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Bacon Triptych Auctioned for Record $86 Million	Sotheby's Holdings Incorporated\|BID\|NYSE	5/14/2008 10:50 PM
A 1976 triptych by Francis Bacon brought $86.3 million on Wednesday night at Sotheby’s, becoming the most expensive work of contemporary art ever sold at auction.
Robert Rauschenberg, American Artist, Dies at 82	Rauschenberg, Robert	5/14/2008 3:50 PM
Mr. Rauschenberg, who time and again reshaped art in the 20th century, defied the traditional idea that an artist stick to one medium or style.
Dance: Rauschenberg and Dance, Partners for Life	Rauschenberg, Robert	5/14/2008 12:44 AM
Something inherently theatrical about him prompted Robert Rauschenberg to his boldest, freshest conceptions on stage.
Weekend in New York \| Jewish Arts: Loosen Your Borscht Belt and Raise Your Highbrows	Travel and Vacations	5/15/2008 9:41 AM
The city’s Jewish population defies definition, from secular to Orthodox, from the Upper West Side to Borough Park, from Ashkenazi to Sephardic. The art scene is hardly less diverse.
At Christie’s, Bidding Is Strong for Even a House	Christie's	5/14/2008 12:31 AM
At Christie’s, bidders paid top dollar for everything from an abstract canvas by Mark Rothko to a painting of a naked fat woman by Lucian Freud.
Architecture: Redesigning a Building to Preserve Peace in the Neighborhood	Landmarks Preservation Commission	5/13/2008 9:32 PM
Should the plan for the Parke-Bernet Gallery building be approved, it would only underscore the bizarre thinking behind decisions governing historic landmark cases today.
Art Review: An Artist’s Concocted World, Starring Himself, Is Too True to Be Real	Art	5/12/2008 9:43 PM
“Mike’s World: Michael Smith & Joshua White (and other collaborators)” is a terrifically entertaining and philosophically compelling survey, at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia, of Mr. Smith’s 30-year career.
Art: How to Think Like a Surreal Cartoonist	Writing and Writers	5/13/2008 10:58 AM
In her two-day writer’s workshop, Lynda Barry sings, tells jokes, acts out characters and even dances a creditably sensual hula.
At a Haven for Creative Souls, a Prolific Talent Is Affirmed	Hotel Chelsea	5/12/2008 10:59 AM
An eccentric, lost talent was revived at the Chelsea Hotel when the lives of two artists, a generation apart, intersected.
Exhibition Review: Mystics and Militants: A Look at the Rastafari Kingdom	Rastafari	5/9/2008 11:07 PM
“Discovering Rastafari!” at the Smithsonian’s Natural History museum reveals far more about Rastafarian culture than familiar symbols and the show’s modest size might suggest.