ART Galleries Anton Kern Gallery 532 W. 20th ...

Anton Kern Gallery 532 W. 20th St. (betw. 10th & 11th Aves.), 212-367-9663. Tues.-Sat. 10-6. Free "Saul Fletcher," 36 snapshots by British photographer described as having "precisionist vision" [through 3/22]

AXA Gallery 787 7th Ave. (51st St.), 212-554-2015. Mon.-Fri. 11-6; Sat. 12-5. Free "Edward Weston & Margrethe Mather: A Passionate Collaboration," showing of photographs taken by two great, pre-WWII American artists. Exhibition runs in conjunction w/curator Beth Gates Warren's publication of the same name [through 4/19]

Ceres 584/588 B'way #306 (betw. Prince & Houston Sts.), 212-226-4725. Tues.-Sat. 12-6. Free "Light in the Season," 10 airy oil & pastel paintings by artist Vivian Tsao [through 3/29]

Exit Art 548 B'way (betw. Prince & Spring Sts.), 212-925-2928. Tues.-Fri. 10-6; Sat. 11-6. Min. contrib. $2 "Exit Biennial: The Reconstruction," Exit Art celebrates its new location with 34 site-specific installations by 46 artists [through 5/4]

Hirschl & Adler Galleries 21 E. 70th St. (Madison Ave.), 212-535-8810. Tues.-Fri. 9:30-5:15; Sat. 9:30-4:45. Free "The Prints of Josef Albers," German-born painter, photographer & printmaker, who was a leading figure at Bauhaus & later taught at Yale, exhibits comprehensive showcase of more than 75 prints, drawings & photographs [through 3/22]

Kaufman Arcade 139 W. 39th St. (betw. 6th & 7th Aves.), 212-964-2671. Mon.-Fri. 8-8; Sat. 8-5. "Art for Fashion," downtown gallery, A Taste of Art, curates mixed-media show feat. American & European samples [through 4/5]

Latincollector 153 Hudson St. (betw. Laight & Hubert Sts.), 212-334-7813. Mon.-Fri. 10-7; Sat. & Sun. 12-6. Free "Coming to Blows," recent paintings?images of female boxers struggling w/identity issues?by Colombian-born Ana Patricia Palacios [through 4/12]

LFL Gallery 531 W. 26th St., 4th fl. (betw. 10th & 11th Aves.), 212-631-7700. Tues.-Sat. 11-6. Free "Happenstance," Holly Coulis' installation of ghost paintings brings to life a selection of ghost stories [through 4/5]

Littlejohn Contemporary 41 E. 57th St. (Madison Ave.), 212-980-2323. Tues.-Sat. 10-5:30. Free "Recent Paintings," dreamy self-portraits by Julie Heffernan [through 4/19]

Paul Kasmin Gallery 293 10th Ave. (27th St.), 212-563-4474. Tues.-Sat. 10-6. Free "Robert Indiana: Recent Paintings," illustrated catalog accompanies exhibition focusing on painted letters & numbers, mostly taking on the form of fictitious signs [through 3/22]

Paul Rodgers/9W Gallery 529 W. 20th St. (10th Ave.), 212-414-9810. Tues.-Sat. 11-6. Free "Transfigurations," five heat-generating sculptures by Buffalo's Michael Dominick [through 3/29]

Robert Mann Gallery 210 11th Ave., 10th fl. (betw. 24th & 25th Sts.), 212-989-7600. Tues.-Sat. 11-6. Free "Flesh Tones: 100 Years of the Nude," examines the nude as captured by some of the most noted photographers of the 20th century incl. Diane Arbus, Richard Avedon, BrassaÔ, Sally Mann & Man Ray [through 4/19]

Smack Mellon Studios 56 Water St. (Front St.), Bklyn, 718-834-8761. Weds.-Sun. 12-6. Free "RAW," group show addresses social awareness & urban space through photography, video, drawing & performance [through 4/6]

Synchronicity Fine Arts 106 W. 13th St. (betw. 6th & 7th Aves.), 646-230-8199. Tues.-Sat. 12-6. Free "New Works on Paper," abstract mixed media by Vita Petersen mingles urban landscape w/still lifes [through 3/29]

Westbeth Gallery 55 Bethune St. (betw. West & Washington Sts.), 212-989-4650. Fri.-Sun. 1-6. For private appts. call 212-691-0595. Free "Then and Now," bright & cheerful still life paintings by Sandra Caplan [through 3/30]

Museums/Cultural Inst.

