ART Galleries A.I.R. Gallery 40 Wooster St. (betw. Broome ...

A.I.R. Gallery 40 Wooster St. (betw. Broome & Grand Sts.), 212-966-0799. Tues.-Sat. 11-6. Free. "Collages" by Joanne McFarland uses paper & photo fragments to explore subjects from dresses to African-American men [through 12/29].

Arnold & Sheila Aronson Galleries 66 5th Ave. (13th St.), 212-229-8987. Mon.-Sat. 9-9. Free. "Recovering the Positive: Originals" pres. 25 paintings, prints, photos, sculptures, videos & performance pieces by 20 artists who have AIDS [through 1/4].

Art In General 79 Walker St. (betw. B'way & Lafayette St.), 212-219-0473, www.artingeneral.org Tues.-Sat. 12-6; closed Sun. & Mon. Free. "Art In General on Canal (Part 1)," public space installation along Canal St. by NY artists Matthew Bakkom, Godzilla Asian American Art Network, Yoko Inoue, Sontext & Gelatin [through 2/28].

Peter Blum Gallery 99 Wooster St. (Prince St.), 212-343-0441. Tues.-Fri. 10-6; Sat. 11-6. Free. "Tacita Dean: The Russian Ending" uses postcards in etched photogravures to re-imagine final scenes of films [through 2/2].

Brooklyn Front 126A Front St. (betw. Jay & Pearl Sts.), Dumbo, 212-980-4575. Weds.-Sun. 11-6. Free. "The Metal Party" reconstructs a 1929 Bauhaus party where all guests came in costumes of foil, pots, pans & spoons [through 1/13].

J. Cacciola Gallery 501 W. 23rd St. (10th Ave.), 212-462-4646, www.jcacciolagallery.com Tues.-Sat. 10:30-6. Free. "Gloria De Arcangelis & Koo Schadler" use medieval painting technique of egg tempera to create contemporary images [through 1/5].

CFM Gallery 112 Greene St. (Prince St.), 212-966-3864. Mon.-Sat. 11-6; Sun. 12-6. Free. "Cazuko Toda," Japanese sculptor shows strange, melancholy figures in first one-person U.S. show [through 12/30].

DCA Gallery 252 W. 28th St. (betw. 10th & 11th Ave.), 212-255-5511, www.dcagallery.com Tues.-Sat. 10-6; closed Sun. & Mon. Free. "Small Problems?Big Solutions," funny/sad line paintings on stupidity of everyday life by Danish artist Lars Norgard [through 1/19].

Exit Art 548 B'way (betw. Prince & Spring Sts.), 212-925-2928, www.exitart.org Tues.-Fri. 10-6; Sat. 11-6; closed Sun. & Mon. Min. contrib. $2. "Boomerang" asks 11 collectors "If you had $100,000 to spend on art, what would you choose?" [through 12/29].

First Street Gallery 526 W. 26th St. (betw. 10th & 11th Aves.), 646-336-8053, www.firststreetgallery.net Tues.-Sat. 11-6. "Honoring New York," a group exhibit [through 12/29].

Gagosian Gallery 555 W. 24th St. (11th Ave.), 212-741-1111, www.gagosian.com Tues.-Sat. 10-6. Free. "Instant Gratification," Tim Noble & Sue Webster's Beverly Hills-inspired works incorporate dollar bills & neon [through 1/12].

The Gallery At the American Bible Society 1865 B'way (betw. 61st & 62nd Sts.), 212-408-1500. Mon.-Weds. & Fri. 10-6; Thurs. 10-7; Sat. 10-5; closed Sun. Free. "Devoción del Pueblo: Religious Folk Art Of Guatemala" showcases pieces made by indigenous people [through 12/29].

Gallery 292 120 Wooster St. (betw. Prince & Spring Sts.), 212-431-0292. Tues.-Sat. 11-6; closed Sun. & Mon. Free. "Jan Lauschmann," dreamlike photographs from the 1920s [through 1/26].

Howard Greenberg Gallery 120 Wooster St. (betw. Prince & Spring Sts.), 212-431-0292, www.howardgreenberg.com Tues.-Sat. 11-6; closed Sun. & Mon. "Edward Weston: Legacy" shows a variety of gorgeously composed Modernist photographs from self-portraits to desert landscapes w/rare selections from family collections [through 1/26].

