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Jeanne-Claude, Christo’s Collaborator on Environmental Canvas, Is Dead at 74	Christo	11/20/2009 10:23 AM
Jeanne-Claude worked with her husband, Christo, on dozens of environmental arts projects, including “The Gates” in Central Park in 2005.
Art Review \| 'The Origins of El Greco': Saints at a Cultural Crossroads	Art	11/19/2009 11:41 PM
A lustrous exhibition at the Onassis Cultural Center of Venetian Crete, where East met West, and artists painted the divine.
Exhibition Review \| 'Leonardo da Vinci's Workshop': Flights of Mind, Brought to Life	Museums	11/20/2009 2:21 PM
The Discovery Times Square Exposition’s show actually brings you closer to understanding the real workshop of Leonardo: his mind.
Art Review \| 'Tim Burton': A World of Macabre Misfits	Art	11/19/2009 11:36 PM
Given the appeal of Tim Burton’s movies, you would hope that the Museum of Modern Art’s expansive retrospective of his noncinematic art would be equally exciting. Alas, it is a letdown.
Chicago News Cooperative: Modern Art for Modern Museumgoers	Art	11/20/2009 10:46 AM
A new wing is giving the Art Institute of Chicago room to breathe.
Art Review \| 'Alias Man Ray': Mercurial Jester, Revealing and Concealing	Photography	11/19/2009 11:49 PM
A traditional retrospective on Man Ray, with an irresistible biographical hook, at the Jewish Museum.
Abroad: Unveiling the Hanging Gardens of Armenia	Travel and Vacations	11/19/2009 11:40 AM
The Cafesjian Center for the Arts is a mad work of architectural megalomania and one of the most spectacular museum buildings in ages.
City Council Influences Landmarks Decision	Landmarks Preservation Commission	11/19/2009 2:33 AM
The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission voted last week to give landmark protection to the 100-year-old B. F. Goodrich tire company building on Broadway just north of 57th Street.
How to Conserve Art That Lives in a Lake?	Smithson, Robert	11/18/2009 12:49 AM
As part of a conservation effort, the Dia Art Foundation is working to systematically document Robert Smithson’s “Spiral Jetty” over time.
A Gallery of Heroes, Up for Sale	Kubert, Joe	11/17/2009 1:23 PM
Fans of Joe Kubert will have a chance to peruse and even own some of his older work, when 18 covers and interior pages, published from the 1940s to 1990, are put up for sale.