Tues.-Sun. 10-5. $14, $10 veterans, reservists, st./s.c., $6 ages 6-11, $2 ages 2-5, free for active duty & toddlers "All Hands on the Deck," test your coding & knot-tying skills. "Intrepid Remembers 9/11," indoor & outdoor exhibit incl. 17 ft. by 10 ft. mural & two steal beams from the WTC. "Attack Cobra Helicopter," earlier version of copter deployed to Afghanistan. "Virtual Flight Simulators," 4-D experience.

American Museum of Natural History Central Park W. (79th St.), 212-769-5100. Daily 10-5:45. $12, $9 st./s.c., $7 child The First Europeans: Treasures from the Hills of Atapuerca," nearly 70 ancient hominid fossils, stone tools & artifacts from northern Spain, dating as far back as a million years [through 4/13]. "Einstein," comprehensive exhibition on dude synonymous with e=mc2, creating "special theory of relativity" & proving the existence & size of molecules. Displayed in five parts ("Einstein's Revolution," "Life and Times," "Light," "Time," "Energy") this presentation incl. photos, cartoons & documents never-before-seen by the public [through 8/10]

Asia Society 725 Park Ave. (70th St.), 212-517-2742. Tues.-Thurs., Sat. & Sun. 11-6; Fri. 11-9. $7, $4 st./s.c., children under 16 free "Montien Boonma: Temple of the Mind," first retrospective on Thai artist (1953-2000) incl. charcoal sketches, soul drawings, perfume paintings, sculptures & mixed-media works [through 5/11]

Brooklyn Museum of Art 200 Eastern Pkwy. (Washington Ave.), Bklyn , 718-638-5000. Weds.-Fri. 10-5; Sat. & Sun. 11-6; first Sat. of the month 11-11, eve. Free "The Last Expression: Art and Auschwitz," more than 200 works of art created by victims of the Holocaust in death & concentration camps during WWII [through 6/15]

Dia Center for the Arts 548 W. 22nd St. (betw. 10th & 11th Aves.), 212-989-5566. Weds.-Sun. 10-6. $6, $3 st./s.c "Refraction," installation incorporating reflection, transparent boundaries & the meaning of art by Jorge Pardo & Gerhard Richter [through 6/15]

Freakatorium Museum/El Museo Loco 57 Clinton St. (betw. Stanton & Rivington Sts.), 212-375-0475. Thurs.-Sun. 1-7. $5, $3 children under 12 "Cabinet of Curiosities," collection of oddities culled by sword swallower, Johnny Fox, incl. photography from the 1800s, hermaphrodites, freaks, Sammy Davis' glass eye & other strange acquisitions.

The Frick Collection 1 E. 70th St. (betw. Madison & 5th Aves.), 212-288-0700. Tues.-Thurs. & Sat. 10-6; Fri. 10-9; Sun. 1-6. $12, $8 s.c., $5 st "Anne Vallayer-Coster: Painter to the Court of Marie-Antoinette," first retrospective on French still-life painter (1744-1818) feat. 35 paintings [through 3/23]

Gallery at Lincoln Center B'way, concourse level (64th St.), 212-580-4673. Mon.-Sat. 10-8. "Starstruck!," exhibit & sale of photos feat. the great stars of opera, music, stage & film by John Lettang as presented by the Metropolitan Opera Guild [through 3/29]

Hebrew Union College Brookdale Center 1 W. 4th St. (betw. B'way & Mercer St.), 212-824-2205. Mon.-Thurs. 9-5; Fri. 9-3; selected Sun. 10-2. Free "LILITH Magazine: The Voice of the Jewish Community," illustrations, manuscripts, photos & other memorabilia celebrating more than 25 years of feminist Jewish journalism [through 6/27]. "Thirty Pieces/Thirty Years: Sculpture by Ann Sperry," works contrast & compare feminism w/Jewish heritage [through 6/26].

