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	Josef Albers Armchair ca. 1927		Josef and Anni Albers: Designs for Living Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum Oct. 1, 2004 -Feb. 27, 2005 Furniture, textiles and other domestic objects designed from the 1920s to the '50s by "Homage to the Square" painter Josef Albers and his wife Anni, who is now widely celebrated for her textile designs Curator: Nicholas Fox Weber, Matilda McQuaid Catalogue: 160 pp, $39.95 hardcover, essays by Nicholas Fox Weber and Martin Filler

	Dan Flavin Untitled (in honor of Harold Joachim) 3 1977		Dan Flavin: A Retrospective National Gallery of Art Oct. 2, 2004-Jan. 9, 2005 46 objects and installations, most incorporating Flavins signature fluorescent light tubes, along with 110 drawings, sketches and collage-constructions in the first comprehensive Flavin exhibition Curators: Michael Govan, Tiffany Bell, Jeffrey Weiss Catalogue: 208 pp, $45.00 softcover; a related publication is the 432-page Dan Flavin: The Complete Lights, 19611996, $150.00 softcover Tour: Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Feb. 25-June 5, 2005; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, July 1-Oct. 30, 2005 Funding: Altria Group, Lehman-Smith + McLeish, Lannan Foundation, Henry Luce Foundation, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts Also on view: "All the Mighty World: The Photographs of Roger Fenton, 1852-60," Oct. 17, 2004-Jan. 2, 2005

	Laura Owens Untitled 2004		The Undiscovered Country UCLA Hammer Museum Oct. 3, 2004-Jan. 16, 2005 Over 60 works by 25 painters and sculptors working in a representational mode, ranging from John Baldessari, Neil Jenney and Gerhard Richter to Peter Doig, Laura Owens and Luc Tuymans Curator: Russell Ferguson Catalogue: 120 pp.

	Cerith Wyn Evans Look at that picture How does it appear to you now? Does it seem to be Persisting?		Cerith Wyn Evans Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Oct. 6, 2004-Jan. 30, 2005 The British artists first U.S. museum show features works that incorporate mirrors, chandeliers and other materials and make reference to philosophy, literature and history. It is mounted in conjuction with a large, site-specific installation at the MIT List Visual Arts Center, Oct. 7-Dec. 31, 2004 Curator: William Stover

	Kehinde Wiley Passing/Posing (Immaculate Consumption) 2003		Passing/Posing: Kehinde Wiley Paintings Brooklyn Museum of Art Oct. 8, 2004-Feb. 6, 2005 The first museum show for the Brooklyn-based painter whose realist portraits combine references to art history with urban street culture features Passing/Posing, a cycle of four large-scale oil paintings recently acquired by the BMA Curator: Tumelo Mosaka Funding: Peter Norton Family Foundation

	John Singer Sargent Ruth Sears Bacon 1887		Great Expectations: John Singer Sargent Painting Children Brooklyn Museum of Art Oct. 8, 2004-Jan. 16, 2005 The first exhibition to examine child imagery in Sargents art includes 43 works -- commissioned portraits, portraits of family members and friends, genre paintings, and works portraying professional child models Curator: Barbara Dayer Gallati Catalogue: 256 pp, $60 hardcover Tour: Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Feb. 25-May 22, 2005; Portland (Ore.) Art Museum, June 18-Sept. 11, 2005 Funding: Jan and Warren Adelson, others

	Joseph Beuys Schlitten (Sled) 1969		Joseph Beuys: Actions, Vitrines, Environments Menil Collection Oct. 8, 2004-Jan. 2, 2005 15 vitrine sculptures, 12 objects, DVD projections of Beuys performances and four environments in a show co-organized with the Tate Curator: Mark Rosenthal Catalogue: 224 pp., $50 hardcover, $35 softcover Tour: Tate Modern, Feb. 4-May 2, 2005 Funding: Andy Warhol Foundation, Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne, others

	George Romney Newton Making Experiments with a Prism		The Newtonian Moment: Science and the Making of Modern Culture New York Public Library Oct. 8, 2004-Feb. 5, 2005 A survey of Isaac Newtons wide-ranging influence, including works by 18th century artists like George Romney as well as rare volumes, maps and historical materials Curator: Mordechai Feingold Catalogue: 236 pp, $45 hardcover, $22.50 paperback

