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Exhibition Review \| 'The Dead Sea Scrolls': Peering Into the Mystery of Those Enigmatic Fragments	Jews	10/7/2008 12:01 AM
Go see these six encased bits of ancient text at the Jewish Museum’s new exhibition, “The Dead Sea Scrolls: Mysteries of the Ancient World,” before it closes on Jan. 4.
With Software, Artists Put Yet Another Spin on the Presidential Debates	Presidential Election of 2008	10/7/2008 12:06 AM
For members of Sosolimited, remixing presidential debates is an act both of political engagement and mischief.
Cooper-Hewitt Is Poised for an Expansion and a Sprucing Up	Museums	10/7/2008 12:06 AM
The Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum plans to begin work in January on the renovation and expansion of its ornate Fifth Avenue mansion.
Advertising: When Doctors, and Even Santa, Endorsed Tobacco	Smoking and Tobacco	10/7/2008 12:08 AM
An exhibit of hundreds of print ads and television commercials presents cigarettes ads from the 1920s through the early 1950s.
A Collection of Tribal Art Is Embroiled in a Modern Family Feud	Art	10/5/2008 10:34 PM
A gift of art from New Guinea that was promised to the de Young Museum in San Francisco is in dispute.
Art: Swimming With the Big Fish at Last	Art	10/3/2008 5:46 PM
It’s not every day that a painter with a 40-year career gets to feel like a hot young thing, but Mary Heilmann is coping.
Arts Review: Tiffany Times Two	Lamps and Lampshades	10/3/2008 11:19 AM
A pair of shows spotlighting the style and influence of Louis Comfort Tiffany feature exceptional lamps as well as displays on how decorative glass and lamps were made.
Arts, Briefly: Heirs to Auction Russian Painter’s Work	Art	10/3/2008 10:11 PM
Sotheby’s will auction a painting by the Russian avant-garde painter Kazimir Malevich whose ownership was recently restored to the painter’s heirs.
Art Review \| Gilbert & George: Provocative Duo, Naked and Natty	Gilbert and George	10/3/2008 1:49 PM
The sleek, photo-based, politically incorrect across-the-spectrum art of the British artists Gilbert & George is as hard to love as it is to categorize.
Art Review \| 'Paris/New York': French Taste Meets American Moxie	Art	10/2/2008 11:40 PM
In its latest exhibit, the Museum of the City of New York captures the beginning of the long liaison in fashion and design between Paris and New York.