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	Yoon Kwang-cho Heart Sutra		Mountain Dreams: Contemporary Ceramics by Yoon Kwang-cho Philadelphia Museum of Art Sept. 2, 2003-Dec. 31, 2004 The first American museum exhibition of work by the Korean ceramic artist features 30 objects shown alongside sketchbooks and Korean art works from the museum's collection Curator: Felice Fischer (Philadelphia) Tour: Birmingham Museum of Art (Spring 2004)

	Hippolyte Flandrin Polites 1834		French Artists in Rome: Ingres to Degas, 1830-1873 Dahesh Museum of Art Sept. 3-Nov. 2, 2003 Debuting in the Dahesh Museum's new headquarters in the former IBM Gallery at 57th Street and Madison Avenue is a loan show of 130 paintings, sculptures and drawings gathered by the Villa Medici, including works by Prix de Rome winners, students and celebrated artists Curator: Olivier Bonfait Catalogue: 64 pp., 63 color plates, edited by Roger Diederen Also on view: "Reframing Academic Art: Masterworks of the Dahesh Museum of Art"

	Reagan Louie Mei Ling and Chun Li, Macau 2000		The Photographs of Reagan Louie: Sex Work in Asia San Francisco Museum of Art Sept. 4-Dec. 7, 2003 The lives of prostitutes in China, Japan, Thailand and other Asian countries, via 70 large-scale photos by the Bay Area-based Chinese American photographer, accompanied by 50 related works selected by the artist from the SFMoMA collection Curator: Sandra S. Phillips Catalogue: Orientalia: Sex in Asia (powerHouse Books, $35), with 100 photos and a narrative by the artist Also on view: "33 RPM," Sept. 6-Sept. 14, 2003

	Patti Smith Auto Portrait 2 2003		Strange Messenger: The Work of Patti Smith Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia Sept. 4-Dec. 7, 2003 Drawings and other works by the punk diva, in a show organized by the Andy Warhol Museum Curator: John Smith (Warhol) Also on view: "Gillian Wearing," "Virgil Marti: The Flowers of Romance" and "Traces of Friday," Sept. 4-Dec. 14, 2003

	Frida Kahlo My Grandparents, My Parents and I 1936		Frida Kahlo's Intimate Family Picture Jewish Museum Sept. 4, 2003-Jan. 4, 2004 The painting My Grandparents, My Parents and I is shown with a reproduction of Henri Rousseau's The Present and the Past and a selection of photographs taken by Kahlo's father Also on view: "Signs from Berlin: A project by Stih and Schnock," and "Erwartung/Expectancy: A Video Installation by Dara Birnbaum"

	Barbara Ess Wildlife 1996		I Am Not This Body: Photographs by Barbara Ess The Galleries at Moore, Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia Sept. 5-Oct. 26, 2003 20 years of pinhole photography by the New York artist, in a show organized by the Aperture Foundation Catalogue: 96 pp., Aperture, $40 cloth, essays by Guy Armstrong, Michael Cunningham and Thurston Moore Also on view: "Ode: A Project by Sarah Beck"

	Gehry Partners Model, Astor Place Hotel, New York 2001		Frank O. Gehry: Work in Progress Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles Sept. 7, 2003-Jan. 26, 2004 10-12 projects "currently in the office," including designs and maquettes for the new Museum of Tolerance in Jerusalem, the Venice Gateway complex at the airport in Venice, Italy, and the Marques de Riscal Hotel and Winery in Elciego, Spain Curator: Brooke Hodge Funding: Merrill Lynch

	Polly Apfelbaum Love Boat 1998		Celebrating Sculpture: Modern and Contemporary Works from Dallas Collections Dallas Museum of Art Sept. 7, 2003-Mar. 28, 2004 100 works by artists ranging from Auguste Rodin and Jean Arp to Alexander Calder and Matthew Barney, presented in conjunction with the opening next month of the 54,000-square-foot, Renzo Piano-designed Nasher Sculpture Center on a block adjacent to the museum Curator: Charles Wylie, Dorothy Kosinski (DMA)

			The Paper Sculpture Show SculptureCenter, Long Island City Sept. 7-Dec. 7, 2003 Do-it-yourself paper sculptures designed by 29 contemporary artists, from Janine Antoni to Olav Westphalen, for visitors to cut, fold and construct themselves, in a show jointly organized with Cabinet Magazine and Independent Curators International Curators: SculptureCenter director Mary Ceruti, artist Matt Freedman, Cabinet editor Sina Najafi Catalogue: The Paper Sculpture Book, 160 pp., D.A.P., $29.95 Tour: Carnegie Mellon University, DiverseWorks, Bellevue Art Museum, Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, and at least seven more venues

