ART Galleries Ace Gallery 274 Hudson St. (betw. ...

Ace Gallery 274 Hudson St. (betw. Spring & Canal Sts.), 212-255-5599. Tues.-Sat. 10-6; Sun. 11-5; closed Mon. Free. "Hiro Yamagata," 25,000 sq.-foot installation covering every wall, floor & ceiling of the gallery, is sure to expand your mind through its use of light, lasers & mirrored cubes [through 10/21].

A.I.R. Gallery 40 Wooster St. (betw. Broome & Grand Sts.), 212-966-0799, www.airnyc.org Tues.-Sat. 11-6. Free. "National Members Exhibition" feat. works by Martha Horvay, Leslie Kneisel, Mimi Oritsky, Crit Streed & Mary Weidner. "Carol Ross Sculpture & Reliefs" displays new sculptures [through 11/3]. Art Gallery of the Graduate Center, CUNY 365 5th Ave. (34th St.), 212-817-7170. Tues.-Fri. 12-6. Free. "Picasso from Málaga: Graphic Works from the Fundación Picasso, Ayuntamiento de Málaga" incl. etchings, linoleum cuts & illustrations from the early to mid-1900s [through 11/16].

Art in General 79 Walker St. (betw. B'way & Lafayette St.) 212-219-0473, www.artingeneral.org Tues.-Sat. 12-6; closed Sun. & Mon. Free. "Looking for Mr. Fluxus: In the Footsteps of George Maciunas" displays works by emerging artists from Lithuania & U.S. who were influenced by the Fluxus movement [through 12/22]. "Art in General on Canal (Part 1)," NY artists Matthew Bakkom, Godzilla & Sontext (plus Austria's Gelatin & Mexico's Gustavo Artigas) capture tourists, businesses & people of this area [through 2/28].

Cavin-Morris Gallery 560 B'way (betw. Houston & Prince Sts.), 212-226-3768, www.cavinmorris.com Tues.-Fri. 10-6; Sat. 11-6; closed Sun. & Mon. Free. "Extreme Canvas: Hand-Painted Movie Posters from Ghana" exhibits movie promos based on 80s flicks like The Terminator & The Black Cobra [through 11/3]. Ennis Frances Houses 124th St. (betw. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. & Frederick Douglass Blvds.), Bronx, 718-361-1750. Weds.-Tues. 9-6. Free. Sculpture Center pres. Victor Matthews' outdoor mixed-media installation, "Panther," which addresses social & racial injustices through animal metaphors & is viewable 24-hours a day [through 12/2].

The Gallery at the American Bible Society 1865 B'way (betw. 61st & 62nd Sts.), 212-408-1500, www.americanbible.org Mon.-Weds., Fri. 10-6; Thurs. 10-7; Sat. 10-5; closed Sun. Free. "Devoción del Pueblo: Religious Folk Art of Guatemala" showcases pieces made by indigenous people [through 12/29]. Exit Art 548 B'way (betw. Prince & Spring Sts.), 212-925-2928, www.exitart.org Tues.-Fri. 10-6; Sat. 11-6; closed Sun. & Mon. Min. contrib. $2. "Spunky," more than 20 emerging artists display contemporary pieces [through 10/27].

The Gallery at Lincoln Center Concourse level, 63rd St. (B'way), 212-580-4673. Mon.-Sat. 10-8. In honor of Bel Canto singers & composers, the Metropolitan Opera Guild pres. "Maria Callas & the Bel Canto Revival," exhibit & sale of memorabilia, photographs, letters & autographs [through 10/27].

Here 145 6th Ave. (betw. Spring & Broome Sts.), 212-647-0202 x308, www.here.org Tues.-Sat. 12-8. "Tim Blum: Half Baked, Mashed & Foiled" feat. big aluminum foil truck & potato lamps [through 10/20]. "Jason Clay Lewis: Poison" pres. rat poison chocolate sculpture & other toxic creations [through 10/20].

