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	Ed Ruscha 5000 W. Carling Way 1967		Overhead/Underfoot - The Topographical Perspective in Photography Whitney Museum July 1-Sept. 25, 2005 Ca. 30 examples of aerial photography by Bourke-White, Heizer, Ruscha, Turrell, others, from the museum collection Also on view: "Past Presence: Childhood and Memory," July 7 October 13, 2005

	Jacob Matham's Diana in the Clouds (16th century) paired with Robert Mapplethorpe's Lisa Lyon (1981)		Robert Mapplethorpe and the Classical Tradition: Photographs and Mannerist Prints Guggenheim Museum July 1-Aug. 24, 2005 Exhibition exploring the relationship between Mapplethorpes photography and classical art, pairing Mannerist works from the Hermitage with photos from the Guggenheim Curator: Germano Celant, Arkady Ippolitov Catalogue: 231 pp., $50 Funding: Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, State Hermitage Museum, Deutsche Bank Tour: The show has already appeared in Berlin and Moscow Also on view: "Oteiza: Myth and Modernism," July 1-Aug. 24, 2005

	Dan Flavin Monument 4 those who have been killed in ambush (to P.K. who reminded me about death) 1966		Dan Flavin: A Retrospective Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago July 2-Oct. 20, 2005 50-plus objects and installations, along with more than 100 drawings, sketches and collage-constructions Curator: Michael Govan Catalogue: 208 pp., $45 Tour: The show premiered at the NGA and closed last month at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth; dates and venues for a European tour are to be announced Funding: Altria Group

			Emilio Pucci Phoenix Art Museum July 2, 2005-Nov. 6, 2005 Psychedelia-styled prints by the fashion designer known as the "King of Casual Couture."

	John Walkers North Branch at the Portland Art Museum		John Walker: Works on Paper Portland (Me.) Museum of Art July 2-Aug. 28, 2005 Oils, watercolors, monotypes and sketches by the 65-year-old British expressionist who was short-listed for the Turner Prize in 1986 Curator: Susan Danly Tour: Luther W. Brady Art Gallery, Washington, D.C., Sept. 6-Oct. 30, 2005 Funding: Barry A. Berkus and family, Maine Art Leasing, Knoedler

			Masterpieces from the Permanent Collection Metropolitan Museum of Art July 2, 2005-Nov. 29, 2005 Traces the evolution of Japanese arts, including prehistoric pottery, ink monochrome painting, woodblock prints and contemporary ceramics

	Richard Tuttle K 1 1981		The Art of Richard Tuttle San Francisco Museum of Modern Art July 2-Oct. 16, 2005 The first full-scale retrospective of the whimsical Minimalist features 300-plus works dating from the mid-1960s to the present Curator: Madeleine Grynsztejn Catalogue: 388 pp., $65 hardcover, $35 softcover Tour: Whitney Museum, Nov. 2005-Feb. 2006, Des Moines Art Center, Mar.-June 2006, Dallas Museum of Art, July-Oct. 2006, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Nov. 2006-Feb. 2007 Funding: Henry Luce Foundation, Mimi and Peter Haas, Edward E. Hills Fund, Helen and Charles Schwab, Agnes Gund and Daniel Shapiro.

	Trimpin Phffft 1992		Trimpin: Phffft Henry Art Gallery, Seattle July 2-Oct. 2, 2005 Nearly 200 air-activated reeds, flutes, pitched pipes, whistles and other instruments hung from the gallery ceiling in a recreation of the sound artist Trimpins 1992 installation Curator: Sara Krajewski Funding: ArtsFund, 4Culture/King County Lodging Tax Fund, Boeing Company, PONCHO, donors to the Contemporary Art Fund Also on view: "Seeing the Unseen," July 2-Oct. 2, 2005

	Winslow Homer The Coming Storm 1901		Winslow Homer in the National Gallery of Art National Gallery of Art July 3, 2005-Feb. 20, 2006 Oil paintings, watercolors, drawings and prints by the from the museum collection Funding: Siemens

	Samuel Miller (attributed to) Georgey ca. 1845		Little Women, Little Men: Folk Art Portraits of Children from the Fenimore Art Museum Clark Art Institute July 4, 2005-Oct. 15, 2005 12 paintings of children by American itinerant portrait artists, including Ammi Phillips, Erastus Salisbury Field, Joseph Whiting Stock and William Matthew Prior

	Lauren Greenfield The "damas" (maids of honor) go from the church to the reception in a Ford Explorer limousine at Ruby's "quinceaera," Huntington Park, California; from the Girl Culture series 2001		Artists Interrogate: Race and Identity Milwaukee Art Museum July 7-Oct. 9, 2005 More than 80 objects exploring themes of race, including works by Tina Barney, Caren Heft, Luis Jiménez, Glenn Ligon, Danny Lyon, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Art Spiegelman and Roger Shimomura Curator: Sarah Kirk

