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			New This Month in U.S. Museums

	Sigmar Polke Potato Heads: Nixon and Khrushchev. Kartoffelköpfe: Nixon and Chruschtschow ca. 1965		Sigmar Polke: Works on Paper, 1963-1974 Museum of Modern Art Apr. 1-Jun. 16, 1999 Approximately 180 drawings and gouaches and 20 sketch books by the German pop artist, many of which have rarely been seen outside of the artist's studio. Curator: Margit Rowell. Catalogue essays: Rowell; Bice Curger, Parkett; Michael Semff, National Drawings Collection, Munich. Next stop: Kunsthalle, Hamburg, July 16-Oct. 17, 1999. Funding: Anna Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation.

	Jim Isermann Project Unite 1993 (detail)		Jim Isermann "Fifteen" Santa Monica Museum of Art Apr. 1-May 29, 1999 A major survey of the Californian artist's artsy-craftsy abstract works, including hooked rugs, tapestiries, quilts, "shag paintings," stained glass windows, mobiles, ceiling lights and paintings. Curator: David Pagel. Catalogue essays: Michael Darling. Tour: Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, Fall 1999.

	N. C. Wyeth The Island Funeral 1939		Picturing Old New England: Image and Memory National Museum of American Art Apr. 2-Aug. 22, 1999 Over 150 paintings, sculptures, prints, photographs and decorative arts made between 1865 and 1945. Funding: Fidelity Investments.

	John Marin New York Abstraction 1934-40		Artists of the Steiglitz Circle: Arthur Dove, Marsden Hartley, John Marin, Georgia O'Keeffe, Alfred Steiglitz and Paul Strand Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe Apr. 6-July 25, 1999 The American Modernists via 29 paintings and photographs. Curator: Barbara Buhler Lynes.

	Mariano Fortuny Evening Coat ca. 1920s		Our New Clothes: Acquisitions of the 1900s Metropolitan Museum of Art Apr. 6-Aug. 22, 1999 The Met Costume Institute's best new pieces. Curator: Richard Martin.

	Lee Sheldrake Photograph of sculptor Barbara Hepworth (British, 1909-1975) on a bridge overlooking St. Ives, England, May, 1964		Faces of Friendship: The Art-World Circle of Joseph and Olga Hirshhorn in Documentary Photographs Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Apr. 7-May 9, 1999 51 informal portraits in commemoration of the museum's 25th anniversary. Curator: Judith Zilczer.

	Martha Cooper Tuff City by Skeme and Phase 2, 174th Street 1982		Urban Mythologies: The Bronx Represented since the 1960s Bronx Museum of the Arts Apr. 7-Sept. 5, 1999 More than 40 artists address the shifting representation of the Bronx in art, street culture and the mass media. Curators: Lydia Yee, Bronx Museum, and Betti-Sue Hertz.

	Mariko Mori Empty Dream 1995		Mariko Mori: Empty Dream Brooklyn Museum of Art Apr. 8-Aug. 15, 1999 Large-scale computer generated photographs and multimedia installations by the Japanese artist. Curator: Charlotta Kotik. The latest version of the touring Mori show. Special assistance to the exhibition has been provided by Kanji Murakami, Chairman and Director of GIT Co., Ltd., Tokyo; CSK Sega Group, Tokyo; Atsuko Koyanagi, Gallery Koyangai, Tokyo; and Jeffrey Deitch, Deitch Projects, New York; and the FUNd at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, created by a gift from the Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation.

	Kalinga Ragaputra, Son of Dipak Raga Folio from a Ragamala (Garland of Melodies) India, Hinachal Pradesh, Kangra ca. 1785		The Three Graces: Music, Painting and Poetry in the Art of India Los Angeles County Museum of Art Apr. 8-Dec. 6, 1999 51 watercolors from the 16th to 19th centuries showing personifications of musical nodes and melodies, or ragas, as well as images of Krishna. Curator: Stephen Markel.

	Masami Teraoka The Garden of E-mail 1996		Masami Teraoka: From Tradition to Technology, the Floating World Comes of Age Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, Oh. Apr. 9-June 1, 1999 The Japanese artist's paintings and prints mix ukiyo-e, American pop art and late Gothic and Renaissance religious paintings to address contemporary social issues. Guest curator: Pamela Auchincloss.

