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	Detail of Ohi (Buddhist Priest's Stole) Japanese Edo period, 1615-1868		Robes of Deliverance: Ritual Garments of the Buddhist Priests of Japan Baltimore Museum of Art Sept. 1, 1999-Feb. 27, 2000 Kesa (mantles) and ohi (stoles) worn by Buddhist priests from the 18th century to the present, from the BMA's textile collection. Curators: Anita Jones and Frances Klapthor, BMA. Funding: BMA's Jean and Allan Berman Textile Endowment Fund.

	Gaetano Gandolfi (1734-1802) Studies of Five Heads		Old Master Drawings from the Suida-Manning Collection Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art Sept. 2-Oct. 24, 1999 100 Old Master drawings from the High Renaissance to the 18th century.

	Palace Banquet late 10th-11th century (detail)		The Artist as Collector: Masterpieces of Chinese Painting from the C. C. Wang Family Collection Metropolitan Museum of Art Sept. 3, 1999-Jan. 9, 2000 Scholarly painting in the Song and Yuan dynasties, 10th to 14th centuries.

	Nina Levy Spare Parts #3 1999		Brooklyn, New York Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center Sept. 4-Oct. 31, 1999 Nine artists who relocated to Williamsburg, Brooklyn, after exorbitant rents drove them out of Manhattan.

	Hanne Darboven For Rainer Werner Fassbinder 1983 installation view		Hanne Darboven: Works 1969/1972/1983 Harvard University Busch-Reisinger Museum Sept. 4-Nov. 7, 1999 The German contemporary artist uses handwritten and typewritten texts, collaged photographs, postcards, lithographs and films to explore the relationship between time, history and society. Curators: Peter Nisbet, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Brigid Doherty, Johns Hopkins University.

	Deanna Sirlin Urge 1999 (detail)		Deanna Sirlin: Retracings High Museum of Art Sept. 4-Nov. 7, 1999 The museum's windows are transformed into abstract works of art based on landscape and sky imagery. Funding: Colorchrome Atlanta, Inc., Ilford.

	Dress French, ca. 1804-1814		Costume and Character in the Age of Ingres Metropolitan Museum of Art Sept. 9-Nov. 21, 1999 A showcase of early 19th-century style, coinciding with the Met's exhibition, "Portraits by Ingres: Image of an Epoch," Oct. 5, 1999-Jan 2, 2000. Funding: Yves Saint Laurent.

			Sam Bookatz Corcoran Gallery of Art Sept. 11-Nov. 28, 1999 Figurative and Cubist-inspired paintings and drawings by the Washington artist. Curator: William Christenberry, Corcoran School of Art. Funding: Evelyn Stefansson Nef.

	Amadeo De Souza Cardoso Cavalier 1912		At the Edge: A Portuguese Futurist, Amadeo de Souza Cardoso Corcoran Gallery of Art Sept. 11-Nov. 28, 1999 35 paintings and 20 works on paper by the leader of Portuguese modernism. Catalogue essays: José-Augusto França, Kenneth Silver, Rosemary O'Neill, Laura Coyle. Tour: The exhibition travels to the Arts Club of Chicago in January 2000.

	Ellsworth Kelly Study for Gaza 1952		Ellsworth Kelly: The Early Drawings, 1948-1955 Art Institute of Chicago Sept. 11-Dec. 5, 1999 A survey of the American artist's classic reduced geometric forms, including 222 works on paper. Curator: Mark Pascale, Art Institute of Chicago. Tour: The exhibition travels to Kuntmuseum Winterthur, Städtische Galarie im Lenbachhaus and Kuntmuseum Bonn. Funding: Alexander S. Beal, Robert L. Beal and Bruce A. Beal Exhibition Fund, Douglas Cramer Foundation, et al.

	Strip Cloth (detail) Asante peoples, Ghana		Wrapped in Pride: Ghanian Kente and African American Identity National Museum of African Art Sept. 12, 1999-Jan. 2, 2000 An examination of the history and use of traditional kente cloth and the impact of contemporary kente production in Africa and the United States. "Kente in Washington, D.C. runs concurrently at the Anacostia Museum in Washington. Curators: Doran Ross, Fowler Museum; Anne Marsh Spencer, Newark Museum; Bryna Freyer, National Museum of African Art; Deborah Willis-Kennedy, Anacostia Museum. Tour: From Washington, the exhibition travels to the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit, Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Field Museum in Chicago, Oakland Museum of California and Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University, Atlanta. Funding: National Endowment for the Humanities, National Endowment for the Arts, the Getty Grant Program.

