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Sally Apfelbaum Air 1989')"> Sally Apfelbaum Air 1989

Contemporary Photography and the Garden: Deceits and Fantasies Hudson River Museum, Yonkers Feb. 1-May 13, 2007 The garden as inspiration in 67 photographs by Sally Apfelbaum, Daniel Boudinet, Gregory Crewdson, Linda Hackett, Fischli and Weiss, Sally Gall, Lynn Geesaman, Geoffrey James, Len Jenshel, Erica Lennard, Jack Pierson, Marc Quinn and Jean Rault Curator: Thomas Padon Catalogue: $50, 164 pp. Tour: Organized by the American Federation of Arts, the show opened in 2005 and next appears at the Delaware Art Museum

Howard Hodgkin Performance Art 2004')"> Howard Hodgkin Performance Art 2004

Howard Hodgkin: Paintings 1992-2007 Yale Center for British Art Feb. 1-Apr. 1, 2007 50 swashbuckling color abstractions, described as "representational pictures of emotional situations," by the 74-year-old British painter who represented Britain at the Venice Biennale in 1984 and won the Turner Prize in 1985 Curators: Julia Marciari Alexander, David E. Scrase Catalogue: $42, 192 pp.

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Point of Convergence: Architectural Drawings and Photographs from the L.J. Cella Collection San Jose Art Museum Feb. 3-June 3, 2007 Photos and drawings illustrating the creative process of architects, artists and designers, including Vito Acconci, Terry Allen, Frank Gehry, Isabelle Greene, Lawrence Halprin, Robert Irwin, Daniel Libeskind and Richard Neutra, drawn from the holdings of the San Francisco collector Tour: This show has already appeared at the Palm Springs Museum of Art

Claude Lorraine Le Chevrier (The Goatherd) 1663')"> Claude Lorraine Le Chevrier (The Goatherd) 1663

Claude Lorrain -- The Painter as Draftsman: Drawings from the British Museum Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Feb. 4, 2007-Apr. 29, 2007 85 drawings from the British Museum collection along with 15 paintings by the 17th-century classicist who spent most of his career in Rome Curator: Richard Rand Catalogue: $55, 176 pp. Tour: Organized by the Clark, the exhibition debuted at the Legion of Honor in San Francisco

Honor%C3%A9 Daumier The Third-Class Carriage ca. 1863-65 Metropolitan Museum of Art')"> Honoré Daumier The Third-Class Carriage ca. 1863-65 Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Masterpieces of French Painting from the Metropolitan Museum of Art: 1800-1920 Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Feb. 4-May 6, 2007 135 works from the Met, including works by Cézanne, Corot, Courbet, Degas, Delacroix, Ingres, Matisse, Millet, Monet, Picasso, Renoir and van Gogh Curator: Gary Tinterow, Kathryn Calley Galitz Catalogue: contributions by Susan Alyson, Kathryn Calley Galitz, Sabine Rewald, Stein, Gary Tinterow Funding: JPMorgan Chase, Hamill Foundation, others Tour: Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, May 30-Oct. 7, 2007 Also on view: "11th Annual Citywide African-American Art Exhibition," Feb. 1-28, 2007; "American Still-Life Paintings from the Hevrdejs Collection," Feb. 10-June 2, 2007; "Eye on Third Ward -- Eye on Krakow," Feb. 10-June 24, 2007; "Arms and Armor from the Ancient World," Feb. 17-July 29, 2007; "The Temptations of Flora: Jan van Huysum (1682-1749)," Feb. 18-May 20, 2007

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Emergency Room P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center Feb. 8-Mar. 19, 2007 An ever-changing, collaborative installation responding to current events, crafted by some 30 artists in a show overseen the French artist Thierry Geoffroy, a.k.a. Colonel Curator: Alanna Heiss Also on view: "Silicone Valley," Feb. 11- Apr. 9, 2007; "Tom Sandberg," Feb. 11-Apr. 16, 2007; "Vik Muniz: Reflex," Feb. 11-May 7, 2007; "Jonas Mekas: The Beauty of Being Friends Together Quartet," Feb. 11-Apr. 16, 2007; "Abbas Kiarostami: Image Maker," Feb. 11-Apr. 29, 2007

