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Howard Dodson Says Schomburg Center?s Home Is Harlem
A forum aimed to reassure worried supporters of a New York Public Library center for black culture.

Art Review: MoMA?s ?Original Copy,? Photos Meet Sculpture
?The Original Copy: Photography of Sculpture, 1839 to Today,? which opens at MoMA on Sunday, is brainy and bookish and gives us new ways of looking at art.

Inside Art: ?New Photography 2010? Coming to MoMA
The Museum of Modern Art?s exhibition ?New Photography 2010? will feature works from four artists: Roe Ethridge, Elad Lassry, Alex Prager and Amanda Ross-Ho.

The Ascent of Man: Museum of Natural History Offers a New iPhone App
The American Museum of Natural History Explorer provides a GPS and detailed information on its displays.

A Preview of Kanye West's 'Power': 'Apocalyptic in a Very Personal Way'
Marco Brambilla discusses a video work he was commissioned to create for Mr. West's single, a decadent commentary on the rapper's ideas of celebrity and notoriety.

Viñoly to Design Kennedy Institute
A site in Boston will honor the late senator.

James Carpenter?s Architectural Adventures in Glass
James Carpenter applies his experience with manipulating light to buildings around the world.

Art Review: At New Museum, Brion Gysin?s First Retrospective
The first retrospective of Brion Gysin?s art in the United States brings together his widely scattered works, including his magnum opus, ?Dreamachine.?

Art Review: ?Off the Wall: Part 1,? Performance Art at Whitney
The works in ?Off the Wall, Part 1? at the Whitney, culled from the permanent collection, are dusty artifacts of a time when traditional possibilities seemed exhausted.

Art Review: A Restored ?Gross Clinic? at Philadelphia Museum
An exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art shows Thomas Eakins?s ?Gross Clinic,? an 1875 masterpiece that has recently been restored.

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