International Center of Photography 1133 6th Ave. (43rd St.), 212-857-0000. Tues.-Thurs. 10-5; Fri. 10-8; Sat. & Sun. 10-6. $9, $6 st./s.c "Bronzeville: Black Chicago in Pictures," over 120 photos from 1941-43 taken on Chicago's South Side exhibit the many facets of the black urban community during that time. Images of bustling streets, overcrowded apartments & social protests describe a struggling but vibrant society [through 6/8]

Metropolitan Museum of Art Grace Rainey Rogers Aud. 5th Ave. (82nd St.), 212-570-3949. Tues.-Thurs. & Sun. 9:30-5:30; Fri. & Sat. 9:30-9. $10, $5 st./s.c., children under 12 free w/adult "Arts of the Spanish Americas, 1550-1850," religious & secular Latin American ceramics, textiles, drinking vessels & sculpture [through 4/6]. "African-American Artists: 1929-1945," more than 80 paintings, drawings & prints taken from the museum's collection [through 5/4]. "Arms and Armor: Notable Acquisitions 1991-2002" [through 6/29].

Museum of Arts & Design 40 W. 53rd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-956-3535. Tues., Weds., Fri.-Mon. 10-6; Thurs. 10-8. $8, $5 st./s.c., child under 12 free "Libensky and His Students: 44 Czech Glass Artists," 73 decorative glass objects created by 41 pupils, plus four pieces by Libensky & his wife/collaborator Jaroslava Brychtova [through 6/8]

Museum of Chinese in the Americas 70 Mulberry St. (Bayard St.), 212-619-4785. Tues.-Sun. 12-5. $3,$1 st./s.c., children under 12 free "Gotta Sing Gotta Dance!: Chinese America in the Nightclub Circuit," showcase of photographs taken during first half of 20th century capturing Asian performers defying mainstream expectations [through 5/31]. "Portraits of a Neighborhood; Family Portraits by the FIT Photography Club," images from May 2002's "Family Photo Day" sponsored by MoCA [through 5/31].

Museum of Modern Art in Queens 33rd St. (Queens Blvd.), L.I.C., 212-708-9400 . Thurs. & Sun. 10-5; Fri. & Sat. 10-9. $12, $8.50 st./s.c., Fri. pay-what-you-wish after 4 "Matisse Picasso," collection addressing the relationship (both personal & artistic) between two great 20th-century artists, brings together pieces from public & private collections [through 5/19]

Museum of the City of New York 1220 5th Ave. (103rd St.), 212-534-1672. Weds.-Sat. 10-5; Sun. 12-5. $7, $4 st./s.c./child, $12 families "Between Worlds?Kabul/New York, 2001: Photographs by Anthony Suau," journalist juxtaposes two cities after 9/11 [through 4/13]

National Museum of the American Indian George Gustav Heye Center, 1 Bowling Green (betw. State & Whitehall Sts.), 212-514-3700. Fri.-Weds. 10-5; Thurs. 10-8. Free "The New Old World: Antilles?Living Beyond the Myth," photographs depicting current life & culture of Taino & Caribe communities in the Caribbean [through 3/20]. "The Edge of Enchantment," photographs, multimedia installations & video footage examining the lives of Native communities in Oaxaca, Mexico [through 7/15]. "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. Free Thurs. 6-8. $6, $3 st./s.c., free for those under 18 "Super-Ficial: The Surfaces of Architecture in a Digital Age," architects from New York, Berlin & Los Angeles exhibit drawings & models that are either real or theoretical [through 4/6]. "Living Inside the Grid," 24 artists use grid motif to incite thought on overly technological world, mediums incl. computer, video, sculpture & photography [through 6/15].

