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Museums Special Section: The New Generation of Museum Curators	Museums	3/17/2010 10:20 PM
Far from the stereotype of fusty academics, curators in their 30s and 40s are bringing eclectic backgrounds and a fresh eye to Manhattan’s museums.
Judith Rothschild Foundation Promotes Art and Its Trustee	Art	3/17/2010 9:37 PM
The trustee of the Judith Rothschild Foundation has carried out the group’s mission of promoting artists. Another beneficiary has been the trustee himself.
Books of The Times: ‘Backing Into Forward’: Jules Feiffer’s Ink-Stained Memoir	Cartoons and Cartoonists	3/17/2010 10:11 PM
The cartoonist Jules Feiffer traces the roots of his subversive stance in this funny, revealing and often biting memoir.
Museums Special Section: The Thrill of Science, Tamed by Agendas	Science and Technology	3/17/2010 10:05 PM
Science museums experiment in their struggle to define themselves.
Museums Special Section: Haiti’s Visionaries, Rising From the Rubble	Art	3/17/2010 10:05 PM
Many of Haiti’s museums were damaged in the country’s earthquake but an exhibition scheduled there for 2012 hopes to revive the fortunes of the country’s creators.
Arts, Briefly: 20th Anniversary of a Boston Art Heist		3/17/2010 10:00 PM
The 1990 heist at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston — in which paintings and drawings worth well more than $300 million were taken — has long been exceptional.
Museum Review: Where the Jewish Star Meets the Union Jack	Jews and Judaism	3/17/2010 3:59 AM
The newly expanded Jewish Museum London offers testimony to a long history in which England and the Jews were locked in a complicated embrace.
Architecture Review \| Jean Nouvel: Luxury Tower at Corner of Grit and Glamour in Chelsea	Architecture	3/14/2010 10:11 PM
Jean Nouvel’s new residential tower in Chelsea conjures a downtown New York we once loved and can now barely remember.
Finding Gems at the Fine Art Fair in Maastricht	Art	3/16/2010 3:32 PM
This year’s European Fine Art Fair has been notable for a few standout sales amid the absence of big-ticket items.
Performance Art Gains Favor; Fights Ensue	Performance Art	3/13/2010 7:21 PM
With performance art now fashionable, there’s a search for revenue that angers some artists.