Hereart Gallery 145 6th Ave. (betw. Spring & Broome Sts.), 212-647-0202 x308. Daily. Free. The Chronoplastics art collective takes you on a "Mysterious Journey" feat. 10 sculptors, painters, textile-makers, video animators & more w/a "shared understanding of future protocol" from Taiwan, Chicago, London & New York [through 1/27].

Hirschl & Adler Galleries 21 E. 70th St. (Madison Ave.), 212-535-8810, www.hirschlandadler.com Tues.-Fri. 9:30-4:45. Free. "Of the Newest Fashion," masterpieces of American Neo-Classical furniture from 1810-1840 [through 2/2].

Jan Krugier Gallery 41 E. 57th St. (Madison Ave.), 212-755-7288. Tues.-Sat. 10-5:30. Free. "Traces: Primitive & Modern Expressions," 35 primitive sculptures, paintings & masks alongside 36 20th-century works by Picasso, Paul Klee & Joan Miro [through 1/19].

Leica Gallery 670 B'way (Bond St.), 212-777-3051, Tues.-Fri. 11-6; Sat. 12-6. Free. "William Albert Allard: Portraits Of America" trains National Geographic-honed eye on people from Pennsylvania Amish country to the Minnesota lakes to Faulkner's Mississippi [through 1/12].

Ricco Maresca Gallery 528 W. 20th St., 3rd fl. (10th Ave.), 212-627-4819, www.riccomaresca.com Tues.-Sat. 11-6. Free. "Natural Selection" by Jayne Hinds Bidaut feat. 50 photographic tintypes of embalmed animals in dioramas & "Small Paintings" by Hester Simpson has 8" by 8" fields of color?proceeds to benefit Red Cross Disaster Relief [through 1/5].

Mastel & Mastel Gallery 70 Washington St., #700 (betw. Front & York Sts.), Dumbo, 646-452-1300, www.mastelgallery.com Tues.-Fri. 12-6; Sat. & Sun. 1-6. Free. "The Gift Show" helps those of us who can't pick out good presents w/sculptures, jewelry, bags, blown glass, lamps, origami & more from many artists, priced from $1-$500 & benefiting the Red Cross & Phoenix House [through 12/30].

Mitchell-Innes & Nash Gallery 1018 Madison Ave. (78th St.), 212-721-5350. Tues.-Sat. 10-5. Free. "Roy Lichtenstein: Brushstrokes, Four Decades," 30 Pop Art paintings, drawings & sculptures [through 1/12].

Momenta Art Gallery 72 Berry St. (N. 10th St.), Williamsburg, 718-218-8058, www.momentaart.org Fri.-Mon. 12-6. Free. "Airbag Architecture," installation by anonymous art collective KIT (constructs trophies from car seat material) & "The Trials Of Dr. Kawalksi," installation by William Scarbrough (documents a mysterious life story) [through 1/14].

Plus Ultra Gallery 235 S. 1st St. (Roebling St.), Williamsburg, 718-387-3844, www.plusultragallery.com Sat. & Sun. 12-6. Free. "Salon Style" floor-to-ceiling contemporary photographs from 14 artists [through 1/13].

Posteritati Movie Posters 241 Centre St. (betw. Broome & Grande Sts.), 212-226-2207, www.posteritati.com Tues.-Sun. 11-7; closed Mon. Free. "Japanese Movie Posters, 1950-1980" feat. Eiko Ishioka's Apocalypse Now, Kurosawa's crayon art for Kagemusha & 33 more [through 1/13].

Radio House Gallery 601 W. 26th St., 14th fl., (11th Ave.), 212-620-7630 www.artnet.com/radiohouse.html Tues.-Sat. 11:30-6. Free. "Pablo Cano?New Work" has eight-foot sculptures & paintings inspired by relics, the Classical era & Dada [through 12/28].

_A Ramona Studio_ 65 W. 37th St., 4th fl. (6th Ave.), 212-398-1904. Fri. & Sat. 12-4. Free. "Hilary Lorenz: Cellular Studies," large format color prints based on cell structures [through 1/19].

Robin Rice Gallery 325 W. 11th St. (betw. Greenwich & Washington Sts.), 212-366-6660. Thurs.-Sat. 1-7; Sun. 1-6. Free. "Tina West," mysterious color photographs [through 12/30].

St. Peter's Church 619 Lexington Ave. (54th St.), 212-935-2200. Daily 9-7. "Shirley Fuerst" shows Mylar sculptures inspired by nature [through 1/30].

