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The timeline of the new exhibition of Ab-Ex sculptor David Smith at the Whitney Museum of American Art spans from “his earliest small works through the monumental late masterpieces that he created in the final years of his life” -- but it’s not a retrospective ....

Looks like Arnold Schwarzenegger is hoping the public gives him a new judgment day. The former California governor has commissioned a whole passel of bronzes of himself.

If you’ve noticed a bathroom wall and sink installed on the sidewalk of 18th Street or a German woman wearing lederhosen shining shoes on 14th Street or trees covered in lipstick kisses lately, you’ve probably encountered one of the 60 artists who have created works for the annual Art in Odd Places festival in New York, Oct. 1-10, 2011.