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Art Review \| 'An Antiquity of Imagination': Mysterious Moods, Elusive in Marble	Art	7/9/2009 4:43 PM
A luxuriant show called “An Antiquity of Imagination” at the National Gallery of Art features a dozen sculptures from a golden phase of Venetian painting.
Art Review \| 'The Sweeney Decade': The Shock of the New, 50 Years On	Art	7/9/2009 5:00 PM
An exhibit at the Guggenheim of art purchased and acquired in the 1950s reveals a museum unafraid to put its money where its curatorial instincts pointed.
New Home for Chinese Experience in America	Chinese-Americans	7/8/2009 11:28 PM
The newly expanded, newly relocated Museum of Chinese in America has chosen to open the doors of its new home on the edge of Chinatown quietly and gradually as it settles in over the summer.
Art Review \| Bronx Museum: Young Artists Arrive, Either Rough or Ready	Art	7/9/2009 10:49 AM
Of the 36 artists represented in “Living and Dreaming” at the Bronx Museum, most look as if they could use a few more years of seasoning away from the public eye.
Abroad: Stolen Beauty: A Greek Urn’s Underworld	Euphronios Krater	7/8/2009 12:33 PM
Italy’s biggest prize in the war against looting antiquities went on view recently at the Villa Giulia in Rome. Italians didn’t seem to care much.
Mapping a Bird’s-Eye View of Foreclosure Misery	Art	7/8/2009 12:34 AM
When it came to representing the sprawling nature of the foreclosure crisis in New York City, the artist Damon Rich figured out that the best thing to do was to shrink it down to size.
Architecture: Future Vision Banished to the Past	Kurokawa, Kisho	7/7/2009 12:22 PM
A rare built example of Japanese Metabolism, a movement whose fantastic urban visions became emblems of the country’s postwar cultural resurgence, the 1972 Capsule Tower is in a decrepit state.
Face of War Pervades New Beirut Art Center	Art	7/6/2009 11:33 PM
The Beirut Art Center, a 16,000-square-foot space occupying two floors of a former factory, has emerged as a popular destination for Beirutis, tourists and critics across Lebanon.
Art: As Seen on Television: Sealed With a Simpson	Postal Service	7/6/2009 11:17 PM
It’s not news that the Simpsons work almost as well off screen as on, but these new stamps still amaze.
Art Review \| 'Creating the Modern Stage': Where All the World’s an Atmospheric Stage	Theater	7/8/2009 8:49 PM
A new exhibit at the Morgan Library & Museum presents a concise summary of 20th-century stagecraft.

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