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	Andy Goldsworthy Two Rivers 1999 (detail)		Andy Goldsworthy and Ernesto Neto SITE Santa Fe Apr. 1-May 28, 2000 Site-specific installations by British earthworks artist Goldsworthy and Neto, the spice-meister from Rio. Check out Neto at the Wexner Center this month, too. Curator: Luis Grachos, SITE Santa Fe.

	Vasilii Kandinsky Improvisation 209 1917		Painting Revolution: Kandinsky, Malevich and the Russian Avant-Garde Phoenix Art Museum Apr. 1-July 2, 2000 Around 85 works from Russian state museums by the pioneers of Suprematism, the only avant-garde movement supported by a state government. Organized by the Foundation for International Arts & Eduction and the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, Moscow. Also on view in conjunction with the exhibition is "The Revolution in Print: Russian Political Posters from the Elinor Fagan Collection."

			A Practical Dreamer: The Photographs of Man Ray Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minn. Apr. 2-June 25, 2000 From New York to Paris to Hollywood, over 100 vintage prints dating from 1916 to the '50s by the Surrealist photographer who also lensed movie stars and fashion models. Curator: Kate Ware, formerly of the J. Paul Getty Museum. Funding: Project Imagine; Goldman Sachs & Co.

	Tony Oursler Crying 1996		Introjection: Tony Oursler Mid-Career Survey 1976-1999 Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles Apr. 2-July 9, 2000 Neurosis and creepiness via 25 installations combining video, sculpture and performance. Curator: Deborah Rothschild and Ian Berry, both of the Williams College Museum of Art. Catalogue: Published by the Williams College Museum of Art, with a timeline by the artist, interviews with collaborators Mike Kelley and Elizabeth Janus, and essays by Rothschild, Ian berry, Laura Heon and Constance DeJong. Tour: The exhibition travels to the Des Moines Art Center, Sept. 2000-Jan. 2001.

	Pugin designers Encaustic floor tile with King 1843-56		Modern Gothic: The Revival of Medieval Art Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn. Apr. 4-July 30, 2000 A look at what made Gothic Revival furniture so popular in the 19th century, featuring around 100 paintings, sculptures, architectural drawings and examples of decorative arts. Curator: Susan B. Matheson, Yale University Art Gallery; Derek D. Churchill, Yale doctoral candidate. Catalogue: $15.95, with essays by Matheson and Churchill.

	Max Halberstadt Sigmund Freud 1921		Sigmund Freud: Conflict and Culture J. Paul Getty Museum Apr. 4-July 25, 2000 The touring examination of the life, ideas and influence of Mr. Penis Envy, featuring original manuscripts, vintage photos, prints, film and television clips and the doctor's collection of antiquities. Organized by the Library of Congress, Sigmund Freud-Museum, Vienna, and Freud Museum, London. Curator: Michael S. Roth, Getty Research Institute. Tour: The exhibition traveled to the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., Jewish Museum, New York, and Austrian National Library. Funding: Discovery Communications, Inc., et al.

	Mona Hatoum Entrails Carpet (detail) 1997		Vanitas: Meditations on Life and Death in Contemporary Art Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Apr. 4-June 18, 2000 The impermanence of being as addressed by Miroslaw Balka, Christian Boltanski, Leonardo Drew, Tony Feher, Robert Gober, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Mona Hatoum, Jim Hodges, Anish Kappoor, Jac Leirner, Zoe Leonard, Gabriel Orozco, Rachel Whiteread and Yukinori Yanagi. Curator: Johm B. Ravenal, VMFA.

	Solomon Joseph Solomon St. George ca. 1906		Art in the Age of Queen Victoria National Academy of Design, New York Apr. 6-June 30, 2000 75 paintings and sculptures made in Britain from 1837 to 1901, when the RA ruled the art world, including works by Thomas Gainsborough, Frederic Lord Leighton, John Everett Millais and Joshua Reynolds. Curator: Mary Anne Stephens, Royal Academy, London.

	Norman Foster Subway Entrance Bilbao, Spain		Bilbao: The Transformation of a City Art Institute of Chicago Apr. 7-July 16, 2000 Photos, drawings, models and plans trace the northern Spanish city's architectural renaissance, at the heart of which is Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Museum. Co-organized with the Diputacion Foral de Bizkaia and Bilbao Metropoli-30. Curator: Martha Thorne, Art Institute.

