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SCHEDULE OF EXHIBITIONS JANUARY-APRIL 2002

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New Exhibitions page 1 Upcoming Exhibitions Page 5 Continuing Exhibitions page 10 New and Recently Opened Installations page 15 Traveling Exhibitions page 19 Visitor Information page 21

OF SPECIAL NOTE

• Surrealism: Desire Unbound, opening February 6, illustrates the shifting aspects of Surrealism's chief preoccupation, desire (see page 2). • Opening February 14, Orazio and Artemisia Gentileschi: Father and Daughter Painters in Baroque Italy is the first full-scale exhibition devoted to Caravaggio's most gifted and individual follower, Orazio, and his celebrated daughter, Artemisia (see page 3). • Treasures from a Lost Civilization: Ancient Chinese Art from Sichuan, opening March 6, explores the fascinating art and material culture of ancient Sichuan through recent archaeological discoveries (see page 3). • Also opening in March is Tapestry in the Renaissance: Art and Magnificence, the first major survey of tapestry production between 1460 and 1560 (see page 4).

NEW EXHIBITIONS

Earthly Bodies: Irving Venn's Nudes, 1949-50 January 15-April 21, 2002 Now in his mid-eighties, Penn is one of the world's finest photographers. Famous for portraiture, still life, and fashion work, he is less well known as a superb photographer of the female nude. His most important nudes were made more than 50 years ago when he collaborated with several artists' models in a series of sittings that were a personal and artistic antidote to the ephemeral, surface world of the stylish ladies' magazines. The NEW EXHIBITIONS PAGE 2

nudes are highly unorthodox by mid-20th-century standards: folded, twisted, and stretched, with extra belly, mounded hips, and puddled breasts, their fleshy torsos are sisters of Titian's or Rubens's Venus. Charged with powerful physical and sexual energy yet somehow chaste, they are among the most ambitious and successful nudes ever made. Never the subject of serious study, the great 1949-50 nudes are accompanied by a volume with 53 plates that display Penn's love affair with earthly goddesses. Press preview: Monday, January 14, 10:00 a.m.-noon

Benjamin Brecknell Turner: Rural England through a Victorian Lens January 15-April 21, 2002 In the early 1850s, Benjamin Brecknell Turner (1815-1894) photographed picturesque, quintessentially English scenes: ruined abbeys and castles, thatched barns and half- timbered houses, crumbling cottages, ancient oak trees and woodland paths. His poetic images reveal the rough-hewn beauty of rustic subjects and the moral worth of tradition, nature, and rural life and labor. This exhibition of approximately 40 large-format photographs is drawn almost entirely from a magnificent album assembled by Turner and now in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. The exhibition is made possible by The Hite Foundation. The exhibition is organized by the Victoria and Albert Museum. Accompanied by a catalogue. Press preview: Monday, January 14, 10:00 a.m.-noon

Surrealism: Desire Unbound February 6-May 12, 2002 A central theme of Surrealism, a major artistic movement of the 20th century, was desire in its many manifestations. The first major survey of Surrealism in more than 20 years, this exhibition presents the richness and diversity of this obsessive but very human and constant theme through more than 300 paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, photographs, and films. The selection ranges in date from the decade anticipating the first manifestations of Surrealism in 1924 to more recent years. Artists represented include Giorgio de Chirico, Joseph Cornell, Salvador Dali, Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, , Arshile Gorky, Rene Magritte, Andre Masson, Joan Miro, , and Man Ray. Many of the icons of the Surrealist dream are displayed as well as important works by artists not yet widely known. The achievement of women associated with the Surrealists, sometimes overlooked in previous surveys, is represented by painters such as Leonora Carrington, Frida Kahlo, and Dorothea Tanning. The exhibition is made possible in part by Jane and Robert Carroll. The exhibition has been organized by Tate Modern, London. Accompanied by a caralogue. Press preview: Monday, February 4, 10:00 a.m.-noon

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Orazio and Artemisia Gentileschi: Father and Daughter Painters in Baroque Italy February 14-May 12, 2002 This is the first full-scale exhibition devoted to Caravaggio's most gifted and individual follower, Orazio Gentileschi, and to Orazio's celebrated daughter, Artemisia. Featuring approximately 50 works by Orazio and 35 by Artemisia, this is the first exhibition to treat these two remarkable artists in depth. Orazio was among the first artists to respond to Caravaggio's revolutionary method of painting from posed models. From this experience he created his own very personal and poetic style, in which is tempered by a refined sense of beauty. In Italy he worked in Rome and Genoa as well as in the region of the Marches, and he was also active in , where he worked for Marie de'Medici, and London, where he was court painter to Charles I. Artemisia has received much popular attention and is the subject of two biographical novels and a recent movie. However, her reputation as an artist has often been overshadowed by the notorious public trial that followed her rape by an associate of her father's when she was still a teenager. A figure of enormous determination and ambition, she became an artist of remarkable qualities: the first woman who managed to live exclusively by her brush and who refused to be bound by the conventions usually imposed on female artists (still- life painting and portraiture were the areas deemed proper for a woman). The exhibition is made possible in part by the Gail and Parker Gilbert Fund. Additional support has been provided by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. The exhibition has been organized by the Soprintendenza per i Beni Artistici, Rome, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and the Saint Louis Art Museum. An indemnity has been granted by the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities. The exhibition catalogue is made possible by the Doris Duke Fund for Publications. Press preview: Monday, February 11, 10:00 a.m.-noon

