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Museum Review: Mob Museum Opens in Las Vegas	Museums	2/13/2012 11:23 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.
Lillian Bassman, Fashion and Fine-Art Photographer, Dies at 94	Bassman, Lillian	2/14/2012 11:07 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.
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.
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.
ArtsBeat: Gerhard Richter Mobbed by Paparazzi as Retrospective Opens in Berlin	Richter, Gerhard	2/10/2012 11:12 AM
Interest in the German painter Gerhard Richter, already a superstar by art world standards, has surged in his native land around his 80th birthday on Thursday and a series of exhibitions and lectures, including a major retrospective that opened Friday in Berlin.
ArtsBeat: Dealer Settles with Artist in California Royalties Case	Valentine, Dean	2/9/2012 1:27 PM
The art collector Dean Valentine settled a lawsuit brought against him by the painter Mark Grotjahn over a failure to pay resale royalties on the artist's work, as required by a rarely enforced California law.
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.
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.