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Art Review: Renoir’s Full-Length Paintings at the Frick Collection	Art	2/9/2012 3:21 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.
Architecture: A Proposal for Penn Station and Madison Square Garden	Architecture	2/8/2012 6:25 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.
‘Full Metal Jousting’ Gear. No, It’s Not Tinfoil.	Television	2/9/2012 12:49 PM
A skeptic finds out that wearing a 60-pound suit of armor like the kind used on the History channel’s new series “Full Metal Jousting” is not for the faint of ... anything.
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.
ArtsBeat: Behind the Poster: 'Peter and the Starcatcher'	Behind the Poster	2/9/2012 12:25 PM
John W. Long, a Vermont artist who works with wood, talks about helping to create the poster for the Broadway production of "Peter and the Starcatcher."
ArtsBeat: Air-Cleansing Nylon Star Wins MoMA PS 1 Courtyard Competition	Bergdoll, Barry	2/8/2012 3:37 PM
An architectural installation meant to clean the air to a degree equivalent to removing 260 cars from the road has been selected as the winning design in a competition to transform the courtyard of MoMA P.S. 1 in Long Island City, Queens, this summer.
OLIN Designs Metropolitan Museum a New Fifth Avenue Plaza	Metropolitan Museum of Art	2/8/2012 2:07 PM
An ambitious plan is in the works to transform the plaza in front of the Metropolitan Museum of Art into a more efficient and pleasing space.
Wine Steward Admits to New York Art Theft	Art	2/8/2012 2:20 AM
The thief, Mark Lugo, took artworks off hotel and gallery walls on both coasts.
Eisenhower Family Raises Objections to Planned Memorial	Eisenhower, Dwight David	2/8/2012 12:00 AM
A planned memorial to Dwight D. Eisenhower, with Frank Gehry as the architect, has raised hackles within the Eisenhower family.
Art Review: VIP Art Fair 2.0 Is Virtual, Modeled on the Traditional	Art	2/7/2012 1:57 PM
Art Fair 2.0 takes a second stab at the virtual exhibition (and the Web site runs more smoothly this year).