Reclining Quan Yen (XIX Century) Courtesy of Princess Thi-Nga Foundation')"> Reclining Quan Yen (XIX Century) Courtesy of Princess Thi-Nga Foundation

The Private Jade Collection of Her Imperial Highness Princess Thi-Nga of Vietnam Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach Feb. 8–Apr. 29, 2007 80 jade sculptures dating from the 19th and early 20th centuries, in an exhibition sponsored by the so-called princess, who traces her lineage back to the 15th-century Nguyen Dynasty (and whose parents founded Vikimco Steel, Vietnam’s first steel factory) Funding: Princess Thi-Nga Foundation, Setai

Anna Gaskell untitled #3 (wonder) 1996 Guggenheim Museum')"> Anna Gaskell untitled #3 (wonder) 1996 Guggenheim Museum

Family Pictures Guggenheim Museum Feb. 9-Apr. 16, 2007 Exploring the representation of family in contemporary photography via work by Janine Antoni, Patty Chang, Gregory Crewdson, Rineke Dijkstra, Nathalie Djurberg, Anna Gaskell, Nan Goldin, Loretta Lux, Sally Mann, Robert Mapplethorpe, Tracey Moffatt, Catherine Opie, Collier Schorr, Thomas Struth, Hellen van Meene and Gillian Wearing Curator: Jennifer Blessing Catalogue: $35 Tour: This show has already appeared at Galleria Gottardo, Lugano, Switzerland Also on view: "Hugo Boss Prize 2006," Feb. 23-June 6, 2007

Georgia O%E2%80%99Keeffe Grey Blue & Black %E2%80%93 Pink Circle 1929 Dallas Museum of Art')"> Georgia O’Keeffe Grey Blue & Black – Pink Circle 1929 Dallas Museum of Art

Georgia O’Keeffe: Circling around Abstraction Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach Feb. 10-May 6, 2007 40+ works, all employing circular motifs, highlighting O’Keeffe’s unique method of abstraction Curator: Jonathan Stuhlman Catalogue: 132 pp. Funding: Mrs. Shelby Cullom Davis Tour: Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, May 5-Sept. 9, 2007; Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Oct. 7, 2007-Jan. 6, 2008 Also on view: "Rare Bird of Fashion: The Irreverent Iris Apfel," Feb. 25-May 27, 2007

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Of All the People in All the World Mass MOCA Feb. 10-Feb. 25, 2007 An art installation/performance by the U.K. art group Stan’s Café, featuring piles of rice representing different quantities: the number of people in gated communities, the number of people in prison, the number of people born each day, etc. Funding: Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, British Council

Kitagawa Utamaro Young Woman Playing the Samisen ca. 1804-6 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston')"> Kitagawa Utamaro Young Woman Playing the Samisen ca. 1804-6 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Drama and Desire: Japanese Paintings from the Floating World, 1690–1850 Kimbell Art Museum Feb. 11-Apr. 29, 2007 67 masterpieces of Edo-period Japanese woodblock printing, including works by Hokusai, Utamaro and Harunobu Curator: Anne Nishimura Morse Catalogue: $55 cloth; $37.50 paper Tour: This show debuted in Japan; it subsequently appears at the Royal Ontario Museum, May 18-Aug. 12, 2007; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Aug. 27-Dec. 16, 2007; Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, dates TBA

Gerhard Richter Stadtbild M%C3%BC 1968 Collection of Marguerite and Robert Hoffman, the Rachofsky Collection, and the Dallas Museum of Art')"> Gerhard Richter Stadtbild Mü 1968 Collection of Marguerite and Robert Hoffman, the Rachofsky Collection, and the Dallas Museum of Art

Fast Forward: Contemporary Collections for the Dallas Museum of Art Dallas Museum of Art Feb. 11-May 20, 2007 The second part of a giant, two-part installation of art showcasing gifts to the Dallas Museum from three distinguished private collections, including work by Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Janine Antoni, Matthew Barney, Cardiff & Miller, Tom Friedman, Jasper Johns, Bruce Nauman and Thomas Struth Curator: Maria de Corral Catalogue: $65, 328 pp. Funding: Chase, others

