ART Galleries Annina Nosei Gallery 530 W. 22nd St. ...

Annina Nosei Gallery 530 W. 22nd St. (betw. 10th & 11th Aves.), 212-741-8695. Tues.-Fri 11-6. Free. "David Bowes" pres. colorful, whimsical paintings w/influences from Rococo to Orientalism [through 4/3].

AXA Gallery 787 7th Ave. (51st St.), 212-554-4818. Mon.-Fri. 11-6; Sat. 12-5; closed Sun. Free. "Thin Skin: The Fickle Nature of Bubbles, Spheres and Inflatable Structures" pres. 22 artists incl. Andy Warhol, Pipilotti Rist, Ray & Charles Eames [through 4/13].

Dabora Gallery 1080 Manhattan Ave. (betw. Eagle & Dupont Sts.), Greenpoint, 718-609-9629. Sat. 12-5. Free. "Examination Rooms" feat. creepy handmade dolls by Christina Dallas placed in children's bedrooms & medical wards [through 3/16].

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. $6, $3 st./s.c. "Mapping the Studio I (Fat Chance John Cage)," Bruce Nauman's large-scale video installation documents his studio, a prowling cat & a mouse infestation during summer of 2000 [through 7/27].

DoDo 173 W. B'way (enter at Worth St.), 917-579-3876. Thurs.-Sat. 12-7. Free. "Food Chain," Randy Polumbo makes condoms, plastic fingernails & rubber nipples into spinning, solar-powered sculptures [through 3/15].

Edward Carter Gallery 560 B'way, 4th fl. (Prince St.), 212-966-1933, [www.edwardcartergallery.com](http://www.edwardcartergallery.com/) Tues.-Sat. 10-6; closed Sun. & Mon. Free. "Ansel Adams: The Landmark Centenary Exhibition" feat. rarely-seen originals in honor of artist's 100th birthday [through 3/30].

Eyebeam Gallery 540 W. 21st St. (betw. 10th & 11th Aves.), 718-222-3982, [www.eyebeam.org](http://www.eyebeam.org/) Weds.-Sat.12-6. Free. "Pedestrian," by Shelley Eshkar & Paul Kaiser, projects miniature moving people & crowds on the ground; also on view 24/7 at 45 Rockefeller Plaza (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.) & at the Studio Museum in Harlem, 144 W. 125th St. (betw. Lenox Ave. & Adam Clayton Powell Blvd.), 212-864-4500.

Galerie Lelong 528 W. 26th St. (betw. 10th & 11th Aves.), 212-315-0470. Tues.-Sat. 10-5:30. Free. "Azur," 39 horizontal sky sections of collage & drawings, & "Hours of the Night," 11 panels inspired by the Book of the Dead, by Nancy Spero [through 3/16].

Gallery 292 120 Wooster St. (betw. Prince & Spring Sts.), 212-431-0292, www.gallery292.com Tues.-Sat. 11-6; closed Sun. & Mon. Free. "Louis Faurer," fashion photographer's acclaimed, emotional & affecting street work [through 3/9].

George Billis Gallery 508 W. 26th St., 9f (10th Ave.), 212-645-2621, www.georgebillis.com Tues.-Sat. 11-6. Free. "Alejandro Mazon" pres. fanciful, Salvador Dali meets Narnia mixed-media paintings [through 3/9].

Howard Greenberg Gallery 120 Wooster St. (betw. Prince & Spring Sts.), 212-431-0292, www.howardgreenberg.com Tues.-Sat. 11-6; closed Sun. & Mon. "Henri Cartier-Bresson: Erotic & Surreal," b&w prints both sensual & strange [through 3/9].

Jessica Murray Projects 210 N. 6th St. (betw. Driggs & Roebling Sts.), Williamsburg, 718-384-9606. Fri-Sun. 12-6. Free. "In Private," watercolors of Chris Doyle's many homes [through 3/10].

Lehmann Maupin Gallery 39 Greene St. (Broome St.), 212-965-0753. Tues.-Sat. 10-6. Free. "Cultured," seven newborn mice sculptures by Bryan Crockett representing the seven deadly sins, plus a somatosensory homunculus [through 3/30].

Marlborough Gallery 40 W. 57th St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-541-4900, www.marlboroughgallery.com Mon.-Sat. 10-5:30. Free. "Red Grooms," playful paintings, sculptures & bas-reliefs from circus to New York landscapes [through 3/9].

Mastel + Mastel Gallery 70 Washington St., #700 (betw. Front & York Sts.), Dumbo, 646-452-1300. Free. "Photo Show '02" feat. images of Americana from Chloe Derderian, Jeanine Harrington, Sandra Meisel, Kevin Sartain & Julianne Swartz [through 3/24].

Ricco Maresca Gallery 528 W. 20th St., 3rd fl. (10th Ave.), 212-627-4819, www.riccomaresca.com Tues.-Sat. 11-6. "Industrial Modern: Renderings of the Future Past," 20 gouache images made by an anonymous employee of the American Machine & Metals Co. betw. 1930s & 1950s [through 3/23]. "Higher Ground," Michael Flomen's new photographs lit only by fireflies [through 3/23].

