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Times Are Tough? Bring on Vermeer and the Pianos	Art	12/18/2009 11:28 PM
With the economy in the sewer, our major museums were mainly in austerity mode, concentrating on small, collection-based exhibitions, a pattern likely to hold for years.
A Few Triumphs Pierce the Clouds of a Bleak Time	Architecture	12/18/2009 11:30 PM
The future may be bleak, but at least some architects can look back on the year with a sense of accomplishment.
Cutbacks in Plans but Not in Energy	Art	12/18/2009 11:29 PM
This was the year that the art world repeatedly checked its pulse to see if it was still alive. And guess what? It persisted, albeit in a slightly altered, chastened form.
Peter Forakis, a Sculptor of Geometric Forms, Dies at 82	Art	12/19/2009 10:06 PM
Mr. Forakis was a sculptor of geometric forms and a founder of Park Place, a dynamic New York artists’ cooperative gallery of the 1960s.
Casino Chief Said to Own Rembrandt	Art	12/19/2009 12:43 AM
The mysterious telephone bidder who paid $33.2 million for a Rembrandt portrait was buying the painting on behalf of the casino owner.
James Rossant, Architect and Planner, Dies at 81	Rossant, James	12/19/2009 12:27 AM
The architect helped design the planned city of Reston, Va.
Art Review \| '5,000 Years of Japanese Art': Cleaning Out Closets, Reuniting Old Friends	Art	12/17/2009 11:53 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	12/18/2009 12:06 AM
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	12/18/2009 12:01 AM
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	12/18/2009 12:16 AM
Seascapes, some romantic and some methodical, from Sargent’s formative period and beyond at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington.