MUSEUM

Martin Puryear (Museum of Modern Art, 11 W. 53, up through Jan. 14). A forty-five-piece retrospective by the American Brancusi, a master woodworker whose elegantly crafted creations, by turns playful and mysterious, allude subtly to political matters without once bowing to the tyranny of the idea. Is there a better sculptor anywhere? Not in my book (TT).