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Debut Scheduled--MASS MoCA, the largest center for contemporary visual and performing arts in the U.S., will officially open to the public the weekend of May 28-30, 1999, in North Adams, Massachusetts. There are more than 220,000 square feet of galleries, theaters and art fabrication spaces. In celebration of the opening, the museum will offer free admission to the public during opening day, Sunday, May 30. For more info on opening events/tickets, call (413) 664-4481.

Milestone--Helen Aberson Mayer, author of the children's story that inspired the 1941 Disney cartoon, "Dumbo," has died at the age of 91. Harold Pearl illustrated the book and was listed as co-author when it was published in 1939.

Garden to Open--On May 23, the National Gallery of Art will open a dynamic outdoor sculpture garden designed to offer year-round enjoyment to the public in a preeminent location on the National Mall. The landscaping of the 6.1 acre space provides a distinctive setting for nearly 20 major works, including important new acquisitions by such internationally renowned artists as Louise Bourgeois, Mark di Suvero, Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, and Tony Smith. The National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden is given to the nation by The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation. Admission is free. (202) 737-4215.

Exhibitions:

Washington, D.C. - National Gallery of Art through May 31 - From Botany to Bouquets: Flowers in Northern Art focuses on 20 to 25 flower still lifes, including those by Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder, Jan Brueghel the Elder, Jan Davidsz de Heem, and Jan van Huysum. Related paintings and drawings by these and other 17C. Dutch and Flemish masters will also be on view, along with books and manuscripts. Passes not required for entry.

New York City - Museum of Modern Art through June 1 - The Museum as Muse: Artists Reflect includes almost 200 paintings, sculptures, photographs, drawings, prints, videos, sound recordings and installations by some 60 artists (Henri Cartier-Bresson, Christo, Joseph Cornell, Marcel Duchamp, etc.) that take on the museum--its concept, function, nature, methods, and relationship to art.

Boston - Museum of Fine Arts through June 6 - Ancient Gold: The Wealth of the Thracians, Treasures From the Republic of Bulgaria includes 200 gold and silver objects dating from 4000 B.C. to 400 A.D. never before displayed outside Bulgaria.

Houston - MD Modern gallery through May 29 - The Figure features works by Will Barnet, Timothy J. Clark, Lorrie Goulet, Philip Pearlstein, and Charles Schmidt.

Greenwich, CT - Bruce Museum of Arts and Science through June 13 - Linda McCartney's 60's: Portrait of an Era includes 50 photographs of rock musicians by the late photographer. This is the first stop on their first American tour.

Atlanta - High Museum through May 16 - Impressionism: Paintings Collected by European Museums includes 60 works by Cezanne, van Gogh, Manet, Renoir, Cassatt, and others from 39 collections in 13 countries. Travels to Seattle Art Museum (June 12 through Aug. 29) and then to the Denver Art Museum (Oct. 2 through Dec. 12).

May Birthdays:

4 Frederic Church

13 Georges Braque

20 William Thornton

22 Mary Cassatt

23 Franz Kline

31 Ellsworth Kelly

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