	Martine Franck Tulku Khentrul Lodro Rabsel with his tutor, Schechen Monastery, Bodnath, Nepal 1996		Our Turning World: Photographs 1989-1999 The New-York Historical Society, New York Apr. 7-June 18, 2000 Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Magnum Photo cooperative, with works by Cartier-Bresson, Eve Arnold, Josef Koudelka, Susan Meiselas, many more.

	Maurizio Cattelan Mini-Me 1999		Age of Influence: Reflections in the Mirror of American Culture Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago Apr. 8-June 4, 2000 More than 40 contemporary artists explore developments in American society over the past 40 years, including Matthew Barney, Inigo Manglano-Ovalle, Mariko Mori and Jane and Louise Wilson. Curators: Elizabeth Smith and Francesco Bonami, both of the Chicago MCA. Funding: Jory and Joseph Shapiro Fund.

	Tony O'Malley Good Friday Painting 1987		An Irish Vision: Works by Tony O'Malley Phillips Collection, New York Apr. 8-July 9, 2000 28 paintings by the largely self-taught artist.

	Corn Blue Room (detail)		Reservation X: The Power of Place National Museum of the American Indian, New York Apr. 9-Aug. 20, 2000 Multimedia installations by seven Native American artists explore the relationship between community and identity. Curator: Gerald McMaster, NMAI.

	Georgia O'Keeffe Evening Star No. V 1917		O'Keeffe on Paper National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Apr. 9-July 9, 2000 Around 50 watercolors, charcoals and pastels, some from rarely exhibited private collections, commemorating the recent publication of the O'Keeffe catalogue raisonn�. Curator: Barbara Lynes, Georgia O'Keeffe Museum; Ruth Fine, National Gallery of Art. Tour: Next stop, Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe, July 29-Oct. 2000. Funding: Henry Luce Foundation; Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation; National Advisory Council of the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum.

	Augustus Saint-Gaudens Diana 1893-94		Subjects and Symbols in American Sculpture: Selections from the Permanent Collection Metropolitan Museum of Art Apr. 11-Aug. 20, 2000 Themes typically idealized in the 19th-century -- those inspired by mythology, history and literature -- are represented in 35 works made between 1850 and 1935 by such artists as Hiram Powers, Augustus Saint-Gaudens and Paul Manship. Curator: Thayer Tolles, Metropolitan Museum.

	Kajiwara Hisako Woman Holding a Flower early 1920s		Modern Masters of Kyoto: Nihonga from the Griffith and Patricia Way Collection Los Angeles County Museum of Art Apr. 13-July 31, 2000 More than 80 paintings by late 19th- and early 20th-century Japanese artists who sought to modernize their artistic traditions while continuing to use traditional mediums, calling their work "Nihonga" to distinguish it from Western-style painting. Organized by the Seattle Art Museum. Catalogue: 300 pages, essays by Nihonga specialists, $50. Funding: Freeman Foundation, et al.

	Alice Neel Frank O'Hara No. 2 1960		In Memory of My Feelings: Frank O'Hara and American Art Wexner Center, Columbus, Oh. Apr. 14-May 28, 2000 More than 100 works by 26 artists, including O'Hara, Alex Katz, Joan Mitchell, Alice Neel and Larry Rivers, reflect the influence of the poet in New York in the 1950s and 60s. Curator: Russell Ferguson, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. Catalogue: 160 pages, published by L.A. MOCA and University of California Press. Funding: Dedalus Foundation, Inc., et al.

	Germaine Krull Self-portrait 1916		Germaine Krull: Photographer of Modernity San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Apr. 14-July 30, 2000 The French "new vision" photographer's examination of technological and industrial changes after WW I, featuring around 100 vintage prints.

	Ernesto Neto Navedenga 1998		Sister Naves: Ernesto Neto Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, Oh. Apr. 14-Aug. 13, 2000 Spicy sculpture by the Brazilian artist.

	Venturi Scott Brown and Izenour The Strip, Las Vegas 1978		At the End of the Century: 100 Years of Architecture Museum of Contemporary Art at the Geffen Contemporary, Los Angeles Apr. 16-Sept. 24, 2000 A major survey of around 1,000 objects, organized into themes like "Culture of Spectacle: Cities of Fantasy, Tourism and Entertainment," "The House as an Esthetic Library," and "Colonialism in the Early 20th Century." Curator: Richard Koshalek, former MOCA director and Elizabeth A.T. Smith, MCA Chicago (formerly of MOCA), along with architectural scholars Zeynep Celik, Jean-Louis Cohen, Beatriz Colomina, Margaret Crawford, Jorge Francisco Liernur, Anthony Vidler and Hajime Yatusuka. Catalogue: 352 pages, co-published with Harry N. Abrams. Tour: The exhibition was previously on view in Tokyo, Mexico City and Cologne, and at the Chicago, MCA. Funding: Ford Motor Co.