	Peter Doig Pelican (Stag) 2003		Carnegie International Carnegie Museum of Art Oct. 9, 2004-March 20, 2005 Now a ripe 108 years old, this triennial brings together more than 400 works by 38 artists from around the world, including John Bock, Robert Crumb, Peter Doig and Anne Chu Curator: Laura Hoptman Catalogue: 252 pp., $45 hardcover

	Alexander Calder Twenty Leaves and an Apple 1946		Calder Miró Phillips Collection Oct. 9, 2004-Jan. 23, 2005 Over 100 works charting the artistic dialogue between the mobile maker and the painter, in a show that originated at Basels Beyeler Foundation Curator: Elizabeth Hutton Turner Catalogue: 312 pp., $50 hardcover

	Charles-Henri-Joseph Cordier Negress of the Colonies 1861		Facing the Other: Charles Cordier (1827-1905) Ethnographic Sculptor Dahesh Museum of Art Oct. 12, 2004-Jan. 9, 2005 An academic sculptor and member of the French Anthropological Society, Cordier fed Second Empire Frances appetite for orientalism with his classical portrait busts of exotic African tribesmen and women Curators: Laure de Margerie and Edouard Papet Catalogue: 256pp., $70.00 softbound , essays by Laure de Margerie and Edouard Papet

	Libby Black Burberry / Powell Skateboard 2004		California Biennial Orange County Museum of Art Oct. 12, 2004-Jan. 9, 2005 Libby Black, Brian Calvin, Malerie Marder and Kori Newkirk are among the 28 California artists on the roster of this Biennial. The digital and video works are on view in the museums new Orange Lounge in the South Coast Plaza shopping center. Curators: Elizabeth Armstrong, Irene Hofmann Catalogue: 128 pp, with essays by Elizabeth Armstrong, Irene Hofmann, Cary Levine, Jane Simon and others Funding: Deutsche Bank, Peter Norton Family Foundation

	Female figure Tang dynasty (618907)		China: Dawn of a Golden Age Metropolitan Museum of Art Oct. 12, 2004-Jan. 23, 2005 300 works -- objects in jade, bronze, gold, silver, metal, stone and wood, as well as textiles, works on paper and wall paintings -- dating from the Han to the Tang dynasty Curator: James C.Y. Watt Catalogue: 512 pp., $75 hardcover, with essays by James C.Y. Watt, An Jiayao, Angela F. Howard, Boris Marshak and Zhao Feng

	Christo and Jeanne-Claude Wrapped Reichstag, Project for Berlin. Scale Model 1993 1993		Christo and Jeanne-Claude: The Würth Museum Collection National Academy Museum Oct. 13, 2004-Jan. 2, 2005 65 works never before seen in the U.S. -- early 1950s wraps, sketches, collages, maps, photographs and more -- from the collection of Reinhold Wrth (now in the Wrth Museum in Knzelsau, Germany), said to be the second largest grouping of the artists work in Europe (Christo and Jeanne-Claudes sprawling Gates project opens in Central Park in February 2005) Curator: Isabelle Dervaux with Christo and Jeanne-Claude Catalogue: 140 pp, $25 softcover, essay by Professor Dr. Dieter Ronte Tour: Bass Museum, Miami, Feb. 3-Apr. 17, 2005; Portland (Maine) Museum of Art, Nov. 3, 2005-Jan. 1, 2006; the Austin Museum of Art, Jan. 28 Apr. 30, 2006; the Fresno Metropolitan Museum, Fresno, June 8 Aug. 20, 2006 Funding: Nurture New Yorks Nature, Inc., Deutsche Bank, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP Also on view: "The Photorealist Project by Xavier Veilhan" and "Transforming the Page: Line, Washes and Smudges," curated by William Bailey, Oct. 27, 2004-Jan. 2, 2005

