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	Stem cup China, Ming dynasty, Xuande period (1426-35)		Defining Yongle: Imperial Art in Early 15th-Century China Metropolitan Museum of Art Apr. 1-July 10, 2005 50 objects from the imperial workshop of the Yongle Emperor (1403-1424) Curators: Denise Patry Leidy, James C.Y. Watt Funding: Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Foundation

	James McNeill Whistler La Petite Mephisto ca. 1884		Small Masterpieces: Whistler Paintings from the 1880s Freer Gallery Apr. 2-continues indefinitely 24 of the strikingly sketchy and abstract paintings, done quickly from life or in the studio, that influenced similar works by Walter Sickert, Childe Hassam, John Twachtman and others Curator: Kenneth Myers

	Marilyn Minter Bullet 2004		New Work: Marilyn Minter San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Apr. 1-July 24, 2005 High-key erotic close-ups of women's mouths in photographs and paintings by the New York artist, in the third of the museum's "New Works" exhibitions Curator: Joshua Shirkey Funding: Betlach Family Foundation, Collectors Forum, Mimi and Peter Haas, Nancy and Steven Oliver, Robin Wright

	Brass Candlestick Egypt, late 13th or early 14th century		Palace and Mosque: Islamic Art from the Victoria and Albert Museum Kimbell Art Museum Apr. 3-Sept. 4, 2005 Islamic art objects, books, architectural design and more dating from the 8th to the 19th centuries, in the second and final stop of a traveling exhibition that premiered at the National Gallery of Art Funding: Mohammed Jameel

	Max Ernst Fireside Angel 1937		Max Ernst: A Retrospective Metropolitan Museum of Art Apr. 7-July 10, 2005 180 works by the Surrealist artist Curators: Sabine Rewald, Werner Spies Catalogue: 328 pp., Metropolitan Museum, $65 Funding: Atlanta AG

	Elmgreen & Dragset Monument to Short Term Memory 2005		Monuments for the USA CAA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts Apr. 7-May 14, 2005 Proposals for monuments by over 50 artists, including Monica Bonvicini, Los Carpinteros, Martin Creed, Jeremy Deller, Jessica Diamond, Hans Haacke, Thomas Hirschhorn, Brad Kahlhamer, Yoshua Okun and Olav Westphalen Curator: Ralph Rugoff Tour: tba Also on view: "Tariq Alvi," "Anthony Burdin."

	Encircling fishing net Japan, designed 1996, manufactured 2003		Extreme Textiles: Designing for High Performance Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum Apr. 8, 2005-Jan. 15, 2006 Recent technical advancements in textiles, displayed side-by-side with works from the museum's extensive permanent collection Curator: Matilda McQuaid Catalogue: 224 pp., Princeton Architectural Press, $45 Funding: Coby Foundation, Ltd., Elise Jaffe + Jeffrey Brown, J. M. Kaplan Fund, Stephen McKay, Inc., Target

	Mahomi Kunikata The Desk and Chair are too small 2004		Little Boy Japan Society Apr. 8-July 25, 2005 The third installment of artist Takashi Murakami's "Superflat" trilogy presenting works from the "otaku" Japanese youth subculture includes public installations around New York, courtesy the Public Art Fund Curator: Takashi Murakami Catalogue: Little Boy: The Arts of Japan's Exploding Subculture, 272 pp., Yale, $60

	Adriaen van de Velde Pastoral Landscape with Ruins 1664		Time and Transformation in 17th Century Dutch Art Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College Apr. 8-June 19, 2005 90 wporks dating from 1600 to 1690 by Rembrandt, Ruisdael, Cuyp, Wtewael, Bloemaert and more, in the first exhibition to examine how Dutch artists dwelt on the workings of time and circumstance upon the physical world Curator: Susan Donahue Kuretsky Catalogue: 352 pp., University of Washington Press, $60 Tour: Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Aug. 20-Oct. 30, 2005; J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Jan. 10-Mar. 26, 2006

	Anne Chu Bestial 2003		Anne Chu Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami Apr. 9-July 3 35 marionette-like sculptures and 30 works on paper in the largest survey of the artist's work to date Curator: Bonnie Clearwater Funding: Francie Bishop Good, David Horvitz

	Edward Hopper The Lonely House 1922		At the Window: Etchings by Edward Hopper Philadelphia Museum of Art Apr. 9-July 31, 2005 Approximately 50 works, ca. 1918-1926, from the museum collection Curators: Christa Carroll, John Ittman