	Paul Kos Chartres Bleu 1983-86		Everything Matters: Paul Kos, A Retrospective NYU Grey Art Gallery Sept. 9-Dec. 6, 2003 20 works incorporating video, sound and interactivity by the pioneering Bay Area conceptual artist, in a show that originated at the Berkeley Art Museum Curator: Constance Lewallen (Berkeley Art Museum) Catalogue: Essays by Lewallen, Charles Desmarais, Ron Meyers and Rachel Teagle

	Yto Barrada Girlonfootstool 1999		ICP Triennial International Center of Photography Sept. 12-Nov. 30, 2003 Themed around the concept "Strangers," the first ICP Triennial features some 100 works by 40 artists from 20 countries, and debuts new work by Justine Kurland, Olivio Barbieri and Rineke Dijkstra as well as a large-scale public frieze by Beat Streuli on the ICP's faade Curators: Brian Wallis, Christopher Phillips, Carol Squiers, Edward Earle

	Kim MacConnel Touristic 1980		Parrot Talk: A Retrospective of Works by Kim MacConnel Santa Monica Museum of Art Sept. 13-Nov. 15, 2003 50 paintings, sculptures, collages by one of the founders of the Pattern and Decoration movement, on view in conjunction with P&D shows at several Bergamot station galleries Curator: Michael Duncan Catalogue: Essays by Duncan, MacConnel, Robert Kushner and Amy Goldin Also on view: "Project Room: Virgil Marti," Sept. 13-Nov. 15, 2003

	Chuck Close Georgia 1984		Chuck Close Prints: Process and Collaboration Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston Sept. 13-Nov. 23, 2003 The first comprehensive survey of Close's prints features 118 works dating from 1872 to 2002, in the museum's most ambitious project to date Curator: Terrie Sultan (Blaffer) Catalogue: Interviews with the artist and printers by Terrie Sultan, essay by Richard Shiff (160 pp., Princeton University Press, 49.95 cloth, $35 paper) Funding: Neuberger Berman Foundation Tour: Metropolitan Museum of Art, Miami Art Museum, Knoxville Museum of Art, Mint Museum of Art, Addison Gallery of American Art, University of Michigan Museum of Art, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Bellevue (Wa.) Art Museum, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

	Ghada Amer Blanc/Noir -- Maureen 2000		Ghada Amer Indianapolis Museum of Art Sept. 13-Nov. 30, 2003 Works exploring female sexuality and gender politics by the Egyptian-born artist now working in New York

	J. Seward Johnson Confrontational Vulnerability 2003		Beyond the Frame: Impressionism Revisited, the Sculptures of J. Seward Johnson Corcoran Gallery of Art Sept. 13, 2003-Jan. 5, 2004 15 famous Impressionist paintings are reinterpreted as life-sized sculptural installations Catalogue: 128 pp., interview with Red Grooms and essay by Petra Ten-Doesschate Chu, Bullfinch Press Funding: Amtrak

	Van je vrienden moet je 't hebben! Nijmegen, Enschede, Arnhem (With Friends like these who needs Enemies!) 1944		Weapons of Mass Dissemination: The Propaganda of War The Wolfsonian, Miami Beach Sept. 13, 2003-March 21, 2004 Wartime propaganda from the U.S. and abroad from the first half of the 20th century, featuring posters, housewares and children's books and games Curators: Marianne Lamonaca, Sarah Schleuning

	Romare Bearden Tomorrow I may be far away 1967		The Art of Romare Bearden National Gallery of Art Sept. 14, 2003-Jan. 4, 2004 The most comprehensive survey to date of Bearden's career includes approximately 130 works, including Mauritius (1969), the artist's only sculpture, and the 10 x 16 ft. Berkeley mural from the city council chambers there Curator: Ruth Fine Catalogue: 352 pp., Abrams, $50 cloth Funding: AT&T Tour: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Feb. 7-May 16, 2004; Dallas Museum of Art, June 20-Sept. 12, 2004; Whitney Museum of American Art, Oct. 14, 2004-Jan. 9, 2005; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Jan. 29-April 24, 2005