	Romare Bearden Thank YouFor F.U.M.L. (Funking Up My Life) 1978		The Art of Romare Bearden Whitney Museum Oct. 14, 2004-Jan. 9, 2005 130 works in the touring show that premiered at the National Gallery and arrives at the Whitney after runs in San Francisco and Dallas. The Metropolitan Museum has "Romare Bearden at the Met," Oct. 19, 2004-Mar. 6, 2005 Curator: Ruth E. Fine Catalogue: 346 pp., $50 hardcover Tour: High Museum of Art, Jan. 29-Apr. 24, 2005 Funding: AT&T, Bloomberg, Laurie Tisch Foundation

	Folding chess board India		Asian Games: The Art of Contest Asia Society Museum Oct. 14, 2004-Jan. 16, 2005 Some 200 paintings, prints and decorative arts spanning 2,000 years explore Asia as the origin of games such as chess, Parcheesi and Ludo Curator: Colin Mackenzie Catalogue: 280pp. Tour: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Washington, D.C., Feb. 26-May 15, 2005; Middlebury College Museum of Art, fall 2005

	William Morris for Morris & Company "Strawberry Thief printed cotton" first issued 1883		The Beauty of Life: William Morris and the Art of Design Yale Center for British Art Oct. 14, 2004-Jan. 2, 2005 Some 200 designs for stained glass, wallpaper, textiles, embroidery and tapestry, as well as drawings, rare books and manuscripts and an 18-foot-tall stained glass window designed by Morris partner, the painter Edward Burne-Jones, in a show that debuted at the Huntington Library in San Marino, Calif. Curator: Diane Waggoner Catalogue: 176 pp., $24.95 softcover Tour: Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill., Jan. 21-Mar. 13, 2005

	Albrecht Dürer Adam & Eve 1504		Albrecht Dürer: A Renaissance Journey in Print Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Oct. 15, 2004-Jan. 9, 2005 From the graphic collection of the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna come 83 Drer prints, including his well known "Apocalypse" woodcut series Curator: Donald Schrader Tour: dates and venues TBA

	Eric Fischl Savior Mother, Save Your Love(r) 1984		Perspectives @ 25: A Quarter Century of New Art in Houston Contemporary Arts Museum Houston Oct. 15, 2004-Jan. 9, 2005 100 works by a slew of artists shown in the museums Perspectives program over the past 25 years, including Cindy Sherman, who debuted her "Film Stills" there in 1980, as well as Laurie Anderson, Ross Bleckner, Chuck Close and Nan Goldin Curator: Lynn Herbert

	Georg Scholz Industrial Farmers 1920		Comic Grotesque: Wit and Mockery in German Art, 1870-1940 Neue Galerie Oct. 15, 2004-Feb. 15, 2005 An historical follow-up to Robert Storrs SITE Santa Fe biennial, which dwelt on the grotesque? Here, works by Paul Klee, Alfred Kubin, Emile Nolde and others Curator: Dr. Pamela Kort

	Eagle Warrior Aztec ca. 1440-69		The Aztec Empire Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Oct. 15, 2004-Feb. 13, 2005 The first U.S. exhibition of Aztec art show in 20 years includes an impressive 440 objects Curator: Felipe Solís Olguín Catalogue: 80 pp., $24.95 paperback Tour: Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Mar. 21-Sept. 4, 2005 Funding: Banamex/Citigroup, Televisa

	Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez Philip IV ca. 1623-1624		Spain in the Age of Exploration, 1492-1819 Seattle Art Museum Oct. 16, 2004-Jan. 2, 2005 The 100 works of art and science in this show come largely from Spains royal collections. Includes work by Velazquez, Goya, Murillo and others Curators: Chiyo Ishikawa and Javier Morales Catalogue: 240 pp., $50 hardcover with essays by Chiyo Ishikawa, Richard Kagan and Benjamin Schmidt, Jess Carrillo, Joaqun Yarza, Sarah Schroth, José de la Sota and Andrew Schulz Tour: Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Feb. 2-May 1, 2005. Funding: Robert Lehman Foundation, Inc., Boeing Company, National Endowment for the Humanities, Iberia Airlines of Spain, Microsoft Corporation, Accenture, Starbucks Coffee Company, Seattle Times, KING 5 Television and the Seattle Art Museum Supporters