Leslie-Lohman Gay Art Foundation 127-B Prince St. (betw. Prince & Wooster Sts.), 212-673-7007, www.leslie-lohman.org Tues.-Sat. 1-6; closed Sun. & Mon. Free. Reed Massengill curates "The Muses," an exhibit of male models photographed by emerging & established lensmen; highlights incl. Warhol film star Joe Dallesandro & "Justify My Love" co-star Tony Ward [through 10/20].

Robert Mann Gallery 210 11th Ave. (betw. 24th & 25th Sts.), 212-898-7600, www.robertmann.com Tues.-Sat. 11-6. Free. "Jeff Brouws: Inside the Live Reptile Tent," photographs of amusement parks & carnivals focusing on neon signs, rides & games [through 10/20]. Modern Culture at the Gershwin Hotel 3 E. 27th St. (betw. 5th & Madison Aves.), 212-213-8289, www.bway.net/~modcult Weds.-Sat. & Tues. 10-6. Free. "Lyndal Walker: All New Personal Style," w/scenes at the Quik-E-Mart [through 10/27].

Painting Center 52 Greene St. (betw. Broom & Grand Sts.), 212-343-1060, www.thepaintingcenter.com Tues.-Sat. 11-6. Eighteen artists explore "Repetition in Discourse" [through 10/27]. Scalo 560 B'way, #301 (betw. Houston & Prince Sts.), 212-334-9393. Tues.-Sat. 11-6. Free. Dutch artist Jacqueline Hassink's photographs of women in top positions at Fortune Global 500 companies are displayed in "Female Power Station: Queen Bees" [through 11/1].

Soho Photo Gallery 15 White St. (betw. 6th Ave. & W. B'way), 212-226-8571, www.sohophoto.com Thurs. 6-8; Fri.-Sun. 1-6; closed Mon.-Weds. Free. In Times Square, Norman Borden captures the new, Disneyfied "Crossroads of the World" through a lens [through 10/27]. "Off the Track" offers Polaroid transfers of old rail cars by Margery Franklin [through 10/27].

Museums/Cultural Institutions American Craft Museum 40 W. 53rd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-956-3535, www.americancraftmuseum.org Tues., Weds., Fri.-Sun. 10-6; Thurs. 10-8; closed Mon. $7.50, $4 st./s.c., child. under 12 free. "Mikromegas" exhibits stickpins [through 1/6]. Three-part exhibit "Objects for Use: Handmade by Design" incl. baskets, quilts, harps & dogsleds partitioned into "Objects for Interior Space," "Objects for Food & Dining" & "Objects for Sports, Music & Play" [through 1/6].

American Museum of Natural History Central Park W. (79th St.), 212-769-5200, www.amnh.org Sun.-Thurs. 10-5:45; Fri. & Sat. 10-8:45. $10, $7.50 st./s.c., $6 child. "The Genomic Revolution," exhibition & explanation of sci-fi fantasy that's already here [through 1/1]. "Meeting God: Elements of Hindu Devotion," artifacts & photos shine light on rituals of Hinduism [through 2/24]. "Pearls" incorporates half a million objects & mediums documenting the jewel [through 4/14].

Asia Society 725 Park Ave. (70th St.), 212-517-2742, www.asiasociety.org Tues.-Thurs., Sat. & Sun. 11-6; Fri. 11-9; closed Mon. $7, $4 st./s.c. Child under 16 free. Completely renovated museum feat. "Monks & Merchants" exhibit of 120 objects from 4th- to 7th-century China [through 1/6]. "Conversations w/Traditions" tackles Asia's indigenous languages, artists & modern issues [through 2/17].

Brooklyn Museum of Art 200 Eastern Pkwy (Washington Ave.), Bklyn, 718-638-5000, www.brooklynart.org Weds.-Fri. 10-5; Sat. & Sun. 11-6; first Sat. of the month 11-11, eve. free; closed Mon. & Tues. $6, $3 st./s.c. "Wit & Wine: A New Look at Ancient Iranian Ceramics from the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation" delivers the pots [through 12/30]. "American Identities: A New Look" incorporates American paintings & sculpture w/Spanish art & Native American works [long term]. Cooper-Hewitt 2 E. 91st St. (5th Ave.), 212-849-8400, www.si.edu/ndm Tues. 10-9; Weds.-Sat. 10-5; Sun. 12-5; closed Mon. $8, $5 st./s.c., child under 12 free. Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas in Madrid brings 186-piece collection of early 20th-century "Glass of the Avant-Garde: From Vienna Secession to Bauhaus" to National Design Museum [through 2/24].