	Antonio del Castillo y Savedra Study of Four Male Heads ca. 1660-1668		Juanes to Goya: Spanish Drawings 1560-1825 J. Paul Getty Museum Sept. 14-Nov. 28, 1999 Designs for paintings, prints and monumental sculptures by the quintessential Iberian Old Master.

	Paul Klee Cold City 1921		Klee Paintings Metropolitan Museum of Art Sept. 14, 1999-Jan. 2, 2000 Works made from 1920 to 1937, from the Met's vast Beggruen Klee Collection.

	Jasper Johns Untitled 1998		Jasper Johns: New Paintings and Works on Paper San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Sept. 15, 1999-Jan. 2, 2000 The king of flags is still alive and kicking. Curator: Elise S. Haas, SFMoMA. Catalogue Essays: Richard S. Field, Joachim Pissaro. Tour: The exhibition travels to the Yale University Art Gallery and then to the Dallas Museum of Art.

	Mbongeni Richman Buthelezi Untitled 1997		Liberated Voices: Contemporary Art from South Africa Museum for African Art Sept. 17, 1999-Jan. 2, 1999 Over 65 paintings, sculptures, installations, photographs and videos made since the end of Apartheid in 1994, including works by Sue Williamson and Zwelethu Mthethwa.

	Rufino Tamayo Still Life 1928		Art in Post-Revolutionary Mexico, 1920-1950 Dallas Museum of Art Sept. 16, 1999-Feb. 13, 2000 More than 50 paintings, drawings, prints and photographs by Mexican artists such as José Clemente Orozco, Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Siqueiros and Rufino Tamayo, as well as works created in Mexico by Edward Weston, Paul Strand and other American artists. Curator: Cheryl Hartup, DMA.

	Queen Ankh-nes-meryre II and Her Son King Pepi II ca. 2246-2152 B.C.E.		Egyptian Art in the Age of the Pyramids Metropolitan Museum of Art Sept. 16, 1999-Jan. 9, 2000 Highlights from the 3rd to the 6th dynasty, the first great era of Egyptian art, including sculpture, portrait-like limestone "reserve" heads, relief scenes, stone vessels and furniture. Tour: The exhibition orginated at the Grand Palais in Paris and travels to the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto. Funding: Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman.

			The Nature of Islamic Ornament, Part IV: Figural Representation Metropolitan Museum of Art Sept. 16, 1999-Jan. 2, 2000 Around 25 objects in mixed media chosen from the Met's permanent collection. Funding: Hagop Kevorkian Fund.

	Thomas Schütte Untitled 1999		Thomas Schütte: In Medias Res Dia Center for the Arts Sept. 16, 1999-Feb., 2000 The last in a three-part exhibition of the German conceptual artist's work is comprised of ceramics, several monumental sculptures and a new suite of works on paper. Funding: Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany, members of the Dia Art Council, the Next Decade Fund with additional assistance from Marian Goodman Gallery.

			Talavera Poblana: Four Centuries of a Mexican Ceramic Tradition Americas Society Art Gallery Sept. 17-Dec. 12, 1999 Mexican Talavera ceramics -- tin-glazed earthenware -- from its Spanish roots through contemporary works. Curator: Margaret Connors McQuade, Hispanic Society of America.

	Alan Berliner Gathering Stones 1999 (detail)		To the Rescue: 8 Artists in an Archive Miami Art Museum Sept. 18, 1999-Jan. 2, 2000 Magdalena Abakanowicz, Alan Berliner, Wendy Ewald, Leon Goulb, Pepón Osorio, Gilles Peress, Fred Wilson and Terry Winters present new work in response to the photographic archives of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, a humanitarian relief organization founded in 1914. Originally organized for the International Center for Photography. Curators: Marvin Heiferman, Carole Kismaric. Funding: MAM's Annual Exhibition Fund.

	Claude Monet Water Lilies (Nymphéas) 1903		Monet at Giverny: Masterpieces from the Musée Marmottan Phoenix Art Museum Sept. 18, 1999-Jan. 2, 2000 Large works painted between 1903 and 1926 inspired by the famed gardens of the French impressionist's home. Funding: Bank One, APS and the Kemper and Ethel Marley Foundation, Dillard's, KTVK-3TV, KEZ Radio and azfamily.com, Biltmore Fashion Park, Heather and Michael Greenbaum, Barbara Turner Hitchcock, museum members.

