ART Galleries ABC No Rio 156 Rivington St. (betw. ...

ABC No Rio 156 Rivington St. (betw. Suffolk & Clinton Sts.), 212-254-3697. Tues. & Thurs. 5-7. Free. Biannual "Ides of March" installation incl. photos, new media & videos [through 4/11].

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 [through 4/17].

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].

Barbara Gladstone Gallery 515 W. 24th St. (10th Ave.), 212-206-9300. Tues.-Sat. 10-6. Free. "Lari Pittman" brings high & low culture together in slick, stylized paintings [through 5/4].

Bonni Benrubi Gallery 52 E. 76th St. (betw. Park & Madison Aves.), 212-517-3766, www.bonnibenrubi.com Tues.-Sat. 11-6. Free. "Jed Devine" pres. contemplative b&w photographs [through 4/20].

Bosepacia Modern 508 W. 26th St. (betw. 10th & 11th Aves.), 212-981-7074, www.bosepaciamodern.com Tues.-Sat. 12-6; closed Sun. & Mon. Free. "Casual Deities" feat. folk artists' interpretations of Hindu gods [through 4/5].

Bruce Silverstein Gallery 504 W. 22nd St. (10th Ave.), 212-627-3930, www.brucesilverstein.com Tues.-Sat. 11-6. Free. "Eve Sonneman," over 30 years of b&w photographs [through 5/11].

Ceres Project Room 584-88 B'way, #306 (betw. Prince & Houston Sts.), 212-226-4725. Fri. 12-6 & Sat. 12-3. Free. "Our Ancestors' Land" represents Jane Stevens' journey to discover her Cherokee lineage using photos, video, painting, etc. [through 4/13].

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 & mouse infestation during summer of 2000 [through 7/27].

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 [through 3/30].

Galeria Ramis Barquet 41 E. 57th St. (Madison Ave.), 212-644-9090, www.ramisbarquet.com Mon-Fri. 10-6; Sat. 12-5:30. Free. "Cinema Notebooks," gorgeous photo-realistic paintings by Victor Rodriguez [through 4/6].

Gallery 292 120 Wooster St. (betw. Prince & Spring Sts.), 212-431-0292, www.gallery292.com Tues.-Sat. 11-6; closed Sun. & Mon. "Lisette Model: Jazz," vintage jazz images taken by this jazz musician [through 4/27].

Gallery 456 456 B'way, 2nd fl. (betw. B'way & Grand St.), 212-431-9740. Mon.-Fri. 11-5. Free. "Control & the Uncontrolled" pres. brilliantly-colored digital prints, goldfish & astronauts by Sara Ching-yu Sun [through 4/18].

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 [through 4/6].

Gallery Onetwentyeight 128 Rivington St. (Norfolk St.), 212-674-0244. Weds.-Sun. 12-6. Free. "Goodnight, Bear" collects animal paintings by Amy Shapiro & Eric Ginsburg, copper mobiles by Michelle Hill & a quilt by Eric's mom [through 3/31].

Get Real Art 156 5th Ave. (20th St.), 212-714-2278. Call for hours. "Dress Codes," Pam Gaslow's paintings of dresses which reflect social situations [through 4/1].

Half King 505 W. 23rd St. (10th Ave.), 212-462-4300; Weds.-Tues. 9 a.m.-3 a.m. Free. Brooklyn photographer Tobin Russell shows photographs documenting "Black Cowboys of Brooklyn" in this Chelsea watering hole [through 4/17].

Here Is New York 1105 6th Ave. (42nd St.), 212-921-5997. Tues.-Sat. 11-7. Free. "A Democracy of Photographs," an extension of the photographs running in Soho, incorporates events in the Middle East, the effects of anthrax & the war in the Middle East [through 6/30].

Howard Greenberg Gallery 120 Wooster St. (betw. Prince & Spring Sts.), 212-334-0010, www.howardgreenberg.com Tues.-Sat. 11-6; closed Sun. & Mon. "New York Scene," Ted Croner, Sid Grossman, Saul Leiter & Leon Levinstein show photos from the 50s [through 4/27].

James Graham & Sons Gallery 1014 Madison Ave., 3rd fl. (78th St.), 212-535-5767, www.jamesgrahamandsons.com Tues.-Fri 9:30-5:30; Sat. 10-5:30. Free. "Bikinis, Bandanas & a VW Bus" uses map tacks & clear vinyl to make illusions, by Devorah Sperber [through 4/6].

June Kelly Gallery 591 B'way (betw. Houston & Prince Sts.), 212-226-1660. Tues.-Sat. 11-6. Free. "Preserves" by Debra Priestly feat. mixed-media sculptures of old photographs & jam jars [through 4/2].

