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Earthwork Acquired The Dia Center for the Arts has acquired Robert Smithson's monumental earthwork "Spiral Jetty," a gift from the artist's estate. This major addition to Dia's collection is located on the Great Salt Lake in Utah, where easier access will be provided in the future.

Controversy Ensues New York's mayor Rudolph Giuliani created headlines over his opposition to a painting of the Virgin Mary by British artist Chris Ofili included in the controversial exhibit "Sensation" at the Brooklyn Museum of Art. Ofili, whose work is in the permanent collections of the Tate and MOMA and who is also Catholic, called his use of shellacked elephant droppings a cultural reference to his African heritage. Giuliani threatened to pull public funding from the institution. The legal battle begins.

Winners Announced Recipients of the 1999 National Medal of Arts include Irene Diamond, arts patron; Michael Graves, architect and designer; and sculptor George Segal, among others.

Museums Planned Construction has begun in Manhattan on a new six-story building to house the Museum of American Folk Art, caretaker and promoter of nearly 4,000 artifacts of American culture.--The Guggenheim Museum has submitted a proposal for a dramatic new building designed by Frank Gehry that would tower over four East River piers and include exhibition wings, a theater, skating rink and more at a cost of $850 million.

Exhibitions:

Yonkers, N.Y. -- "Art and Nature: The Hudson River School Paintings from the Albany Institute of History and Art" at the Hudson River Museum includes 26 of America's renowned and important 19th century landscape paintings by Cole, Church, Durand and others. Through Dec. 19 and then travels to Kalamazoo, Louisville, Chicago, and Morristown, NJ.

Pittsburgh, PA -- "Carnegie International 1999," the 53rd in the series that was founded in 1896, at the Carnegie Museum of Art features paintings, sculpture, and film and video installations from 41 emerging artists from 22 countries. Nov. 6 through March 26.

Denver, CO -- "Impressionism: Paintings Collected by European Museums" is the largest exhibition of Impressionist works ever presented in the Rocky Mountain region and features 58 works from 33 museums in 28 cities in 13 countries across Europe. The exhibit can be viewed through Dec. 12 on this final stop of its U.S. tour.

West Coast -- The work of 70 emerging French artists will be showcased this fall in "Cęte Ouest: A Season of French Contemporary Art" at various cultural institutions from Seattle to San Diego. For a list of participating organizations, call the French Consulate in L.A. at (310) 235-3289.

New York City -- The Museum of Modern Art has scheduled a 17-month series of exhibitions under the title "MOMA 2000." Divided into chronological cycles, the first includes "Modern Starts: People" (figurative art) through Feb. 1; "Modern Starts: Places" (geographical sites) through March 14; and "Modern Starts: Things" (object-like works of art) from Nov. 21 to March 14.

November Birthdays:

3 Walker Evans

11 Edouard Vuillard

15 Wayne Thiebaud

26 George Segal

29 James Rosenquist

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