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Art Review \| 'Art and Love in Renaissance Italy': Eternal Objects of Desire	Art	11/20/2008 11:03 PM
“Art and Love in Renaissance Italy” at the Metropolitan Museum promises romance, desire, expensive gift items and possible sex in the land of Romeo and Juliet and delivers on all counts.
A Piece of Cleveland With a New York Accent	Museums	11/20/2008 10:49 PM
Hundreds of artifacts are being prepared for the opening on Tuesday of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Annex NYC, a $9 million branch of the Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland.
Museum Review \| The National Museum of American History: America’s Attic, Ready for a Second Act		11/21/2008 12:58 AM
When the National Museum of American History reopens, it may begin to shed its reputation as one of the more cramped and confounding corners of the Smithsonian Institution.
Art Review \| 'Beyond Babylon': Global Exchange, Early Version	Art	11/20/2008 11:02 PM
“Beyond Babylon,” a big, prescient, concentration-taxing exhibition, is the latest in the museum’s illustrious line of panoramic archaeological shows.
Art Review \| Pipilotti Rist: Tiptoe by the Tulips (or Stretch by the Apples)	Art	11/20/2008 11:08 PM
“Pour Your Body Out,” a site-specific installation by the Swiss artist Pipilotti Rist, is arguably the first project to humanize the atrium of the Museum of Modern Art.
Eli Broad Plans Another Art Space	Art	11/20/2008 12:06 AM
Eli Broad, the philanthropist whose gift financed a new contemporary-art building this year at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, is planning to build another exhibition space for his vast collection.
Pact Will Relocate Artifacts to Italy From Cleveland	Art	11/20/2008 12:07 AM
The Cleveland Museum of Art has agreed to hand over 13 ancient artifacts and an early Renaissance cross to Italy after long negotiations.
Jan Krugier, Dealer in Modern Art, Dies at 80	Art	11/20/2008 2:17 AM
Mr. Krugier survived two years in Nazi concentration camps and went on to become a highly regarded dealer of work by artists like Picasso, Morandi, Balthus and Giacometti.
At Meeting, Smithsonian Practices New Openness	Smithsonian Institution	11/18/2008 1:22 AM
The Smithsonian Institution held the first public board meeting in its 162-year history on Monday. The first question: “Why did you not all resign?”
In Faltering Economy, Auction Houses Crash Back to Earth	Art	11/17/2008 2:34 PM
Recent art auctions seemed to signal a new era in sales, one that featured the return of the seasoned collector and more-sober business practices.