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    Plywood: Material, Process, Form

    Thu, Feb 9 - 27 @ Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY    

    Archival photographs illuminate the process of design and manufacture in plywood. Iconic furniture by Alvar Aalto, Charles and Ray Eames, Eero Saarinen, and Arne Jacobsen appear alongside organic platters by Tapio Wirkkala ... nyc-arts.org

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    Highlights From The Modern Design Collection: 1900 To The...

    Thu, Feb 9 - Mar 11 @ The Metropolitan Museum Of…, New York, NY    

    This installation of modern and contemporary design objects features new acquisitions and other important works from the past century to the present. nyc-arts.org

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    Picturing Science: Museum Scientists And Imaging Technologies

    Thu, Feb 9 - Jun 24 @ American Museum of Natural…, New York, NY    

    Whether scientists are studying parasites, people or planets in other solar systems, cutting-edge imaging technologies now make it possible to examine details that were previously unobservable. This exhibition features over... nyc-arts.org

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    Romare Bearden (19111988): A Centennial Celebration

    Thu, Feb 9 - Mar 4 @ The Metropolitan Museum Of…, New York, NY    

    Romare Bearden's vibrant mural-size tableau "The Block" (1971) is on view as part of a centennial celebration of the artist's birth. nyc-arts.org

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    Infinite Jest: Caricature And Satire From Leonardo To Levine

    Thu, Feb 9 - Mar 4 @ The Metropolitan Museum Of…, New York, NY    

    This exhibition explores caricature and satire in its many forms from the Italian Renaissance to the present. nyc-arts.org

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    Real/surreal

    Thu, Feb 9 - 12 @ Whitney Museum of American…, New York, NY    

    This exhibition features works in painting, drawing, photography and printmaking juxtaposed in ways that show how artists developed degrees of reality where the imagination held more or less sway. nyc-arts.org

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    Three Landscapes: A Film Installation By Roy Lichtenstein

    Thu, Feb 9 - 12 @ Whitney Museum of American…, New York, NY    

    Three obscure films are testimony to Roy Lichtenstein?s experimentation with form and his fascination with cinema. nyc-arts.org

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    The Butterfly Conservatory: Tropical Butterflies Alive In Winter

    Thu, Feb 9 - May 27 @ American Museum of Natural…, New York, NY    

    The Butterfly Conservatory is a re-creation of a tropical forest environment filled with over 500 live butterflies. nyc-arts.org

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    Gifted: Collectors And Drawings At Moma, 19291983

    Thu, Feb 9 - 13 @ Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY    

    This exhibition examines the history of MoMA?s drawings collection through key gifts from donors whose connections with the museum helped shape the institution from its earliest days. nyc-arts.org

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    Gifted: Collectors And Drawings At Moma, 1929 1983

    Thu, Feb 9 - 13 @ Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY    

    This exhibition examines key gifts from donors whose connections with MoMA helped shape the institution from its earliest days. artforum.com

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    Aleksandra Mir: The Seduction Of Galileo Galilei

    Thu, Feb 9 - 19 @ Whitney Museum of American…, New York, NY    

    Aleksandra Mir (b. 1967) develops projects that take her around the world to examine the dynamics of popular cultural myths and historical events. In The Seduction of Galileo Galilei (2011), Mir engages in a dialogue with the... artlog.com

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    The Game Of Kings: Medieval Ivory Chessmen From The Isle Of...

    Thu, Feb 9 - Apr 22 @ The Metropolitan Museum Of…, New York, NY    

    In 1831, more than 70 chess pieces made of walrus ivory were unearthed on the Isle of Lewis in Scotland. Known as the Lewis Chessmen, this collection is arguably the most famous of its kind in the world. nyc-arts.org

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    Projects 96: Haris Epaminonda

    Thu, Feb 9 - 20 @ Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY    

    Berlin-based artist Haris Epaminonda (b. 1980, Nicosia, Cyprus) is internationally known for her photographic assemblages constructed from books and magazines of the 1950s and 1960s, and for her video installations, in which ... artlog.com

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    Storytelling In Japanese Art

    Thu, Feb 9 - May 6 @ The Metropolitan Museum Of…, New York, NY    

    Featuring more than 60 works of art in a range of mediums and formats, this exhibition invites you to explore Japan's long and rich history of pairing narrative texts with elaborate illustrations. nyc-arts.org

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    Beyond Planet Earth

    Thu, Feb 9 - Aug 12 @ American Museum of Natural…, New York, NY    

    Beyond Planet Earth: The Future of Space Exploration offers a vision of the future of space travel as it boldly explores our next steps in our solar system and beyond. nyc-arts.org

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    The Coe Collection Of American Indian Art

    Thu, Feb 9 - May 28 @ The Metropolitan Museum Of…, New York, NY    

    This exhibition features a wide range of Native American works that come from different times, different places, and numerous distinct peoples. nyc-arts.org

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    Sanja Ivekovic: Sweet Violence

    Thu, Feb 9 - Mar 26 @ Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY    

    This exhibition brings together a historic group of single-channel videos and media installations by Sanja Ivekovic,a feminist, activist, and video pioneer who came of age in the 1970s. nyc-arts.org