Laurence Miller Gallery 20 W. 57th St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-397-3930, Tues.-Fri. 10-5:30; Sat. 11-5:30. Free. "Graffiti" pres. photographs of chalk drawings & messages from the 30s & 40s by Helen Levitt [through 4/13]. "The Nap is Good," funny, evocative assemblages by Gary Brotmeyer [through 4/13].

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].

Metro Pictures Gallery 519 W. 24th St. (11th Ave.), 212-206-7100, Tues.-Sat. 10-6. Free. "Oh My GR-DVM5, Oh Oh, GR-DVM5," two new digital video projects from T.J. Wilcox on the 20 Questions game & midnight movies [through 4/13].

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].

Smack Mellon Studios 56 Water St. (Front St.), Bklyn, 718-834-8761, www.smackmellon.org Weds.-Sun. 12-6; closed Mon. & Tues. Free. "New Video/Film Installations" by Chris Doyle, Shannon Kennedy, Eric Saks & Eve Sussman [through 4/14].

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. "Annual Krappy Kamera Competition" feat. winner Francis Schanberger & nearly 30 other participants [through 3/30]. "Remembrance," Alice Hughey's photographic 9/11 elegy using crumpled papers [through 3/30].

Soho Triad Fine Arts 107 Grand St. (B'way), 212-965-9500, www.sohotriad.com Sun.-Sat. 10-6. Free. "At Play" incl. photos of people at barbecues & beaches by Helen Levitt, Alfred Eisenstaedt & many others [through 5/5].

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. "G. Jesse Sadia, Jr.," collages use envelopes & burnt fabric [6-8, through 4/28]. "Falling Water & Rising Mist," Kang L. Chung's paintings & pastels [through 5/7].

2/20 Gallery 220 W. 16th St. (betw. 7th & 8th Aves.), 212-807-8348. Tues.-Sun. 2-7. Free. "Vincent Arcilesi" F.I.T. professor showcases 30 portrait & nude drawings [through 3/28].

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. "Objects for Use: Handmade by Design" incl. baskets, quilts, harps & dogsleds partitioned into "Objects for Interior Space" & "Objects for Food & Dining" [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-$15, $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]. "Baseball As America" examines how America's favorite pass time permeates popular culture [through 8/18].

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, $5 st./s.c. Free Fri. 6-9 & for children under 16. "Through Afghan Eyes: A Culture in Conflict, 1987-1992," Soviet rule seen through photos & video images [through 8/11].

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," fifth-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].

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. "Brazil: Body & Soul" feat. massive Baroque altarpiece, jewelry, ship's masts, concrete paintings & more spanning two centuries [through 5/29]. "Rachel Whiteread: Transient Spaces," two sculptures by British artist cast from her home & studio [through 6/5].

The Indo Center of Art & Culture 530 W. 25th St. (betw. betw. 10th & 11th Sts.), 212-462-4221. Tues.-Sat. 11-6; closed Sun. & Mon. Contrib. Five Pakistani artists pres. "Painting Over the Lines" [through 6/29].

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].

Jewish Museum 1109 5th Ave. (92nd St.), 212-423-3271, www.thejewishmuseum.org Sun., Mon., Weds. & Thurs., 11-5:45; Tues. 11-8; closed Fri., Sat. $8, $5.50 st./sc., child. under 12 free. Pay-what-you-wish Tues. after 5. "Mirroring Evil: Nazi Imagery/Recent Art," contemporary artists apply Third Reich imagery w/modern day techniques to illustrate how we perceive evil [through 6/30].

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. "Earthly Bodies: Irving Penn's Nudes, 1949-50" shows 60 prints made by the prominent portrait/fashion photographer 50 years ago [through 4/21]. "Treasures from a Lost Civilization: Ancient Chinese Art from Sichuan" feat. monumental bronze deities, vessels, jades & ceramics [through 5/16]. "Tapestry in the Renaissance: Art and Magnificence," loaned exhibit highlighting Renaissance art from late 15th & first half of 16th century [through 6/19]. "Splendid Isolation: Art of Easter Island"?more than just giant stone heads?over 50 wooden sculptures, barkcloth figures & examples of Rongorongo, the island's yet-to-be-deciphered script [through 8/4].

Municipal Art Society 457 Madison Ave. (51st St.), 212-935-3960. Daily 11-5 except Thurs. & Sun. Free. "Beyond the Box: Mid-Century Modern Architecture in Miami and New York," photographic prints from the 50s & 60s incl. images of TWA terminal at JFK, Time-Life & United Nations Buildings [through 5/8].

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]. "A Community of Many Worlds: Arab Americans in New York City," 80 photos, books, costumes & textiles exploring immigration, identity & assimilation [through 9/1].

