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	Worapanit Jiya-amorndej Untitled Thailand		Women of the World: A Global Collection of Art Tucson Museum of Art Sept. 7-Nov. 4, 2001 Women from 177 countries present works that deal with being a woman, in a traveling show organized by New York artist Claudia DeMonte. Also on view: "Female Fetishes by Claudia DeMonte," opening Sept. 7.

	Head and neck of bull Southwestern Iran 1000-600 B.C.E.		Wit and Wine: A New Look at Ancient Iranian Ceramics from the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation Brooklyn Museum of Art Sept. 7-Nov. 11, 2001 45 pottery vessels from ranging from the fifth millennium B.C. to the third century A.D. Curators: Trudy S. Kawami, Sackler, and Dr. James F. Romano, BMA.

	Rico Gatson Funny Faces 1994		Brooklyn! Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art Sept. 8-Nov. 25, 2001 Recent works by 86 Brooklyn artists, ranging from Vito Acconci and Sue Williams to Guy Richards Smit and Mark Lombardi. Curators: Michael Rush, Palm Beach, and independent critic and curator Dominique Nahas.

			Bruce Nauman Denver Art Museum Sept. 8-Dec. 30, 2001 Two sculptures and a recent video by the conceptualist.

	Seydou Keita Untitled 1959		The Short Century: Independence and Liberation Movements in Africa, 1945-1994 Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago Sept. 8-Dec. 30, 2001 A look at Africa's struggle for independence, via film, photography, architecture, music and literature by 40 artists from 12 African nations. Curator: Okwui Enwezor. Catalogue: 400 pp., essays, speeches, manifestos, song lyrics and chronology.

	Ben Katchor cover drawing from Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer: Stories 1996		Ben Katchor: Picture-Stories Jewish Museum Sept. 9, 2001-Feb. 10, 2002 Illustrations, set designs and drawings dating to the late 1980s by graphic novelist known for his long tenure as a cartoonist at the Village Voice. Curator: Susan Chevlowe, Jewish Museum.

	Harry Burton Unbroken Seal on the Doors of the Third Shrine in Tutankhamun's Burial Chamber 1923		The Pharaoh�s Photographer: Harry Burton, Tutankhamun, and the Metropolitan�s Egyptian Expedition Metropolitan Museum of Art Sept. 11-Dec. 30, 2001 60 photographs primarily by Burton from 1906-1939 with early film footage documenting the excavation of King Tut's tomb. Curator: Catharine H. Roehrig, Met. Also on view: "Along the Nile: Early Photographs of Egypt," opening Sept. 11. Also on view: "Doug and Mike Starn: Ramparts Café" and "Arnold Dregblatt: The Recollection Mechanism," opening Sept. 9.

	Caspar David Friedrich Evening Landscape with Two Men (detail) ca. 1830-35		Caspar David Friedrich: Moonwatchers Metropolitan Museum of Art Sept. 11-Nov. 11, 2001 17 paintings and two works on paper, many depicting couples contemplating the moon, by the German romantic painter and his contemporaries. The show juxtaposes Friedrich's three variations of the composition, and celebrates the Met's acquisition of the third in 2000 with funds from trustee Jayne Wrightsman. Curators: Gary Tinterow, Sabine Rewald. Catalogue: Essays by Rewald, Copenhagen museum curator Kasper Monrad. Funding: Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation.

			Myer Myers 1723-1795: Jewish Silversmith in Colonial New York Yale University Art Gallery Sept. 13-Jan. 5, 2001 104 works by the leading Rococo silversmith in pre-industrial America, including three pairs of Torah finials made for colonial Jewish congregations. Curator: David L. Barquist. Tour: Skirball Cultural Center, L.A., Feb. 20-May 26, 2002; Winterthur Museum, June 20-Sept. 12, 2002.

			Objects for Use: Handmade by Design American Craft Museum Sept. 13, 2001-Jan. 6, 2002 300 objects ranging from musical instruments to furniture to dog sleds by 200 American artists grouped by function. Curator: Paul J. Smith. Catalogue: 336 pp., 350 illustrations.

	Komo mask (warakun) Koulikoro region		Bamana: The Art of Existence in Mali Sept. 13, 2001-Mar. 3, 2002 Approximately 90 Bamana art objects, including ritual masks and headdresses and photographs, as well as video footage. Guest curator: Jean-Paul Colleyn. Catalogue: English and German editions, with photographs by Catherine Declippel. Funding: Johnson and Johnson.

	Kristen Ytreberg Slowly 1999		Between Space and Time: Contemporary Norwegian Sculpture and Installation Scandinavia House, New York Sept. 14-Nov. 11, 2001 20 sculptures and installations by Per Barclay, Per Inge Bj�rlo, B�rd Breivik, Bente Stokke, Gunnar Torvund and Kristin Ytreberg. Curator: Louise E. Shaw. Catalogue: 44 pp., foreword by Arve Bringaker.

