection covering many schools of thought and a meditation room hung with Buddhist paintings Curators: Colin Mackenzie (Asia Society) and Kathryn Selig Brown

	Christian Schad Self-Portrait (Selbstbildnis) 1927		Christian Schad and the Neue Sachlichkeit Neue Galerie Mar. 14-June 9, 2003 More than 100 paintings, drawings and photo-based works by the German-born artist who was part of the 1920s New Objectivity movement Curators: Jill Lloyd and Michael Peppiatt

	Frank Lloyd Wright Sample window, Susan Lawrence Dana House 1902-4		Light Screens: The Leaded Glass of Frank Lloyd Wright Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum Mar. 14-July 20, 2003 Almost 50 windows and 30 drawings, both original plans and back-lit transparencies, plus 30 original plates from the Wasmuth portfolio and 60 photographs will be on view Curator: Julie L. Sloan Funding: Steelcase

	Brenton Spruance The People Work -- Evening 1937		The People Work: American Perspectives 1840-1940 Terra Museum of American Art Mar. 15-May 25, 2003 70 selected works from the 1840s through the 1940s demonstrating the industrialization of America Curator: Elizabeth Kennedy (Terra) Tour: Musée d'Art Américain, Giverny, France, June 8-Aug. 17, 2003 Also on view: "Sargent to Motherwell: Masterworks from the New Britain Museum of American Art," Mar. 1-May 4, 2003

	Wendy Ewald Untitled New Brunswick, Canada, Summer, 1973		Secret Games: Wendy Ewald Collaborative Works with Children Queens Museum of Art Mar. 16-May, 2003 13 bodies of Multicultural Photographic work, organized in conjunction with the Addison Gallery, Andover, Mass. Catalogue: 350 pp., Scalo Books, $49.95

	Agnolo Bronzino Portrait of Eleonora of Toledo with her son Giovanni ca. 1545		The Medici, Michelangelo and the Art of Late Renaissance Florence Detroit Institute of the Arts Mar. 16-June 8, 2003 180 works including sculptures and drawings by Michelangelo and paintings by Bronzino, Pontormo and others Curators: Alan P. Darr (DIA), Marco Chiarini (Art Institute of Chicago) Catalogue: 381 pp., Yale University Press, hardcover $60, soft cover $39.95

	Laura Owens Untitled 2000		Laura Owens Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles Mar. 16-June 22, 2003 New large-scale paintings Curator: Paul Schimmel (MOCA) Also on view: "Roy McMakin: A Door Meant as Adornment," Mar. 23-June 29, 2003

	Shirin Neshat Soliloquy Series 2000		Shirin Neshat Miami Art Museum Mar. 20-June 1, 2003 Six video and sound installations and 12 large-scale photographs by the Iranian-born artist Curator: Lorie Mertes

	Pieter Bruegel Wooded Landscape with a Distant View toward the Sea 1554		Bruegel to Rembrandt: Dutch and Flemish Drawings from the Maida and George Abrams Collection Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Mar. 22-July 6, 2003 More than 100 drawings from the 17th century, including Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Rembrandt van Rijn, Jacob van Ruisdael and Jacques de Gheyn II Curator: William W. Robinson Catalogue: 300 pp., with an essay by George Abrams, Yale University Press, softcover $40, hardcover $55 Also on view: "George Bellows and the Tragedies of War," Mar. 1-May 11, 2003

	Seto Ware Horse-eye Plate Edo period late 18th-century-early 19th century		Quiet Beauty: Fifty Centuries of Japanese Folk Ceramics form the Montgomery Collection Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts Mar. 27-June 15, 2003 Over 100 ceramics dating from 3000 BC to 1985 drawn from the Montgomery Collection in Switzerland Curator: Robert Moes Catalogue: 244 pp., includes an essay by Rupert Faulkner, published by Art Services International