Dia Center for the Arts 548 W. 22nd St. (betw. 10th & 11th Aves.), 212-989-5566, www.diacenter.org Weds.-Sun. 12-6; closed Mon. & Tues. Free. NY-based artist "Roni Horn" displays three series of photographs combining faces & nature [through 2/17]. Video installation "Knots + Surfaces" reopens [through 2/24]. Alfred Jensen displays rarely seen scientific paintings in "Concordance" [through 6/16]. "Reverb," interactive installation w/microphones arranged by American artist Jorge Pardo & Italian sculptor Gilberto Zorio [through 6/17].

Guggenheim Museum 1071 5th Ave. (89th St.), 212-423-3500, www.guggenheim.org Sun.-Weds. 9-6; Fri. & Sat. 9-8; closed Thurs. $12, $8 st./s.c., child. under 12 free. "American Art: The Fifties & Sixties," collection feat. paintings by Willem De Kooning & one by Jackson Pollock?what, the Guggenheim has one Pollock? [through 10/24]. "Franz Marc: A Bestiary," explores the animal kingdom [through 10/24]. Guggenheim Museum Soho 575 B'way, 2nd fl. (betw. Houston & Prince Sts.), 212-423-3500. Thurs.-Mon. 11-6; closed Tues. & Weds. $5, $3 st./s.c. "Sugimoto: Portraits," displays photographs by Japanese artist whose first name is, FYI, Hiroshi [through 11/10].

Hebrew Union College Brookdale Center, 1 W. 4th St. (betw. B'way & Mercer St.) 212-824-2205, www.huc.edu Mon.-Thurs. 9-6; Fri. 9-3; Sun. 10-2; closed Sat. Free. Through letters, memorabilia & photos, "The Kindertransport Journey: Memory into History" captures rescue of children prior to WWII [through 2/4].

The IndoCenter of Art & Culture 530 W. 25th St. (betw. betw. 10th & 11th Sts.), 212-462-4221, www.indocenter.org Tues.-Sat. 11-6; closed Sun. & Mon. Sug. contrib. "From Goddess to Pin Up: Icons Of Femininity in Indian Calendar Art" explores popular culture of South Asians [through 1/19]. Japan Society 333 E. 47th St. (betw. 1st & 2nd Aves.), 212-832-1155, www.jpnsoc.org Tues.-Fri. 11-6; Sat. & Sun. 11-5; closed. Mon. $5, $3 st./s.c. "Traditional Japanese Design: Five Tastes" feat. over 140 objects from 17th to 19th century that reflect the "tastes" of artless simplicity, Zen austerity, gorgeous splendor, edo chic & ancient times [through 1/6].

Jewish Museum 1109 5th Ave. (92nd St.), 212-423-3271, www.thejewishmuseum.org Mon., Weds. & Thurs. 11-5:45; Tues. 11-9; Sun. 10-5:45; closed Fri. & Sat. $8, $5.50 st./s.c., child. under 12 free. Pay-what-you-wish Tues. after 5. "Arnold Dreyblatt: The Re-Collection Mechanism" installation [through 2/10]. "Ben Katchor," comic strip artist & author of The Jew of New York, displays illustrations, drawings, graphic novels & set designs [through 2/10]. Berlin-based artist pres. "Doug & Mike Starn: Ramparts Cafe," multimedia reaction to Jerusalem by Brooklyn twins. [through 2/10].