Treasures from a Lost Civilization: Ancient Chinese Art from Sichuan March 6-June 16, 2002 This exhibition presents the fascinating art and material culture of ancient Sichuan, in remote southwest China, uncovered by archaeology of the last 15 years. The 128 works of art on exhibit include monumental bronze images of deities, lively human figures, fantastic bronze vessels, exquisite jades, and spirited ceramic sculptures dating from the late phase of the Sanxingdui culture (13th-llth century B.C.) to the Han dynasty (3rd century B.C.-3rd century A.D.). They are among the most unusual and spectacular works of art from the ancient world, and most of them are being shown for the first time in the . This exhibition provides rare access to a previously unknown artistic and cultural tradition as well as an opportunity to reexamine the early phase of Chinese civilization. The exhibition was organized by the Seattle Art Museum in collaboration with The Bureau of Cultural Relics, Sichuan Province of the People's Republic of China.

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The Boeing Company provided the leadership grant for the exhibition with major support from the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation. Additional funding provided by the National Endowment for the Arts. This exhibition is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities. In New York, the exhibition is made possible in part by The Dillon Fund. Accompanied by a catalogue. Press preview: Monday, March 4, 10:00 a.m.-noon

Tapestry in the Renaissance: Art and Magnificence March 12-June 19, 2002 The first major loan exhibition of tapestries in the United States in 25 years, and the first extensive survey of tapestry production between 1460 and 1560, this exhibition highlights the great cycles of the late 15th through the early 16th centuries as the unsung glories of Renaissance art. Considered the art form of kings, tapestries were a principal part of the ostentatious "magnificence" expected of any powerful ruler, and courts and churches lavished vast sums on costly weavings in silk and gold thread from designs by leading artists such as Raphael, Giulio Romano, and Bronzino. The exhibition features some 45 of the greatest tapestries of the period along with about 20 preparatory drawings and cartoon fragments drawn from 30 collections (including the Vatican, the Louvre, and the British Royal Collection) in 13 countries. The exhibition explores the stylistic and technical development of tapestry production in the Low Countries, , and Italy and highlights the contributions that the medium made to the art, liturgy, and propaganda of the day. The exhibition is made possible in part by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation. Additional support for the exhibition and its accompanying publication has been provided by the Garen Family Foundation. An indemnity has been granted by the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities. The exhibition catalogue is made possible by the Samuel I. Newhouse Foundation Inc. and the Doris Duke Fund for Publications. Additional support for the exhibition catalogue provided by Furthermore, a program of the J.M. Kaplan Fund. Press preview: Monday, March 11, 10:00 a.m.-noon

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UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS

The Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden May 1-late fall 2002, weather permitting Five brightly colored, large-scale recent works in metal and fiberglass by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, dating from 1999 to 2001, will be installed in the most dramatic outdoor space for sculpture in New York City: The Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden, which offers a spectacular view of Central Park and the New York City skyline. None of the sculptures has been exhibited previously in New York. Beverage and sandwich service will be available from 10:00 a.m. until closing, including Friday and Saturday evenings.

The Annenberg Collection of Impressionist and Postimpressionist Masterpieces Late May-mid-November 2002 In an annual event, the 53 paintings, drawings, and watercolors that compose the Annenberg Collection of Impressionist and Postimpressionist masterworks will once again be on view in the Museum's Nineteenth-Century European Paintings and Sculpture Galleries. The collection, acknowledged as one of the most distinguished in private hands, includes the work of 18 of the greatest artists of the 19th and early 20th centuries, among them Manet, Monet, Renoir, Cezanne, Van Gogh, Gauguin, and Picasso. Assembled by the Honorable Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg, the collection is loaned generously by them to the Metropolitan for six months of every year.

Adrian June-September 2002 Gilbert Adrian was one of the most quintessentially American of 20th-century designers as well as a Hollywood costumer of great renown, who dressed Greta Garbo, Norma Shearer, Katharine Hepburn, and Joan Crawford for the screen to memorable effect. His fashion designs, no less dramatic, united a mid-century modernist sensibility with an extraordinarily engineered technique that continues to inspire designers to this day. This retrospective will depict both aspects of his career. Adrian's sketches and photographs of the period will accompany his costumes for MGM as well as the most important examples of his fashion work.

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Summer Selections: Scenes and Citizens of the Early Republic in Watercolor June 4-September 8, 2002 The second annual installation of Summer Selections will complement the Metropolitan Museum venue of Thomas Eakins with a display of 52 watercolors of genre scenes, landscapes, and portraits, most by Pavil Petrovitch Svinin, with several recently reattributed to John Lewis Krimmel. Many of the pictures represent early-19th-century street life in Eakins's hometown of Philadelphia, where Svinin, a Russian diplomat, was headquartered for several years. Krimmel, a German emigre, also made his home there, producing some of the earliest genre paintings in American art.

