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Abroad: Scots Aim Lasers at Landmarks	Historic Buildings and Sites	11/5/2009 12:56 AM
In an era of computer animation, making laser scans of old monuments may not sound special, but a Scottish team has achieved unprecedented levels of sophistication.
Museums: Wonders of Science at the Golden Gate	Art	11/4/2009 12:24 AM
Though the sensation of wonder is now too rarely cultivated, it was much on my mind during a recent visit to the new museum of the California Academy of Sciences.
Degas Pastel Is Highlight of a Tepid Christie’s Sale	Christie's	11/4/2009 8:41 AM
While some works fetched strong prices at a sale of Impressionist and modern art, there were also expensive failures. One Degas pastel brought $10.7 million.
On the Block: Traditional Offerings, Bargain Prices	Art	11/2/2009 9:31 PM
In a chastened auction season, buyers will find traditional works intended to appeal to today’s more conservative tastes, with prices topping out at $12 million.
Design Review \| 'Intersections': Grand Visions for a Faded Bronx Boulevard	Museums	11/2/2009 2:03 AM
The more time you spend among the proposals, the more you become aware of both the faded beauty of the Grand Concourse and the remarkable potential for revitalizing it.
Art That Leaps Off the Canvas	Art	10/30/2009 4:31 PM
A sprawling performance art festival is driven not by market forces but by a desire to amaze.
Design: A Distant Bauhaus Star	Heymann, Margarete	11/2/2009 12:36 AM
Margarete Heymann was a gifted ceramicist who had a falling out with the director of the Bauhaus school and now is largely ignored in the school’s “official’' history.
Design \| Buick LaCrosse: How New Buicks Took Shape in China	Automobiles	10/30/2009 10:14 PM
The General Motors design studio in China has worked to adapt various global models for the Chinese market, and took the lead in creating the new Buick LaCrosse.
Art Review \| Urs Fischer: Exploration of Space	Sculpture	10/30/2009 1:03 PM
The New Museum show of works by sculptor Urs Fischer is elegant and breathtakingly spare, even as it covers a lot of sculptural and installation-art ground.
Ground Zero Arts Center: Time Is Not on Its Side	Art	10/31/2009 8:31 AM
If a commitment is not made soon the project will not happen, an official said, as tensions between the city and the site’s developer rise.