Ordinarily, to see the largest and most comprehensive collection of ancient Egyptian art outside of Egypt, you'd have to go to London. But for the next four years, 150 objects from that collection are coming to a museum near you. The statues, papyri, portraits, jewelry, mirrors, cosmetic containers, and other luxury items - some of which once belonged to pharaohs - span 3,500 years, from pre-dynastic to Roman times.

The Toledo Museum of Art, March 2 - May 27 (419-255-8000; www.toledomuseum.org)
Wonders: The Memphis International Cultural Series, at The Pyramid, June 28 - October 21 (800-263-6744; www.wonders.org)
Brooklyn Museum of Art, November 23, 2001 - February 24, 2002 (718-638-5000; www.brooklynart.org)
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, April 12 - July 7, 2002 (816-561-4000; www.nelson-atkins.org)
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, December 22, 2002 - March 16, 2003 (612-870-3131; www.artsMIA.org)
The Field Museum, Chicago, April 25 - August 10, 2003 (312-922-9410; www.fmnh.org)
The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, September 2003 - January 2004 (410-547-9000; www.thewalters.org)

YES YOKO ONO

She wasn't just Mrs. John Lennon. One of the most challenging artists to emerge from the ferment of the 1960's avant-garde, Yoko Ono transformed music, film, performance, and language through her imagination. Working often with the simplest of objects - a chair, a chessboard, an apple, a cloth - she created complex and provocative events and visions with a distinctively Asian sensibility. Now it's time to step back and evaluate her work.