	Patty Chang Video stills from Shangri-La 2005		Patty Chang: Shangri-La New Museum of Contemporary Art July 8-Sept. 10, 2005 Video installation investigating issues of the body, tourism and utopia in a rural village in Chinas Yunnan province Funding: Peter Norton Family Foundation, American Center Foundation

			Sounds of the Silk Road: Musical Instruments of Asia Museum of Fine Arts, Boston July 9-Jan. 5, 2006 150 intricately designed instruments from throughout Asia, featuring artifacts from the MFAs collections augmented by loans Catalogue: 144 pp., $24.95

	Jar with designs of peonies and mythical animals Stoneware Red River Delta Later Le dynasty, 15th century		Vietnamese Ceramics from the Red River Delta Freer Gallery of Art July 9, 2005-continues indefinitely 22 works bringing together Vietnamese ceramics in the Freer collection from the 12th- to 16th-century.

	"The NEO Show," 2005		The NEO Show Cleveland Museum of Art July 10-Sept. 4, 2005 A juried exhibition of artists from the North East Ohio area, culled from 1300 submissions, and featuring work in all media.

	The Grand Salon from the Htel Gaillard de la Bouxire		The Grand Salon from the Htel Gaillard de la Bouxire Minneapolis Institute of Arts July 14, 2005-continues indefinitely The debut of the Grand Salon from the Htel Gaillard de la Bouexire (c. 1735), one of the most intact existing interiors from early eighteenth-century Paris. Funding: Carolyn and Franklin Groves and The Groves Foundation

	Jean Hélion Nude Leaning on Elbow 1948-49		Jean Hélion National Academy Museum, New York July 14-Oct. 9, 2005 35 paintings by French painter Hélion, illustrating his influence on the development of abstract art in the United States Catalogue: 216 pp., $50.00 Tour: Centre Pompidou, Paris, Dec. 8 2004-Mar. 6, 2005; Picasso Museum, Barcelona, Mar. 18-June 19, 2005

	Katharina Grosse Untitled 2002		Extreme Abstraction Albright Knox Art Gallery July 15-Oct. 16, 2005 Abstract art lives! More than 150 works by nearly as many artists, including Polly Apfelbaum, Ingrid Calame, Arturo Herrera, Damien Hirst, Liam Gillick, Katharina Grosse, Jim Isermann, David Reed and Franz West, including several site-specific installations and special commissions Curators: Claire Schneider, Louis Grachos Catalogue: Designed by artist Pae White Funding: John R. Oishei Foundation

	Jim Dine Very Picante 1995		Jim Dine Prints: 1985-2002 Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College July 16-Sept. 11, 2005 An exhibition of 46 large-scale prints featuring variations on signature themes, such as hand tools and hearts, along with newer motifs such as owls and Pinocchio, accompanied by a selection of works from the centers permanent collection Curator: Patricia Phagan Catalogue: 256 pp., $65.00 Funding: The Smart Family Foundation, Inc.

	Simon Vouet Bust of Woman Holding an Urn ca. 1644		Poussin to Cézanne: French Drawings from the Prat Collection Philadelphia Museum of Art July 16-Sept. 25, 2005 100 drawings reflecting the three centuries of French draftsmanship leading up to 1900, selected by former Louvre director Pierre Rosenberg Curator: Innis Shoemaker Catalogue: 327 pp., essays by Rosenberg, Louis-Antoine Prat Funding: Pew Charitable Trusts, Robert Montgomery Scott Endowment, Kathleen C. and John J. F. Sherrerd Endowment; Jean-David Levitte, Ambassador of France to the United States (Honorary Patron) Tour: The show has already appeared at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Toledo Museum of Art Also on view: "Mavericks of Color: Photographs from the Collection," July 30-Nov. 27, 2005

	Jean-Michel Basquiat Untitled 1983		Basquiat Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles July 17-Oct. 10, 2005 Major retrospective of the career of Jean-Michel Basquiat, featuring 100-plus works Catalogue: 224 pp., $24.95 Tour: The show premiered at the Brooklyn Museum and subsequently appears at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Nov. 18-Feb. 12, 2006 Funding: JPMorgan Chase, Fernwood Art Foundation, Ahmanson Foundation Also on view: "The Blake Byrne Collection," July 3-Oct. 10, 2005