Metropolitan Museum of Art 1000 5th Ave. (82nd.), 212-535-7710, www.metmuseum.org Sun., Tues.-Thurs. 9:30-5:30; Fri. & Sat. 9:30-9; closed Mon. $10, $5 st./s.c., child. under 12 free w/adult. "African, Oceanic & Ancient American Art: Recent Acquisitions," varied works from across globe displayed for first time [through 10/28]. German painter displays three versions of famous composition in "Caspar David Friedrich: Moonwatchers" alongside works by several contemporaries [through 11/11]. "Pieter Brugel the Elder, Drawings & Prints" showcases work by renowned 16th-century artist [through 12/2]. "The Pharaoh's Photographer" feat. photographs from 1906-1939 taken by Harry Burton & other members of the Met's Egyptian Expedition [through 12/30]. "Century of Design, Part IV: 1975-2000" explores styles & trends from last quarter-century has some items that scream "IKEA" [through 1/6]. "Candace Wheeler: The Art & Enterprise of American Design," devotes several wings of the museum to artist known for her work in textiles, wallpapers & furniture [through 1/6].

Museum for African Art 593 B'way (betw. Prince & Houston Sts.) 212-966-1313, www.africanart.org Weds.-Fri. 10:30-5:30; Sat. & Sun. 12-6. $5, $2.50 st./sc. & child., free Sun. "Bamana: The Art of Existence in Mali" incl. sacred initiation masks, headdresses, puppets, field photographs & video [through 3/3]. Museum of the City of New York 1220 5th Ave. (103rd St.), 212-534-1672, www.mcny.org Weds.-Sat. 10-5; Sun 12-5; Tues. 10-2; closed Mon. $7, $4 st./s.c./child., $12 families. "The Children's Village: A Legacy of Caring" addresses issues like welfare & intervention in NYC [through 1/20]. "Hirschfeld's New York" documents Manhattan through 100 works of illustrator Al Hirschfeld's, plus lithography & gouache pieces [through 1/27].

Museum of Modern Art 11 W. 53rd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Ave.), 212-708-9400, www.moma.org Thurs. & Sat-Tues. 10:30-5:45; Fri. 10:30-8:15; closed Weds. $10, $6.50 st./s.c., child. under 16 free. Fri. pay-what-you-wish after 4:30 p.m. "Alberto Giacometti" incl. more than 150 paintings, drawings & sculptures by this Swiss artist [through 1/8]. "Projects 73: Olafur Eliasson?Seeing Yourself Sensing," displayed in MoMA's Garden Hall addresses the museum's constant construction & renovation [through 5/21]. "Broadway! The History of American Theater" has costumes, photos, artifacts & memorabilia [permanent]. Everything fire fighting-related in "Fire! Fire! Fire!" [permanent]. "The New York Century," events & people that shaped 20th-century NYC [permanent].

Museum of Television & Radio 25 W. 52nd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-621-6600, www.mtr.org Tues., Weds., Sat. & Sun. 12-6; Thurs. 12-8; Fri. 12-9; closed Mon. $6, $4 st./s.c., $3 child. under 13. See also "Film/Video" for times. "Lots of Lucy: Celebrating I Love Lucy's 50th Anniversary" screens classic episodes w/original commercials [through 10/31]. "From Albert Brooks to the TV Funhouse: Selected Short Films from Saturday Night Live" showcases its 26-year run & emergence as a network forum for shorts [through 11/2].

National Academy of Design 1083 5th Ave. (betw. 89th & 90th Sts.), 212-369-4880, www.nationalacademy.org Weds. & Thurs. 12-5; Fri. 10-6; Sat. & Sun. 10-5; closed Mon. & Tues. $8, $5 st./s.c./child. 6-16. "Red Grooms: Selections from the Graphic Work," incorporates more than 40 years of printmaking by Charles Rogers "Red" Grooms [through 11/11].

National Museum of the American Indian George Gustav Heye Center, 1 Bowling Green (betw. State & Whitehall Sts.), 212-668-6624. Fri.-Weds. 10-5; Thurs. 10-8. Free. "Beauty, Honor & Traditions: The Legacy of the Plains Indian Shirts," 50 stunning pieces of folk art [through 11/4]. "All Roads Are Good: Native Voices on Life & Culture" displays more than 300 symbolic objects [permanent].

