Contemporary artist Elizabeth Berdann, based in New York City, has a solo show entitled “Marvels, Curiosities & Conundrums” at the Contemporary Museum in Honolulu. It will include a survey of her work from the last 20 years, and also some new work, such as her current installation, “String of Pearls,” which was inspired by the Thomas Seir Cummings necklace of miniatures in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.  The show opened on February 11, 2010, and will run through mid-May. For further information on the artist, please see her website, www.elizabethberdann.com, and for further information on the show, please see the Contemporary Museum’s website: http://www.tcmhi.org/cal.htm .