Howard Scott Gallery 529 W. 20th St., 7th fl. (betw. 10th & 11th Aves.), 646-486-7004, call for times. "Fred Stonehouse" eccentric paintings depicting sideshow-esque mutations [through 1/5].

Anita Shapolsky Gallery 152 E. 65th St. (Lexington Ave.), 212-452-1094. Weds.-Sat. 11-6. Free. "Jackson Pollock," set of serigraphs produced by his brother in 1951 shown w/works by Lee Krasner & others [through 2/23].

Bruce Silverstein Gallery 504 W. 22nd St. (10th Ave.), 212-627-3930. Tues.-Sat. 11-6. Free. "Barbara Morgan: Leaps & Bounds" feat. rare vintage doc. photos of American modern dance, 1935-44 [through 1/12].

Smack Mellon Studios 56 Water St. (Front St.), Dumbo, 718-834-8761, www.smackmellon.org Weds.-Sun. 12-6; closed Mon. & Tues. Free. "Peppermint" group show comments on fetishism w/installations, photos, collages, boxes & "anonymous space for touching" [through 1/13].

Soma NYC Gallery 437 E. 9th St. (betw. 1st Ave. & Ave. A), 212-460-8125 www.at149st.com Tues.-Sun. 2-10. Free. "Where Were You In '82?" retrospective incl. photos, paintings, clothing, hiphop flyers & spray paint [through 2/4].

Times Square Astrovision S. corner, 7th Ave. (B'way), www.creativetime.org "The 59th Minute" of every hour on this giant screen is given to short films by Gary Hill, Mary Lucier & Michael Snow [through 1/27].

Ubu Gallery 16 E. 78th St. (Madison Ave.), 212-794-4444. Tues.-Sat. 11-6. Free. "Eugene Atget: Documenting 'The Zone'," rare photos of the fortifications & rag-pickers outside Paris, ca.1910 [through 1/5].

White Columns 320 W. 13th St. (Horatio St.), 212-924-4212, www.whitecolumns.org Weds.-Sun. 12-6. Free. "Yellow Brick Road," group showing of paintings, photography, sculpture & installation using imaginary characters & fantastical settings; artists incl. John Hodany, Mala Iqbal, Peter Kreider & Amy Vogel [through 1/27].

Williamsburg Art & Historical Center 135 B'way (Bedford Ave.), 718-486-7372, www.wahcenter.org Sat. & Sun. 12-6. Free. "Nina Talbot & Misa Namekawa" pres. paintings from Talbot's "Shoprite" series feat. immigrants buying groceries & Namekawa's "Fragile Art," social experiment in which pedestrian wear & tear breaks five-inch reproductions of the Statue of Liberty [through 12/30].

Zwirner & Wirth Gallery 32 E. 69th St. (Madison Ave.), 212-517-8677, www.zwirnerandwirth.com Tues.-Sat. 10-6. Free. "The Proper Meaning," paintings, sculptures & drawings by surrealists Rene Magritte, Max Ernst, Hans Bellmer & more [through Jan.].

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. "Mikromegas" exhibits stickpins [through 1/6]. Three-part exhibit "Objects for Use: Handmade by Design" incl. baskets, quilts, harps & dogsleds partitioned into "Objects for Interior Space," "Objects for Food & Dining" & "Objects for Sports, Music & Play" [through 1/6].

American Folk Art Museum 45 W. 53rd St. (5th Ave.), 212-595-9533, www.folkartmuseum.org Tues.-Sun. 10-6, Fri. 10-8. Free. "The Henry Darger Collection" christens their new building w/26 paintings (some double-sided & nine-feet long) by very strange epic 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, $7.50 st./s.c., $6 child. "The Genomic Revolution," exhibition & explanation of sci-fi fantasy that's already here [through 1/1]. "Meeting God: Elements Of Hindu Devotion," artifacts & photos shine light on rituals of Hinduism [through 2/24]. "Pearls" explores the jewel w/half-a-million objects [through 4/14].

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, $4 st./s.c. Child under 16 free. Completely renovated museum feat. "Monks & Merchants" exhibit of 120 objects from 4th- to 7th-century China [through 1/6]. "Conversations w/Traditions" tackles Asia's indigenous languages, artists & modern issues [through 2/17].