	Toulouse-Lautrec Divan Japonais 1892-93		Toulouse-Lautrec from the Metropolitan Museum of Art Denver Art Museum Apr. 10-July 4, 1999 More than 100 drawings, prints, posters and illustrations by the master of Parisian pleasure. Tour: Originated at the Met in 1996.

			Merchant Prince and Master Builder: J. Kaufmann and Frank Lloyd Wright Carnegie Museum of Art Apr. 10-Oct. 3, 1999 Original drawings and models of the 11 projects that Pittsburgh department store owner Edgar J. Kauffmann commissioned from the architect. Curator: Dennis McFadden. Funding: Henry Luce Foundation.

			Afterimage: Drawing through Process Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles Apr. 11-Aug. 22, 1999 An investigation of Process Art through 160 works on paper by 24 American artists, including Eva Hesse, Bruce Nauman and Sol LeWitt. Curator: Connie Butler. Catalogue essays: Butler, Pamela M. Lee, associate professor of art history, Stanford University. Funding: Jeanne C. Thayer.

	Francisco Goya Les Vielles ca. 1808-12		Goya: Another Look Philadelphia Museum of Art Apr. 11-July 11, 1999 35 paintings plus works on paper, including tapestry cartoons. Curator: Arnauld Brejon de Lavergn�e, Mus�e des Beaux Arts, Lille, and Joseph J. Rishel, PMA. Tour: The exhibition premiered at the co-organizing institution, the Mus�e des Beaux Arts, Lille. Funding: Advanta.

	Brassaï Balloon Seller, Montsouris Park, Paris 1931-34		Brassaï: The Eye of Paris J. Paul Getty Museum Apr. 13-July 3, 1999 More than 150 photographs, drawings, sculptures and books by the Parisian "street photographer." Curator: Anne Wilkes Tucker, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Catalogue essays: Anne Wilkes Tucker, Richard Howard. Tour: Originated at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; next stop National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (Sept. 4-Nov. 28, 1999).

	Worrier's Frontlet mid 19th-early 20th century Kenyah-Kayan region, Mahakam River		Guardians of the Longhouse: Art in Borneo Metropolitan Museum of Art April 13 - Jan. 16, 1999 The Kenyah-Kayan peoples' supernatural methods of physical defense, via more than 60 objects in wood, leopard skin, hornbill ivory and glass beads. Curator: Eric Kjellgren.

	Hans Hoffman Renate's Nantucket 1965		Hans Hoffman at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Metropolitan Museum of Art Apr. 13-Oct. 17, 1999 "The Renate Series" and other works. Curator: Lowery Stokes Sims. Catalogue essays: Lowery Stokes Sims, Tina Dickey.

	William Kentridge Drawing for Stereoscope 1998		Project 67: William Kentridge Museum of Modern Art Apr. 15-June 8, 1999 The South African artist's animated films and the charcoal and pastel drawings used to make them. Curator: Lilian Tone.

	Georgia O'Keeffe The Lawrence Tree 1929		Alfred Stieglitz, Georgia O'Keeffe and the American Modernism Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Conn. Apr. 16-Jul. 11, 1999 112 photographs and photogravures by Steiglitz, five paintings by O'Keeffe and 70 paintings and photographs by artists in their circle, including Edward Steichen and Arthur Dove. Curator: Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser. Catalogue essays: Kornhauser, Amy Ellis, Maura Lyons. Funding: Lincoln Financial Group.

	Georgia O'Keeffe Slightly Open Clam Shell 1926		Georgia O'Keeffe: The Poetry of Things Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. Apr. 17-July 18, 1999 An examination of the artist's affinity for fruit, leaves, flowers, shells, bones, crosses and doors, via 69 paintings and works on paper from 1908 to 1963, co-organized by the Dallas Museum of Art. Curator: Elizabeth Hutton Turner, Phillips Collection. Catalogue essays: Hutton Turner, Marjorie B. Crozier. Tour: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, Sante Fe (Aug., 7-Oct. 17, 1999); Dallas Museum of Art (Nov. 7, 1999-Jan. 30, 2000); California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco (Feb. 19-May 14, 2000). Funding: Philip Morris Inc.

