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Jan Van Eyck Saint Christopher ca. 1440-50	Reconsidering Van Eyck Philadelphia Museum Apr. 1-May 31, 1998 Two renderings of Saint Francis of Assisi Receiving the Stigmata reunited after 500 years, plus seven other works by the Netherlandish painter. Curators: Joseph J. Rishel, (Philadelphia) Carl B. Strehlke and Katherine Crawford Luber (John G. Johnson Collection). Sponsors: Pew Charitable Trusts, Robert Montgomery Scott Endowment for Exhibitions.

Rirkrit Tiravanija Decal for the cross-country project	Rirkrit Tiravanija Philadelphia Museum Apr. 1-May 31, 1998 Thai performance artist Rirkrit Tiravanija presents his six-week cross-country journey by motorhome visiting "quintessentially American" locales such as Disneyland, the Grand Canyon and Lincoln's birthplace. Museum visitors can view the travellers during live, satellite broadcasts and by accessing the live website. Curators: John Ravenal, Anne Temkin. Sponsors: Lannan Foundation, Andy Warhol Foundation.

Cartoon by Abu Abraham	Satire and Spice: Cartoons from India Asia Society, New York Apr. 2-19, 1998 Commemorating the 50th anniversary of India's independence, the Asia Society presents 80 political cartoons and caricatures from the pre-Independence era through present. Sponsors: Indian Council for Cultural Relations, the Discovery Channel.

Aaron Siskind North Carolina 30 1951	Aaron Siskind: The Fragmentation of Language Henry Art Gallery, Seattle Apr. 2-July 5, 1998 39 works by abstract photographer Aaron Siskind (1902-1991), from his early seaweed studies to his later images of cropped, cryptic messages. Curator: Sheryl Conkelton.

Al Hirschfeld Marx Brothers 1935	Celebrity Caricature in America National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C. Apr. 3-Aug. 23, 1998 Drawings of Garbo, Will Rogers, Josephine Baker, and others from the portrait caricature craze that swept America during the World Wars. Organizer: Portrait Gallery curator Wendy Wick Reaves.

Claire McCardell Evening gown with interchangeable bodices late 40's-early 50's	American Ingenuity Metropolitan Museum Apr. 3-Aug. 16, 1998 Postwar sportswear for women -- the nonchalant, easy-fitting style exemplified by Bonnie Cashin, Anne Klein, Vera Maxwell and others. Curator: Richard Martin.

Yook Tae-Jin Patriot Game 1992	Alienation and Assimilation: Contemporary Images and Installations from the Republic of Korea Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago Apr. 3-May 30, 1998 Tension between traditional and modern cultures, via photography and installation work by 17 contemporary Korean artists. Curators: Denise Miller, Natasha Hollins and Natasha Egan. Sponsors: Chicago Community Foundation et al.

Sophie Ristelhueber From the series: Fait 1992	Sophie Ristelhueber Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, N.Y. Apr. 4-Jun. 7, 1998 71 large-scale images of craters, burning derricks and human debris from the Persian Gulf War by the French photographer. Curator: Marc Mayer.

Silvia Gruner Birth of Venus 1995	Silvia Gruner Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego Apr. 5-July 19, 1998 An exhibition examining Mexican mythologies and Holocaust survival by multimedia artist Silvia Gruner, with an installation piece using hundreds of female soap figurines. Organizer: MCA curator Elizabeth Armstrong. Sponsors: NEA, California Arts Council.

Mathilde Flögl Dressing Gown ca. 1928	Japonism in Fashion: The Influence of Japan on Western Dress Los Angeles County Museum of Art Apr. 5-June 15, 1998 Japanese esthetics beguile Western high fashion in 45 works and 35 art objects spanning the past several centuries. Curator: Sharon S. Takeda.

Toshusai Sharaku Nakamura Konozo... ca. 1794-95	More than Meets the Eye: Japanese Art in the Asia Society Collection Asia Society, New York Apr. 7-Aug. 16, 1998 40 artworks offering competing ideas of "Japaneseness" dating from the Neolithic to the early modern period. Curator: Columbia U. art historian Teresa Lai.

Initial E: David Playing the Harp... The Bute Psalter The Bute Master Cambrai, 1260-70	Out-of-Bounds: Marginal Imagery in Illuminated Manuscripts J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles Apr. 7-July 5, 1998 Battles, revels and fantastic creatures from the margins of Medieval and Renaissance manuscripts. Prayerbook for a Queen, a related, concurrent exhibition, features the miniature paintings of 14th-century Parisian illuminator Jean Pucelle. Curator: Margot McIlwain Nishimura.

Dorothy Cross Stilettos 1994	Mirror Images: Women, Surrealism and Self-Representation MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge Apr. 9-June 28, 1998 The female body as a site of conflicting desires, via 100 Surrealist-influenced works by Meret Oppenheim, Frida Kahlo, Leonor Fini, Dorothea Tanning and others. Organizers: Art historian Whitney Chadwick and MIT curators Katy Kline and Helaine Posner. Catalogue contributors: Whitney Chadwick, Katy Kline, Helaine Posner, art historians Dawn Ades and Dickran Tashjian, Kahlo expert Salomon Grimberg and cultural critic Susan Suleiman. Stops: Miami Art Museum (Sept. 18-Nov. 29, 1998); San Francisco MoMA (Jan. 8-Apr. 20, 1999). Sponsors: NEA; Massachusetts Cultural Council; Dorsky Foundation; Kitty and Herb Glantz.

