Diary: December 2003

Apollo, Dec, 2003 by Susannah Woolmer

GREENWICH Bruce Museum of Arts and Science, J.F.K. and art. Until 71 January 2004

HARTFORD Wadsworth Atheneum, Jonathan HOrowitz/MATmX 151. Until 25 January 2004. Grandma Moses in the 21st century. Until 15 February 2004

HOUSTON Museum of Fine Arts, Chemi Rosado Seijo: El Cerro. Until 17 December. American vision: Photographers from the East, selections from the Manfred Heiting collection given by the Brown Foundation Inc. Eye on third ward: Yates High School photography. Both until 29 December. Bayou Bend Yuletide celebration. Until 31 December. Learning through art in the elementary school. The heroic century: The Museum of Modern Art masterpieces, 200 paintings and sculptures. Both until 4 January 2004. The American landscape East to West: Themes in painting and photography, 1780 1910. Until 19 January 2004. American vision: Photographers from the West, selections from the Manfred Heiting Collection given by the Brown Foundation Inc. Western landscapes by Albert Bierstadt and Thomas Moran from the Stark Museum of Art, Orange. Both until 1 February 2004. The passionate adventure of the real: Collage, assemblage, and the object in 20th-century art. First down Houston: The birth of an NFL franchise. Both until 8 February 2004. Beyond ornament: Contemporary jewelry from the Helen Williams Drutt Collection. Until 9 May 2004

INDIANAPOLIS Museum of Art, Herron School of Art centennial: Students and teachers, 1902-1950. Until 4 January 2004. William Blake and his 'little band of brothers'. Until 7 March 2004

LOS ANGELES County Museum of Art, The circle of bliss: Buddhist meditational art. Until 4 January 2004. Salvation: images of the Buddhist Deity of Compassion. Until 18 January 2004. Drawing on faith: Sketches for Korean Buddhist icons. Transmitting culture: Korean ceramics from Korean American collections in Southern California. Both until 1 February 2004. Luxury textiles East and West: Dress and identity. Until 5 July 2004

J. Paul Getty Museum, Casting characters: Portraits and studies of heads. Until 1 February 2004. Julia Margaret Cameron, photographer. Until 11 January 2004. Jean-Antoine Houdon: Sculptor of the Enlightenment. Until 25 January 2004

Museum of Contemporary Art, Frank O. Gehry: Work in progress. Works on paper from the collection. Both until 26 January 2004. Mid-century masterworks from the collection. Until 16 February 2004. Gregor Schneider: Dead house ur. Sitings: Installation art. Both until 13 September 2004

NEW HAVEN Yale University Art Gallery, Curule: Ancient design in American federal furniture. Until 4 January 2004. Selections horn the permanent collection. Until June 2005

NEW YORK Asia Society and Museum, Hunt for Paradise: Court arts of Iran, 1501-1576. Until 18 January 2004

Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, Nations design triennial: Inside design now. Until 25 January 2004

Dahesh Museum of Art, Refraining academic art: Masterworks of the Dahesh Museum of Art. Until 8 February 2004

Frick Collection, The drawings of Francois Boucher. Until 14 December