Update

Catch these events in July and August

Edited by Meghan Edwards -- Interior Design, 6/1/2007 12:00:00 AM

1. The annual group show at Chicago's Zg Gallery, "Zg Summer" includes University of Pennsylvania professor Jackie Tileston's richly evocative Disembodied (Under Different Skies), a mixed-media work. "I think of my paintings. . .as a hetero-topia in which contraries are put to work, knitting the world together in a kind of visual globalism," the artist has written. July 13–September 1; 312-654-9900; zggallery.com.

2. "A Lingering Presence: Contemporary Photographs of Auschwitz" marks the 60th anniversary of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in Poland. Simon Watson photographed sites previously closed to the public, such as the desolate dissecting room shown in the C Print Auschwitz I, Block 10, Room 9. July 2–August 2; 48-33-844-80-03; auschwitz.org.pl.

3. Spanning an entire career, "Lessons From Bernard Rudofsky" gathers 200 of the architect and critic's original designs at Montreal's Centre Canadien d'Architecture. Of the six sections that compose the show, the Unfashionable Human Body features this 1949 cotton textile, Wheels. July 4–September 30; 514-939-7001; cca.qc.ca.

4. The red-hot phenomenon of contemporary Asian art is heating up a series of exhibitions at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. The first, "Red Hot: Asian Art Today From the Chaney Family Collection," presents works from Tokyo; Beijing and Shanghai; Seoul, South Korea; and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Your Dog, a sculpture in fiberglass, is by Yoshitomo Nara. July 22–October 21; 713-639-7300; mfah.org.

5. Dovima With Elephants, Evening Dress by Dior, Cirque d'Hiver, 1955, taken in Paris, is one of the most famous images by one of the most famous fashion photographers. It's now appearing in "Richard Avedon: Photographs, 1946-2004," which brings the faces of statesmen, artists, and actors to the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Humlebæk, Denmark. August 24–January 13; 45-49-19-07-19; louisiana.dk.

Update July

"Banks Violette"

Through August 17

Gladstone Gallery and Team, New York; 212-206-9300; 212-279-9219; gladstonegallery.com; teamgal.com.

Documenta 12

Through September 23

Museum Fridericianum Veranstaltungs, Kassel, Germany; 49-561-70-72-70; documenta.de.

Skulptur Projekte Münster 07

Through September 30

Multiple venues, Germany; 49-251-492-2726; skulptur-projekte.de.

"Venice Biennale"

Through November 21

Multiple venues; 39-041-521-8711; labiennale.org.

"Bryan Ida: Seed"

July 7-August 18

Bandini Art, Los Angeles; 310-837-6230; bandiniart.com.

"Savage Luxury: Modernist Design in Melbourne"

July 14–November 4

Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, Australia; 61-3-9850-1500; heide.com.au.

DesignDC '07

July 18-20

Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, Washington, D.C.; 202-667-1798; aiadesigndc.org.

"Cerca Series: Peter Simensky"

July 21–September 23

Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego; 858-454-3541; mcasd.org.

Campana Brothers in the Garden

July 21–October 14

Victoria and Albert Museum, London; 44-20-7942-2000; vam.ac.uk.

"Alex Hartley"

July 27–October 21

Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh; 44-131-225-2383; fruitmarket.co.uk.

Scope Hamptons

July 27-29

East Hampton Studios, Wainscott, New York; 212-268-1522; scope-art.com.

"Wes Disney: A Retrospective"

July 27–September 8

Firehouse Gallery, Burlington, Vermont; 802-865-7165; burlingtoncityarts.com.

"Edward Weston: Enduring Vision"

July 31–November 25

J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; 310-440-7300; getty.edu.

Update August

"Textiles of Klimt's Vienna"

August 3–January 6

Textile Museum, Washington, D.C.; 202-667-0441; textilemuseum.org.

Sydney Design 07

August 4-19

Powerhouse Museum, Australia; 61-2-9217-0111; powerhousemuseum.com.

"A Disco Ball in the Woods"

August 4–September 4

Thomas Robertello Gallery, Chicago; 312-421-1587; thomasrobertello.com.

"Joanne Dugan"

August 9-22

Ernden Fine Art Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts; 508-487-6700; ernden.com.

"Nature Design"

August 10–December 2

Museum für Gestaltung, Zurich; 41-43-446-6767; museum-gestaltung.ch.

"Looking Forward/Looking Back: Recent Acquisitions in 20th- and 21st-Century Design"

August 17–October 14

Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, New York; 212-849-8300; cooperhewitt.org.

Contour

August 18–October 21

Multiple venues, Mechelen, Belgium; 32-15-33-08-01; contour2007.be.

"The Other Collection: Homage to Hildy and Ernst Beyeler"

August 19–January 6

Fondation Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland; 41-61-645-9700; beyeler.com.

NeoCon Xpress

August 22-23

Los Angeles Convention Center; 312-527-4141; merchanisemart.com/neoconxpress.

"States of Mind: Dan and Lia Perjovschi"

August 23–January 6

Nasher Museum of Art, Durham, North Carolina; 919-684-5135; nasher.duke.edu.

"Infinite Island: Contemporary Caribbean Art"

August 31–January 27

Brooklyn Museum, New York; 718-638-5000; brooklynmuseum.org.