Abigail Lane It Was On The Tip of Her Tongue 1997	Abigail Lane: Whether the roast burns, the train leaves, or the heavens fall Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago Apr. 11-July 15, 1998 Animal images juxtaposed with domestic scenes -- including a pair of men's shoes that emits puffs of smoke -- by British multimedia artist Abigail Lane. Curator: Staci Boris.

Arthur J. Motley, Jr. Brown Girl After the Bath 1931	Rhapsodies in Black: Art of the Harlem Renaissance Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Apr. 11-June 22, 1998 Approximately 130 works, including James Van Der Zee's celebrity photographs and rare film clips of Josephine Baker and Paul Robeson. This is the final stop of the traveling exhibition. Curators: Duke University professor Richard J. Powell; David A. Bailey, co-director of the African and Asian Artists' Archive, London . Catalogue essays: Martina Attille, David A. Bailey, Andrea D. Barnwell, Simon Callow, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Paul Gilroy, Richard J. Powell and Jeffrey C. Stewart. Organizers: Hayward Gallery, Corcoran Gallery, Institute of International Visual Arts, London. Sponsors: Annenberg Foundation; Rockfeller Foundation; United Airlines; Union Bank of California; AT&T; Nordstrom; LEF Foundation; Zuc & Associates, Inc.

Edgar Degas At the Races: The Start 1861-62	Degas at the Races National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Apr. 12-July 12, 1998 120 works depicting the spectacle and tension of the racetrack. Organizers: Degas scholar Jean Sutherland Boggs and NGA curators Philip Conisbee and Kimberly Jones. Catalogue essays: Jean Sutherland Boggs; Kimberly Jones; NGA object conservators Shelley Sturman and Daphne Barbour. Sponsor: First Union National Bank.

	The Art of the Daguerreotype J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles Apr. 14-July 12, 1998 More than 125 works from the Getty's collection, plus a special section devoted to daguerreotype pioneer Jean-Gabriel Eynard. Organizers: Getty curators Weston Naef and Gordon Baldwin, cataloger Michael Hargraves and education specialist Jill Finsten. Catalogue essays: Bates and Isabel Barrett Lowry.

Currier & Ives (after Louis Maurer) Fourth of July: Young America Celebrating 1857	Unconventional Currier & Ives New York Historical Society Apr. 14-July 5, 1998 40 uncharacteristic works, such as photographs of Supreme Court Justices, by the well-known 19th century lithographers.

Victor Hugo Castle lit up in the night 1856	Shadows of a Hand: The Drawings of Victor Hugo The Drawing Center, New York Apr. 16-June 13, 1998 100 works by the Romantic French novelist including a series of abstract (inkspot) drawings with clear affinities to post-war Abstract Expressionism. Organizers: Drawing Center director Anne Philbin and guest curator Florian Rodari. Catalogue contributors: Art historian Pierre Georgel, Bibliothéque nationale de France curator Marie-Laure Prévost, Florian Rodari and writer Luc Sante.

Dawoud Bey Aklima 1998	Dawoud Bey Queens Museum of Art Apr. 22-Aug. 30, 1998 Bold gestures of teenage identity -- featured in Dawoud Bey's large polaroid triptychs of high school students from three Queens schools. Sponsor: AT&T.

Robert Colescott Triumph of Christianity 1993	Robert Colescott: Recent Paintings Queens Museum of Art Apr. 22-Aug. 30, 1998 19 paintings premiered at the 47th Venice Biennale by Robert Colescott, whose work melds high modernism and social commentary. Organized by: Independent curator Miriam Roberts. Catalogue essays: Miriam Roberts and Met curator Lowery Stokes Sims. Stops: University of Arizona Museum, Tucson (Oct. 20, 1998-Jan. 5, 1999); University of California Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley (May 12-Aug. 29, 1999); Portland Art Museum, Oregon (Jan. 22-Mar. 28, 1999); Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery and Sculpture Garden, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, (Sept. 15, 1999-Jan. 2, 2000); SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico (dates to be announced). Sponsors: Dain Rauscher Incorporated et al.

David Hockney	New Paintings by David Hockney Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Apr. 24-July 31, 1998 Two enormous studies of the Grand Canyon (spanning some 30 canvases), plus six English landscapes by British-born artist David Hockney.

Agnes Martin Untitled #10 1985 Richard Tuttle Yellow Backdrop 1986	Agnes Martin/Richard Tuttle Modern Museum of Fort Worth Apr. 26-Aug. 2, 1998 Mysterious affinities revealed in a dual exhibition of Minimalists and longtime friends Agnes Martin and Richard Tuttle. Organizer: Modern curator Michael Auping. Stop: Site Santa Fe (Aug. 15-Oct. 20, 1998).

Chaim Soutine The Pastry Cook ca. 1927	An Expressionist in Paris: The Paintings of Chaim Soutine Jewish Museum, New York Apr. 26-Aug. 16, 1998 50 gestural works dating from Soutine's arrival in Paris in 1913 to his death during World War II. Stops: Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Sept. 17, 1998-Jan. 3, 1999); Cincinnati Art Museum (Feb. 14-May 2, 1999).

Richard Pousette-Dart Within the Room 1942	Richard Pousette-Dart: The Studio Within Whitney Museum Apr. 29-Sept. 13, 1998 20 paintings, a selection from over 200 notebooks and a partial recreation of the Ab-Ex painter's studio. Curator: Adam D. Weinberg.

Louise Nevelson Royal Tide II 1961-63	Louise Nevelson: Structures Evolving Whitney Museum Apr. 29-Sept. 13, 1998 27 sculptures and 16 works on paper depicting Nevelson's penchant for reassembling components of past work. Curator: Beth Venn.