	Tony Oursler Crying 1996		Introjection: Tony Oursler, 1976-1999 Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Ma. Apr. 17-Oct. 24, 1999 26 humorously disturbing mixed media works by the video-projection artist. Curators: Deborah Rothschild, Linda Shearer. Catalogue essays: Tony Oursler, Mike Kelley, Deborah Rothschild, Ian Berry and Laura Heon. Future stops: Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Des Moines Art Center. Funding: Andy Warhol Foundation; Kleiser-Walkczak Construction; Mead Corporation; ZUMA Digital.

	Max Halberstadt Sigmund Freud 1921		Sigmund Freud: Conflict and Culture The Jewish Museum, New York Apr. 18-Sept. 9, 1999 More than 170 artifacts, including manuscripts, vintage photographs, prints and film and television excerpts trace the influence of the doctor and his ideas.

	Caravaggio St. John the Baptist ca. 1600		*Caravaggio's St. John* and Masterpieces from the Capitoline Museum in Rome** Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Conn. Apr. 20-June 20, 1999 22 Renaissance and Baroque paintings from the world's oldest public art museum, including works by Guercino, Guido Reni, Veronese and Vel�zquez. Curator: Patrizi Masini, Capitoline Museum. Catalogue essays: Patrizi Masini, Sergio Guarino, and Maria Elisa Tittoni, all from the Capitoline Museum. Tour: Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto (July-Sept. 1999). Funding: Traveler's Insurance.

	Albert Bierstadt The Sacramento River Valley ca. 1872-73		Pacific Arcadia: Images of California, 1600-1915 Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Ma. Apr. 17-Oct. 24, 1999 Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts, Stanford University, Stanford, Ca. Apr. 21-June 27, 1999 Notions of an idealized west and the "California Dream" are explored through 250 paintings, maps, prints, photographs and advertisements. Curator: Claire Perry. Stops: San Diego Museum of Art, Joslyn Museum of Art. Funding: Ford Motor Company.

	Edward Hopper Chop Suey 1929		The American Century: Art and Culture 1900-2000 Whitney Museum of American Art Apr. 22- Aug. 30, 1999 A major exploration of American identify through 1,200 works, accompanied by an extensive online, interactive exhibition and a film program. Curators: Barbara Haskell, Lisa Phillips, Susan Harris and Karl Willers. Catalogue: Two volume source book on American art. Funding: Intel.

			Open House: Michael Smith and Joshua White New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York Apr. 22-June 27, 1999 An installation recreating Smith's SoHo loft serves as a commentary on the changing neighborhood. Curator: Dan Cameron. Funding: Charles E. Culpeper Foundation.

	Jack Levine The End of the Weimar Republic 1967		A Voice of Conscience: The Prints of Jack Levine Brooklyn Museum of Art Apr. 23-Jun. 20, 1999 The New York City artist's first museum retrospective, including 69 prints made between 1942 and 1982. Curator: Marilyn Kushner. Funding: Joseph Alexander Foundation.

			Beyond the Photographic Frame Art Institute of Chicago Apr. 24-Sept. 12, 1999 25 works by contemporary photographers, including Lorna Simpson, David Hockney and William Wegman, illustrate a range of experimental photographic techniques.

	Nainsukh A Palace on Fire ca. 1770-1780		Nainsukh: Painter from the Punjab Hills Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Washington, D.C. Apr. 25-July 18, 1999 30 paintings by Nainsukh of Guler (1710-1778), an Indian artist who worked exclusively for the Rajput court. Catalogue essays: B.N. Goswamy.

	Salver or stand for kettle Paul de Lamerie, London 1742-43		The Huguenot Legacy: English Silver, 1680-1760 Cooper Hewitt, National Design Museum Apr. 27-Aug. 8, 1999 100 examples of 17th- and 18th-century English silver for court table settings, ambassadorial services, court dining rooms, salons and boudoirs. Curator: Christopher Hartop, Christie's. Funding: Constance and Harvey Krueger, et. al.

	Dosso Dossi Drunkeness ca. 1521-22		Dosso Dossi J. Paul Getty Museum Apr. 27-July 11, 1999 Approximately 60 works by the 16th-century Renaissance painter who worked for the count of Ferrara, on view in conjunction with Ecole de' Roberti: The Renaissance in Ferrara, April 27-July 11, 1999, also at the Getty.