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‘The Ungovernables,’ the New Museum’s Triennial Show	Art	2/14/2012 6:57 PM
Adrián Villar Rojas’s work is among some hard-to-describe showstoppers at “The Ungovernables,” the New Museum’s Triennial, opening on Wednesday.
Lillian Bassman, Fashion and Fine-Art Photographer, Dies at 94	Bassman, Lillian	2/14/2012 11:37 AM
In the 1990s, reinterpretations of Ms. Bassman’s photographs found a new generation of admirers, and a full-fledged revival of her career ensued, with gallery shows and international exhibitions.
Museum Review: Mob Museum Opens in Las Vegas	Museums	2/14/2012 4:30 PM
In a city the lords of organized crime once ruled, they are finally getting something close to the museum they deserve: the Mob Museum.
ArtsBeat: Senator Requests Smithsonian Travel Records	Smithsonian	2/14/2012 5:27 PM
Senator Grassey has requested travel documents for the Smithsonian Secretary G. Wayne Clough.
ArtsBeat: J. Paul Getty Museum Appoints New Director	Getty Museum	2/14/2012 3:50 PM
Timothy Potts, a specialist in ancient art and a veteran museum hand, will be its new director.
ArtsBeat: Darwin's Papers Show the Evolution of His Ideas	American Museum of Natural History	2/13/2012 8:20 AM
Just in time for Charles Darwin's 203rd birthday on Sunday, the American Museum of Natural History is unveiling the first phase of its online Darwin Manuscripts Project.
Portrait of Mary Todd Lincoln Is Deemed a Hoax	Lincoln, Mary Todd	2/14/2012 1:00 AM
The serene portrait of Mary Todd Lincoln that hung for 32 years in the Illinois governor’s mansion, and the touching tale accompanying it, are false.
Art: Jim Linderman Collects It All, Vintage Sleaze to Baptism Photos	Photography	2/12/2012 9:28 AM
Jim Linderman trolls flea markets, eBay and antiques stores, mining the margins of vintage popular culture. Some of his finds wind up in New York museums.
Architecture: A Proposal for Penn Station and Madison Square Garden	Architecture	2/12/2012 4:22 PM
Remedying the calamity that is Penn Station by moving Madison Square Garden to the Javits Center site is a way to bring back light and airy glory to New York’s transportation hub.
Makers: Who Made That Rubik’s Cube?	Puzzles	2/9/2012 6:00 AM
How a Hungarian architect designed an iconic Gen X toy.
Arts \| Westchester and Connecticut: ‘Piano as Art’ Exhibition in White Plains - Review	Pianos	2/11/2012 6:36 PM
“Piano as Art” exhibits sculptural and mixed media pieces inspired by and mostly composed of old piano parts.
Museum Review: Lincoln Museum at Expanded Ford’s Theater Complex	Museums	2/14/2012 2:47 PM
In 2009 the first part of a formal Lincoln tribute opened at the renovated Ford’s Theater; now a 10-story Center for Education and Leadership is opening across the street.
Art Review: Renoir’s Full-Length Paintings at the Frick Collection	Art	2/10/2012 2:47 PM
The emphasis in this fashion-conscious show is less on the clothes than on the traditional portrait format and the imposing scale that displays them to best advantage.
Art Review: ‘Testimonios,’ Popular Arts at El Museo del Barrio	Art	2/10/2012 2:47 PM
“Testimonios: 100 Years of Popular Expression” at El Museo del Barrio is a kaleidoscopic display of more than 300 works taken almost entirely from the museum’s collection.
Art Review: ‘Spies in the House of Art’ at the Metropolitan Museum	Art	2/10/2012 3:00 PM
The 17 contemporary works in the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s exhibition “Spies in the House of Art: Photography, Film and Video” were inspired by museums.
Art Review: Henry Ossawa Tanner at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts	Art	2/10/2012 3:00 PM
“Henry Ossawa Tanner: Modern Spirit,” on view at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, is a gripping exhibition of an African-American painter in search of a race-blind environment.
Frame: Dog Art at Metropolitan Museum and Morgan Library	Dogs	2/10/2012 2:47 PM
From mutts to purebreds, dogs are immortalized in New York City’s art collections.
Robert Hecht, Antiquities Dealer, Dies at 92	Hecht, Robert	2/10/2012 2:17 PM
Mr. Hecht, who sold the Euphronios krater to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1972 for $1.3 million, was long suspected of illegal trafficking in looted artifacts.
OLIN Designs Metropolitan Museum a New Fifth Avenue Plaza	Metropolitan Museum of Art	2/8/2012 2:07 PM
An ambitious plan is in the works to transform the plaza in front of the Metropolitan Museum of Art into a more efficient and pleasing space.
Wine Steward Admits to New York Art Theft	Art	2/8/2012 2:20 AM
The thief, Mark Lugo, took artworks off hotel and gallery walls on both coasts.
Art Review: VIP Art Fair 2.0 Is Virtual, Modeled on the Traditional	Art	2/7/2012 1:57 PM
Art Fair 2.0 takes a second stab at the virtual exhibition (and the Web site runs more smoothly this year).
Antoni Tàpies, Spanish Abstract Painter, Dies at 88	Tapies, Antoni	2/9/2012 9:07 AM
Mr. Tàpies grounded his work in the brute reality of the Spanish street and in the turbulent political dramas of his youth in Catalonia.
High Ambitions for My Image Studios in Harlem	Culture (Arts)	2/7/2012 1:47 PM
Developers are proceeding with plans for My Image Studios, a “living room” of black and Latino-flavored arts and culture in Harlem.
Eisenhower Family Raises Objections to Planned Memorial	Eisenhower, Dwight David	2/8/2012 12:00 AM
A planned memorial to Dwight D. Eisenhower, with Frank Gehry as the architect, has raised hackles within the Eisenhower family.
Steven Leiber, Dealer in Artists’ Ephemera, Dies at 54	Leiber, Steven	2/7/2012 5:27 PM
Mr. Leiber founded a San Francisco gallery that is a prime source for brochures, posters, fliers and the like produced by artists.