	Manny Farber Ingenius Zeus 2000		Manny Farber: About Face Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego Sept. 14, 2003-Jan. 4, 2004 Approximately 70 works dating from the 1950s to the present, by the painter who wrote on the movies for Artforum in the 1970s Curator: Stephanie Hanor (MCASD) Catalogue: 150 pp., with essays by Dr. Robert Polito, Dr. Jonathan Crary, Dr. Sheldon Nodelman and Robert Walsh Tour: P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center Also on view: "Alex Webb: Crossings," Sept. 21-Dec. 7, 2003

	George Inness Sunset Glow 1883		George Inness and the Visionary Landscape National Academy of Design Museum Sept. 17, 2003-Jan. 4, 2004 40 landscape paintings by the Hudson River School artist who was a devotee of the Swedish mystic Emanuel Swedenborg Curator: Adrienne Baxter Bell Tour: San Diego Museum of Art, Jan, 24-Apr. 18, 2004 Also on view: "A Fine Line: Drawings by National Academicians," Sept. 7, 2003-Jan. 4, 2004

	Kenny Scharf The fun's Inside 1983		Splat, Boom, Pow! The Influence of Cartoons in Contemporary Art Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston Sept. 17, 2003-Jan. 4, 2004 60 works of art by 35 artists, including Laylah Ali, Roy Lichtenstein, Takashi Murakami, Elizabeth Murray, Chris Ofili, Peter Saul and Kenny Scharf, in a show organized by the Houston CAM Curator: Valerie Cassel (CAMH) Catalogue: Essays by Cassel, London-based journalist Roger Sabin and writer Bernard Weldt, with a timeline of the history of cartoons by James Coleville Funding: Andy Warhol Foundation, Union Pacific Also on view: "Douglas R. Weathersby: 2003 ICA Artist Prize," Sept. 17, 2003-Jan. 4, 2004

	Zou Zhe Landscapes Late Ming to early Qing dynasty		Passion for the Mountains: 17th Century Landscape Masterpieces from the Nanjing Museum China Institute, New York Sept. 18, 2003-March 8, 2004 60 paintings, including scrolls and album leaves, focusing on the work of the "Eight Masters of Jinling" Curator: Hai Chang (China Institute)

	Raymond Pettibon No Title (oh me if) 1997		American Short Stories: Saul Steinberg/Raymond Pettibon Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami Sept. 19-Nov. 16, 2003 Works by the popular illustrative artists Also on view: "Roberto Juarez: A Sense of Place," Sept. 14-Nov. 16, 2003 and "Mario Benjamin: Project," Sept. 14-Nov. 9, 2003

	Rona Pondick Dog 1998-2001		Rona Pondick: Sculpture, 1992-2003 Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Mich. Sept. 20-Nov. 30, 2003 Sculptures made from fabric, dirt and found objects and mixed-media including Dirt Head, a room-sized installation of 400 handcrafted elements embedded in 12 tons of earth Curator: Joe Houston (Cranbrook)

	Pierre Huyghe The Third Memory 1999		Image Stream Wexner Center for the Arts Sept. 20, 2003-Jan. 4, 2004 Eight narrative film and video works by artists Lorna Simpson, Pierre Huyghe, Matthew Barney Curator: Helen Molesworth (Wexner) Catalogue: 80 pp., essays by Molesworth, George Baker, Gregg Bordowitz, Aruna D'Souza, Bill Horrigan, Bruce Jenkins and Hamza Walker

			The Language of Native American Baskets National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Sept. 20, 2003-Jan. 9, 2004 Over 200 native baskets from the museum collection

	Vincent van Gogh The Starry Night 1889		The Heroic Century: The Museum of Modern Art Masterpieces, 200 Paintings and Sculptures Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Sept. 21, 2003-Jan. 4, 2004 209 works from the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, including Vincent van Gogh's The Starry Night, Claude Monet's Water Lilies and Salvador Dali's The Persistence of Memory Catalogue: Softcover $40, hardcover $65 Also on view: "Eye on the Third Ward: Yates High School Photography," Sept. 6-Dec. 29, 2003, "Western Landscapes by Albert Bierstadt and Thomas Moran from the Stark Museum of Art," Sept. 6, 2003-Feb. 1, 2004, "Luca Buvoli -- Flying Preparatory Exercises," Sept .12-Nov. 30, 2003, "First Down Houston: The Birth of an NFL Franchise," Sept. 21, 2003-Feb. 8, 2004

