French Art Nouveau

A major exhibit on the French Art Nouveau movement, viewed from the perspective of art dealer Siegfried Bing (1838-1905), will take place at Amsterdam's Van Gogh Museum Nov. 26, 2004-Feb. 27, 2005. The name of Bing's Paris gallery, L'Art Nouveau, was adopted to describe the late-19th-century art movement; otherwise known as Jugendstil.

More than 400 works that passed through Bing's gallery will be presented: glassware (Tiffany); paintings (such as Toulouse-Lautrec and Munch); sculptures (Rodin), furniture, ceramics and jewelry.

The Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam is located at Paulus Potterstraat 7, 1070 AJ Amsterdam, Netherlands; phone +31 (0) 20-570 52 00. It's open 10-6 p.m. daily and 10-10 Fridays. Adults, 9 [euro] (near $11). Visit www.vangoghmuseum.nl.

Rick Steves (425/ 771-8303 or www.ricksteves.com), who thanks Cameron Hewitt for his help with this article, is the host of the PBS-TV series "Rick Steves' Europe" and the author of 27 European travel guidebooks, including "Rick Steves' Europe Through the Back Door."