So the exuberant embrace of this year's "super bloom," an exceptional show of wildflowers coloring normally barren hillsides and desert valleys, makes perfect sense.
Zetterquist Galleries (3 East 66th Street) also has an exceptional show of Yuan dynasty (1271-1368) and Song ceramics from the same kiln complex, known as Jizhou, in Jiangxi Province.
Giuseppe Eskenazi, the pre-eminent dealer in Ming and Qing ware, for example, put on an exceptional show of early Chinese metalwork in gold and silver.
And there is a good-sized temporary exhibition space being inaugurated by an exceptional show of recent paintings, sculpture and photographs by Cy Twombly, who is in top form at 81.
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It is in light of these cases that the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has now held that California's laws (and the implementation of those laws by local sheriffs) must permit ordinary folks to carry a gun in public for self-defense — without any exceptional showing of good cause.
Exceptional shows, like "Ways of the River" at the Fowler Museum of Cultural History at U.C.L.A. last year, or "Memory: Luba Art and the Making of History" at the Museum for African Art in New York in 1996, have demonstrated that an in-depth look at specific aspects of specific cultures, old or new, past or present, can produce revelations.
As his right hand for almost 15 years and intimately associated with the label's long roster of exceptional shows, until Mr. McQueen took his life this year, the new designer has credible credentials.
Matilda is one of those exceptional shows where every element feels inspired.
Mass spectrometry based proteomics have shown exceptional display of capabilities, not only precisely identifying viral and cellular proteins that are functionally, structurally, and dynamically changed upon virus infection, but also enabling us to detect important pathway proteins.