	Etienne Allegrain Landscape with a Lake ca. 1700		The Splendor of Ruins in French Landscape Painting, 1630-1800 Museum of Fine Arts, Houston July 17-Oct. 16, 2005 35 pictures from 18 artists, featuring works by Claude Lorrain, Hubert Robert and others focusing on the depiction of ruins in the 17^th and 18^th centuries Curator: Stephen D. Borys Catalogue: 97 pp. Funding: National Endowment for the Arts, the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, the Ohio Arts Council, the Ohio Humanities Council, and Mr. John Stern, the Hamill Foundation

	William Edmondson Angel 1937-39		Bill Traylor, William Edmondson and the Modernist Impulse Menil Collection July 22-Oct. 2, 2005 50 drawings and paintings by Traylor and 25 sculptures by Edmondson, accompanied by photographs of the artists at work Funding: Toni and Jeffery Beauchamp and Stephanie Smither, the City of Houston Tour: This show has already been seen at the Krannert Art Museum, Oct. 22, 2004-Jan. 2, 2005; the Birmingham Museum of Art, Feb. 1-April 3, 2005; the Studio Museum of Art in Harlem, April 20June 26, 2005

	Wangechi Mutu The Naughty Fruits of My Evil Labor 2005		Wangechi Mutu Miami Art Museum July 22-Oct. 9, 2005 New work from Kenyan-born Brooklyn artist, whose collage-like paintings are accompanied by a video based on the hymn Amazing Grace Curator: Peter Boswell Funding: Peter Norton Family Foundation, Funding Arts Network

	Shreve and Co. Tea and Coffee Service ca. 1910		Eleven Decades of Modern Silver: A Taste for Coffee and Tea Portland (Ore.) Art Museum July 23, 2005-Jan. 29, 2006 Innovative pieces in silver design, with styles ranging from Arts and Crafts to Post-Modernism and including works by Mulholland Brothers, Georg Jensen, William Spratling and John Marshall. Curator: Margo Grant Walsh, Marcella Peterson, Bruce Guenther, Margaret Bullock Funding: Margo Grant Walsh

	Janaina Tschpe Untitled 2004		Landscape Confection Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston July 23-Sept. 11, 2005 New and recent work from 13 artists exploring the potentials of landscape painting in different media, including Rowena Dring, Pia Fries, Jason Gubbiotti, Jim Hodges, David Korty, Kori Newkirk, Katie Pratt, Michael Raedecker, Neal Rock, Lisa Sanditz, Ranjani Shettar, Amy Sillman, Janaina Tschpe Curator: Helen Molesworth Catalogue: 81 pp., $29.95 Tour: The show has already appeared at its organizing institution, the Wexner Center for the Arts, and subsequently appears at the Orange County Museum of Art, Feb. 5-May 7, 2006

	Retratos: 2,000 Years of Latin American Portraits		Retratos: 2,000 Years of Latin American Portraits Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach July 23-Oct. 2, 2005 100+ painted and sculpted portraits from seventy-six leading museums and private collectors in Mexico, Central and South America, the Caribbean, and the United States Curator: Carolyn Kinder Carr, Miguel Bretos, Marion Oettinger Jr., Fatima Bercht Catalogue: 300 pp., $65.00 Funding: Ford Motor Company Fund Tour: This show has already appeared at El Museo del Barrio, Dec. 3, 2004March 20, 2005 and San Diego Museum of Art, April 16June 12, 2005. It will travel to National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C. Oct. 21, 2005January 8, 2006, San Antonio Museum of Art, Feb. 4April 30, 2006 Also on view: "Retratos De Carlos Luna,"July 7-Oct. 23, 2005; "Victoria Gitman: On Display," July 12-October 16, 2005

	Chuck Close Self-Portrait/String 1983		Chuck Close: Self-Portraits 1967-2005 Walker Art Center July 24-Oct. 16, 2005 Major exhibition focusing on Close's self-portraits, including paintings, drawings, photographs, collages and prints from throughout his career. Curators: Siri Engberg (Walker), Madeleine Grynsztejn (SFMOMA) Catalogue: Tour: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Nov. 19-Feb. 28, 2006; Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Whitney Museum of American Art Funding: UBS

	Sabrina Raaf Test People: Bad Camouflage 2004		Brides of Frankenstein San Jose Museum of Art July 31-Oct. 30, 2005 Experimental work by a new generation of female artists, Andrea Ackerman, Peggy Ahwesh, Erzsebet Baerveldt, Kirsten Geisler, Elizabeth King, Heidi Kumao, Kristin Lucas, Amy Myers, Patricia Piccinini, Sabrina Raaf, Tamara Stone, Camille Utterback, Gail Wight and Adrianne Wortzel Curator: Marcia Tanner