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CRITICS' CHOICE, Page 4
BOOKS
THE LYRE OF ORPHEUS by Robertson Davies (Viking; $19.95).
The third novel in a trilogy about the life and aftereffects of
an eccentric millionaire. An engaging plot involving high
finance, grand opera and a voice from Limbo.
DICTIONARY OF THE KHAZARS: A LEXICON NOVEL by Milorad Pavic
(Knopf; $19.95). A wacky, totally fabricated reference book,
translated from Serbo-Croatian, about a people who vanished
centuries ago. Sheer oddity mixed with eerie entertainment.
DEAR MILI by Wilhelm Grimm (Farrar, Straus & Giroux;
$16.95). A newly discovered Grimm fairy tale relates a stark
saga of childhood and the death of innocence, amplified by
Maurice Sendak's floating vistas and romantic palette.
ART
PAINTING IN RENAISSANCE SIENA, Metropolitan Museum of Art,
New York City. The gentle, graceful 15th century fragments and
miniatures in this scrupulous show offer a respite from the
brutish realities of modern life. Through March 19.
RICHARD ARTSCHWAGER, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los
Angeles. Formica and Celotex are among the odd materials
employed by this enigmatic but important American painter and
sculptor. Through Jan. 29.
THE ART OF PAOLO VERONESE: 1528-1588, National Gallery of
Art, Washington. To see Veronese's glowingly colored,
exquisitely textured works is to glimpse the splendor of
Venice's Golden Age. Through Feb. 20.
TELEVISION
BOWL GAMES (Jan. 2). A day late this year, but a blitz of
seven -- count 'em -- games will try to dispel those postholiday
hangovers: the Cotton on CBS; Florida Citrus, Rose and Sugar on
ABC; and Hall of Fame, Fiesta and Orange on NBC.
THE POWER GAME (PBS, Jan. 2-5, 8 p.m. on most stations).
Former New York Times correspondent Hedrick Smith tries to
explain who really wields the clout in Washington in this
series based on his book.