Charles N%C3%A8gre Statue des Tuileries: G. Marsy et A. Flamen: Bor%C3%A9e enlevant Orythie 1859 National Gallery of Art')"> Charles Nègre Statue des Tuileries: G. Marsy et A. Flamen: Borée enlevant Orythie 1859 National Gallery of Art

Paris in Transition: Photographs from the National Gallery of Art National Gallery of Art Feb. 11-May 6, 2007 Photos of Paris by Eugène Atget, Ilse Bing, Brassaï, Louis-Émile Durandelle, William Henry Fox Talbot, André Kertész, Germaine Krull, Gustave Le Gray, Charles Marville, Charles Nègre, others Curator: Sarah Kennel Funding: Edward J. Lenkin

Camille Pissarro Strollers on a Country Road, La Varenne-St. Hilaire 1864 Baltimore Museum of Art')"> Camille Pissarro Strollers on a Country Road, La Varenne-St. Hilaire 1864 Baltimore Museum of Art

Pissarro: Creating the Impressionist Landscape Baltimore Museum of Art Feb. 11-May 13, 2007 45 works made between 1864 to 1874, illustrating Pissarro’s transformation from Barbizon-style landscape painter to Impressionist leader Curator: Katherine Rothkopf Catalogue: $45, 224 pp. Funding: Florence Gould Foundation, Alvin and Fanny Blaustein Thalheimer Exhibition Endowment Fund, Citigroup Tour: Milwaukee Art Museum, June 9-Sept. 9, 2007; Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Oct. 7, 2007-Jan. 6, 2008

Token of Friendship to Esther A. Fritz ca. 1850 Jane Katcher Collection Photo by Gavin Ashworth')"> M. J. Kelchy Token of Friendship to Esther A. Fritz ca. 1850 Jane Katcher Collection Photo by Gavin Ashworth

Made for Love: Selections from the Jane Katcher Collection of Americana Yale University Art Gallery Feb. 13-Aug. 26, 2007 39 early American folk objects created to express affection, including portraits, toys and talismans Curator: Erin E. Eisenbarth Catalogue: Expressions of Innocence and Eloquence: Selections from the Jane Katcher Collection of Americana, $75, 428 pp. Funding: NEA, Friends of American Arts at Yale Exhibition and Publication Fund

George Stubbs Haymakers 1785 Tate Gallery')"> George Stubbs Haymakers 1785 Tate Gallery

George Stubbs (1724-1806): A Celebration Frick Collection Feb. 14-May 27, 2007 Ca. 20 paintings by the master of British animal portraiture Curator: Alex Kidson Funding: Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, others Tour: This show has already appeared at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool; it continues to Tate Britain, London

Bust of a king %E2%80%93 Palace II of Kish 5th century Field Museum of Natural History')"> Bust of a king – Palace II of Kish 5th century Field Museum of Natural History

Glass, Gilding and Grand Design: Art of Sasanian Iran (224–642) Asia Society Feb. 14-May 20, 2007 Gilded silver plates, decorated vessels, glassware, silk, wool textiles, arms, carved gems and seals illustrate the luxury of the Sasanian empire, which ruled over Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Eastern Turkey and parts of Syria, Pakistan Central Asia and Arabia Curator: Françoise Demange

Kenneth Showell Bedspread 1967')"> Kenneth Showell Bedspread 1967

High Times, Hard Times: New York Painting 1967-1975 National Academy Museum Feb. 15-Apr. 22, 2007 40+ works by artists who pushed the boundaries of painting, ranging from Lynda Benglis and Yayoi Kusama to Manny Farber and Blinky Palermo Curator: Katy Siegel with David Reed Catalogue: $29.95, 176 pp. Tour: This show has already appeared at the Weatherspoon Art Museum in Greensboro, N.C.. and the American University Museum in Washington, D.C.