Thomas Eakins June 18-September 15, 2002 The first comprehensive survey of Thomas Eakins (1844-1916) in 30 years, this unprecedented loan exhibition includes oil paintings, watercolors, drawings, photographs, and sculptures by this acclaimed American artist. Esteemed as one of the nation's greatest painters for his powers of characterization and mastery of technique, Eakins is now also appreciated as an innovative photographer and art teacher. More than 200 works drawn from institutions nationwide will represent every major theme explored by Eakins, including his iconic depictions of rowers, surgeons, musicians, artists, collectors, and teachers. Some 100 photographs by the artist and his circle—along with newly discovered information about the role of photography in his work—will enhance public understanding of Eakins's remarkable achievements. The exhibition will reveal recent scholarly discoveries about the artist's specific methods and will introduce a new generation to the full range of Eakins's accomplishments. The exhibition is made possible by Fleet. The exhibition was organized by the Philadelphia Museum of Art with funding from The Henry Luce Foundation, Inc. Accompanied by a catalogue. Press preview: Monday, June 10, 10:00 a.m.-noon

Gauguin in New York Collections June 18-October 20, 2002 This major exhibition will mark the first occasion in more than 40 years that Paul Gauguin (French, 1848-1903) has been the subject of a major monographic show in New York City, and the first time that the Metropolitan Museum has displayed its entire collection of the artist's work. Approximarely 100 works drawn from New York public and private collections—including more than 50 from the Met's own holdings—will be on view in the exhibition comprising paintings, sculptures, drawings, ceramics, and prints. The exhibition will feature works from every important stage of the artist's career and from each of his outposts in Brittany, Provence, Martinique, Tahiti, and the Marquesas Islands. The Metropolitan Museum acquired its first Gauguin in 1921, and in the

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intervening years his work reached an ever-widening public audience through the concerted efforts of prominent New Yorkers and local institutions. Thanks to pioneering acquisitions and the generosity of donors, the Metropolitan and other museums in the state—from the in Manhattan to the Albright-Knox Gallery in Buffalo—have afforded generations of viewers a vivid sense of Gauguin's genius. Shown together, these purchases, gifts, and bequests to public museums, combined with the holdings of discerning private collectors, many of which have hitherto never been on public view, will provide a rich overview of Gauguin's fascinating career and a telling account of the reception of his works on this side of the Atlantic. The exhibition is made possible by Suez. The exhibition catalogue is made possible by The Drue E. Heinz Fund. Press preview: Monday, June 17, 10:00 a.m.-noon

The Age of Impressionism: European Painting from the Ordrupgaard Collection, Copenhagen June 18-September 8, 2002 This exhibition will consist of approximately 80 paintings from the Ordrupgaard Collection, located just outside of Copenhagen. The collection was assembled by the Danish insurance magnate Wilhelm Hansen (1868-1936), who in 1918 constructed a country house with a large picture gallery in which to display his French art. When his wife, Henny, died in 1951, she bequeathed the collection—and the home from which it derives its name—to the Danish government. Among the highlights of the exhibition will be outstanding paintings by Degas, Gauguin, Monet, Pissarro, and Sisley. The exhibition will also feature approximately 15 important Danish paintings drawn from the Hansens' collection. The exhibition is made possible in part by the Janice H. Levin Fund. Accompanied by a catalogue. Press preview: Monday, June 17, 10:00 a.m.-noon

American Drawings and Watercolors in The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Highlights of the Collection, 1710-1890 July 9-October 6, 2002 Some 100 highlights from the Metropolitan's exceptional collection of American drawings and watercolors will be displayed in The Erving and Joyce Wolf Gallery. The exhibition celebrates the publication of volume 1 of American Drawings and Watercolors in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which includes works from the Museum's own holdings by artists born before 1835.

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The Cultivated Landscape: Chinese Paintings from the Collection of Marie-Helene and Guy Weill September 10, 2002-February 9, 2003 On view will be select works from the collection of Marie-Helene and Guy Weill that have been donated or promised to the Museum together with related paintings from the Metropolitan's holdings that explore the theme of the garden in Chinese art. Accompanied by a catalogue.

Avedon's Portraits September 26, 2002-January 5, 2003 Although Richard Avedon first made his name as a fashion photographer, his greatest achievement has been his innovative reinvention of the genre of photographic portraiture. Featuring approximately 80 works, this exhibition will span the artist's entire career, from his earliest photographs of Sicilian street children in the late 1940s through his most recent work. At the core of the installation will be a powerful group of portraits, designated by the artist as promised gifts to the Metropolitan, depicting many of the key artistic, intellectual, and political figures from the late 1950s through the early 1970s. Among the highlights of this group are several large murals—perhaps the grandest photographic portraits ever staged. Accompanied by a catalogue.

Nomadic Art from the Eastern Eurasian Steppes October 1, 2002-January 5, 2003 This exhibition will present the extraordinary art of the nomads who roamed over the Eastern Eurasian steppes and contributed to the early cultural exchange between China and the West in the first millennium B.C. Drawn largely from the collection of Eugene V. Thaw, with selections from other private collections and the Metropolitan Museum's holdings, the more than 200 bronze, gold, and silver works will include horse tack and harness fittings, chariot fittings, belt ornaments, garment plaques, weapons, and vessels that are characterized by bold designs and skilled craftsmanship. Accompanied by a catalogue.