	Winslow Homer Fox Hunt 1893		Paris 1900: The "American School" at the Universal Exposition Montclair Art Museum Sept. 18, 1999-Jan. 16, 2000 A recreation of the paintings installation at the historical American expo, which definitively put artists like Whistler, Winslow Homer, Sargent, Eakins and Inness on par with their European contemporaries. Curator: Diane P. Fischer, Montclair Art Museum. Catalogue essays: Diane P. Fischer, Gail Stavitsky, Gabriel P. Weisberg, Linda J. Docherty, Robert W. Rydell. Tour: The exhibition travels to the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Columbus Museum of Art, Elvehjem Museum of Art and Musée Carnavalet in Paris. Funding: Florence Gould Foundation, Henry Luce Foundation, Inc., National Endowment for the Arts, New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, PNC Bank.

			Spirit Country: Australian Aboriginal Art from the Gantner Myer Collection California Palace of the Legion of Honor Sept. 18, 1999-Jan. 9, 2000 Approximately 125 works of contemporary Australian Aborignal art, including acrylic on canvas and traditional bark paintings and sculpture. Curators: Kathleen Berrin, Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, Jennifer Isaacs, Gantner Myer Collection.

	Julie Taymor Juan Darién 1988		Julie Taymor: Playing with Fire Wexner Center for the Arts Sept. 18, 1999-Jan. 2, 2000 25 years of stage sets, costumes, masks and puppets by the award-winning theater and film artist and director of Disney's The Lion King. Tour: The exhibition travels to the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Funding: Ford Motor Company, Agnes Gund and Daniel Shapiro, the Columbus Foundation.

	Bronze plaque inlaid with turquoise Eriltou culture (c. 1900-1500 B.C.) from Gedangtou, Yanshi, Henan Province		The Golden Age of Archaeology: Celebrated Discoveries from the People's Republic of China National Gallery of Art Sept. 19-Nov. 28, 1999 More than 175 works from the Neolithic Period through the Liang Dynasty (5000 B.C. to A.D. 960), excavated since the 1950s. Curator: Xiaoneng Yang, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Tour: The exhibition travels to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. Funding: Eastman Kodak Company.

	Diego Rivera Nocturnal Landscape 1947		Diego Rivera: Art and Revolution Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Sept. 19-Nov. 28, 1999 More than 80 paintings and drawings in a variety of media by the Mexican social idealist. Organized by the Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, Mexico, and Cleveland Museum of Art. Tour: Museuo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, (Dec. 17-Mar. 19, 2000).

			Edward Weston and Modernism Cleveland Museum of Art Sept. 19-Nov. 28, 1999 150 vintage prints exemplify the photographer's abstract and naturalist styles. Organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

	John Constable Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishop's Grounds ca. 1824-25		*Constable's Salisbury Cathedral:* Two Versions Reunited** Frick Collection Sept. 21-Dec. 31, 1999 The Frick's finished oil painting, Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishop's Garden paired with the Metropolitan Museum's full-scale oil study of the same subject. Curator: Susan Grace Galassi, Frick Collection. Funding: Fellows of the Frick Collection.

			Tania Mouraud: Wall Painting UCLA Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center Sept. 22, 1999-Jan. 2, 2000 A site-specific wall painting of highly charged words and isolated catch-phrases by the Paris-based artist. Funding: Association Française d'Action Artistique (Programme A La Carte), French Cultural Services, French-American Fund for Contemporary Art.

	James Tissot The Ball on Shipboard 1874		James Tissot: Victorian Life/Modern Love Yale Center for British Art Sept. 22-Nov. 28, 1999 An examination of the British reception of the 19th-century French society painter via 40 paintings, 40 prints and 20 watercolors. Tour: The exhibition travels to Musée du Québec, Canada and Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, N.Y.

	Hiroshi Sugimoto Earliest Human Relatives (American Museum of Natural History) 1994		Sweet Victorians: Contemporary Artists and a 19th-Century Vision UCLA Hammer Museum and Cultural Center Sept. 22, 1999-Jan. 2, 2000 Victorian esthetics in the work of such artists as Saint Clair Cemin, Sally Mann and Kara Walker. Curators: Melissa E. Feldman, Ingrid Schaffner.

	Kara Walker Consume 1998		Kara Walker UCLA Hammer Museum and Cultural Center Sept. 22, 1999-Jan. 2, 2000 Narrative tableaux in silhouette paper cutouts that explore the racial and sexual legacies of slavery, plantation life and African American character stereotypes. Funding: Capp Street Projects of the CCAC Institute at the California College of Arts and Crafts.

	Napoleon Sarony Oscar Wilde 1882		Oscar Wilde UCLA Hammer Museum and Cultural Center Sept. 22, 1999-Jan. 2, 2000 Books, manuscripts, proofs, letters and photographs as well as art, illustrations and material by and about the flamboyant Victorian Irish writer. Organized by the UCLA Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts and the UCLA William Andrews Clark Memorial Library.

