new york, ny cooper-hewitt, national design museum
Fashioning Felt, through Sep. 7; Shahzia Sikander Selects:
Works from the Permanent Collection, through Sep. 7; Design
for a Living World, through Jan. 4, 2010. 2 East 91st Street, New
York, NY 212 849 8400 cooperhewitt.org
new york, ny metropolitan museum of art
Pen and Parchment: Drawing in the Middle Ages, through
Aug. 23; Afghanistan's Dazzling National Treasures—Hidden
for 25 Years—Presented at the Metropolitan Museum,
through Sep. 20. 1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 212 535
7710 metmuseum.org
paris, france musée des arts décoratifs
Sculpter le bois et la terre: Julian Schwarz et Nicholas Rena,
through Oct. 4; Madeleine Vionnet (1876-1975), through Jan.
24, 2010. 107, rue de Rivoli, Paris, France + 44 01 44 55 57 50
lesartsdecoratifs.fr
museums exhibitions
Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art , Connecticut
prague, czech republic museum of decorative arts
Czech Cubism: Architecture and Applied Art, through Aug.
28; Zdenek Virt: Op-art, thorough Sep. 6. 17, Listopadu 2, 110
00 Prague, Czech Republic +420 251 093 111 upm.cz
ridgefield, ct aldrich museum of contemporary art
Tom Sachs: Cameras, through Sep. 16; Bike Rides Sep. 26- Jan.
3, 2010; Pretty Tough: Contemporary Storytelling, through Jan.
3, 2010; Gerard Hemsworth: Hidden Agenda, through Jan. 10,
2010. 258 Main Street, Ridgefield, CT 203 438 4519 aldrichart.
org
san francisco, ca san francisco museum of modern art
Georgia O'Keeffe and Ansel Adams: Natural Affinities, through
Sep. 7; Richard Avedon: Photographs 1946-2004, through
Nov. 29; Yves Klein, through Sep., 2010. 151 Third Street, San
Francisco, CA 415 357 4000 sfmoma.org
Museo Nazionale dell 'Auto, Torino, Italy
shelburne, vt shelburne museum
Full Throttle: Vintage Motorcycles, Custom Choppers and
Racing Machines, through Oct. 25; Piecing Together the
Past: the Quilts of Florence Peto, through Oct. 25. U.S. Route
7, Shelburne, VT 802 985 3346 shelburnemuseum.org
torino, italy museo nazionale dell’automobile
L'evoluzione dell'automobile, Torino Esposizioni—Padiglione
Agnelli, through Sep. 13. Massimo d'Azeglio 15, Torino, Italy
+ 39 011 6599872 museoauto.it
washington, d.c. national gallery of art
An Antiquity of Imagination: Tullio Lombardo and Venetian
High Renaissance Sculpture, through Oct. 31, 2009; Judith
Leyster, 1609-1660, through Nov. 29, 2009; The Art of Power:
Royal Armor and Portraits from Imperial Spain; through Nov. 1,
2009. 4th and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 202
737 4215 nga.gov
zurich, switzerland museum of design
Robots: From Motion to Emotion, through Oct. 3; Michael
Comte Aug. 30-Jan. 3, 2010; Porcelain: White Gold, through
Oct. 25. Ausstellungsstr., 60, Zurich, Switzerland + 41 (0) 43 446
67 67 museum-gestaltung.ch
Metropolitian Museum of Art, New York