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. Thurs. 12-8; Tues., Weds., Fri. & Sat. 12-6. Free "Vaslav Nijinsky: Creating a New Artistic Eradisplay," more than 250 artifacts incl. photographs & dancer/choreographer's diary. [through 5/3]. "Original Cast Recordings," more than 100 years of musicals, operettas & productions from Robin Hood to Bombay Dreams [through 6/7].

The New-York Historical Society 2 W. 77th St. (Central Park W.), 212-873-3400. Tues.-Sun. 11-6.. $6, $4 st./s.c., children 12 & under free "Julz Rulz: Inside the Mind of Jules Feiffer," survey of works by multitalented New Yorker who is probably best known for his cartoons & satirical look on modern culture [through 5/18]. Aforementioned exhibition runs in conjunction w/"Feiffer's Family Tree," feat. comic strips & cartoons that influenced Feiffer [through 6/1]. "The Games We Played" displays over 150 board games, many of which were manufactured here in the city, from 1865 to present [through 6/30]. "Presidential Manuscripts," series of exhibitions feat. one President at a time [long term].

NY Transit Museum Gallery Annex, Grand Central Terminal, 42nd St. (Park Ave. S.), 718-694-5100. Mon.-Fri. 8-8; Sat. & Sun. 10-6. Free "Travel by Train: The American Railroad Poster, 1870-1950," approximately 20 over-sized prints (30' long x 20' wide) documents the thrill of train travel [through 6/22]

P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center 22-25 Jackson Ave. (46th Ave.), LIC, 718-784-2084. Thurs.-Mon. 12-6. $5, $2 st./s.c "Yoko Ono: Freight Train," bullet hole riddled freight train installation inspired by death of Mexican workers attempting to enter United States. "After Matisse/Picasso," New York-based painters pay homage to Matisse & Picasso on stretched canvas in conjunction w/MOMA QNS exhibit [through 5/17].

Queens Museum of Art New York City Bldg., Flushing Meadows , Corona Park, 718-592-9700. Tues.-Fri. 10-5; Sat. & Sun. 12-5. Contrib. $5, $2.50 st./s.c., children under 5 free "Secret Games: Wendy Ewald Collaborative Works with Children 1969-1999," explores social issues by seeing them through the eyes of children [through 6/8]

SVA's Visual Arts Museum 209 E. 23 St. (betw. 2nd & 3rd Aves.), 212-592-2010. Mon.-Weds. & Fri. 9-6:30; Thurs. 9-9; Sat. 10-5. Free "Picturing the Times: Eastern European Illustrators at The New York Times,," 17 exceptional artists, incl. Istvan Banyai, Mirko Ilic & Peter Sis, display sketches, final drawings & actual newspaper pages.

Whitney Museum of American Art 945 Madison Ave. (75th St.), 212-570-3676. Tues.-Thurs., Sat.& Sun. 11-6; Fri. 1-9. $10, $8 st./s.c./groups of 10 or more; Fri. pay-what-you-wish 6-9 p.m "Dennis Oppenheim: Aspen Projects," first group of nine short films [through 5/25]. "Scanning: The Aberrant Architectures of Diller & Scofidio," retrospective on husband/wife team whose projects combine architecture, performing arts & visual arts [through 5/25].

Openings/Receptions

Tues.-Sun. 11-6. $6, $4 st./s.c "Beals, Hervey, and Hewitt: Women Pioneers of Architecture and Design Photography," three pioneering female photographers' photos of NY. [through 7/13]. "Bella C. Landauer: Collector of Enterprise," one of the premier collections of trading cards, lottery tickets, matchbooks & more [through 6/1]. "Enterprising Women: 250 Years of American Business" tells the stories of American business women from the colonial era to now [through 6/1]. "Eva Zeisel" installation by industrial design & ceramics creator whose career spans most of the 20th century [through 6/1].