The Bronx Museum Of Art 1040 Grand Concourse (165th St.), Bronx, 718-681-6000. Weds. 12-9; Thurs.-Sun. 12-6. $3, $2 st./s.c., child under 12 free. "Context: Recent Art from Cuba" showcases six Havana-based artists, painters & photographers [through 3/3].

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. "Wit & Wine: A New Look At Ancient Iranian Ceramics from the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation" delivers the pots [through 12/30]. "Eternal Egypt" borrrows more than 140 ancient statues, portraits, luxury items & funerary objects from the British Museum [through 2/24]. "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. Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas in Madrid brings 186-piece collection of early 20th-century "Glass Of the Avant-Garde: From Vienna Secession to Bauhaus" to National Design Museum [through 2/24]. "Russel Wright: Creating American Lifestyle" celebrates inventor of name-brand marketing & modernist designer w/over 350 artifacts incl. furniture, drawings, tableware, photos & videos [through 3/20].

Cooper Union Foundation Bldg., E. 7th St. (3rd Ave.), 212-353-4214, www.cooper.edu/month.html Mon.-Fri. 11-7; Sat. 12-5; closed Sun. Free. "Massin In Continuo: a Dictionary" celebrates innovative French graphic designer & inventor of "expressive typography" [through 3/2].

Czech Center New York 1109 Madison Ave. (83rd St.), 212-288-0830, www.czechcenter.com Tues., Weds., Fri. 9-5; Thurs. 9-7. "Atelier Langhans" resurrects 100 lost portraits by photographer Langhans, whose Prague studio was nationalized in the Communist takeover of 1948 [through 12/31].

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. NY-based artist "Roni Horn" displays three series of photographs combining faces & nature [through 2/17]. Video installation "Knots + Surfaces" reopens [through 2/24]. 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 6/17].

The Frick Collection 1 E. 70th St. (betw. Madison & 5th Aves.), 212-288-0700, www.frick.org Tues.-Sat. 10-6; Sun. 1-6; closed Mon. $10, $5 st./s.c. "The Art Of the Timekeeper," 21 fancy clocks & watches from the 16th-19th centuries [through 2/24].

Guggenheim Museum 1071 5th Ave. (89th St.), 212-423-3500, www.guggenheim.org Tues. & Sun. 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 2 centuries [through 1/27]. "Norman Rockwell: Pictures for the American People" finishes up its successful American run, spanning his 60-year career, incl. 70 paintings & 322 Saturday Evening Post covers [through 3/3].

Hebrew Union College Brookdale Center, 1 W. 4th St. (betw. B'way & Mercer St.), 212-824-2205. Mon.-Thurs. 9-6; Fri. 9-3; Sun. 10-2; closed Sat. Free. Through letters, memorabilia & photos, "The Kindertransport Journey: Memory into History" captures rescue of children prior to WWII [through 2/4].

The IndoCenter Of Art & Culture 530 W. 25th St. (betw. 10th & 11th Sts.), 212-462-4221, www.indocenter.org Tues.-Sat. 11-6; closed Sun. & Mon. Sug. contrib. "From Goddess to Pin Up: Icons Of Femininity In Indian Calendar Art" explores popular culture of South Asians [through 1/19].

Japan Society 333 E. 47th St. (betw. 1st & 2nd Aves.), 212-832-1155, www.jpnsoc.org Tues.-Fri. 11-6; Sat. & Sun. 11-5; closed. Mon. $5, $3 st./s.c. "Traditional Japanese Design: Five Tastes" feat. over 140 objects from 17th to 19th century that reflect the "tastes" of artless simplicity, Zen austerity, gorgeous splendor, edo chic & ancient times [through 1/6].

Jewish Museum 1109 5th Ave. (92nd St.), 212-423-3271, www.thejewishmuseum.org Mon., Weds. & Thurs. 11-5:45; Tues. 11-9; Sun. 10-5:45; closed Fri. & Sat. $8, $5.50 st./s.c., child. under 12 free. Pay-what-you-wish Tues. after 5. "Arnold Dreyblatt: The Re-Collection Mechanism" installation [through 2/10]. "Ben Katchor," comic strip artist & author of The Jew of New York, displays illustrations, drawings, graphic novels & set designs [through 2/10]. Berlin-based artist pres. "Doug & Mike Starn: Ramparts Cafe," multimedia reaction to Jerusalem by Brooklyn twins [through 2/10]. "The Emergence Of Jewish Artists In 19th-Century Europe" feat. 70 works by 21 artists incl. Camille Pissarro, Max Liebermann & Simeon Solomon [through 3/17].