	Duane Hanson Body Builder 1990		Let's Entertain Miami Art Museum Sept. 14-Nov. 18, 2001 Art about "life's guilty pleasures" by more than 50 artists from 17 countries, in a touring show that debuted at the Walker Art Center in early 2000.

			Jeffry Mitchell: Hanabuki Henry Art Gallery, Seattle Sept. 14, 2001-Jan 6, 2002 Caves, flower arrangements, bears, temples form an installation sculpture divided into heaven and earth. Curator: Rhonda Lane Howard.

	Georgia O'Keeffe Grey, Blue and Black-Pink Circle 1929		O'Keeffe's O'Keeffes: The Artist's Collection Georgia O'Keeffe Museum Sept. 14, 2001-Jan. 13, 2002 73 works spanning 50 years from the artist's collection. Curator: Barbara Buhler Lynes, O'Keeffe Museum, and Russell Bowman, Milwaukee Art Museum.

	Oscar Wilde		Oscar Wilde: A Life in Six Acts Pierpont Morgan Library Sept. 14, 2001-Jan. 13, 2002 Photographs, plays, first editions and ephemera in a show devoted to the Victorian-era wit who said, "The critic occupies the same relation to the work of art he criticizes as the artist does to the visible world of form and color...." Curator: Sally Brown, British Library, Merlin Holland (Wilde's grandson) and Christine Nelson, Morgan.

			The Furniture of Sam Maloof Smithsonian American Art Museum Sept 14, 2001-Jan 20, 2002 65 pieces of furniture by American woodworker and designer. Curator: Jeremy Adamson, SI. Catalogue: 288 pp., published by W. W. Norton, foreword by Broun.

	Rudi Gernreich for Harper' s Bazaar 1966		Rudi Gernreich: Fashion Will Go Out of Fashion Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia Sept. 15-Nov 11, 2001 More than 125 pieces, including "Total Look" dresses, supplemented by fashion videos, photographs and a virtual catwalk of projected 3-D models. Organized by Neue Galerie in Graz, Austria. Curator: Brigitte Felderer. Catalogue: 252 pp., with essays by Brigitte Felderer and others.

	Antioch mosaic Striking Lion floor section 5th century		Antioch: The Lost Ancient City Baltimore Museum of Art Sept. 16-Dec. 30, 2001 160 art objects from the time of Christ, excavated in the 1930s from the Roman city of Antioch. Organized by the Worcester Art Museum.

	Michael Maltzan Architecture UCLA Hammer Museum Expansion 2001		What's Shakin': New Architecture in LA Los Angeles Museum Contemporary Art Sept. 16, 2001-Jan. 20, 2002 Architectural projects currently under construction in Los Angeles. Also on view: "Douglas Gordon," opening Sept. 16.

	Prize winning quilt at the Folk Art Museum		Quilted Constructions: The Spirit of Design American Folk Museum Sept. 14, 2001-Jan 13, 2002 Exhibition of 25 works by finalists in the museum-sponsored international quilt contest.

	Louis M. Eilshemius		Louis M. Eilshemius: An Independent Spirit National Academy of Design Sept. 19-Dec. 30, 2001 The first comprehensive look in over 20 years at the eccentric bohemian and self-proclaimed "mightiest man and wonder of the worlds" features 45 major paintings, including early mid-1880s landscapes and abstractions from the early 1900s. Curator: Stephen Harvey. Catalogue: Essays by Harvey, Eilshemius monographist Paul Karlstrom, plus a previously unpublished lecture delivered by the artist at Katherine Dreier's Societ� Anonyme on the occasion of his exhibition there in 1920. Funding: Roy R. and Marie S. Neuberger Foundation.

			Alex Katz: Small Paintings Whitney Museum of American Art Sept. 21-Dec. 2, 2001 First half of a two-part show of 79 small works dating from the 1950s to the present, co-organized by the Addison Gallery of American Art in Andover, Mass. Curator: Shamim M. Momin. Also on view: "Arturo Herrera: Before We Leave," opening Sept. 6 and "First Exposure-Sharon Harper: Photographs from the Floating World," opening Sept. 22.

	Claude Monet Still Life with Melon 1872		Impressionist Still Life Phillips Collection Sept. 22, 2001-Jan 13, 2002 Over 80 works by Renoir, Courbet, Degas, Manet, Delacroix and others from 55 public and private collections from around the world. Curator: Eliza Rathbone, Phillips. Catalogue: 240 pp., published by the Phillips collection and Harry Abrams Inc. Tour: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, dates tba.

	Vincent van Gogh Van Gogh's Chair 1888		Van Gogh and Gauguin: The Studio of the South Art Institute of Chicago Sept. 22, 2001-Jan. 13, 2002 The relationship between Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin explored through more than 100 paintings, drawings and sculptures. Curators: Douglas Druick and Peter Zegers, Art Institute, Andreas Bl�hm and Louis van Tilborgh, van Gogh Museum. Catalogue: 400 pp., and individual books on each artist. Funding: Ameritech.

