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Portrait of Mary Todd Lincoln Is Deemed a Hoax	Lincoln, Mary Todd	2/12/2012 12:27 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.
Architecture: A Proposal for Penn Station and Madison Square Garden	Architecture	2/11/2012 11:40 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.
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.
ArtsBeat: Darwin's Papers Show the Evolution of His Ideas	American Museum of Natural History	2/10/2012 4:58 PM
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.
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.
Museum Review: Lincoln Museum at Expanded Ford’s Theater Complex	Museums	2/10/2012 8:19 PM
In 2009 the first part of a formal Lincoln tribute opened at the renovated Ford’s Theater; now a 10-story Center for Education and Leadership is opening across the street.
Art Review: Renoir’s Full-Length Paintings at the Frick Collection	Art	2/10/2012 2:47 PM
The emphasis in this fashion-conscious show is less on the clothes than on the traditional portrait format and the imposing scale that displays them to best advantage.