Barnet and Burto Collection of Japanese Art October 1, 2002-March 2, 2003 This exhibition will display 56 works of Japanese calligraphy, spanning a period of more than 1,000 years, drawn from the exceptional collection of Sylvan Barnet and William Burto. The collection—which traces the evolution of Japanese calligraphy from the Nara period (710-784) through the 19th century—includes examples of both the earliest forms of writing, employing Chinese script (kanji), and the later forms, employing Japanese script {kana). The presentation of the Barnet and Burto Collection will be supplemented by a selection of Japanese paintings and calligraphy from the Metropolitan's holdings. Accompanied by a catalogue. UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS PAGE 9

Theodore Chasseriau October 29, 2002-January 5, 2003 Approximately 75 paintings and 55 works on paper will constitute the first retrospective of the work of Chasseriau (1819-1856) since 1933 and the first to be held outside France. Chasseriau, a precocious disciple of Ingres, quickly succumbed to and developed a personal style that fused Ingres's linear precision with the lush color and exoticism of Delacroix. Chasseriau's trip to Algeria in 1846 inspired a wealth of Orientalist images, which highlight a career abruptly terminated by the artist's death at the age of 37. The diversity of his historical, religious, and Orientalist subjects as well as his portraits will reveal how the government and the emerging arr market in France formed his oeuvre. The exhibition was organized by The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Reunion des Musees Nationaux in Paris, and the City of Strasbourg in Strasbourg. Accompanied by a catalogue.

The Legacy of Genghis Khan: Courtly Art and Culture in Western Asia, 1256-1353 October 29, 2002-February 16, 2003 This exhibition will focus on the period of Ilkhanid rule (a semi-independent branch of the Mongols) in the Iranian region (ca. 1256-1353), which caused a transformation of the locally established artistic language through contact with Far Eastern art of the Yuan period. This period witnessed a number of remarkable achievements within the sphere of art and culture; but the most significant impact was on the arts of the book, which became a means to further the Mongol dynasty's political agenda and legitimize the ruling elite. The exhibition will include some 200 objects equally divided between illustrated manuscripts, the decorative arts, and architectural decoration. Accompanied by a catalogue.

Korean Ceramics from the Fitzwilliam Museum at Cambridge University November 5, 2002-April 6, 2003 This exhibition of nearly 80 ceramics from the distinguished collection of the Fitzwilliam Museum will focus on the celadon ware of the Koryo period (918-1392). Accompanied by a catalogue.

Genesis: Ideas of Origin in African Sculpture November 19, 2002-April 13, 2003 How did the world begin? What is our ancestry? What is the source of agriculture, kingship, and other natural societal institutions essential to human existence? African cultures seek to provide answers to these questions in their oral traditions, poetry, and art. This exhibition will bring together concrete examples of a sculptural tradition related to origins of one such culture, the Bamana of Mali, along with examples of a dozen

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others, including the Dogon of Mali; the Senufo of Cote d'lvoire; the Bwa, Bobo, and Mossi of Burkina Faso; the Yoruba of Nigeria; the Fang of Gabon; the Boyo, Hemba, Luba, Tabwa, and Kuba of the Democratic Republic of the Congo; and the Chokwe of Angola and Zambia. Genesis: Ideas of Origins in African Sculpture will explore African ideas of genesis in sculpture through a selection of some 70 outstanding works of sculpture in American collections. These masterpieces will be examined in relation to a range of traditions that lie at the core of a people's conceptions of their origins and that have profoundly informed their sense of identity. A classic African sculptural form, the Chi Wara antelope headdress of the Bamana, will serve as a primary case study and point of departure for understanding how comparable conceptual ideas have been interpreted by African artists working in other traditions. Accompanied by a catalogue.

Annual Christmas Tree and Neapolitan Baroque Creche Late November 2002-early January 2003 The Museum will continue a long-standing holiday tradition with the annual presentation of its Christmas tree, a favorite of New Yorkers and visitors from around the world. A vivid 18th-century Neapolitan creche scene—embellished with a profuse array of diminutive, lifelike attendant figures and silk-robed angels hovering above—will adorn the candlelit spruce. Recorded music adds to the enjoyment of the holiday display. Lighting ceremony Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:00. The installation is made possible by The Loretta Hines Howard Trust.

CONTINUING EXHIBITIONS

Candace Wheeler: The Art and Enterprise of American Design, 1875-1900 Through January 6, 2002 (1827-1924) was America's first important woman textile and interior designer. Through approximately 105 textiles, wallpapers, paintings, photographs, and objects, this exhibition surveys Wheeler's long life and the highlights of her career. The main focus of the exhibition is the period between 1877, when Wheeler founded the Society of Decorative Art in New York, and 1893, when she served as the interior decorator of the Woman's Building at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Her textile designs, many based upon American plants and flowers drawn in sinuously flowing patterns, are central to the exhibition. The show also features paintings, graphics, and furniture by Wheeler's associates, such as and . The exhibition catalogue is made possible by the Samuel I. Newhouse Foundation Inc. Additional support for the catalogue has been provided by the William Cullen Bryant Fellows.