	Louis-Auguste Bisson Bull 1850		The Dawn of Photography: French Daguerreotypes, 1839-1855 Metropolitan Museum of Art Sept. 23, 2003-Jan. 4, 2004 175 works of early photography with examples of portraits, landscapes, city views, genre scenes, scientific and ethnographic works Also on view: "The Responsive Eye: Ralph T. Coe and the Collecting of American Indian Art," Sept.-Dec. 14, 2003, "Klee Abstract," Sept. 5-Dec. 7, 2003, "Small Bronzes," Sept. 5-Dec. 7, 2003, "Dreams of Yellow Mountain: Landscapes of Survival in Seventeenth-Century China," Sept. 13, 2003-Jan. 25, 2004

	Dan Steinhilber Untitled 2002		Directions: Dan Steinhilber Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Sept. 24, 2003-Jan. 6, 2004 Three sculptures are on view in the first museum solo show by the Washington D.C.-based artist

	John Baldessari Strobe Series/Futurist: Girl with flowers falling from mouth (for Botticelli) #1 1975		The Disembodied Spirit Bowdoin College Museum of Art Sept. 25-Dec. 7, 2003 Ghosts in art, via works by 19th-century photographers as well as contemporary artists, including Nancy Burson, Gregory Crewdson and Anna Gaskell Curator: Alison Ferris Catalogue: Essays by Ferris, Tom Gunning and Pamela Thurschwell Funding: NEA, Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation, LEF Foundation

	Lee Mingwei		Projects 80: Lee Mingwei, The Tourist Museum of Modern Art Sept. 25-Nov. 24, 2003 Snapshots, souvenirs and recordings from tours of New York, given to the artist by voluntary tour guides. The tours continue for the duration of the show Curator: Roxana Marcoci (MoMA) Also on view: "Projects 79: Liam Gillick, Literally," Sept. 25-Dec. 1, 2003 and "Pencil: Drawings from the Collection," Sept. 18, 2003-March 8, 2004

	Loretta Pettway Medallion ca. 1960		The Quilts of Gee's Bend Milwaukee Art Museum Sept. 27, 2003-Jan. 4, 2004 The immensely popular exhibition of abstract quilts, made by generations of women from the African-American hamlet in Alabama, in an extensively traveling exhibition that was organized in 2002 by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Tour: Six more stops to come Funding: Argosy Foundation and Friends of Art

			Jewels and Gems Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum Sept. 28, 2003-Jan. 12, 2004 131 brooches, necklaces, bracelets and other craft objects by 97 contemporary artisans Curator: Kenneth Trapp Also on view: "The Jewelry of Robert Ebendorf: A Retrospective of Forty Years," Sept. 26-Jan. 19, 2004

	Ernesto Neto Arco Venturo 1967		Ernesto Neto Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles Sept. 28, 2003-Jan. 12, 2004 A new large-scale sculpture by the Brazilian artist, suspended from the ceiling and offering visitors interactive spaces Curators: Alma Ruiz (MoCA) Funding: Jumex Fund for Contemporary Latin American Art

	Elsa Schiaparelli Evening Coat spring 1939		"Shocking!" The Art and Fashion of Elsa Schiaparelli Philadelphia Museum of Art Sept. 28, 2003-Jan. 4, 2004 Designs for the modern woman, ca. 1920s-1954, including the outrageous 1931 tennis culottes for Lily dAlvarez and the 1936 wardrobe for aviator Amy Johnson, plus designs for society women and for more than 30 motion pictures Curator: Dilys E. Blum Catalogue: 312 pp., Yale University Press, $65 Funding: Carefree

	Tom Friedman cup and straws 1997		The Invisible Thread: Buddhist Spirit in Contemporary Art Snug Harbor Cultural Center Sept. 30, 2003-March, 2004 The impact of Buddhism on art since the 1950s is explored through the works of artists such as John Cage, Morris Graves, Marina Abramovic, Xu Bing, Bill Viola, Tom Friedman and Terry Winters Curator: Robyn Brentano, Roger Lipsey, Lilly Wei and Olivia Georgia

			Treasures of a Lost Art: Italian Manuscript Painting of the Middle Ages and Renaissance Metropolitan Museum of Art Sept. 30, 2003-Feb. 1, 2004 The first-ever presentation of manuscripts collected by Met patron Robert Lehman (1891-1969) features 101 single leaves and cuttings ranging from the 13th to the 16th century Curator: Pia Palladino (Met) Catalogue: 220 pp., Yale University Press, $50 cloth