	Gregory Barsamian The Scream 1998		Innuendo Non Troppo: The Work of Gregory Barsamian San Jose Museum of Art Apr. 16-June 25, 2000 3-D mixed-media animated sculptures.

	Albrecht Dürer Head of an Old Man 1521		Michelangelo to Picasso: Master Drawings from the Collection of the Albertina, Vienna Frick Collection, New York Apr. 18-June 18, 2000 45 drawings and watercolors from one of Europe's best collections of works on paper. Curators: Konrad Oberhuber, former director of the Albertina; Barbara Dossi, Albertina; Katherine Lochnan, Art Gallery of Ontario. Catalogue: Published by Prestel Verlag, essays by Dossi, $45. Tour: The exhibition debuted at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto.

	Salvador Dalí Apparition of Face and Fruit Dish on a Beach 1938		Dali's Optical Illusions Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Apr. 19-June 18, 2000 The use of elongated, oblique perspectives, hallucinatory images, holograms, and other skewing pictorial devices in 68 works, many rarely seen, demonstrate the Surrealist's interest in visual perception. Curator: Dawn Ades, Surrealism scholar. Tour: The exhibition originated at the Wadsworth Atheneaum, Hartford, Conn., and travels to the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh. Catalogue

	Shahzia Sikander Riding the Ridden 2000 (detail)		Shahzia Sikander: Acts of Balance Whitney Museum of American Art at Philip Morris Apr. 21-July 7, 2000 New wall paintings and a mural-sized, three-paneled painting combining Islamic, Hindu and Western traditions, suggesting narratives about cultural and gender identity. Curator: Debra Singer, Whitney Museum of American Art at Philip Morris. Funding: Philip Morris.

	Rosalba Carriera Young Lady with a Parrot ca. 1730		Maineri to Miro: The Regenstein Collection Since 1975 Art Institute of Chicago Apr. 22-July 16, 2000 A selection of 46 works from the Regenstein Foundation, started in 1958 by Helen Regenstein specifically for the Art Institute, including works on paper by Claude Lorrain, Thomas Gainsborough and Auguste Renoir. Curator: Suzanne McCullagh, Art Institute of Chicago.

	Utagawa Toyokuni III Actors Suzuki Mondo and Hashimotoya Shiraito 1852		The Actor's Image: The C. Coleman McGehee Collection of Ukiyo-e Prints Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Apr. 25-June 25, 2000 100 theater-inspired Japanese woodblock prints by artists of the Utagawa School, including Toyokuni III, Kunisada II, and Hiroshige. Curator: Jason Sun, VMFA.

	Philip Guston Table and Stretchers 1978		Philip Guston: A New Alphabet Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven Apr. 25-July 30, 2000 40 paintings dating from 1986 to '72, when the artist abandoned lyrical abstraction for his rough-hewn figurative style. Center piece of the show is an installation of 30 paintings of individual objects -- cups, backs of heads, klansmen, cars, watches, light bulbs and clocks -- arranged as they were in Guston's studio in 1968. Curator: Joanna Weber.

	Basinjom mask and costume Banyang, Cameroon 19th-20th century		Art and Oracle: African Art and Rituals of Divination Metropolitan Museum of Art Apr. 26-July 30, 2000 Divine intervention and human fate are addressed through 200 objects dating from the 16th to the 20th centuries and from more than 50 African cultures. Organized in collaboration with the Rietberg Museum, Zurich. Curator: Alisa LaGamma, Metropolitan Museum. Catalogue: 80 pages, essays by LaGamma and John Pemberton III, Amherst College. Funding: William Randolph Hearst Foundation.

			Likeness: Some Recent Portrait Drawings by David Hockney UCLA Hammer Museum Apr. 26-June 4, 2000 Drawings made using reflected images produced by the camera lucida, a small glass prism mechanism that Hockney has suggested was used by Old Masters. Laser-copy blow-ups of the drawings are also included.

	Alexander Calder Shiva (maquette) 1965		Calder in Connecticut Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Conn. Apr. 28-Aug. 6, 2000 Focusing on the American sculptor's versatility in many different mediums from 1926 to 1972, including numerous objects have never before exhibited publicly. Curators: Eric Zafran and Cynthia Roman, both of the Wadsworth Atheneum. Catalogue: Essays by Eric Zafran, Cynthia Roman, Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser, and Alexander S.C. Rower. Published by Rizzoli. Funding: Lincoln Financial Group.