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Terry Winters: Printed Works Through January 6, 2002 Born in 1949, the American artist Terry Winters is primarily known for his paintings and drawings. He is also, however, one of the most distinguished printmakers working today. This exhibition of 90 prints, all from the Museum's collection, focuses on his mastery of a wide range of media—lithography, intaglio, woodcut, and linoleum cut—including works made at the Aldo Crommelynck studio in Paris and at Universal Limited Art Editions in West Islip, . The accompanying publication is made possible, in part, by the Roswell L. Gilpatric Fund for Publications.

Annual Christmas Tree and Neapolitan Baroque Creche Through January 6, 2002 Please see page 10 for a description.

Klee Figures Through January 13, 2002 The figure as interpreted by Klee in oil, watercolor, gouache, and pen and ink. The panoply of personages assembled includes lovers, hypocrites, an angel applicant, Adam and little Eve, and a ventriloquist, and spans the years 1908 to 1938.

"Treasury of the World": Jeweled Arts of India in the Age of the Mughals Through January 13, 2002 The Mughal rulers of India (1526-1858) maintained a court that was renowned for its wealth, high culture, and love of precious objects, all of which were epitomized in the jeweled arts of the period. Drawn from the uniquely extensive holdings of The al-Sabah Collection in Kuwait, this dazzling display presents more than 300 works of the Mughal period, including jeweled items of personal adornment, princely weapons, carved jade and crystal bowls set with precious stones, spinels ("balas rubies") inscribed with the titles of their imperial owners, and other art-historically important pieces representing the period of several imperial reigns, as well as the sumptuous and refined courts of the Deccan, in the southern part of India. The exhibition was previously on view at The in London and, following its display at the Metropolitan Museum, will travel to the and The Museum of Fine Arts in Houston. The exhibition is organized by The al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait National Museum, in collaboration with The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The exhibition is made possible in part by the Gail and Parker Gilbert Fund. An indemnity has been granted by the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities. Accompanied by a catalogue.

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Glass of the Sultans Through January 13, 2002 On display is a selection of approximately 160 of the most spectacular glass objects from the Islamic world, ranging from those inspired by the late antique tradition in the 7th century to 19th-century Persian and Indian glass. Also included is European glass from the 13th to the 19th century, made for the Oriental market or directly inspired by Islamic models, as well as a selection of glass found at various archaeological sites. The exhibition is made possible by The Hagop Kevorkian Fund and the National Endowment for the Arts. The exhibition has been organized by The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Corning Museum of Glass. An indemnity has been granted by the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities. The exhibition catalogue is made possible by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

A Century of Design, Part TV: 1975-2000 Through February 17, 2002 A confluence of styles, materials, techniques, and trends characterizes this exhibition, the last in a series surveying 20th-century design around the world through the presentation of significant objects in all media drawn from the Museum's collection. Ranging from the postmodernist avant-garde, who challenged the stylistic rigors of modernism by returning to motifs of the past, to high-tech and bold experimentation, the presentation features important objects by celebrated designers such as Tadao Ando, Ricardo Bofill, Sir Norman Foster, Frank Gehry, Michael Graves, Shiro Kuramata, Ettore Sottsass, Philippe Starck, Robert Venturi, and others. Also on view are works by younger designers—such as Ross Lovegrove and Reiko Sudo—practicing at the vanguard of a field now marked by more innovation, novelty, and variance than ever before.

The Pharaoh's Photographer: Harry Burton, Tutankhamun, and the Metropolitan's Egyptian Expedition Through March 3, 2002 Chosen from the archives of the Department of Egyptian Art, some 60 photographs taken between 1918 and 1939 by members of the Metropolitan Museum's Egyptian Expedition are shown. A collaboration between the Department of Egyptian Art and the Department of Photographs, the exhibition presents these images both in their context as important documents of the Museum's excavations and as works of artistic merit that deserve a place in the history of photography. The majority of the photographs are by Harry Burton (1879-1940), the outstanding archaeological photographer of his day. Trained as an art photographer in Italy, he was hired by the Metropolitan to make a photographic record of ancient Egyptian monuments at Thebes (including architecture, reliefs, and wall paintings). He also became the photographer for the Museum's excavation team and,

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after the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922, his services were shared with Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon. All phases of Burton's work in Egypt are represented, including selections from his Tutankhamun portfolio and film footage dating to the early 1920s.

Extreme Beauty: The Body Transformed Through March 17, 2002 Over time and across cultures, extraordinary manipulations of the body have occurred in a continuing evolution of the concept of beauty. This exhibition offers a unique opportunity to see fashion as the practice of some of the most extreme strategies to conform to shifting concepts of the physical ideal. Various zones of the body—neck, shoulders, bust, waist, hips, and feet—have been constricted, padded, truncated, or extended through subtle visual adjustments of proportion, less subtle prosthesis, and deliberate physical deformation. Costumes in the exhibition—ranging from a 16th- century-style iron corset to Jean Paul Gaultier's notorious "Madonna" bustier—are augmented by anthropological and ethnographic examples and by paintings, prints, and drawings, including caricatures by Cruikshank, Daumier, Rowlandson, and Vernet. Accompanied by a catalogue.