	Steve Mumford Lead Humvee on River Road		Art of Aggression Moore Space, Miami Apr. 14-July 1, 2005 Works by Wayne Gonzales, Emily Jacir, An-My L, Mark Lombardi, Mary Ellen Mark, Dominic McGill, Steve Mumford, Josh On & Futurefarmers, Martha Rosler, and Moises Saman Curators: Jean Crutchfield, Robert Hobbs Also: "Drawing From Life: Steve Mumford In Iraq 2003-2004" and "E-Flux Video Rental"

	Maurice Sendak detail from Where the Wild Things Are 1963		Wild Things: The Art of Maurice Sendak Jewish Museum Apr. 15-Aug. 14, 2005 Drawings, posters, costumes, sets and more chronicle 50 years of work by the illustrator and author famous for the children's classics Where the Wild Things Are and In the Night Kitchen Curator: Claudia Nahson Funding: Joseph Alexander Foundation, Empire State Development Corporation, Susan and Leonard Feinstein, Eugene M. and Emily Grant Foundation, Second Century Society

	Terry Allen Middle C 2000		Terry Allen: Stories from Dugout Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston Apr. 16-June 11, 2005 Love between a baseball player and a honky-tonk piano player, via a narrative installation by the Texas native Funding: Charles Butt, Marilyn Oshman

	Kazuo Shiraga Untitled 1959		The Shape of Time Walker Art Center Apr. 17-Aug. 3, 2005 One of seven exhibitions debuting the refurbished and expanded galleries of the Minneapolis museum Also on view: "Shadowland: An Exhibition as a Film," "Urban Cocktail," "Elemental," "Mythologies," more.

	Mummy Mask late 1st century bc to early 1st century ad		Mummies: Death and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt Bowers Museum of Cultural Art, Santa Ana, Ca. Apr. 17, 2005-Apr. 15, 2007 140 ancient Egyptian objects (including 14 mummies) from the British Museum Curators: Nigel Strudwick, John Taylor Catalogue: 244 pp, $29.95.

	Digital image of winning proposal for the High Line by Field Operations and Diller Scofidio + Renfro		The High Line Museum of Modern Art Apr. 19-July 18, 2005 Models and digital renderings of the winning design for the rehabilitation of the High Line elevated railway along Manhattan's West Side Curator: Tina di Carlo

	Gabriele Di Matteo History Stripped Bare (detail) 2002		OK/OKAY Grey Art Gallery, NYU Apr. 19-July 16, 2005 The ambiguities of expression, via works by 14 emerging European artists (Christian Anderson, Olivier Blanckart, Valentin Carron, Gabriele Di Matteo, Lara Favaretto, Laurent Grasso, Bob Gramsma, Graham Gussin, Leopold Kessler, Adam McEwen, Werner Reiterer, Nedko Solakov, Jean-Luc Verna and Ben Woodeson) in a show presented with the Swiss Institute in SoHo Curator: Marc-Olivier Wahler Funding: Abby Weed Grey Trust, Pro Helvetia, tant Donns, Consulate General of Sweden, New York, Danish Arts Council, Fundao Luso-Americano Para o Desenvolvimento, IASPIS

	Alain Bublex recommendation Central 2002		Alain Bublex: Plug-In City (Houston) Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston April 22-June 11, 2005 An imaginary Houston, via large-scale photos by the French photographer and conceptual artist Funding: tant Donn

	Sol Lewitt proposal for wall drawing		Sol LeWitt on the Roof: Splotches, Whirls, and Twirls Metropolitan Museum of Art Apr. 26-Oct. 30, 2005 (weather permitting) Five recent sculptures and one wall drawing installed in the Met's Iris B. Cantor Roof Garden Funding: Cynthia Hazen Polsky and Leon B. Polsky

	Chris Ofili Untitled 1995-2005		Chris Ofili: Afro Muses Studio Museum in Harlem Apr. 27-July 3, 2005 Regal portraits of African kings and queens from the Afro-British yBa Curator: Thelma Golden Funding: Melva Bucksbaum, Raymond Learsy, Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, Peter Jay Sharp Foundation Also: "Bill Traylor, William Edmonson, and the Modernist Impulse," a touring exhibition of over 50 drawings and 25 sculptures

	Erick Swenson Untitled 2004		Springtide Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia Apr. 30-Aug. 1, 2005 New work by Louise Bourgeois, Troy Brauntuch, Berlinde De Bruyckere, Patty Chang, and Erick Swenson Also on view: "Richard Pettibone: A Retrospective"