New Museum of Contemporary Art 583 B'way (betw. Houston & Prince Sts.), 212-219-1222. Tues.-Sun. 12-6; Thurs. 12-8; closed Mon. Free Thurs. 6-8. $6, $3 st./s.c., free for those under 18. "A Portrait of the Lost Boys," Jacqueline Fraser's installation of wire-sculpted women draped in multi-colored fabric, accompanied by wire-boy heads [through 1/13]. "A Work in Progress" opens up the archives to exhibit paintings, photos, new media & installations by more than 40 artists [through 1/13]. "Tom Friedman" pres. process-oriented sculptures, photographs & works on paper using sugar cubes, gum, aspirin, spaghetti. [through 2/3].

New York Hall of Science 47-01 Flushing Meadows Corona Park, 718-699-0005. Call for hours. $7.50, $5 child/s.c. Free Thurs. & Fri., 2-5. "Science Playground Open!" send the kids to frolic in the largest science playground in western hemisphere [through 11/30, $2 fee]. "Marvelous Molecules?The Secret of Life," illustrates similar chemistry traits among living things?humans, amoebas & cockroaches [permanent]. The New-York Historical Society 2 W. 77th St. (Central Park W.), 212-873-3400, www.nyhistory.org Tues.-Sun. 11-5; closed Mon. $5, $3 st./s.c., child. 12 & under free. Based on radio doc. of the same name, "Flophouse: Life on the Bowery" examines past & present dwellers of the LES aorta [through 11/4]. "John Koch: Painting a New York Life," works created by the artist as he looked over Central Park in the 50s & 60s [through 1/27].

New York Transit Museum Gallery Annex, Grand Central Terminal, 42nd St. (Park Ave. S.), 718-694-5102. Mon.-Fri. 8-8; Sat. & Sun. 10-6. "Moving London 1901-2001: The Story of London's Transport" [through 1/19]. Parsons School of Design 66 5th Ave. (13th St.), 212-299-5314. Mon.-Fri. 9-9; Sat. 9-6; closed Sun. Free. "Meta Métier" exhibit opens as part of "UKinNY" series [through 11/9]. "Kosovo: 1999-2000," showcases photographs by Paolo Pellegrin. [through 11/21].

P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center 22-25 Jackson Ave. (46th St.), L.I. City, 718-784-2084, www.ps1.org Weds.-Sun. 12-6; $5, $2 st./s.c. "Joe Brainard: A Retrospective" incl. drawings, paintings & book covers by American artist & writer [through 11/25]. "Animations" showcases cartoons, computer imaging technologies & 3-D works [through 1/2]. "Janet Cardiff: A Survey of Works, Incl. Collaborations w/George Bures Miller," guided audio tour presented by the Canadian artist [through 1/31]. "David Remfry" British artist's large watercolor portraits & party scenes, in conjunction w/documentary party photographs by Jessica Craig Martin [through 1/31]. Thirty Kenny Sharf animated "Cels" paintings, which will be used in upcoming Cartoon Network special, along w/two major paintings are displayed [through 1/31].

Queens Museum of Art New York City Bldg., Flushing Meadows Corona Park, 718-592-9700, www.queensmuse.org Tues.-Fri. 10-5; Sat. & Sun. 12-50; closed Mon. Contrib. $5, $2.50 st./s.c., child. under 5 free. More than 20 silk-screened prints displayed in "Jacob Lawrence: The John Brown Series" [through 1/27]. "The Long Walk to Freedom: Portraits of Civil Rights Activists Then & Now" documents the lives of 16 brave men [through 1/27]. "Panorama of the City of New York," 9000+-sq.-foot model of NYC from 1964 World's Fair [permanent]. "Tiffany in Queens: Selections from the Neustadt Museum of Tiffany Art Collection" [permanent]. "Queens Focus," work by local artists [permanent].

