Museum memo.

• Position: What's New? - Museum exhibitions - Brief article - Calendar

What's new in museums around the country? Among the more interesting exhibitions are:

The Surrealists: Works from the Collection, Nov. 3-March 2, 2014, and Lager: Modern Art and the Metropolis, Oct. 14-Jan. 5, 2014, Philadelphia (Pa.) Museum of Art.

Long Modified Benches, Oct. 1-April 30, 2014, and Comfort Zone, Nov. 1-Jan. 31, 2014, The Exploratorium, San Francisco, Calif.

Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes: When Art Danced, through Oct. 6, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Estrada: Sailing through Design, through Oct. 11, AIGA National Design Center, New York.

A World Lost and Perspectives: Rina Banerjee, both through June 8, 2014, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Washington, D.C.

Arts of Japan and Korean Style in Japanese Ceramics, both through Feb. 9, 2014, Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

The Art of Bvlgari: La Dolce Vita & Beyond, 1950-1990, Sept. 21-Feb. 17, 2014, Richard Diebenkorn: The Berkeley Years, 1953-1966, through Sept. 29, and David Hockney: A Bigger Exhibition, Oct. 26-Jan. 20, 2014, de Young Museum, San Francisco...