Courtly Radiance: Metalwork from Islamic India Through March 24, 2002 The craft of metalwork in India gave splendid form to many functional and decorative objects, drawing inspiration from a rich heritage within India as well as the larger Islamic world. This exhibition includes approximately 25 examples of gold, silver, bronze, copper, and other metals fashioned into vessels, objects of daily and ceremonial use, and sculptural forms. These objects, dating primarily from the 16th and 17th centuries and representing both Mughal and Deccan metalwork traditions, reveal a rich variety of technical and decorative effects. The exhibition is made possible by The Hagop Kevorkian Fund.

Women China Decorators in The Metropolitan Museum of Art Through April 14, 2002 A complement to Candace Wheeler: The Art and Enterprise of American Design, 1875- 1900 (see page 10J, this exhibition features approximately 40 works dating from 1853 to the 1920s, all drawn from the Metropolitan's collection, that highlight the development of the women's china-decorating movement in America. The Eugenie Prendergast Exhibitions of American Art are made possible by a grant from Jan and Warren Adelson.

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Bill Viola: The Quintet of Remembrance Through May 5, 2002 This exhibition of a single work features the first representation of video art to enter the collection of the Department of Modern Art at the Metropolitan as well as the first major video installation to be acquired by the Museum. The Quintet of Remembrance, 2000, is a color video installation by preeminent video artist Bill Viola (American, b. 1951) inspired by his study of late Medieval and early Renaissance paintings and their iconography. Three women and two men independently express the emotions of joy, rapture, anger, fear, and sorrow, in extended slow and soundless motion. Running continuously on a 16-minute loop, this powerful work provocatively connects the art of two eras: early Renaissance Europe and 21st-century America.

Splendid Isolation: Art of Easter Island Through August 4, 2002 Few Pacific islands hold as prominent a place in the Western imagination as Easter Island, a Polynesian island that is now a province of the modern South American country of Chile. One of the most remote inhabited places on earth, this enigmatic island is home to the Rapa Nui, a Polynesian people who developed a unique series of artistic traditions. While the island is renowned for the colossal stone figures that adorn its sacred temples, much of its art remains unfamiliar to wider audiences. The first American exhibition devoted to the art of Easter Island, Splendid Isolation: Art of Easter Island presents more than 50 works examining the island's diverse artistic heritage. Featuring objects from the Metropolitan's collection as well as loans from museums and private collectors in the United States and Canada—many on public display for the first time—Splendid Isolation explores Easter Island's distinctive art forms as expressions of supernatural and secular power. Dating from the 13th to the late 19th century, the works in the exhibition range from robust stone images to refined wooden sculpture, rare barkcloth figures, and examples of rongorongo, the island's unique and undeciphered script. The exhibition is made possible by Compafiia Sud Americana de Vapores and Vina Santa Rita. The exhibition catalogue is made possible, in part, by the Mary C. and James W. Fosburgh Publications Fund.

The Forgotten Friezes from the Castle ofVelez Blanco Through January 12, 2003 An extraordinary group of six spectacular carved pine friezes has been lent to celebrate the Museum's May 2000 reopening of the renovated Renaissance patio from the Fajardo castle at Velez Blanco in southern Spain (see page 17). Recently discovered at the Musee des Arts Decoratifs in Paris, these 16th-century reliefs, each nearly 20 feet in length, were once part of the interior decoration of the rooms adjoining the patio and are boldly carved with classical and mythological scenes.

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Jacques and Natasha Gelman Galleries: The School of Paris Opened June 1,2001 On the occasion of the dedication of the Jacques and Natasha Gelman Galleries on the first floor of the Lila Acheson Wallace Wing, the Metropolitan Museum is presenting 50 outstanding works by modern masters from the Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection. Included are six paintings by Picasso; five by Miro; four by Bonnard; four by Braque; four by Matisse; three by Leger; two by Balthus, Dubuffet, Gris, Tanguy, and Vlaminck respectively; single examples by Brauner, Chagall, de Chirico, Derain, Ernst, Modigliani, Mondrian, and Rouault; and three bronzes and one painting by Giacometti. These prime works by painters of the School of Paris—most of which were not previously shown in the Museum's recent exhibition Painters in Paris: 1895-1950—range in date from 1905 to 1967. Several are icons of 20th-century art.

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When the Manchus Ruled China: Painting under the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) February 2-August 18, 2002 The most comprehensive exhibition of Qing dynasty painting ever mounted in the West, this selection of nearly 70 works focuses on painting under the brilliant reigns of the Kangxi (r. 1662-1722) and Qianlong (r. 1736-95) emperors—a period when the Manchus embraced Chinese cultural traditions and the court became a leading patron in the arts. On view are major works by the three principal groups of artists working during the Qing: the traditionalists, who sought to revitalize painting through the creative reinterpretation of past models; the individualists, who practiced a deeply personal form of art that often carried a strong message of political protest; and the courtiers, the officials and professional artists that served at the Manchu court. The works are drawn primarily from the Museum's outstanding collection of 17th- and 18th-century painting, supplemented by select loans from local private collections. The exhibition is made possible by The Dillon Fund.

