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Abroad: Visiting the Heights and the Depths, With Goya as Guide	Goya, Francisco de	7/2/2008 11:01 AM
“Goya in Times of War” at the Prado in Madrid is most memorable for pictures less famous, some rarely or never seen — still lifes and portraits — many from obscure collections.
Renaissance Sculpture Damaged in Fall at Met	Art	7/2/2008 9:10 AM
A relief by the Renaissance sculptor Andrea della Robbia came loose overnight from its perch and crashed to the stone floor below, seriously damaging it.
Bacon Is Again a Top Draw at Auction	Auctions	7/1/2008 7:58 PM
A 1967 portrait by Francis Bacon fetched $27.4 million at Sotheby’s in London on Tuesday, becoming the 10th work by this artist to bring more than $25 million at auction in the last year and a half.
A Filmmaker Adds a Cinematic Scope to a Storied Painting	Art	7/1/2008 7:59 PM
For one fleeting evening in Milan, Leonardo’s venerable “Last Supper” was a multimedia star.
Construction Zone: Beware of Audacious Art	Art	7/1/2008 8:00 PM
The exhibition of work by more than 20 artists, most of them graffitists in good standing, has taken shape on the scaffolding-shaded plywood walls around a rising condo.
City Room: Calatrava’s Roof to Remain Closed		7/2/2008 12:48 AM
The winglike rooftop of Santiago Calatrava’s World Trade Center Transportation Hub was to open and close. Now, with budget and timetable concerns, it will no longer be operable, though an opening will be retained.
Bacon Triptych Sells for $34.4 Million in London	Art	6/30/2008 7:28 PM
Works by Francis Bacon have been big sellers at auction recently, and Christie’s sale of postwar and contemporary art here on Monday was no different.
From Trash to Auction, Faster Than a Speeding ...Well, You Know	Comic Books and Strips	6/29/2008 10:03 PM
Original comic-book art once wiped up ink spills. Now it pulls in big bucks.
Connections: Identities on Display: Bonding at the Museum	Museums	6/29/2008 10:14 PM
The contemporary identity museum is the kind of institution that is as central for our time as the imperial art museum was for 19th-century Europe.
Art: Arts Patrons, the Next Generation	Art	6/27/2008 10:58 AM
You can never be too rich, but can you be too young to carry on the family legacy of philanthropy?