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Art Review \| '5,000 Years of Japanese Art': Cleaning Out Closets, Reuniting Old Friends	Art	12/17/2009 7:32 PM
The Metropolitan Museum’s survey of exceptional Japanese art includes items that have been in and out of storage since the collection’s arrival in town nearly 35 years ago.
Art Review \| James Tissot: Jesus, Illustrated: Tissot’s New Testament	Tissot, James	12/17/2009 7:30 PM
The Brooklyn Museum’s exhibition of 124 paintings from James Tissot’s series,“The Life of Christ,” is surprisingly intriguing and moving.
Art Review \| Bruce Nauman: Listen: Can You Hear the Space?	Art	12/17/2009 6:54 PM
At 68, Bruce Nauman continues to redefine art, as seen at his show of videos, sculptures, installations and sound pieces at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Art Review \| John Singer Sargent: Before His Famous Portraits, Sargent Looked to the Sea	Art	12/17/2009 6:36 PM
Seascapes, some romantic and some methodical, from Sargent’s formative period and beyond at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington.
Architecture: In Washington, a Different Kind of Bubble	Architecture	12/15/2009 2:52 PM
Richard Koshalek, the newly appointed director of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, plans to erect a 145-foot-tall inflatable meeting hall on the National Mall.
Art Review \| Gabriel Orozco: Slicing a Car, Fusing Bicycles and Turning Ideas Into Art	Art	12/13/2009 11:17 PM
Gabriel Orozco’s retrospective is a taut, attractive, but oddly conventional looking survey.
Arts, Briefly: Losses at the Smithsonian Institution	Smithsonian Institution	12/13/2009 11:38 PM
The Smithsonian Institution has lost $12.3 million in property and can’t find it.
Art: A Whale of a Return to MoMA	Art	12/12/2009 9:00 AM
After 20 years, a Mexican artist is making his move from the corners to the big space.
Design: London Portrays Past and Future of Digital Art	Art	12/14/2009 5:34 AM
As more of the images we encounter every day go digital, two exhibits can help us understand how this area of design has developed and is likely to evolve.
The Pop Art Era	Art	12/11/2009 3:25 PM
James Rosenquist writes about growing up to be a painter, while other authors dissect the Warhol phenomenon afresh.