	Ernest C. Withers Martin Luther King, Jr. and Ralph Abernathy on One of the First Desegregated Buses 1956		Pictures Tell the Story: Ernest C. Withers High Museum of Art Sept. 22, 2001-Jan. 26, 2002 135 photographs documenting the Civil Rights movement. Funding: MetLife.

	Howard Ben Tré First flask 1989		Howard Ben Tr�: Interior/Exterior Neuberger Museum of Art, Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y. Sept. 23, 2001-Jan. 6, 2002 Large-scale sculpture, public art projects and works on paper in retrospective of cast glass artist. Curator: Debra L. Hopkins. Also on view: "A Personal Journey: Central African Art from the Lawrence Gussman Collection" and "Grace Hartigan," opening Sept. 30.

	Silver & gilt heraldic eagle presented to Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich 1671		Gifts to the Tsars 1500-1700: Treasures of the Tsars Indianapolis Museum of Art Sept. 23, 2001-Jan. 13, 2002 More than 100 masterpieces of gold and silver objects, gems, armor, textiles and more from the Armory Museum at the Kremlin in Moscow. Catalogue: 260 color images, 336 pp., essays by Barry Shifman and Guy Walton.

	Pieter Brueghel the Elder The Beekeepers (detail) ca. 1567-68		Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Drawings and Prints Metropolitan Museum of Art Sept. 25, 2001-Dec. 2, 2001 54 of 61 extant drawings by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (ca. 1527-1569), plus 60 prints and 20 drawings by his contemporaries. Tour: The show premiered at its co-organizing institution, the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam. Funding: Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

			Mineko Grimmer: Remembering Plato Menil Collection, Houston Sept. 25, 2001-Feb. 3, 2002 Kinetic sculpture of pyramids made of pebbles and ice melting into pools.

	Campaign coat Edo period Early 19th century		Traditional Japanese Design: Five Tastes Japan Society Gallery Sept. 26, 2001-Jan. 6, 2002 130 utilitarian objects including ceramics, metalwork, basketry, textiles and lacquer between the 16th and 19th centuries wit ha section of ancient art that inspired the designs. Curator: Michael Dunn. Catalogue: 200 pp., published by Japan Society and distributed by Harry N. Abrams.

	Kinko Sennin late 18th century		Netsuke: Fantasy and Reality in Japanese Miniature Sculpture Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Sept. 26, 2001-Mar. 10, 2002 More than 350 Netsuke, carved miniatures from the Edo period. Also on view: "Sophie Ristelhueber: Details of the World," opening Sept. 26 and "Poetry of the Loom: Persian Textiles in the MFA," opening Sept. 19.

	George Stubbs Zebra 1763		Great British Paintings from American Collections: Holbein to Hockney Yale Center for British Art Sept. 27-Dec. 30, 2001 84 paintings including works by Francis Bacon, John Constable, Henry Fuseli and J. M. W. Turner marks Yale's 300th anniversary. Curators: Malcolm Warner, Julia Marciari Alexander, Yale and Robyn Asleson.

	Susan Smith Pinelo Sometimes 1999		Freestyle Santa Monica Museum of Art Sept. 28-Nov. 18, 2001 Works by 28 young African-American artists in the show organized by Thelma Golden, Studio Museum in Harlem. Catalogue: 72 pp., with essays by Hamza Walker, Franklin Sirmans, others. Funding: Philip Morris. Also on view: "Milton Glaser: Art is Work," opening Sept. 5.

			Helmut Newton: Work International Center of Photography, New York Sept. 28-Dec 30, 2001 200 images dating back to 1960, organized by the German Center of Photography. Curators: Manfred Heiting and June Newton. Also on view: "The Construction of the Paris Opera: Photographs of Delmaet & Durandelle" and "Greed and Other Recent Exhibitions," opening Sept. 28.

	Christina Garcia Rodero La Confession 1975		Hope Photographs McMullen Museum of Art, Boston Sept. 30-Dec. 9, 2001 107 photographs about "hope" by over 90 contemporary photographers such as Cindy Sherman, Harry Callahan, Nan Goldin and Duane Michals. Catalogue: 107 images, essays by Robert Coles, Reynolds Price, Lionel Tiger. Funding: Camera Works Inc.

	Leonardo da Vinci Ginevra de' Benci ca. 1474		Virtue and Beauty: Leonardo's Ginevra de'Benci and Renaissance Portraits of Women National Gallery of Art Sept. 30, 2001-Jan. 6, 2002 47 panel paintings, marble sculptures, drawings and medals by Renaissance masters including Sandro Botticelli, Filippo Lippi, Jacometto Veneziano and Pisanello in loose chronological order. Curator: David Alan Brown, NGA. Catalogue: 240 pp., four essays by Dale Kent, Joanna Woods-Marsden, Mary Westerman Bulgarella and Roberta Orsi Landini and Victoria Kirham. Funding: Airbus.

	Mask Bronze 12th century B.C.		Treasures from a Lost Civilization: Ancient Chinese Art from Sichuan Kimbell Art Museum Sept. 30, 2001-Jan. 13, 2002 124 unique works dating from 1200 B.C. uncovered in burial pits in the last 15 years. Funding: Boeing.

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