Ronald Feldman Fine Arts Gallery 31 Mercer St. (Grand St.), 212-226-3232, www.feldmangallery.com Tues.-Sat. 10-6. Free. "The Last Days of Pompeii," Eleanor Antin's 14 large-scale color photographs of imagined scenes w/gladiators, sculptors & orgies [through 3/16].

Sarah Morthland Gallery 511 W. 25th St., #709 (betw. 10th & 11th Aves.), 212-242-7767. Tues.-Sat. 11-5:30, free. "The Limelight Years: Photographs 1954-1961" feat. vintage photos by many greats incl. Berenice Abbott, Robert Doisneau, Robert Frank & Minor White [through 4/13].

Splendid 132 Greenpoint Ave. (betw. Manhattan & Franklin Aves.), 646-387-7983, www.sunarts.info (email Suncollective@aol.com for times). "Urban Street Art" feat. graffiti art by Beau, Greg Bruno, Christopher Chillemi, Mike Die, Humid & Rosa Colwin Jurjevics [through 4/13].

St. Peter's Church 619 Lexington Ave. (54th St.), 212-935-2200. Daily 9-7. "Carole Silverstein" paints Islamic geometry & Japanese cloud patterns on translucent mylar [through 3/12].

Studio Gallery 88 205 W. 88th St., Studio 1D (B'way), 212-579-4654; Fri-.Sun. 1-5. Free. "Coney Island Banners," portraits of sideshow acts & performers invented, remembered & drawn from the last surviving 10-in-1, Sideshows by the Seashore, by Marie Roberts [through 3/17].

Tibor de Nagy Gallery 724 5th Ave. (57th St.), 212-262-5050. Tues.-Sat. 10-5:30. Free. "Kathy Butterly" pres. funny, precise sculptures [through 3/16].

White Columns 320 W. 13th St. (Horatio St.), 212-924-4212, www.whitecolumns.org Weds.-Sun. 12-6. Free. "face value," un-ironic installations, videos & other works incl. Jennifer Dalton's "Art Clichés That Rule" & "Inspirational Slogans That Actually Inspire Me" & works by Assume Vivid Astro Focus, Charley Freidman, Tracy Nakayama, Hidemi Sato & Irys Schenker [through 3/10].

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 4/28]. 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 4/28].

American Folk Art Museum 45 W. 53rd St. (5th Ave.), 212-595-9533, www.folkartmuseum.org Tues.-Sun. 10-6, Fri. 10-8. $9, $5 st. Free Fri. 6-8. "The Henry Darger Collection" christens their new building w/26 paintings (some double-sided & nine-feet long) by epic Chicago artist/janitor [through 5/31].

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. "Meeting God: Elements of Hindu Devotion," artifacts & photos shine light on rituals of Hinduism [through 3/31]. "Pearls" explores the jewel w/half-a-million objects [through 4/14].

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. "Jewish Life in Ancient Egypt," 5th-century Aramaic papyri plus Egyptian & Persian statues, vessels & jewelry [through 5/12]. "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. "Russel Wright: Creating American Lifestyle" celebrates inventor of name-brand marketing & modernist designer w/over 350 artifacts incl. furniture, drawings, tableware, photos & videos [through 9/15].

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. $6, $3 st./s.c. 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 6/16].

Irish Arts Center 553 W. 51st St. (11th Ave.), 212-757-3318, www.irishartscenter.org Mon.-Fri. 10-6. Free. "Land and Language," paintings & prints by Robert Ballagh of imaginary landscapes w/natural materials & text from Irish proverbs [through 4/6].

Guggenheim Museum 1071 5th Ave. (89th St.), 212-423-3500, www.guggenheim.org Tues. & Sun. 9-6; Fri. & Sat. 9-8; closed Thurs. $12, $8 st./s.c., child. under 12 free. "Brazil: Body & Soul" feat. massive Baroque altarpiece, jewelry, ship's masts, concrete paintings & more spanning two centuries [through 5/29].

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. "The Emergence of Jewish Artists in 19th-Century Europe" feat. 70 works by 21 artists incl. Camille Pissarro, Max Liebermann & Simeon Solomon [through 3/17].

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. "Extreme Beauty: The Body Transformed" pres. corsets, ruffs & more at the Costume Institute [through 3/17]. "Earthly Bodies: Irving Penn's Nudes, 1949-50" shows 60 prints made by the prominent portrait/fashion photographer 50 years ago [through 4/21]. "Splendid Isolation: Art of Easter Island"?more than just giant stone heads?over 50 wooden sculptures, barkcloth figures & examples of Rongorongo, the island's undeciphered script [through 8/4].

Museum of Chinese in the Americas 70 Mulberry St. (Bayard St.), 212-619-4785. Tues.-Sat. 12-5; closed Sun. & Mon. $3, $1 st./s.c., child. under 12 free. "Gateway to Gold Mountain" chronicles the Angel Island immigration experience [through 5/30].

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. "Brotherhood: In Strength and Sorrow?Images of the FDNY," 70 photos commemorating "New York's Bravest" [through 6/2]. "Manhattan Skylines," 45 paintings & photographs showing the evolution of our favorite view [through 6/2].