	Kero Cochabamba-Tiwanaku style A.D. 500-1000		Tiwanaku: Ancestors of the Inca Denver Art Museum Oct. 16, 2004-Jan. 23, 2005 The civilization of Tiwanaku, in Bolivia, disappeared in A.D. 1100 after 1,000 years of existence. This show has 100 of the objects they left behind, including textiles, ceramics and wood sculptures Curator: Dr. Margaret Young-Sánchez Catalogue: 192 pp., $36 hardcover, essay by Dr. Margaret Young-Sánchez

	Theodore Robinson The Wedding March 1892		In Monets Light: Theodore Robinson at Giverny Baltimore Museum of Art Oct. 17, 2004-Jan. 9, 2005 60 paintings by this American protégé of Monet are accompanied by five paintings by his mentor Curator: Sona Johnston Catalogue: 224 pp, $45 hardcover, $30 softcover Tour: Phoenix Art Museum, Feb. 4-May 8, 2005; Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, June 4-Sept. 4, 2005 Funding: Rouse Company, Henry Luce Foundation, others

	Ed Ruscha Bison Study #2 1989		Cotton Puffs, Q-tips®, Smoke and Mirrors: The Drawings of Ed Ruscha Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art Oct. 17, 2004-Jan. 17, 2005 The first retrospective of Ruschas works on paper -- 200 works from the past four decades -- premiered at the Whitney Museum and now lands the artists hometown of LA. For the occasion, MoCA is reconstructing Ruschas 1970 Chocolate Room, 360 sheets of paper printed with chocolate Curator: Margit Rowell Catalogue: $45 hardcover, 256 pp., with essays by Margit Rowell and Cornelia Butler Tour: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, Feb. 13-May 30, 2005

			Anri Sala Art Institute of Chicago Oct. 21, 2004-Jan. 30, 2005 A specially commissioned film by the Albanian-born artist involving an Icelandic rock band Curator: James Rondeau

	Katharina Sieverding Transformer XXIII 1973		Katharina Sieverding: Close Up P.S. 1 Art Center Oct. 24, 2004-Jan. 23, 2005 The U.S. museum debut of the Czech-born, German artist, who recently won the Goslarer Kaiserring, Germany's most prestigious art-prize, includes photographs and films from the 1960s to the present Curators: Alanna Heiss, Amy Smith-Stewart, Daniel Marzona Catalogue: 500 pp., with essays by Norman Bryson, Sabeth Buchmann, Katja Diefenbach, Alanna Heiss, Brian O'Doherty, Daniel Marzona, Amy Smith-Stewart and Abigail Solomon-Godeau Tour: KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Sept. 2005 Funding: Hauptstadtkulturfonds, Berlin and Kunststiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf

	Gilbert Stuart George Washington (The Lansdowne Portrait) 1796		Gilbert Stuart Metropolitan Museum of Art Oct. 21, 2004-Jan. 16, 2005 The first retrospective of Stuarts work in nearly 40 years includes 100 works, with a special gallery for 14 of his famous portraits of George Washington Curator: Carrie Rebora Barrett, Ellen G. Miles Catalogue: 352 pp., $65 hardcover Tour: National Gallery of Art, Mar. 27-July 31, 2005 Also on view: "George Washington: Man, Myth, Monument, Images from the Metropolitan," Oct. 19, 2004-Feb. 27, 2005; "Heritage of Power: Ancient Sculpture from West Mexico The Andrall E. Pearson Family Collection," Oct. 19, 2004-Apr. 3, 2005

	Giambologna Cesarini Venus 16th century		Giambologna: Master Sculptor of the Renaissance Price Tower Arts Center, Bartlesville, Okla. Oct. 22, 2004-Jan. 9, 2005 New York collector Michael Hall has lent 50 Giambologna sculptures, including works in marble, bronze, gold and silver

	Bill Traylor Turtle Swimming Down ca. 1939-1942		Bill Traylor, William Edmondson and the Modernist Impulse Krannert Art Museum Oct. 22, 2004-Jan. 2, 2005 Before these two Southern-born "outsiders" died around 1950, they were among the first African-American artists to gain art world attention. Younger modernists were attracted to their pared-down visual language. This show features over 50 of Traylors drawings and paintings, and 25 sculptures by Edmondson Curators: Joseph Helfenstein, Roxanne Stanulis Catalogue: 208 pp, $40.00 hardcover, essays by Josef Helfenstein, Roxanne Stanulis, Lowery Stokes Sims, Kerry James Marshall and others Tour: Birmingham (Ala.) Museum of Art, Feb. 1-Apr. 3, 2005; Studio Museum in Harlem, Apr. 20-June 26, 2005; Menil Collection, July 22-Oct. 2, 2005

