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OLIN Designs Metropolitan Museum a New Fifth Avenue Plaza	Museums	2/7/2012 11:13 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.
High Ambitions for My Image Studios in Harlem	Culture (Arts)	2/7/2012 1:47 PM
Developers are proceeding with plans for My Image Studios, a “living room” of black and Latino-flavored arts and culture in Harlem.
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).
ArtsBeat: Ai Weiwei and Herzog & de Meuron to Design Serpentine Pavilion	Ai Weiwei	2/7/2012 2:36 PM
The Serpentine Gallery in London announced on Tuesday that the architectural firm Herzog & de Meuron and the artist Ai Weiwei -- the brain trust behind the Beijing National Stadium, aka the Bird's Nest -- will collaborate again to create the 2012 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion.
ArtsBeat: Houston Museum Chooses Architect for Expansion Plan	Art	2/7/2012 10:41 AM
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston is planning a new building on a two-acre site.
ArtsBeat: Deutsche Guggenheim in Berlin to Close	Krens, Thomas	2/6/2012 10:30 AM
After 15 years, Deutsche Guggenheim, an outpost of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in the headquarters of Deutsche Bank in Berlin, is closing at the end of the year.
Wine Steward Admits to New York Art Theft	Art	2/7/2012 10:13 PM
The thief, Mark Lugo, took artworks off hotel and gallery walls on both coasts.
Antoni Tàpies, Spanish Abstract Painter, Dies at 88	Tapies, Antoni	2/7/2012 10:35 PM
Mr. Tàpies grounded his work in the brute reality of the Spanish street and in the turbulent political dramas of his youth in Catalonia.
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.
Steven Leiber, Dealer in Artists’ Ephemera, Dies at 54	Leiber, Steven	2/7/2012 5:27 PM
Mr. Leiber founded a San Francisco gallery that is a prime source for brochures, posters, fliers and the like produced by artists.