Glimpses of the Silk Road: Central Asia in the First Millennium A.D. Opening summer 2002 As seen in the 40 diverse objects that will be on view in this new installation of works drawn primarily from the Metropolitan's collection, the art of Central Asia is marked by an astonishing amalgam of different influences, combining Hellenistic imagery and Near Eastern motifs with Chinese and Indian features. Goods and raw materials as well as new ideas, religious beliefs, artistic languages, and technological innovations were transmitted throughout the region along overland caravan routes that later became known as the

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"Silk Road." Sculptures from various sites, and rare wall paintings from the Kushan kingdom (ca. 1st century B.C.-early 4th century A.D.) and that of Kucha (ca. 4th-7th century) illustrate the fascinating blend of eastern and western traditions that defines Central Asian art. Buddhist themes, often represented in the sculptures and paintings, reflect the spread of this Indian religion throughout the region and into China. The display also illustrates the transmission of technology and motifs in the applied arts. Perhaps the most outstanding examples of works of art in the Parthian period (247 B.C.- 224 A.D.) are two ivory rhytons from Nysa, which combine Iranian and Greek themes and styles. Metalwork, textiles, and stucco produced by the Persians, the Kushans, the Sogdians, the Chinese, and others share numerous themes and decorative elements, interpreting and adapting them into their own creations.

A Millennium of Chinese Painting: Masterpieces from the Permanent Collection Through January 13, 2002 This installation, including more than 80 works from the permanent collection, features a number of the Museum's most outstanding masterpieces. The selection, which ranges from the 8th-century portrait of the imperial charger Night-Shining White, attributed to Han Gan (active 742-56), to works by the modern master Zhang Daqian (1899-1983), includes superb examples of early figure painting, Song dynasty (960-1279) monumental landscapes, 13th- and 14th-century Chan (Zen) Buddhist meditation images, and calligraphic paintings by Yuan dynasty (1279-1368) scholar-artists. A full range of works by literati and court painters of the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) is displayed, including a recently restored pair of late-Ming portraits of an 85-year-old gentleman and his wife. Qing dynasty (1644-1911) Individualist and Orthodox School masters, two areas of particular strength in the Museum's collection, are richly represented. The installation concludes with the transformation of Qing traditions by artists of the modern period.

Graceful Gestures: A Decade of Collecting Japanese Art Through March 10, 2002 Focusing on more than 100 Japanese works of art, most of which were either purchased or donated during the past ten years, this installation celebrates individual donors and the members of the Friends of Asian Art whose commitment to Japanese works and the Department of Asian Art has enabled the Museum both to enrich its holdings and to further appreciation of Japanese art. The diverse works on view, which date from the JSmon period (ca. 10,500-300 B.C.) to the 20th century, include screens, sculpture, pottery, lacquer, hanging scrolls and hand scrolls, prints, furniture, textiles, inro, and glass.

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Mary and Michael Jaharis Galleries for Byzantine Art Opened November 14, 2000 In fall 2000, the new Mary and Michael Jaharis Galleries for Byzantine art opened in a dramatically expanded and redesigned space that includes an intimate, cryptlike gallery under the Grand Sraircase in the Great Hall—an area never before accessible to the public. Featured in the installation is the Museum's extensive collection of superb secular and religious art produced in the Byzantine Empire from its capital in Constantinople to its southern border in Egypt. Some of the earliest images developed by the Christian church are on display as well as contemporary works from the surviving Greco-Roman tradition and examples of Jewish art. Selections from the Museum's rich collection of provincial Roman and barbarian jewelry demonstrate the accomplished artistry of the diverse people beyond the western borders of the Byzantine state. The opening of the Jaharis Galleries constitutes the first phase in the planned reinstallation of the permanent collection of the Department of Medieval Art and The Cloisters.

Velez Blanco Patio Reopened May 12, 2000 The early 16th-century Fajardo castle at Velez Blanco was an important landmark in the history of the Spanish Renaissance. The delicate ornamental carved marbles that composed the castle's magnificent arcaded patio were acquired early in the 20th century for installation in the Park Avenue home of George Blumenthal, a future president of the Metropolitan Museum, and were bequeathed to the Museum at the time of his death in 1941. The patio, which was reconstructed at the Museum in 1964 and became commonly known as the Blumenthal Patio, has recently undergone conservation and refurbishment with the addition of a new marble floor more in keeping with the original structure. In celebration of the reopening of the patio, The Forgotten Friezes from the Castle of Velez Blanco will be on view through January 12, 2003 (see page 14).

The New Cypriot Galleries Opened April 5, 2000 With the opening of the Cypriot Galleries, some 600 works from the historic Cesnola Collection—comprising antiquities from Cyprus in all major media and ranging in date from ca. 2500 B.C. to ca. A.D. 300—have returned to public view. The newly designed installation marks the end of Phase II in the renovation of the Greek and Roman Galleries. Acquired by Luigi Palma di Cesnola while he was serving as American consul in Cyprus, these works were purchased by the newly formed Metropolitan Museum between 1874 and 1876 and constituted its first large collection of archaeological materials. In 1879, Cesnola was named the Museum's first director. The new presentation emphasizes the collection's particular strengths in the areas of sculpture, bronze, and precious metals. Accompanied by a publication.

