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At 94, She’s the Hot New Thing in Painting	Herrera, Carmen	12/20/2009 2:26 AM
After six decades of very private painting, Carmen Herrera is basking in the realization that her career is finally, undeniably, taking off.
Times Are Tough? Bring on Vermeer and the Pianos	Art	12/18/2009 11:28 PM
With the economy in the sewer, our major museums were mainly in austerity mode, concentrating on small, collection-based exhibitions, a pattern likely to hold for years.
A Few Triumphs Pierce the Clouds of a Bleak Time	Architecture	12/18/2009 11:30 PM
The future may be bleak, but at least some architects can look back on the year with a sense of accomplishment.
Design: Peter Miles Applies His Quirky, Simple Style to a Range of Platforms	Miles, Peter	12/20/2009 1:15 PM
The English graphic designer Peter Miles, now living in New York, has used his spare approach with clients ranging from German arts publishers to indie magazines.
Cutbacks in Plans but Not in Energy	Art	12/18/2009 11:29 PM
This was the year that the art world repeatedly checked its pulse to see if it was still alive. And guess what? It persisted, albeit in a slightly altered, chastened form.
A Class Reaches Out and Touches High-Tech Art	iPhone	12/20/2009 1:17 AM
Mike Nourse, a co-founder of the Chicago Art Department, has reconciled his love/hate relationship with iPhones by creating an art class around the phone.
Bookshelf \| Photo Collections: The City in Pictures, and in Lists	Photography	12/20/2009 12:08 AM
“New York Sleeps” and “Only in New York: Photographs From Look Magazine” are worth considering as holiday gifts for lovers of the city.
Peter Forakis, a Sculptor of Geometric Forms, Dies at 82	Art	12/20/2009 1:58 AM
Mr. Forakis was a sculptor of geometric forms and a founder of Park Place, a dynamic New York artists’ cooperative gallery of the 1960s.
Art Review \| Long Island: Blurring Boundaries, in Words and Swirls	Art	12/20/2009 12:28 AM
At a new show at the Alpan Gallery, artists make drawings of many variations out of everything from decipherable words to expressive calligraphic forms.
Casino Chief Said to Own Rembrandt	Art	12/19/2009 12:43 AM
The mysterious telephone bidder who paid $33.2 million for a Rembrandt portrait was buying the painting on behalf of the casino owner.

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