Oliver Kahn maintained his number one spot for the 2004 UEFA European Football Championship, but Germany were once again eliminated in the group stage. Oliver Kahn gave up his captaincy to Michael Ballack after the tournament. Germany's new manager Jürgen Klinsmann, who replaced Rudi Völler, adopted the strategy of rotating the number one spot between Kahn and his longtime competitor, Jens Lehmann of Arsenal, to stimulate competition between the two. On 7 April 2006, after two years of dispute for the position Klinsmann announced Lehmann was his first-choice goalkeeper for the 2006 World Cup. Kahn decided to stay on as a backup
Tobi Kahn Ashton and Michael Brenson traveled to 8 museum across the country from 1997-1999. Art in America included "Metamorphoses" in its national museum preview list. In 1999, the solo exhibition, "AVODAH: Objects of the Spirit" opened in New York at Hebrew Union College and traveled to over 20 venues over a 9-year period throughout the United States. An accompanying book, "Objects of the Spirit: Ritual and the Art of Tobi Kahn" was published by Hudson Hills Press and the Avodah Institute, edited by Emily Bilski. Kahn created the set design for the 1990 Elizabeth Swados production of "Jonah" at the Public