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New Museum of Contemporary Art

This contemporary arts museum has moved closer to the mainstream in recent years, but it's only a safety margin in from the edge as far as most of us are concerned. Expect adventurous and well-curated exhibitions. The 2004 exhibition calendar had not been announced at press time, but previous schedules have included "Portrait of the Lost Boys," New Zealander Jacqueline Fraser's moving narrative made of sumptuous fabric and fragile wire sculptures that examines the high incidence of suicide among teenage boys in New Zealand; the experimental film and slide projections of Brazilian artist Hélio Oiticica; Belgian artist Wim Devoye's Cloaca, a fascinating sculptural installation using an array of laboratory glassware, electric pumps, computer monitors, and plastic tubing to both scientifically and artistically replicate the organic function of the human digestive system. The Zenith Media Lounge, a digital and media arts technology space housing rotating installations, is free to the public. In 2005, the museum will move to a new 60,000-square-foot, $35-million home on the Bowery at Prince Street.

583 Broadway.Phone: 212/219-1222.Open: Tues-Sun noon-6pm; Thurs noon-8pm (Zenith Media Lounge to 6:30pm).Admission $6 adults, $3 seniors and students; Thurs 6-8pm, free to visitors 18 and under.Subway: N, R to Prince St.; F, S to Broadway/Lafayette St.


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