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[email protected] SCHEDULE OF EXHIBITIONS JANUARY-APRIL 2003 EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: Information provided below is subject to change. To confirm scheduling and dates, call the Communications Department at (212) 570-3951. CONTACT NUMBER FOR USE IN TEXT IS (212)535-7710. New Exhibitions page 1 Upcoming Exhibitions PaSe 5 Continuing Exhibitions page 11 New and Recently Opened Installations page 18 Traveling Exhibitions page 20 Visitor Information page 22 OF SPECIAL NOTE • Leonardo da Vinci, Master Draftsman, opening January 22, unites some 120 drawings by one of the great geniuses of all time, presenting a balanced view of Leonardo as an artist, scientist, theorist, and teacher (see p. 2). • Thomas Struth is a sweeping retrospective of the work of this contemporary German photographer, on view in three locations within the Museum starting February 4 (see p. 3). • Opening March 4, Manet/Veldrquer.: The French Taste for Spanish Paintinp presents 150 works by masters of Spain's Golden Age as well as masterpieces by the 19th-century French artists who were influenced by them (see p. 4). • Goddess, a Costume Institute exhibition opening to the public on May 1, explores the many ways that Greco-Roman dress has impacted art and design (see p. 4). NEW EXHIBITIONS African-American Artists, 1929-1945: Prints, Drawings, and Paintings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art January 15-May 4, 2003 More than 80 works by African-American artists—drawn exclusively from the collection of the Metropolitan—include prints by Robert Blackburn, Elizabeth Catlett, William H.