Scandinavia House 58 Park Ave. (betw. 37th & 38th Sts.), 212-779-3587, www.amscan.org Tues.-Sun. 11-5; closed. Mon. contrib. $3, $2 st./s.c. "Between Space & Time: Contemporary Norwegian Sculpture & Installation" showcases 26 works by six renowned artists & we dare you to say their names: Per Barclay, Per Inge Bjørlo, Bård Breivik, Bente Stokke, Gunnar Torvund & Kristin Ytreberg [through 11/11]. Whitney Museum of American Art 945 Madison Ave. (75th St.), 212-570-3676, www.whitney.org Tues.-Thurs., Sat. & Sun. 11-6; Fri. 1-9; closed Mon. $10, $8 st./s.c./groups of 10 or more; Fri. pay-what-you-wish 6-9 p.m. "Alex Katz: Small Paintings," first U.S. showing of artist's work since 1986 [through 12/2]. "Arturo Herrera: Before We Leave," three-part installation hung in & outside the museum [through 12/9]. "First Exposure?Sharon Harper: Photographs from the Floating World" displays b&w landscapes shots by young artist [through 1/6].

Whitney Museum of American Art at Phillip Morris 120 Park Ave. (betw. 41st & 42nd Sts.), 917-663-2453, www.whitney.org Mon.-Fri. 11-6; Thurs. 11-7:30. Free. "G-Force" sculpture installation by E.V. Day, created for the Sculpture Court, uses women's underwear (thongs & g-strings) to make bird & plane shapes [through 1/4]. "Alex Katz: Small Paintings," which is also on display at Whitney Museum of American Art, is the first U.S. showing of artist's work since 1986 [through 1/4].

Openings CB's 313 Gallery 313 Bowery (Bleecker St.), 212-677-0455. 12-6. Free. "American Hardcore," photos, flyers, art, collected items from 1980-86 associated w/Steven Blush's new book, American Hardcore: A Tribal History [opens Weds., through 11/9]. See also "Music."

EFA Studio Center 323 W. 39th St. (betw. 8th & 9th Aves.), www.efacenter.org Thurs. 5-8; Fri. 6-8; Sat. 2-6. "Open Studio '01" feat. more than 100 painters, photographers, sculptors, new media & installation artists who all work in one 12-story building subsidized by the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts [opens Thurs., through 10/20]. Gagosian Gallery 555 W. 24th St. (11th Ave.), 212-741-1111, www.gagosian.com Tues.-Sat. 10-6. Free. "Torqued Spirals, Toruses & Spheres," six new forged-metal sculpture/passageways by Richard Serra [opens Thurs., through 12/15].

Guggenheim Museum 1071 5th Ave. (89th St.), 212-423-3500, www.guggenheim.org See above listing for hours & adm. "Brazil: Body & Soul" [opens Fri., through 1/27]. Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology 7th Ave. (27th St.), 212-217-5800, www.fitnyc.suny.edu Tues.-Fri. 12-8; Sat. 10-5; closed Sun. & Mon. Free. "London Fashion" feat. over 80 "vintage punk anti-fashion & mod street styles" by renowned designers incl. Vivenne Westwood & Manolo Blahnik, as part of "UKinNY" [opens Weds., through 1/12].

New Museum of Contemporary Art 583 B'way (betw. Houston & Prince Sts.), 212-219-1222. See above listing for hours & adm. "Cin-o-matic: Memory & Cinematic Perceptions" group show using the internet to change sound & images into "network performance" & "software-propelled visualizations" [opens Fri., through 12/30].

Smack Mellon Studios 56 Water St. (Front St.), DUMBO, 718-834-8761, www.smackmellon.org Fri. 12-10; Sat. 12 p.m.-1 a.m.; Sun. 12-6. Free. Sat. 9-1 $10. "Mir2," 26-artist sculpture, video, sound & performance collaboration for DumboFest feat. "manned capsule-like living environments" hung overhead. [opens Fri., through 10/21].

White Columns 320 W. 13th St. (Horatio St.), 212-924-4212, www.whitecolumns.org Weds-Sun. 12-6. Free. "Prankster," group exhibition incl. altered subway maps, self-help videos based on real & fake manuals & spy camera photos [opens Fri., through 11/25].