A Taste of Art 147 Duane St. (W. B'way), 212-964-5493. Mon.-Fri. 12-8; Sat. 12-6. Free "Writings on the Wall," Andrea Bonifacio explores commuting in New York using collages of pennies, plexiglass, MetroCards & more [through 4/21]

American Museum of Natural History Central Park W. (79th St.), 212-769-5200. Sun.-Thurs. 10-5:45; Fri. & Sat. 10-8:45. $10, $7.50 st./s.c., $6 children "Vietnam: Journeys of the Body, Mind & Spirit," comprehensive exhibiton on Vietnamese life today [through 1/4]

Claire Oliver Fine Art 529 W. 20th St. (betw. 10th & 11th Aves.), 212-929-5949. Tues.-Sat. 11-6. Free "BegoÒa Montalb·n: Reflections in the Mirror," Spanish artist's first U.S. show. Real surreal photos & videos of elegant science-fictiony super-humans [through 5/10]

The Cuban Art Space 124 W. 23rd St. (betw. 6th & 7th Aves.), 212-242-0559. Tues.-Fri. 11-7; Sat. 12-5. Free "Women Artists of Cuba," group show of leading Cuban female artists. Mediums range from small prints & large oils to mixed media [through 4/26]

Eyejammie Fine Arts Gallery 516 W. 25th St. (betwn. 10th & 11th Aves.), 212-645-0061. Mon.-Sat. 12-6. "Michael Benabib Solo Show," Inaugural show at new space devoted to hip-hop culture. Sixty images of "the greatest hiphoppers at large" from 1987 to the present [through 4/19]

Gallery 292 120 Wooster St. (betw. Prince & Spring Sts.), 212-431-0292. Tues.-Sat. 11-6. Free "William Klein: Tokyo 1961," stark photos expose Tokyo's contradictory regimented yet chaotic nature [through 5/3]

Hirschl & Adler Galleries 21 E. 70th St. (Madison Ave.), 212-535-8810. Tues.-Fri. 9:30-5:15; Sat. 9:30-4:45. Free "John Moore: Recent Works," artist's eighth solo show features 16 urban still lives in oil [through 4/26]

Howard Greenberg Gallery 120 Wooster St. (betw. Prince & Spring Sts.), 212-431-0292. Tues.-Sat. 11-6. "Art Photography in Japan 1920-1940," pre-WWII photos by various artists ranging in style from pictorialism to early modernism [through 5/3]

Jim Kempner Fine Art 501 W. 23rd St. (10th Ave.), 212-206-6872. Tues.-Sat. 10-6. Free "Robert Rauschenberg: Prints & Unique Works," show of the artist's works from the 1960s to the present [through 4/26]

Leslie-Lohman Gay Art Foundation 127-B Prince St. (Wooster St.), 212-673-7007. Tues.-Sat. 1-6. Free "Deliciously Depraved," exhibition of naughty art by the Hun, Michael Kirwan, Howard Cruse, Rob Clarke & Adam [through 4/19]

Museum of the City of New York 1220 5th Ave. (103rd St.), 212-534-1672. Weds.-Sat. 10-5; Sun. 12-5. $7, $4 st./s.c./child, $12 families "Roaring into the Twenties: The New New York Woman," these fabulous women threw off social restraints by throwing on short skirts, cutting their hair & doing as they darn well pleased. See their costumes, jewelry, photos [through 9/14]

92nd St. Y Milton J. Weill Art Gallery 1395 Lexington Ave. (92nd), 212-415-5500. Mon.-Sun. 9:30-5. Free "Sima Ariam: Portraits," portraits of Israeli & American cultural figures incl. Shamon Peres, Bill & Hillary Clinton, Ehud Barak, Susan Sontag [through 4/18]

Plum Blossoms Gallery 555 W. 25th St. (11th Ave.), 212-719-7008. Tues.-Sat. 10:30-6:30. "Ellen Kaplowitz: A World of Decent Dreams," over 20 large photographs of the people & culture of Vietnam. "Le Thiet Cuong: Unspoken Dialogue," internationally acclaimed Vietnamese artist's show of paintings & sculptures [through 4/19]

Sterilemind Gallery 230 Mulberry St. (betw. Prince & Spring Sts.), 212-941-6767. Tues.-Sat. 12-7. Free "The Photography of Gerrit Sievert Osnabrück," images of German urban landscapes [through 4/26]