Joseph Kosuth Four Colors Four Words 1966 Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Park')"> Joseph Kosuth Four Colors Four Words 1966 Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Park

Refract, Reflect, Project: Light Works from the Collection Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Park Feb. 15-Apr. 8, 2007 Works incorporating light by Giovanni Anselmo, Chryssa, Olafur Eliasson, Spencer Finch, Dan Flavin, Christoph Girardet, Joseph Kosuth, Iván Navarro, James Turrell and Thomas Wilfred Curator: Anne Ellegood

Uwe Henneken Chains of Freedom 2006 Courtesy of the artist and Andrew Kreps Gallery')"> Uwe Henneken Chains of Freedom 2006 Courtesy of the artist and Andrew Kreps Gallery

Like Color in Pictures Aspen Art Museum Feb. 16-Apr. 15, 2007 Exploring the use of intense, idiosyncratic color in contemporary representation, via works by Chiho Aoshima, Polly Apfelbaum, Hernan Bas, Sarah Cain, Ernesto Caivano, Tony Feher, Torben Giehler, Henriette Grahnert, Mark Grotjahn, Trenton Doyle Hancock, Uwe Henneken, Jim Hodges, Byron Kim, Peter McDonald, Kelly McLane, Elizabeth Peyton, Brett Cody Rogers, Mindy Shapero, Jessica Stockholder and Andro Wekua Curator: Heidi Zuckerman Jacobson Catalogue: contributions by Heidi Zuckerman Jacobson, Rhonda Lieberman, James Welling. Funding: AAM National Council. Also on view: "Tonico Lemos Auad," Feb. 16-Apr. 15, 2007

Uwe Henneken Chains of Freedom 2006 Courtesy of the artist and Andrew Kreps Gallery')"> Miguel Pou y Becerra Los coches de Ponce (Horse Drawn Carriages in Ponce) 1926 Museo de Arte de Ponce

Mi Puerto Rico: Master Painters of the Island, 1780-1952 Newark Museum Feb. 16-Apr. 15, 2007 40 paintings by José Campeche (1751-1809), Francisco Oller (1833-1917) and Miguel Pou (1880-1968) Curators: Marimar Benítez, Cheryl Hartup Catalogue: 104 pp. Tour: This show has already appeared at the Worchester Art Museum; it continues to the Museo de Arte de Ponce, Puerto Rico

Paul Cezanne Le N%C3%A9gre Scipion ca. 1867 Museo de Arte de S%C3%A3o Paulo')"> Paul Cezanne Le Négre Scipion ca. 1867 Museo de Arte de São Paulo

Cézanne to Picasso: Ambroise Vollard, Patron of the Avant-Garde Art Institute of Chicago Feb. 17-May 12, 2007 100 paintings, as well as dozens of ceramics, sculpture, prints and livres d’artistes, by Bonnard, Cézanne, Degas, Derain, Gauguin, van Gogh, Maillol, Matisse, Picasso, Redon, Renoir, Rouault, Rousseau, Vlaminck and Vuillard, among others Curator: Gary Tinterow, Douglas Druick, Gloria Groom, Anne Roquebert Catalogue: $65, 460 pp. Funding: Florence Gould Foundation Tour: The show debuted at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and closes its tour at the Musee d’Orsay, Paris, June 4-Sept. 14, 2007 Also on view: "Focus: Kasmalieva and Djumaliev," Feb. 1-May 6, 2007

Black Heart Negress (2002)')"> Installation detail from Kara Walker’s Excavated from the Black Heart Negress (2002)

Kara Walker: My Complement, My Enemy, My Oppressor, My Love Walker Art Center Feb. 17-May 13, 2007 Ranging from Walker’s signature black-paper silhouettes, to film animations, to more than 100 works on paper Curators: Philippe Vergne, Yasmil Raymond Catalogue: $49.95, 432 pp., contributions by Thomas McEvilley, Sander Gilman, Robert Storr, Philippe Vergne Funding: Henry Luce Foundation, Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Lannan Foundation, Peter Norton Family Foundation, Linda and Lawrence Perlman, Marge and Irv Weiser, others Tour: Whitney Museum of American Art, Nov. 11, 2007–Feb. 3, 2008; Hammer Museum, L.A., Feb. 17-May 11, 2008