	Erwin Wurm Thinking about Kant 1999		Erwin Wurm: "I Love My Time, I Dont Like My Time" Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Oct. 23, 2004-Jan. 9, 2005 A survey covering ten years of Wurms slyly humorous work, from his famous "One Minute Sculptures" (instructions on becoming a human sculpture) to videos and photographs Curator: René de Guzman Catalogue: Erwin Wurm: A Manual, with texts by Geraldine Barlow, René de Guzman and Ralph Rugoff. Tour: Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Apr. 1-June 12, 2005; Des Moines Art Center, summer 2006 Also on view: "Soy y Que: New Chicano/Latino Representations," and "Create and Be Recognized: Photography on the Edge," Oct. 23, 2004-Jan. 9, 2005

	Roy Lichtenstein Kiss V 1964		Roy Lichtenstein: All about Art San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Oct. 23, 2004-Feb. 22, 2005 50 paintings and 30 works on paper that show Lichtensteins interest in the painted image and the act of art making, in a show organized by the Louisiana Museum in Denmark Curator: Paul Erik Tøjner Catalogue: $39.95 hardcover with essays by Paul Erik Tjner, Michael Lobel, Avis Berman and Jack Cowart Also on view: "Glamour: Fashion, Industrial Design, Architecture," Oct. 9, 2004-Jan. 17, 2005; "Double Feature: Mary Lucier and Gordon Matta-Clark," Oct. 7, 2004-Jan. 23, 2005; "Belles Lettres: The Art of Typography," Oct. 30, 2004-Apr. 17, 2005

	Burgundian Calvary of the Carthusians ca. 1440		Dukes and Angels: Art from the Court of Burgundy, 1364-1419 Cleveland Museum of Art Oct. 24, 2004-Jan. 9, 2005 On the 600th anniversary of the death of the first Valois Duke of Burgundy, Philip the Bold, the CMA opens this show of 150 objects -- sculpture, panel paintings, illuminated manuscripts and more -- spotlighting his familys prodigious patronage of the arts. The exhibition premiered at the Musee des Beaux Arts, Dijon. Curator: Stephen Fliegel Catalogue: 368 pp., $50 hardcover, with essays by Sophie Jugie, Francois Rebsamen, others

	Three Ostrich-Egg Cups in the Form of Ostriches ca. 1589-95		Princely Splendor: The Dresden Court Metropolitan Museum of Art Oct. 26, 2004-Jan. 30, 2005 With 250 works of art and objects on loan from the Dresden State Art Collections -- gold and silver objects, ebony furniture, rare arms and armor, paintings, sculptures, including several bronzes by Giambologna -- the Met recreates the contents of the Dresden Kunstkammer around 1600 Curators: Wolfgang Koeppe, Ian Wardropper Catalogue: $65 hardcover, $45 paperback Tour: Palazzo Ruspoli, Rome, Mar. 1-Apr. 29, 2005

	Isamu Noguchi Remembrance 1944		Isamu Noguchi: Master Sculptor Whitney Museum Oct. 28, 2004-Jan. 16, 2005 65 sculptures in such diverse materials as plaster, wood, terracotta, paper, string, steel and bronze, as well as 20 related drawings comprise this survey of Noguchis work, on the occasion of the centenary of his birth Curator: Valerie Fletcher Catalogue: 240 pp., essays by Valerie Fletcher, Dona Miller and Bonnie Rychlak Tour: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Feb. 10-May 8, 2005

	Ignacio Lang Looking for a Signal (Buscando un Señal)		Island Nations: New art from Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and the Diaspora Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art Oct. 29, 2004-Jan. 30, 2005 Work by 23 artists, including Esterio Segura, Glenda León, Tony Capellán and Raquel Paiewonsky and Wilfredo Prieto, in a show that seeks to debunk the cliché of the Caribbean as merely a tropical paradise Curator: Judith Tannenbaum Catalogue: 44 pp., $17.50 softcover