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. "Century Of Design, Part IV: 1975-2000" explores styles & trends from last quarter-century?some items scream "IKEA" [through 1/6]. "Candace Wheeler: The Art & Enterprise Of American Design" devotes several wings of museum to artist known for her work in textiles, wallpapers & furniture [through 1/6]. "Extreme Beauty: The Body Transformed" pres. corsets, ruffs & more at the Costume Institute [through 3/17]. "Splendid Isolation: Art Of Easter Island"?more than just giant stone heads?over 50 wooden sculptures, barkcloth figures & examples of Rongorongo, the island's undeciphered script [through 8/4].

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 3/3].

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. "The Children's Village: A Legacy Of Caring" addresses issues like welfare & intervention in NYC [through 1/20]. "Hirschfeld's New York" documents Manhattan through 100 works by illustrator Al Hirschfeld, plus lithography & gouache pieces [through 1/27]. "A Community Of Many Worlds: Arab Americans In New York City," 80 photos, books, costumes, textiles exploring immigration, identity & assimilation [through 6/2].

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. "London Fashion" feat. over 80 "vintage punk anti-fashion & mod street styles" by renowned designers incl. Vivenne Westwood, Dr. Martens & Manolo Blahnik [through 1/12].

Museum Of Jewish Heritage 18 First Pl. (betw. Battery Pl. & West St.), Battery Park City, 212-968-1800, www.mjhnyc.org Sun.-Weds. 9-5; Thurs. 9-8; Fri. 9-3. $7, $5 st./s.c., child. under 5 free. "Scream the Truth At the World," an archive of drawings, photos & newspapers secretly collected in Nazi-occupied Poland [through 2/18].

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. "Projects 74: Ricci Albenda" transforms the walls into off-kilter corridors & trompe l'oeil rooms [through 1/22]. "Projects 73: Olafur Eliasson?Seeing Yourself Sensing," displayed in MoMA's Garden Hall, addresses the museum's constant construction & renovation [through 5/21].

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. "All Roads Are Good: Native Voices on Life & Culture" displays more than 300 symbolic objects [permanent]. "Across Borders: Beadwork In Iroquios Life" incl. over 300 pieces of "tourist art" developed in the 19th century [through 5/19].

Neue Galerie New York 1048 5th Ave. (86th St.), 212-628-6200. Fri., Sat. & Mon. 11-7; Sun. 1-6. $7-$10. "New Worlds: German & Austrian Art, 1890-1940" inaugural exhibit incl. Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele & more [through 2/18].

New Museum Of Contemporary Art 583 B'way (betw. Houston & Prince Sts.), 212-219-1222. Tues.-Sun. 12-6; Thurs. 12-8; closed Mon. $6, $3 st./s.c. & Thurs. 6-8, free for those under 18. Free Thurs. 6-8. "A Portrait Of the Lost Boys," Jacqueline Fraser's installation of wire-sculpted women draped in multicolored fabric, accompanied by wire boy-heads [through 1/13]. "A Work In Progress" opens up the archives to exhibit paintings, photos, new media & installations by more than 40 artists [through 1/13]. "World Views Open Studio" has reconstituted & new installations, videos & drawings by artists whose studios were on the 92nd fl. of the World Trade Center [through 1/13]. "Tom Friedman" pres. process-oriented sculptures, photographs & works on paper using sugar cubes, gum, aspirin & spaghetti [through 2/3].

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. "Manhattan Unfurled" incl. two continuous 37-foot pen & ink drawings of the West & East Sides by Matteo Pericoli, eight-part 360-degree panorama drawn by Edward Burckhardt in the mid-19th century [through 1/6]. "John Koch: Painting a New York Life," works created by the artist as he looked over Central Park in the 50s & 60s [through 1/27]. "New York Sept. 11" pres. documentary essays by Magnum agency photographers as first exhibit in the Society's "History Responds" project [through 2/25].

New York Transit Museum Gallery Annex, Grand Central Terminal, 42nd St. (Park Ave. S.), 718-694-5102. Mon.-Fri. 8-8; Sat. & Sun. 10-6. "Moving London 1901-2001: The Story Of London's Transport" [through 1/19].