Rufino Tamayo Amigo de los p%C3%A1jaros (Friend of the Birds) 1944 Oil on canvas. Los Angeles County Museum of Art')"> Rufino Tamayo Amigo de los pájaros (Friend of the Birds) 1944 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Tamayo: A Modern Icon Reinterpreted Santa Barbara Museum of Art Feb. 17-May 27, 2007 100+ paintings from the celebrated Mexican artist Rufino Tamayo (1899-1991) Curator: Diana C. du Pont, Juan Carlos Pereda Catalogue: $75, 460 pp. Tour: Miami Art Museum, June 21-Sept. 16, 2007; Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City, Oct. 26, 2007-Jan. 21, 2008

Sigmar Polke Untitled 1968 J. Paul Getty Center')"> Sigmar Polke Untitled 1968 J. Paul Getty Center

Sigmar Polke: Photographs, 1968–1972 J. Paul Getty Center Feb. 20-May 20, 2007 35 photographs by the German Pop artist, ranging from still-lifes to complex layered compositions that mirror his painting practice Also on view: "Made for Manufacture: Drawings for Sculpture and the Decorative Arts," Feb. 6-May 20, 2007

Joaqu%C3%ADn Torres-Garc%C3%ADa Composici%C3%B3n Constructiva 16 (Constructive Composition 16) 1943')"> Joaquín Torres-García Composición Constructiva 16 (Constructive Composition 16) 1943

The Geometry of Hope: Latin American Abstract Art from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection Blanton Museum of Art, Austin Feb. 20-Apr. 22, 2007 125+ works from the 1930s through the 1970s by more than 40 artists from Buenos Aires, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and other South American cities Curator: Gabriel Pérez-Barreiro Catalogue: $45 cloth, $29.95 paper Funding: Eugene McDermott Foundation and Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Moncrief Tour: Grey Art Gallery, New York, Sept. 12-Dec. 8, 2007

Splitting, 1974, Englewood, New Jersey')"> Gordon Matta-Clark working on Splitting, 1974, Englewood, New Jersey

Gordon Matta Clark: You Are the Measure Whitney Museum of American Art Feb. 22-June 7, 2007 A full-scale retrospective of works and projects by the artist famous for cutting houses in half Curator: Elizabeth Sussman Catalogue: $50, 256 pp. Funding: Deutsche Bank, others Tour: Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

Sylvie Blocher Living Pictures/Men in Gold (still) 2007San Francisco Museum of Modern Art')"> Sylvie Blocher Living Pictures/Men in Gold (still) 2007San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

New Work: Sylvie Blocher San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Feb. 23-May 13, 2007 Two video installations by French media artist Sylvie Blocher, including Living Pictures/Men in Gold, a "collective portrait" of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, CEOs, venture capitalists and designers commissioned specifically for SFMoMA Curator: Rudolf Frieling Funding: Collectors Forum, others Also on view: "Brice Marden: A Retrospective of Paintings and Drawings," Feb. 23-May 13, 2007; "Picasso and American Art," Feb. 23, May 28, 2007; "A Hidden Picasso," Feb. 23-May 28, 2007

Maria Marshall When I grow up I want to be a cooker 1998 Metropolitan Museum of Art')"> Maria Marshall When I grow up I want to be a cooker 1998 Metropolitan Museum of Art

Closed Circuit: Video and New Media at the Metropolitan Metropolitan Museum of Art Feb. 23-Apr. 29, 2007 The Met collects video art -- who knew? In its first video show ever, the museum presents works by Darren Almond, Lutz Bacher, Jim Campbell, Omer Fast, Ann Hamilton, David Hammons, Maria Marshall and Wolfgang Staehle Curator: Doug Eklund Funding: Diana Barrett and Robert Vila, Marlene Nathan Meyerson, and Robert Yaffa, Jennifer Saul Yaffa Also on view: "Journeys: Mapping the Earth and Mind in Chinese Art," Feb. 10-Aug. 26, 2007

Sol LeWitt Form Derived from a Cubic Rectangle 1991')"> Sol LeWitt Form Derived from a Cubic Rectangle 1991