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New Galleries for Ancient Near Eastern Art Opened October 19, 1999 Newly renovated and reinstalled, the galleries that house the permanent collection of the Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art have reopened to the public. The installation displays sculpture, metalwork, seals, and other objects dating from 8000 B.C. to A.D. 700 from ancient Mesopotamia, Iran, and their neighbors, ranging from Anatolia and the Arabian Peninsula to the Indus Valley, and Central Asia to the Mediterranean Sea. Throughout the galleries, these works of art are set in contexts that illuminate their use and significance in antiquity as well as their connections to the art of neighboring cultures. Among the strengths of the collection are objects excavated by Museum-sponsored projects at Nippur, Nimrud, and Hasanlu; superb ivories from Anatolia, Syria, and Mesopotamia; silver and gold objects from Iran; and important long-term loans from institutions overseas. Support for the reinstallation of the Galleries for Ancient Near Eastern Art has been provided by The Hagop Kevorkian Fund.

The New Greek Galleries Opened April 20, 1999 Seven completely renovated and reinstalled galleries for Archaic and Classical Greek art are now open to the public on the Museum's first floor. This stage in the three-phase expansion of the exhibition space devoted to Greek and Roman art comprises the Mary and Michael Jaharis Gallery—the grand vaulted gallery that was formerly known as the Cypriot corridor, now fully skylit and clad in limestone walls as originally envisioned by McKim, Mead and White in 1917—and the six flanking galleries. Refurbished ro their original Neoclassical grandeur, the galleries house a generous selection of the Museum's finest works from the sixth through fourth century B.C. The new galleries constitute the largest and most comprehensive permanent installation of its kind in the Western Hemisphere.

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TRAVELING EXHIBITIONS

PLEASE NOTE: These exhibitions originate at The Metropolitan Museum of Art with works of art from the Museum's collections selected and organized by Museum staff members. Please confirm the opening and closing dates with the local exhibiting museums as they may be subject to change.

American Impressionists Abroad and at Home: Paintings from the Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art These 39 works by 28 artists illuminate the training that the American Impressionists undertook abroad and at home; the complex attractions of Europe and America; the significance of the subjects they depicted; and their various responses to French Impressionism. Exhibition organized by the Metropolitan and the American Federation of Arts. Previously shown at: San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA January 26-April 22, 2001 Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE May 11-August 5, 2001 Cheekwood Museum of Art, Nashville, TN August 24-November 18, 2001 Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL December 7, 2001-March 3, 2002 Upcoming venue: New York State Museum, Albany, NY March 22-June 16, 2002

Winslow Homer and His Contemporaries: American Prints from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Popular and fine prints from the Museum's collection by Homer himself and artists active during his career, including Edwin A. Abbey, John G. Brown, Edwin Forbes, , , Stephen Parrish, James Whistler, and J. Alden Weir. Tour organized with The Exhibition Alliance, formerly known as the Gallery Association of New York State (GANYS). Previously shown at: Brandywine River Museum, Chadds Ford, PA March 24-May 20, 2001 Upcoming venue: Munson-Williams Proctor Institute Museum of Art, Utica, NY March 10-April 28, 2002

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American Modern, 1925-1940: Design for a New Age Furniture, clocks, appliances, lamps, textiles, posters, and more from the Museum's collection and the John C. Waddell Collection—a major promised gift to the Metropolitan—created by the first generation of American industrial designers. Exhibition organized by the Metropolitan and the American Federation of Arts. Previously shown at: Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA May 25-August 19, 2001 Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI September 14-December 16, 2001 Upcoming venues: Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA January 12-April 7, 2002 Mint Museum of Craft & Design, Charlotte, NC May 3-July 28, 2002 Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK August 25-November 10, 2002

John Singer Sargent Beyond the Portrait Studio: Paintings, Drawings, and Watercolors from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Based on the Metropolitan's summet 2000 exhibition, a selection of more than 100 works from the Museum's collection that illuminate episodes in the career of the versatile American expatriate painter as he studied and sought inspiration outside the portrait studio. Saint Louis Art Museum February 9-May 12, 2002

The Print in the North: The Age of Albrecht Diirer and Lucas van Leyden Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Based on the Metropolitan Museum's 1997 exhibition, a selection of masterpieces from the Museum's exceptional collection of German and Netherlandish prints from 1440 to 1550—the age in which came into its own. Tour organized with the American Federation of Arts. Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, NH March 22-June 16, 2002 Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, FL July 5-September 29, 2002 Brauer Museum of Art, Valparaiso University, IN October 18, 2002-January 12, 2003

Baseball Cards from The Metropolitan Museum of Art A selection of 141 cards (grouped into 16 mats) for display to coincide with the opening of a new ball park for Toledo's team, the Toledo Mud Hens. The selection was made from the Jefferson R. Burdick Collection of the Metropolitan Museum's Department of Drawings and Prints by Toledo's curator, Larry Nichols, and Constance C. McPhee, MMA's Print Room Supervisor. The Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio April 5-July 7, 2002

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VISITOR INFORMATION AND MUSEUM HOURS

MAIN BUILDING Fridays and Saturdays 9:30 a.m.-9:00 p.m. Sundays, Tuesdays-Thursdays 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Mondays Closed

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December 14, 2001