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. "Red" pres. over 100 examples of historic & contemporary red clothing, accessories & textiles [through 4/20].

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. "Life of the City," photographs by great street photographers incl. Lee Friedlander, Garry Winogrand, Helen Levitt & more [through 5/21]. "Projects 73: Olafur Eliasson?Seeing Yourself Sensing," displayed in MoMA's Garden Hall, addresses the museum's constant construction & renovation [through 5/21].

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./s.c. & child., free Sun. "Bamana: The Art of Existence in Mali" incl. sacred initiation masks, headdresses, puppets, field photographs & videos [through 5/19].

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. "Modernism & Abstraction: Treasures from the Smithsonian" feat. over 50 works incl. Willem de Kooning, David Hockney, Ellsworth Kelly, Georgia O'Keefe [through 4/7].

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. "Across Borders: Beadwork in Iroquios Life" incl. over 300 pieces of "tourist art" developed in the 19th century [through 5/19]. "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. "Cloaca," room-sized installation of lab glassware, pumps & tubing by Wim Delvoye replicates the human digestive system [feedings at 4:30 & eliminations at 2:30 daily, through 4/28].

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. "Presidential Manuscripts," exhibit incl. at least one significant item related to every leader, from Washington to Truman, incl. Washington's journal as a 21-year-old soldier [long term].

NY Transit Museum Gallery Annex, Grand Central Terminal, 42nd St. (Park Ave. S.), 718-694-5102. Mon.-Fri. 8-8; Sat. & Sun. 10-6. "Traffic Patterns" pres. prints & artifacts by many artists related to changes in transportation [through 5/12].

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. "The Short Century: Liberation & Independence Movements in Africa, 1945-1994" major survey of post-colonial works by 53 artists from 22 countries [through 5/5].

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. "Dancer: 1999 Nudes by Irving Penn," series of photos created at age 82, coincides w/Met show [through 5/12].

Whitney Museum of American Art at Philip Morris 120 Park Ave. (betw. 41st & 42nd Sts.), 917-663-2453, www.whitney.org Mon.-Fri. 11-6; Thurs. 11-7:30. Free. "Lucky DeBellvue: Khlysty, the Owls & the Others" uses pipe cleaners to make colorful large-scale woven sculptures [through 4/5].

Openings

A.I.R. Gallery 40 Wooster St. (betw. Broome & Grand Sts.), 212-966-0799. Tues.-Sat. 11-6. Free. "Generations," survey of women artists incl. Alice Neel, Nancy Spero, Faith Ringgold & Ursula von Rydingsvard [opens Thurs. 6-8, through 3/23].

Angel Orensanz Foundation Center for the Arts 172 Norfolk St. (Houston St.), 212-598-9376. Sun.-Fri. 10-5. Free. "Italian Installations & Interventions 1994-2001" feat. over 300 drawings, sculptures, photographs & videos of Angel Orensanz's work from a dozen Italian cities [opens Tues., through 4/17].

Cavin-Morris Gallery 560 B'way (betw. Houston & Prince Sts.), 212-226-3768. Tues.-Fri. 10-6; Sat. 11-6. Free. "Overstanding Downpression: Art of Jamaican & Haitian Homeground" feat. portrait photos of Rastafarian elders by Susan Moss, Vodou Society flags & works by over 10 other artists [opens Thurs., through 3/23].

Face Design Gallery 255 N. 7th St., #B (betw. Driggs & Roebling Sts.), Williamsburg, 212-462-0007. Call for hours. "Traveling House Protectors: Monsters are Magical Creatures" Jane King's lucky paintings [opens Thurs. 8-12, through 3/3].

The Gallery at Lincoln Center Concourse Level, 65th St. (B'way), 212-580-4673. Mon.-Sat. 10-8. Free. "Rafal Olbinski" pres. Magritte-like surrealist opera paintings, posters & lithographs [opens Tues., through 4/6].

Littlejohn Contemporary 41 E. 57th St. #702 (Madison Ave.), 212-980-2323. Tues.-Sat. 10-5:30. Free. "Both Less And More," unsettling sculpture & paintings by David Humphrey [opens Weds. 5:30-7:30, through 3/23].

Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology 7th Ave. (27th St.), 212-217-5800. See above listing for times & prices. "Latin American Fashion: Exploring Identities on the New York Runway," more than 80 garments & archival photographs by 24 designers [opens Tues., through 4/16].

Museum of the City of New York 1220 5th Ave. (103rd St.), 212-534-1672. See above listing for times & prices. "A Community of Many Worlds: Arab Americans in New York City," 80 photos, books, costumes, textiles exploring immigration, identity & assimilation [opens Sat., through 9/1].

The New-York Historical Society 2 W. 77th St. (Central Park W.), 212-873-3400. See above listing for times & prices. "Ralph Fasanella's America," retrospective of folk artist/labor activist's large, colorful paintings depicting urban life & American politics [opens Fri., through 7/14].

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 Weds., Mon. & Tues. Free. "Remembrance," Alice Hughey's photographic 9/11 elegy, using crumpled papers [opens Tues. 6-8, through 3/30].