City Room: 1774 Drawing of Gracie Mansion Site
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An illustration found under a bed is the only image of an estate destroyed by the British more than two centuries ago.
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The first major U.S. exhibition of Rubens drawings opened here on Friday, offering what organizers said was a truer picture of the master's work than many of his more famous paintings.
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Slam poetry got a fresh twist when three Victorian-era re-enactors read from such poets as William Wordsworth and Emily Dickinson in a setting that was fitting for the event &#151; a 19th-century stone mansion.
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By Craig Cunningham  Workers for General Restoration Corp. of Columbus, Ohio, paint windows at Charleston City Hall as part of an overall redo. After the windows are completed, crews will wash down the limestone with chemicals and apply a sealer to the exterior.
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By Chris Shull, The Wichita Eagle, Kan.  Jun. 21--One man wanted to learn more about a family quilt. A woman was curious about a vase she bought at a flea market.   Another hoped a painting might help send her kids to college.
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Here are a few of the wrinkles facing the Whitney Museum, the Dia Foundation and the Smithsonian Institution as they try to map out a strategy in 2008.
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The story behind an exhibition: postcards, designs, photography, travels, history, stamps and law enforcement.
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A major new exhibition traces the decline of absolute monarchy and rise of the Enlightenment that swept North America and Europe in the 18th and 19th centuries, and shows how portraits reflected the revolutionary changes.
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The Metropolitan Museum show of drawings, which reveals Rubens's process of thinking, is sublime.
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Marcos DaSilva, of Fall River, paints the large arbor above the entrance to the Rhode Island Federation of Garden Clubs exhibit at the Spring Flower and Garden Show, which opens  today at the Rhode Island Convention Center. For more information, see Lifebeat.
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La casa non rinnega la sua tradizione nella calzatura d'arte
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An article last Sunday about the collection at the Smithsonian Institution misstated the location of the burial site of the museumâs benefactor, James Smithson. His crypt lies inside the Smithsonian Castle, not near it.
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Kevin Bacon has joined a group fighting to keep Thomas Eakins' 1875 masterpiece, "The Gross Clinic," in its hometown. The Committee to Keep Eakins' Masterpiece in Philadelphia will work to raise awareness about the social and artistic importance of the work, which was painted in Philadelphia and hangs in Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.
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Webshots users offer their photos of Bill Gates mansion in Medina, Wash.
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Durham, N.C., is working with private developers to use history as a teaching experience while rebuilding a commercial district.
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History can help us keep faith in the public square in perspective.
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What might be called premise-based art is being turned out hand over fist right now at Mary Booneâs gallery in Chelsea.