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. "Latin American Fashion: Exploring Identities on the New York Runway," more than 80 garments & archival photographs by 24 designers [through 4/16]. "Red," more than 100 examples of historic & contemporary red clothing, accessories & textiles [through 4/20].

Museum of Jewish Heritage 18 First Pl., Battery Park City (West St.), 212-968-1800, www.mjhnyc.org Sun.-Wed. 10-5:45; Thurs. 10-8; Fri. 10-3; Closed Sat. $7, $5 st./sc., child. under 5 free. "Lives Remembered: A Shtetl Through a Photographer's Eye" displays 60 images taken by Zalman Kaplan, a Polish photographer who was killed during WWII [through 9/27].

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. "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]. "Projects 75: Laylah Ali," series cont. w/an artist book of "cartoon-style gouache paintings" [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 7/28].

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]. "Name No Names," paintings & ink-wash drawings by Marlene Dumas [through 6/2]

New York Academy of Art 111 Franklin St. (betw. W. B'way & Church St.), 212-966-0300. "Impossible Patrimonies," paintings & wood engravings by John Jacobsmeyer depicting possible mothers & fathers Cindy Sherman, the Elephant Man & G.I. Joe [through 4/18].

The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Dorothy & Lewis B. Cullman Center, 40 Lincoln Center Plaza, 65th St. (Amsterdam Ave.), 212-870-1630, [www.nypl.org](http://www.nypl.org/) Mon. & Thurs. 12-8; Tues., Weds., Fri. & Sat. 12-6; closed Sun. Free. "Capturing Nureyev: James Wyeth Paints the Dancer" well-renowned artist displays 35 paintings & drawings of this ballet dancer [through 5/25].

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. "Missing: Streetscape of a City in Mourning" feat. video kiosks from NYC 9.11.01 Project, word towers & reflective spaces [through 6/9]. "Ralph Fasanella's America," retrospective of folk artist/labor activist's large, colorful paintings depicting urban life & American politics [through 7/14]. "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].

Queens Museum of Art New York City Bldg., Flushing Meadows Corona Park, 718-592-9700, www.queensmuse.org Tues.-Fri. 10-5; Sat. & Sun. 12-5; closed Mon. Contrib. $5, $2.50 st./s.c., child under 5 free. "Designing the Future" showcases work by the architects, designers & artists who've helped shape this building [through 7/7]. "Living Together, Growing Together" feat. works from the Living Museum, a community of artists w/mental illness [through 7/7].

South Street Seaport Museum 207 Front St. (Fulton St.), 212-748-8786. Weds.-Mon. 10-5. $5, free for kids under 12. In celebration of the 150th anniversary of Moby Dick, "Frank Stella's Waves: Prints By Moby Dick" exhibits Stella's 13 prints from '85-'89 [through 6/2].

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]. "2002 Biennial Exhibition," more than 100 artists (incl. Meredith Monk, Ken Jacobs, Kiki Smith) take over the Whitney, plus several pieces can be seen in Central Park [through 5/26].

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

Gale Gates Gallery 37 Main St. (betw. Front & Water Sts.), Dumbo, 718-522-4596, www.mimeticart.com Wed.-Sat. 12-6. Free. "superlounge" converts this space into a viewing lounge w/"supervideonight" feat. short by New York Press art critic, Christian Viveros-Fauné on 4/19 [opens Fri., through 5/4].

Momenta Art Gallery 72 Berry St. (N. 10th St.), Williamsburg, 718-218-8058, www.momentaart.org Fri.-Mon. 12-6; closed Sat. & Sun. Free. "Title upon Request," Susan Goldman's large, computer-generated images displayed in plexiglass boxes [opens Fri. 6-8, through 4/22].

Museum of Modern Art 11 W. 53rd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Ave.), 212-708-9400. See above listing for times & prices. "The Russian Avant-Garde Book 1910-1934" [opens Thurs., through 5/21].

The New-York Historical Society 2 W. 77th St. (Central Park W.), 212-873-3400. See above listing for times & prices. "The Games We Played" displays over 150 board games, many of which were manufactured here in the city, from 1865 to present [opens Tues., through 1/5/03].

Schroeder Romero 173A N. 3rd St. (betw. Bedford & Metropolitan Aves.), Williamsburg, 718-486-8992. Fri.-Sun. 12 -6. Free. "Story of M," Lynn Cazabon's photos document 30 years of a single man's life (who she's never met) through artifacts she acquired?porn, vibrators, a blonde wig?after purchasing seven trash bags for $200 from a junk store [opens Fri. 6-9, through 4/21].

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. "In Atget's Shoes," New Yorker Christopher Rauschenberg, displays prints of Paris. "Still Life: Botanica," 12 floral prints. "Fragments of Form" [opens Tues., through 5/4].