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Inside Art: Reality Leaves a Fingerprint on the Biennial	Art	12/10/2009 9:36 PM
In these recessionary times, the 2010 edition of the Whitney Biennial will be smaller than it has been in recent years, with just 55 artists.
Art Review \| '30 Seconds Off an Inch': A Beating Heart of Social Import	Hammons, David	12/10/2009 9:42 PM
The Studio Museum in Harlem’s show asks viewers to consider the ways in which social meaning is embedded formally within works of art.
Thomas Hoving, Bold Remaker of the Met, Dies at 78	Hoving, Thomas	12/10/2009 9:34 PM
Mr. Hoving transformed the Metropolitan Museum of Art during his tumultuous decade-long tenure as director.
Art Review: Art Deco Furniture Designs That Jazzed Up an Age	Art	12/10/2009 9:45 PM
Passing through the array of Art Deco furnishings at the Metropolitan Museum can make visions of gray fox wraps, diamond-studded cigarette holders and Josephine Baker dance in your head.
Art Review \| Anne Truitt: Where Ancient and Future Intersect	Art	12/10/2009 9:06 PM
In a splendid retrospective at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Anne Truitt’s sculptures resonate poetically on multiple levels.
Making a Name for Himself, With Just 3 Letters	Graffiti	12/9/2009 2:13 PM
B.N.E., a surreptitious graffiti writer, painter and “sticker,” is the focus of an exhibition sponsored by an ad agency.
Arts, Briefly: A Record for Rembrandt		12/10/2009 12:13 AM
A Rembrandt portrait that had been hidden in a private collection for nearly 40 years sold at Christie’s in London on Tuesday evening for $33.2 million.
New Prize to Honor Artists Under 35	Art	12/8/2009 10:09 PM
A new $100,000 prize for artists under the age of 35 is being announced on Tuesday by the Victor Pinchuk Foundation.
Basics: The Circular Logic of the Universe	Kandinsky, Wassily	12/9/2009 11:17 AM
Celebrating a shape, from Kandinsky to the cosmos.
Tweaking the Big-Money Art World on Its Own Turf	Art	12/7/2009 2:44 PM
William Powhida stands out at Art Basel Miami Beach as an artist who takes on the establishment.