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The article offers information on rumble strips and its success in reducing roadway departures with reduced road noise near residential and environmentally sensitive areas. Topics covered include the effectiveness of rumble strips as safety countermeasures to reduce run-off-the-road and head-on crashes, installations of rumble strips that sometimes create complications, and the potential of the design of the strips that uses an oscillating sinewave pattern to reduce noise outside the vehicle.

This article argues that the United States needs to reorient its development aid to Africa in order to be more effective and to advance its security and diplomatic and economic interests on the continent. To that end the United States should aggressively promote sustainable development through private sector development, avoid venal governments, and look beyond its traditional partners to include the influential African diaspora, local civil societies, and business associations, all with the critical cultural understanding necessary for sustainable development. In so doing, the aim of advancing "soft" power can be strategically realized within the context of a more stable continent. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Features the exhibition, titled 'Picasso Erotique,' featuring Pablo Picasso's paintings, sculptures, prints and drawings focusing on the relationship between art and sex. Picasso's cast of archetypal characters in his artworks; Reflection of the artist's mood and styles in his erotic works; Titles and descriptions of several notable artworks by the artist included in the show.

Focuses on the work of artist Mark Greenwold. Reference to several pieces by Greenwold; Detailed information on the type of image Greenwold portrays in his painting.

Features the exhibition `Documenta' which in Kassel, northwestern Germany, while profiling artistic director Catherine David. Her views on the art form; Background information on David; Information on some of Documenta's locations; Photographs of works exhibited.

Opinion. Discusses some of the issues surrounding the first Hugo Boss Prize, an annual award funded by the men's clothier under the auspices of the Guggenheim Museum, for `new-media' artists in the United States. Background on the award; Similarity with Great Britain's Turner Prize; Guggenheim's plans for the annual award; Background on the six finalists for the prize; Objections raised over the project.

Features Promethean artist Lucas Samara's paintings, drawings, photographs and objects reflecting his obsession with physical metamorphosis and fascination with role playing. Revelation of his essential character in the two-gallery exhibition mounted by PaceWildenstein to celebrate his 60th birthday; `Photo-Transformation'; Lush and painter photographic manipulations.

Examines the role of Sidney Goodman as a model for artists seeking humanist and realist alternatives to 20th century abstraction. Artist's favorite subjects; Realism; Expressionism.

Describes some of the mercurial art work done by Tom Friedman. Classification of the work; Where Friedman's work is being exhibited; Why Friedman's conceptual intrigues are not a distraction from the visual gratifications of his work; Types of material Friedman uses for his work.

Reviews the gallery show of kinetic sculptures made by Robert Whitman, at PaceWildenstein Gallery in SoHo, as reported in the July 1995 issue of Art in America. Detail of his works; Note on his works presented in the show.

Reports on the 1995 Whitney Biennial art exhibition. Focus on sole curator Klaus Kertess; Theme of the exhibit; Works in the show.

Features the works of painter R.B. Kitaj. Contradictory and disjunctive nature of Kitaj's paintings and drawings; Interest in historical, social, political and moral issues; Influence of different art forms; Kitaj's emphasis on humans' striving for wholeness in the face of disintegration.

Discusses Roni Horn's works of art using a Minimalist style and a variety of methods in conveying her views on perceptual and conceptual issues. Using materials as metaphors for beliefs; Concern for matters of form, technique, craft and material; Combination of conceptual, metaphorical and spiritual impulses as essence of Horn's works; Call to perceptual experience; Empiricist views.

Features the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. Dedication to the millions murdered by the Nazis; Facilities; Ellsworth Kelly's work `Memorial'; Sol LeWitt's `Consequence'; Richard Serra's sculpture `Gravity'; Joel Shapiro's sculpture `Loss and Regeneration'; Questions on the representation of the Holocaust; Political issues; Architecture.

Features the art exhibit `Parallel Visions: Modern Artists and Outsider Art,' organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Exploring the relationship between mainstream modern art and the `outsider' art; Works of Henry Darger, Madge Gill, Louis Soutter, Martin Ramirez; More.

Features the works of artist George Herms. California Assemblage, artists who transform trash into art; Distinction from other junk artists; Relaxed, improvisational messiness; Philosophical purpose; Symbolisms inherent in his works; Social and psychological aspects to motto about creation of beauty from trash; Problems with interpretation.

Discusses the witty paintings of John Wesley, which continually use a vocabulary drawn from comic strips and deal with private emotions and oddly mysterious events. Take-offs on `Blondie' and `Popeye' comics; Untitled (Man Regarding Couch); Description of Wesley's works; Varied subject matter; The Aviator's Daughters; Rabbits; Wesley's surrealist/symbolist fascination with woman at the edge of consciousness, close to fantasy and dreaming.