	Daido Moriyama Kita-Senju, Tokyo 1966 from the series Japan: A Photo Theater		Daido Moriyama: Stray Dog: Daido Moriyama: Hunter Japan Society Gallery, New York; Metropolitan Museum of Art Sept. 23, 1999-Jan. 2, 2000 Concurrently running at both the Japan Society Gallery and the Met, these retrospective exhibitions focus on the internationally recognized Japanese post-war photographer. Catalogue essays: Sandra S. Phillips, Alexandra Munroe. Tour: The exhibition travels to the Fogg Art Museum of Harvard University; the Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego; the Fotomuseum, Winterthur, Switzerland and the Museum Flokwang, Essen, Germany. Funding: The W.L.S. Spencer Foundation, the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Endowment Fund, the Friends of the Japan Society Gallery.

	Andy Warhol Debbie Harry 1980		About Face: Andy Warhol Portraits The Wadsworth Atheneum Sept. 23, 1999-Jan. 30, 2000 A look at the Pop artist's fascination with the cult of celebrity. Catalogue essays: Nicholas Baume, Douglas Crimp, Richard Meyer. Funding: Greater Hartford Arts Council, Connecticut Commission on the Arts.

			A Durable Momento: Portraits by Augustus Washington, African American Daguerreotypist National Portrait Gallery Sept. 24, 1999-Jan. 2, 2000 Approximately 30 daguerreotypes exploring the early photographer's personal history as a free person of color in antebellum America. Curator: Ann M. Shumard, National Portrait Gallery. Tour: The exhibition travels to the Connecticut Historical Society.

	Hank Murta Adams Gomer 1990		Glass! Glorious Glass! Renwick Gallery, National Museum of American Art Sept. 24, 1999-Jan. 30, 2000 56 objects showcasing the methods and techniques of contemporary glasswork. Funding: Smithsonian's Special Exhibition Program, the Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass, Elmerina and Paul Parkman.

	Richard Diebenkorn #15 1965		Richard Diebenkorn's 41 Etchings California Palace of the Legion of Honor Sept. 25, 1999-Jan. 16, 2000 One of the first publications of Crown Point Press installed with prints from the museum's Crown Point Press Archive.

	Kenneth Josephson Chicago 1973		Kenneth Josephson: A Retrospective Art Institute of Chicago Sept. 25, 1999-Jan. 16, 2000 125 abstract works by the conceptual photographer. Curator: Sylvia Wolf, Art Institute of Chicago. Funding: LaSalle National Bank, Lannan Foundation.

	Nic Nicosia Love & Lust #11 1990		Nic Nicosia: Real Pictures 1979-1999 Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston Sept. 25, 1999-Jan. 23, 2000 Spanning 20 years of photographic and video work by the Texas native, this exhibition focuses on his ironic take on contemporary middle-class American life. Curators: Dana Friis-Hansen, Lynn M. Herbert.

	Edward Hopper Sunday 1926		Renoir to Rothko: The Eye of Duncan Phillips Phillips Collection Sept. 25, 1999-Jan. 23, 2000 250 works assembled by the Phillips Collection, ranging from Bonnard and Braque to Picasso and Rothko. Curator: Eliza Rathborne, Phillips Collection. Funding: Merrill Lynch.

	Darth Vader photo by Eric Lang and Mark Avino		Star Wars: The Magic of Myth San Diego Museum of Art Sept. 25, 1999-Jan. 2, 2000 Original paintings, drawings, models, costumes and props from the archives of Lucasfilm, Ltd. Tour: From San Diego, the exhibition travels to the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Field Museum of Natural History, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Toledo Museum of Art and the Brooklyn Museum of Art.

	Edward Ruscha Trademark with Eight Spots 1962		The American Century: Art & Culture 1900-2000, Part II (1950-2000) Whitney Museum of American Art Sept. 26, 1999-Feb. 23, 2000 More than 500 works from the Beat Generation to experiments in new media. Curators: Lisa Philips, now director of the New Museum of Contemporary Art; Susan Harris, Karl Willers, Chrissie Iles, of the Whitney; Maurice Berger, guest-curator. Funding: Intel Corporation, National Endowment for the Arts, National Committee of the Whitney Museum, Booth Ferris Foundation, Lauder Foundation, Evelyn and Leonard Lauder Fund.

