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He gravitated toward the work of artists he knew personally, like Alexander Calder and Robert Indiana, in amassing an unusual, important collection.

Doug Aitken's sprawling, elusive video installation asks a lot of questions about contemporary L.A. and its environs, and it's smart enough not to answer them.

About two dozen reporters and editors from several desks are leading The Times's coverage of the anticipated festivities in Manhattan this week.

Museum directors say they are facing a frustrating misconception: that cultural institutions funded by local taxpayers are somehow associated with Israel.

In Milwaukee, two art exhibitions relish the strangeness of this studious eccentric who saw in inanimate objects an odd force of will.

The New York Public Library has filled its top floor with a bold account of contemporary artists coming to terms with the state of our nation.

Before the presidency. Before Yorktown. There was George, the land surveyor.

The best-selling author Gillian McAllister recommends novels that blend escapist settings with pulse-pounding intrigue and bloody murder.

Other outstanding efforts reimagine the American Revolution, the pioneers' westward migration and the Great Depression.

The mother and daughter spent years composing the songs and the score for the show. "In every mother-daughter relationship, it's complicated," Gloria Estefan said.