One part of a set of articles examining the reopening of the renovated Guggenheim museum in 1992. The renovation of the Guggenheim Museum and the opening of an annex in New York's Soho district under the leadership of Thomas Krens expanded exhibition, administrative, and storage facilities but has been criticized as an exercise in institutional growth at the expense of art and intellectual life.

Announces plans for the reopening of the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA) in North Adams, Massachusetts in 1998. Efforts of Thomas Krens to promote a vision of the museum; Funding obtained for the museum; Fundamental changes made to the concept of the MASS MoCA; Evolution of the MASS MoCA; Plans for the museum's management. INSET: David Byrne at MASS MoCA, by K.J..

Profiles selections from five decades of painting by Esteban Vicente presented at New York's Berry-Hill Galleries. Abstract expressionism; Color Field paintings; Focus on subtleties of color, space and structure to create a sense of equilibrium; Description of works.

Discusses the traveling exhibition that originated at the Williams College Museum of Art which documents the work of painter and critic George L.K. Morris and his wife, painter and singer Suzy Frelinghuysen--two advocates for Cubism in America between the wars. Profile of Morris, his work and early life; The career of Frelinghuysen; Details of the exhibition.

The article focuses on the reaction of others to exhibition reviews previously penned by the author which appeared on the website for the periodical the "New York Times." The author discusses how his words were taken out of context as well as his reasoning for what he wrote. He goes on to address commentary by professor David Levi Strauss which appeared in the periodical "Art in America" and a petition that has been organized against him accusing him of racism, bigotry and misogyny.

Discusses the aerial photography works of photographer-artist Emmet Gowin. Career background; Gowin's focus on crimes committed by man against nature; Highlights of the 'Changing the Earth' exhibit featuring works by Gowin; Esthetics in the works of Gowin.

Highlights an exhibition of Jim Shaw's artworks at Metro Pictures titled `The Sleep of Reason.' Background on Shaw's artistic career; Works featured at the exhibition; Overview into Shaw's artistic inclinations.

Focuses on the works of artist Gregory Green. Mediums on explosive devices; Projects including a pirate radio station, a satellite and a new island nation; Impact of the Oklahoma City bombing; Rejection of traditional aesthetic motives; Attenuation to the pragmatic value of his sculpture.

Reviews the art exhibition by video artist Diana Thater, which was showcased at the David Zwirner gallery in SoHo, New York City. Description of Thater's art entilted `China'; What is the relationship between nature and technology in Thater's work.

Reviews the exhibition of San Francisco based artist Paul DeMarini at the Bravis Post Lee in New York. DeMarini's mixture of electronics and art; Description of exhibition; Titles of individual pieces; Exhibition's sound reproduction equipment usage.

Presents art exhibitions with pieces depicting garden themes. `Starting a Garden,' show by Will Mentor; `The Garden Project,' painting series by Kerry James Marshall; `Pflanzenzucht Tango,' by Ronald Jones.

Reviews the photography exhibition by Cindy Sherman at Metro Pictures in New York.

Reviews the paintings exhibition of Norman Bluhm at the Ace in New York.

Reviews an art exhibition featuring works by Sylvia Sleigh at Stiebel Modern Gallery in New York City.

Reviews the art exhibition featuring works by Andrew Masullo at Andre Emmerich Gallery in New York City.

Reviews the work of David Salle at the Mary Boone and Gagosian galleries in New York City.

Reviews the art exhibit of Ellen Rothenberg at the Kent art museum in New York City.

Reviews John Monti's sculptures presented at New York's Sculpture Center.

Reviews the exhibit of artist James Biederman at the John Weber gallery. Color-centered paintings; Concentration on line; Works with a preoccupation with process.

Reviews the exhibit of artist Robert Schwartz at the Stiebel Modern gallery.

Reviews the art of Wolfgang Laib.

Reviews the art of Paul McCarthy.

Reviews the paintings of Valerie Jaudon. `Ballets Russes'; `Social Contract'; `Concordance'; `Accord'.

Reviews an art exhibit featuring George Wexler at Fischbach, New York.

Reviews an art exhibit featuring Robert Therrien at Angles, Santa Monica, California.

Reviews an art exhibit featuring Robert Williams at Bess Cutler, New York.

Reviews an art exhibit featuring Lucian Freud at Mary Ryan, New York.

Reviews an art exhibit featuring David Deutsch at Christine Burgin, New York.

Reviews two exhibits featuring Laura Grisi at the Leo Castelli and the Nohra Haime, both in New York.

Covers the recent exhibition of Cary Smith's Paintings at New York's Rubin Spangle gallery. It was Smith's fourth New York solo show since 1987. Composition; Colors ; Variations on rectilinear shape.

Presents a case study of student empowerment in school administration. Kilmorie primary school in London; Understanding on the rationale for decision-making in school management; Challenge on continuity.