	Annibale Carracci Four Studies of Heads Drawn Over a Figure of Saint John the Evangelist after Corregio ca. 1585		Annibale Carracci National Gallery of Art Sept. 26, 1999-Jan. 9, 2000 Drawings by the renown Italian Baroque draftsman. Curator: Margaret Morgan Grasselli, National Gallery of Art. Catalogue essays: Diane De Grazia. Funding: Republic National Bank of New York, Safra Republic Holdings S.A., Luxembourg.

	Sol LeWitt Circle 1987		"Drawing is another kind of language": Recent American Drawings from a New York Private Collection Parrish Art Museum Sept. 26-Nov. 14, 1999 Nearly 100 drawings from the Werner H. Kramarsky Collection, including works by Carl Andre, Japsper Johns, Brice Marden and Agnes Martin. Curator: Klaus Kertess. Catalogue essays: Dieter Schwarz, director of the Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Switzerland, and Christian Schneegass, art professor at the Berlin Akademie der Künste. Organized by the Harvard University Art Museums. Tour: The Parrish Art Museum will be the only Tri-State venue (upcoming venues to be announced). Sponsor: William Rosenwald Family Fund et al.

	Thomas Struth Galleria dell'Academia I, Venice 1992		The Museum as Muse: Artists Reflect Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego Sept. 26, 1999-Jan. 9, 2000 Artists responses to the museum as an institution and its relationship to the art it contains. Tour: The exhibition originated at the Museum of Modern Art. Funding: Contemporary Exhibition Fund of the Museum of Modern Art, Lily Auchincloss, Agnes Gund and Daniel Shapiro, Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder.

	Raymond Pettibon No Title (We read about) 1988		Raymond Pettibon Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles Sept. 26, 1999-Jan. 2, 2000 Punk cartoons by the Southern California artist. Curators: Ann Temkin, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Susanne Ghez, University of Chicago. Catalogue essays: Benjamin Buchloch, Peter Schjeldahl, Ann Temkin, Hamza Walker, Bernard Welt. Tour: The exhibition traveled to the University of Chicago, Drawing Center, New York, and Philadelphia Museum of Art. Funding: Lannan Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Gilbert B. Friesen.

			Playing Off Time: Contemporary Photographs in Dialogue with the Past Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art Sept. 26, 1999-Jan. 9, 2000 11 artists photograph the same scenes pictured in vintage photos from the 1950s and '60s. Funding: Connecticut Commission on the Arts, Ridgefield Bank.

	Catherine McCarthy Lady Slipper 1997		Upon a Lilac Sea: Paintings by Catherine McCarthy San Jose Museum of Art Sept. 26, 1999-Jan. 9, 2000 A mid-career survey Boston-based artist, whose works deal with issues of femininity, memory, art history, science and religion. Curator: Cathy Kimball, SJMA.

	Martin Johnson Heade Seascape: Sunrise 1860		Martin Johnson Heade Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Sept. 29, 1999-Jan. 16, 2000 70 paintings of both American landscapes and the tropics by the Hudson River School artist. Curator: Theodore Stebbins, Jr., Boston MFA. Tour: The exhibition travels to the National Gallery, Washington, D.C.(Feb. 13-May 7, 2000) and Los Angeles County Museum of Art (May 28-Aug. 17, 1999).

			The Art of Twentieth Century Zen: Paintings and Calligraphy by Japanese Masters Los Angeles County Museum of Art Sept. 29, 1999-Jan. 2, 2000 Painted and calligraphic works by Zen artists of the past 100 years, including scrolls, screens and other artifacts. Curator: Audrey Yoshiko Sea and Stephen Addiss, Marsh Art Gallery, University of Richmond. Funding: National Endowment for the Humanities, University of Richmond Cultural Affairs Committee.

			An American Century of Photography: From Dry-Plate to Digital, the Hallmark Photographic Collection Seattle Art Museum Sept. 30, 1999-Jan. 2, 2000 Nearly 250 photographs from Alfred Stieglitz to Andy Warhol from the corporate collection of the omnipresent greeting-card purveyor. Curators: Keith F. Davis, Hallmark Cards fine art programs director, with SAM deputy director Trevor Fairbrother, and SAM curators Mary Shirley and Tara Reddy. Tour: The exhibition has been traveling since 1994. Future stops include the Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, Mo.; Joslyn Museum, Omaha; Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington; Columbus Museum, Columbus, Georgia; Denver Art Museum.

	Woman's Munisak robe Central Asia, third quarter of 19th century		IKAT: Splendid Silks from Central Asia Art Institute of Chicago Sept. 30, 1999-Jan. 9, 2000 Around 40 examples of ikats, finely woven, brilliant textiles created by repeatedly binding and dying individual threads. Curator: Christa C. Thurman, Art Institute of Chicago.