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Auction Results In Christie's sale of Impressionist and post-Impressionist art found 48 buyers for 52 works offered for a total $88.2 million. A Monet "Waterlilies" sold for $22.5 million. Of 53 works offered at Christie's sale of 20th century art, 38 found buyers. Picasso's "Nude on a Black Armchair" brought $45.1 million. At Sotheby's, 44 of 46 works found buyers, with Picasso's "Seated Woman in a Garden" selling for $49.5 million, the second highest price ever paid for a Picasso. On another night, Modigliani's "Nude Sitting on a Divan (The Beautiful Roman Woman)" sold for $16.7 million, a record for the artist.

Conference Scheduled "Innovation-Transformation-Contemplation," the 11th International Surface Design Conference, will be hosted by the Kansas City Art Institute from May 29 to June 9, 2000. Numerous exhibitions related to the conference theme and textiles in general will coincide with the conference. Entry deadline for both the "Up and Coming" International Student exhibition of works in Fiber and the "Measure for Measure" International Yardage Exhibition is February 1. Call (816) 836-0913.

Judge Rules Re the controversy over the "Sensation" exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum, a federal judge has ruled that city officials violated the Constitution by cutting off funds to the museum in retaliation. The city had withheld a $497,554 payment and then sued in state court to evict the museum from a city-owned site it has leased for over 100 years.

Needy Helped--Arts Against Hunger combines support for the arts with a focus on feeding the hungry. Participants join one of the many food drives held in communities across the country and receive a special discount on the arts event. For further info, call Foodchain (900) 845-3008 (www.foodchain.org) or SecondHarvest (800) 532-FOOD (www.secondharvest.org).

Paintings Returned Three paintings stolen 21 years ago from the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum have mysteriously appeared. The four damaged 17th century paintings were left anonymously in a box at the William Doyle Galleries auction house in Manhattan.

Exhibitions

New York City--Metropolitan Museum of Art--The holiday tradition continues with the annual presentation of the museum's Christmas tree and the Neapolitan Baroque Crèche with more than 200 18th century crèche figures. Through Jan. 9. Also, "Egyptian Art in the Age of the Pyramids" includes sculptural and decorative arts from Egypt's Old Kingdom. Through Jan. 9.

Philadelphia--Philadelphia Museum of Art--"The Kingdoms of Edward Hicks," one of the best known American folk painters, features more than 80 works of art and includes paintings and decorated objects, as well as important manuscript materials. Through Jan. 2.

Portland, ME--Portland Museum of Art--"The Grand Moving Panorama of Pilgrim's Progress" showcases one of the most popular moving panoramas of its time (1850-51) that was just recently rediscovered. "Panorama of Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress" depicts John Bunyan's religious allegory "Pilgrim's Progress." Through Jan. 2 and then to the Wichita State Museum.

Wichita, KS--Wichita Art Museum--"Maurice Prendergast and His Associates: American Impressionist and Early Modernist Works on Paper" from the WAM Collection features two Murdock Collection watercolors by Prendergast and 14 additional watercolors and pastels by American artists of the period. Through Jan. 2.

Atlanta--High Museum--"Norman Rockwell: Pictures for the American People" features more than 70 oil paintings and 322 Saturday Evening Post covers. Through Jan. 30; then travels to Chicago, Washington, San Diego, Phoenix, and Stockbridge, MA.

St. Petersburg, FL--"Winslow Homer Graphics" features 88 wood engravings that Homer produced between 1857 and 1880, many of which were created for leading American publications. Through Jan. 30.

Springfield, MA--Springfield Library and Museums Association--"On the Road with Thomas Hart Benton: Images of a Changing America" features more than 75 of Benton's paintings, lithographs and drawings from his travels throughout the U.S. Through Jan. 9.

Winterthur, DE--Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library--Experience the holidays as seen through the eyes of past generations of America's children during "Visions of Sugarplums: Yuletide at Winterthur 1999." Through Jan. 2.

Worcester, MA--Worcester Art Museum--"Alphonse Mucha: The Spirit of Art Nouveau" features more than 100 works by the avant-garde artist who pioneered art nouveau at the turn of the century. Through Jan. 2.

Washington, DC--National Museum of American Art--"Edward Hopper: The Watercolors" features 56 watercolors made between 1923 and the mid 40s, ranging from early scenes of Gloucester and Cape Cod to works painted on trips to Mexico and Charleston. Through Jan. 3.

Chicago--Field Museum--"Cartier 1900-1939" celebrates the jewelry company's centennial and includes more than 200 examples of Cartier's work. Through Jan. 16.

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