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Architecture Review: Fighting Crime With Architecture in Medellín, Colombia	Architecture	5/18/2012 12:26 PM
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.
Art Review: The Barnes Foundation, From Suburb to City	Art	5/18/2012 9:50 AM
Some lovers of the Barnes Foundation’s art collection were fearful that moving it to a new space in Philadelphia would be disastrous. They were wrong, the critic Roberta Smith says.
Art Review: ‘Monet’s Garden’ at the New York Botanical Garden	Art	5/18/2012 1:07 PM
The main attraction in “Monet’s Garden,” at the New York Botanical Garden, is a living abbreviated approximation of the two major gardens that Monet created.
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.
Exhibition Review: ‘Spy: Secret World of Espionage’ at Discovery Times Square	Espionage and Intelligence Services	5/18/2012 1:07 PM
Visiting “Spy: The Secret World of Espionage,” a new show at Discovery Times Square, is a little like being privy to backstage preparations for a magic show.
Art Review: ‘Domenico Gnoli: Paintings 1964-1969,’ at Luxembourg & Dayan	Art	5/18/2012 1:07 PM
Domenico Gnoli’s paintings on view at Luxembourg & Dayan are humorous in an oddly solemn way, though they do not parody styles of contemporary advertising or product design.
Minneapolis Tussles Over Peavey Plaza	Architecture	5/17/2012 12:47 PM
Preservationists and Minneapolis city planners are at odds over a proposal to demolish and replace a Modernist public plaza opened in 1975.
A Sly Wink to Pinups of the Past	Photography	5/17/2012 5:27 PM
The pinup, once fodder for magazines with evocative titles like Eyeful and Wink, has evolved from the all-American calendar girl to an emblem of hip femininity.