LeWitt x 2 Miami Art Museum Feb. 23-June 3, 2007 A two-part exhibition: "Sol LeWitt: Structure and Line," which features 45 works on paper and sculptures by the artist dating from the 1960s to the present; and "Selections from the LeWitt Collection," with ca. 100 works of art collected from friends and fellow artists since the 1960s by LeWitt and his wife Carol Androccio, including pieces by Carl Andre, Alice Aycock, Bernd and Hilla Becher, Jan Dibbets, Jackie Ferrara, Gilbert and George, Eva Hesse, Donald Judd, Alex Katz, Robert Mangold, Brice Marden, Mario Merz, Robert Ryman and Pat Steir Curator: Dean Swanson Catalogue: $35, 84 pp. Tour: The show debuted at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art and subsequently appears at the Weatherspoon Art Museum in Greensboro, N.C., Sept. 9-Nov. 18, 2007, and the Austin Museum of Art, May 24-Aug. 17, 2008

Robert Rauschenberg 1/2 Gals./AAPCO (Cardboard) 1971 Mus%C3%A9e d%E2%80%99Art Contemporain, Marseille')"> Robert Rauschenberg 1/2 Gals./AAPCO (Cardboard) 1971 Musée d’Art Contemporain, Marseille

Robert Rauschenberg: Cardboards and Related Pieces Menil Collection Feb. 23-May 13, 2007 Rauschenberg’s "Cardboards," "Cardbirds," "Tampa Clay Pieces" and "Venetians" series Catalogue: $50, 156 pp. Funding: Fayez Sarofim, Schlumberger, Brown Foundation, Inc., others Tour: Museu Serralves, Porto, Portugal; other venues TBA

Giuseppe Gabellone Untitled 1999 Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago')"> Giuseppe Gabellone Untitled 1999 Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago

MCA Exposed: Defining Moments in Photography, 1967-2007 Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago Feb. 24-July 29, 2007 Examining photography’s role in the development of contemporary art via work by 50+ artists, from Robert Mapplethorpe to Christian Boltanski, including a specially commissioned installation for the museum’s façade by Beat Streuli titled Chicago ‘99 Curator: Julie Rodrigues Widholm Funding: Helen and Sam Zell, Kovler Family Foundation Also on view: "Lessons in Learning: Art and Education from the Artists’ Book Collection," Feb. 10-May 13, 2007

Ben Vautier Total Art Match Box 1965 Fogg Art Museum')"> Ben Vautier Total Art Match Box 1965 Fogg Art Museum

Multiple Strategies: Beuys, Maciunas, Fluxus Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge Feb. 24-June 10, 2007 Focusing on the complex relation between the work of Joseph Beuys and the Fluxus movement, with particular emphasis on the use of multiples Curator: Jacob Proctor

Jeff Wall In front of a nightclub 2006 Collection of the Pilara Family Foundation; promised gift to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art')"> Jeff Wall In front of a nightclub 2006 Collection of the Pilara Family Foundation; promised gift to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

Jeff Wall Museum of Modern Art Feb. 25-May 14, 2007 40 works from the late 1970s to the present by the Canadian postmodernist photographer Curators: Peter Galassi, Neal Benezra Catalogue: $50, 208 pp. Funding: RBC Capital Markets Tour: Art Institute of Chicago, June 30-Sept. 23, 2007; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Oct. 27, 2007-Jan. 6, 2008 Also on view: "Armando Reverón," Feb. 11-Apr. 16, 2007; "Projects 84: Josiah McElheny," Feb. 12-Apr. 9, 2007

Thomas Chimes Portrait of Antonin Artaud 1974 Philadelphia Museum of Art')"> Thomas Chimes Portrait of Antonin Artaud 1974 Philadelphia Museum of Art

Thomas Chimes: Adventures in ’Pataphysics Philadelphia Museum of Art Feb. 27-May 6, 2007 100 paintings and works on paper, many previously unseen, from the idiosyncratic Philadelphia artist Thomas Chimes (b. 1921), including his series of 48 sepia-toned panel portraits of 19th- and 20th-century writers and artists Curator: Michael R. Taylor Catalogue: $50, 267 pp. Funding: Philadelphia Exhibitions Initiative, others Also on view: "Contemporary Art on Paper," Feb. 10-Apr. 22, 2007