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. "Animations" showcases cartoons, computer imaging technologies & 3-D works [through 1/2]. "Driven," public video work of violence & desire by Maria Friberg & Monika Larsen Dennis, projected onto the roof & visible from the elevated 7 line [through 1/15]. "Loop," multimedia exhibit about time & repetition [through 1/27]. "Janet Cardiff: A Survey Of Works, Incl. Collaborations w/George Bures Miller," guided audio tour presented by Canadian artist [through 1/31]. "David Remfry" British artist pres. large watercolor portraits & party scenes, in conjunction w/cropped photographs of social milling by Jessica Craig-Martin [through 1/31]. "Kenny Sharf" pres. 30 animation cells to be used in upcoming Cartoon Network special, along w/two major paintings [through 1/31].

Queens Museum Of Art New York City Bldg., Flushing Meadows Corona Park, 718-592-9700, www.queensmuse.org Tues.-Fri. 10-5; Sat. & Sun. 12-50; closed Mon. Contrib. $5, $2.50 st./s.c., child. under 5 free. "Jacob Lawrence: The John Brown Series," more than 20 silk-screened prints [through 1/27]. "The Long Walk to Freedom: Portraits Of Civil Rights Activists Then & Now" documents the lives of 16 brave men [through 1/27]. "Great Representations," Jane Benson's site-specific installation of photographs, watercolor & shadow tracings highlights the forgotten stars of 1930s segregated baseball leagues [through 2/7]. "Translated Acts: Performance & Body Art from East Asia 1990-2001" feat. paintings & performance from 26 Asian artists [through 2/17]. "Panorama Of the City Of New York," 9000+-sq.-foot model of NYC from 1964 World's Fair [permanent].

Scandinavia House 58 Park Ave. (betw. 37th & 38th Sts.), 212-779-3587, www.amscan.org Tues.-Sun. 11-5; closed. Mon. contrib. $3, $2 st./s.c. "Strindberg & Photography" feat. 40 of the Swedish playwright's portrait photographs & celestographs plus soundscape?a small space, but quite relaxing [through 1/28].

Swiss Institute Of Contemporary Art 495 B'way, 3rd. fl. (betw. Spring & Broome Sts.), 212-925-2035, www.swissinstitute.net Tues.-Sat. 11-6. Free. "Christian Jankowski," imaginative performance/video installation art incl. My Life As a Dove, Singing Customs Officers & more [through 1/12].

Visual Arts Museum 209 E. 23rd St. (3rd Ave.), 212-592-2010, www.schoolofvisualarts.edu Mon.-Weds. & Fri. 9-6:30; Thurs. 9-8, Sat. 10-5. Free. "New York Digital Salon" opens 9th-annual exhibit w/art from 17 countries incl. digital prints, CD-ROMs, computer animation, digital music & more [through 1/16].

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. "First Exposure?Sharon Harper: Photographs from the Floating World" displays b&w landscape shots by young artist [through 1/6]. "Burt Barr: Projections" questions cinematic devices in four silent works [through 1/27]. "Over the Line: The Art & Life Of Jacob Lawrence" addresses the African-American experience from Civil War to Civil Rights [through 2/3].

Whitney Museum Of American Art At Phillip Morris 120 Park Ave. (betw. 41st & 42nd Sts.), 917-663-2453, www.whitney.org Mon.-Fri. 11-6; Thurs. 11-7:30. Free. "G-Force" sculpture installation by E.V. Day, created for the Sculpture Court, uses women's underwear (thongs & g-strings) to make bird & plane shapes [through 1/4]. "Alex Katz: Small Paintings," is also on display at Whitney Museum of American Art, see above listing [through 1/4].

Openings

Blue Mountain Gallery 530 W. 25th St. (betw. 10th & 11th Aves.), 646-486-4730. Tues.-Sat. 11-6; free. "New Members Show" 5-person show of paintings based on maps, the country, flowers, trees & ponds [opens Thurs. 5-8].

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. "Adrian's Camelot" pres. 80 pencil & watercolor/gouache costume drawings by famed B'way & film designer Gilbert Adrian [opens Sun., through 5/26].

West Side Arts Coalition B'way Mall Community Center, B'way center island (96th St.), 212-316-6024. Weds. 6-8, Sat. & Sun. 12-6. Free. "Versatility of Expression" 12 artists working in diverse mediums & styles [opens Sat. 2:30-5:30].