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[email protected] Elyse Topalian SCHEDULE OF EXHIBITIONS JANUARY-APRIL 2004 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 page 6 Continuing Exhibitions page 12 New and Recently Opened Installations page 19 Traveling Exhibitions page 21 Visitor Information page 22 OF SPECIAL NOTE • Byzantium: Faith and Power (1261-1557), the third in a chronological series of major loan exhibitions that began in 1977 with The Age of Spirituality, focuses on the dramatic cultural and artistic achievements of the last great age of Byzantine culture (see page 4). • The Pierre and Maria-Gaetana Matisse Collection, opening May 18, celebrates the recent gift to the Metropolitan Museum of more than 100 works from the Pierre and Maria-Gaetana Matisse Foundation, including works in various media by Henri Matisse as well as by other prominent 20th-century artists (see page 6). • Opening June 10, Childe Hassam, American Impressionist, features oil paintings, watercolors, pastels, and prints by the leader of American Impressionism, whose depictions of his own time are enchanting and distinctive records of color and light (see page 9). NEW EXHIBITIONS Chuck Close Prints: Process and Collaboration January 13-April 18, 2004 As with Close's large paintings, the subjects of his prints are the faces of relatives or fellow artists as well as self-portraits.