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Abroad: A Berliner’s Portraits of People and Her Familiar, and Foreign, Home	Photography	1/7/2009 11:34 PM
The photographer Gisèle Freund, whose work is on display in two different exhibitions in Berlin, wasn’t a great photojournalist, but she was a gifted pioneer.
Didier Aaron, 85, French Antiques Dealer, Is Dead		1/8/2009 1:30 AM
Mr. Aaron was the Paris antiques dealer whose gallery on Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré became the center of a mini-empire of fine French furniture.
Art Review \| Philip Pearlstein: It Is What It Is: Portraits of the Human Figure	Pearlstein, Philip	1/6/2009 10:59 PM
The painter Philip Pearlstein’s seven-decade career is the focus of a small, surprisingly varied exhibition at the Montclair Art Museum.
Judging an Elusive Artist by His Distinctive Covers	Art	1/6/2009 10:12 PM
Barney Bubbles’s lusciously witty artwork for bands like Hawkwind and Elvis Costello and the Attractions has made him a hero to young designers.
Art Review \| "The Triumph of Marriage": Not in the Name of Love: Allegorical Imagery for Newlyweds	Gardner, Isabella Stewart, Museum	1/6/2009 12:06 AM
“The Triumph of Marriage,” a beautiful, compact show at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, displays 15 panels from Renaissance marriage chests.
Art: Photographs Worth a Double Take	Yale University Art Gallery	1/2/2009 5:36 PM
A close look a prosaic photograph by Friedhelm Denkeler, on display in the show “First Doubt: Optical Confusion in Modern Photography” at the Yale University Art Gallery.
Art: Celebrating a Decade of Nurturing Artists on the Verge	Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art	1/3/2009 10:31 PM
The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum checks in with veterans of a career-boosting visual arts program.
Design Loves a Depression	Art	1/3/2009 11:21 PM
Few of the arts benefited from the late economic boom more than design, but a little austerity could give designers a new sense of relevance.
Oliver Lincoln Lundquist, Designer, Is Dead at 92	United Nations	1/4/2009 1:04 AM
Mr. Lundquist, an architect and industrial designer, led the team that created the United Nations logo.
Last Chance \| Corin Hewitt: The Art of Cooking, and Vice Versa	Art	1/5/2009 12:53 AM
The ingredients of “Seed Stage,” an installation by Corin Hewitt at the Whitney Museum, include performance, photography, sculpture and cooking.