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Art Review \| "The Triumph of Marriage": Not in the Name of Love: Allegorical Imagery for Newlyweds	Gardner, Isabella Stewart, Museum	1/6/2009 12:06 AM
“The Triumph of Marriage,” a beautiful, compact show at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, displays 15 panels from Renaissance marriage chests.
Art: Photographs Worth a Double Take	Yale University Art Gallery	1/2/2009 5:36 PM
A close look a prosaic photograph by Friedhelm Denkeler, on display in the show “First Doubt: Optical Confusion in Modern Photography” at the Yale University Art Gallery.
Art: Celebrating a Decade of Nurturing Artists on the Verge	Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art	1/3/2009 10:31 PM
The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum checks in with veterans of a career-boosting visual arts program.
Design Loves a Depression	Art	1/3/2009 11:21 PM
Few of the arts benefited from the late economic boom more than design, but a little austerity could give designers a new sense of relevance.
Oliver Lincoln Lundquist, Designer, Is Dead at 92	United Nations	1/4/2009 1:04 AM
Mr. Lundquist, an architect and industrial designer, led the team that created the United Nations logo.
Last Chance \| Corin Hewitt: The Art of Cooking, and Vice Versa	Art	1/5/2009 12:53 AM
The ingredients of “Seed Stage,” an installation by Corin Hewitt at the Whitney Museum, include performance, photography, sculpture and cooking.
Arts, Briefly: Valuable Artworks Stolen in Berlin	Art	1/2/2009 10:42 PM
An etching by Picasso and prints by Matisse and Braque were among 30 works stolen from a Berlin gallery during the New Year’s holiday.
Arts, Briefly: Museum Director Is Briton of the Year	MacGregor, Neil	1/2/2009 10:38 PM
Neil MacGregor, the director of the British Museum, was named Briton of the Year by The Times of London.
Sir Michael Levey, 81, Art Historian, Is Dead	Levey, Michael	1/2/2009 11:48 PM
The prolific and wide-ranging art historian presided over the expansion of the National Gallery in London as its director.
Art Review: Widely Known for Obscurity	Art	1/2/2009 3:54 AM
Alanna Heiss’s last curatorial act as the director of P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center is a survey of the work of the elusive Italian artist Gino De Dominicis.