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11th Havana Biennial Attracts Americans	Havana Biennial	5/18/2012 11:24 PM
With fewer travel restrictions to Cuba, more than 1,300 Americans — collectors, curators, dealers and others — have registered to attend this year’s Havana Biennial, close to the high reached in 2000.
Maryhill Museum of Art, With Revenue From the Wind	Maryhill Museum of Art	5/18/2012 11:27 PM
Financed partly by income from wind turbines, an addition is helping the rural Maryhill Museum of Art in Washington State attract new visitors — and survive.
Barbara D’Arcy White, Interior Design Guru, Dies at 84	White, Barbara D'Arcy	5/18/2012 10:07 PM
Ms. D’Arcy was an interior decorator whose eclectic sense of style helped change Americans’ taste in home furnishings in the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s, when she worked at Bloomingdale’s.
ArtsBeat: Gehry Changes Design for Eisenhower Memorial	Eisenhower, Dwight David	5/17/2012 8:18 AM
The changes came in response to concerns that a youthful statue failed to represent the former president’s significant achievements.
ArtsBeat: Knoedler Seeks to Have Lawsuit Over Disputed Painting Dismissed	Art	5/15/2012 2:05 PM
A collector says he was sold a fake Jackson Pollock painting.
ArtsBeat: Painting Made With Blood of Amy Winehouse and Pete Doherty Is Sold	Amy Winehouse	5/14/2012 10:07 AM
"Ladylike," a painting for which Amy Winehouse contributed a minimalist self-portrait and which uses an artistic technique Pete Doherty calls "arterial splatter," yielded only about half the price it was expected to draw at an auction in London.
Architecture Review: Fighting Crime With Architecture in Medellín, Colombia	Medellin (Colombia)	5/19/2012 10:04 AM
Medellín, Colombia, once famed for murder and cocaine, is now drawing notice for its ambitious urban projects, many aimed at easing life in the city’s slums.
Arts \| Westchester: ‘The Westchester Biennial 2012’ Showcases New and Diverse Art	Art	5/19/2012 6:26 PM
Every two years since 1998, the Castle Gallery at the College of New Rochelle has presented a juried exhibition of works of artists based in Westchester County. This year, 21 artists are represented.
Arts \| New Jersey: ‘Canutopia’ Exhibition, by Ming Fay, at the Grounds for Sculpture	Sculpture	5/19/2012 6:26 PM
The sculptor Ming Fay, who has been interpreting nature for decades, has an exhibition, “Canutopia,” at the Grounds for Sculpture through February 2013.
Arts \| Long Island: ‘The Persistence of Pollock’ Is at the Pollock-Krasner House	Art	5/19/2012 6:26 PM
“The Persistence of Pollock,” at the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center, showcases 13 pieces that reflect the enduring influence of Jackson Pollock, who was born 100 years ago.

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