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Arts & Leisure: Pollocks and Rothkos, Sold For Millions, Called Forgeries	Art	2/22/2012 1:42 PM
An obscure art dealer kept showing up with paintings by Pollock, Rothko and Motherwell. Where did they all come from?
Art by Sargent Johnson, Berkeley’s Loss, Is Museum’s Gain	Art	2/22/2012 12:07 PM
A huge carved relief by the African-American sculptor Sargent Johnson, misplaced by the University of California, has become a prized item in the Huntington Library’s collection.
Gerhard Richter Is Celebrated With German Art Shows	Art	2/20/2012 11:50 AM
The German artist Gerhard Richter, who turned 80 this month, is being celebrated as a hero in Germany with high-profile exhibitions that are drawing crowds.
ArtsBeat: Ai Weiwei Documentary Planned for Summer Release	Ai Weiwei	2/21/2012 12:29 PM
Alison Klayman's documentary "Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry," about that provocative Chinese artist, made its debut at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, where it won a Special Jury Prize for Spirit of Defiance.
ArtsBeat: ‘The Scream’ Heads for the Auction Block	Art	2/22/2012 1:09 PM
The most colorful version of Edvard Munch’s “Scream” will be up for sale at Sotheby’s in New York on May 2. Officials there estimate it could bring more than $80 million.
ArtsBeat: Al Hirschfeld to Get His Own Biographical Portrait	Crichton, Sarah	2/20/2012 3:12 PM
Farrar Straus and Giroux has commissioned a biography of the legendary theatrical portraitist Al Hirschfeld, who died at 99 in 2003, to be written by Ellen Stern, author of a 1987 profile of Mr. Hirshfeld in GQ.
Design: When It Comes to Films, Giving Credit Where It’s Due	Movies	2/20/2012 1:47 AM
With less than a week to go to the Academy Award ceremony, Alice Rawsthorn compiles her (wholly subjective and entirely unofficial) shortlist for the Oscar for "Best Film Titles."
Civil Rights Museums Are Increasing	International African American Museum	2/21/2012 3:47 PM
A new generation of institutions covering the history of civil rights and African-Americans is about to emerge, and many of them aim higher than earlier monuments.
Arts & Leisure: MoMA to Showcase Cindy Sherman’s New and Old Characters	Art	2/22/2012 1:07 PM
Cindy Sherman, whose 35-year career will be the subject of a major show at MoMA this month, is nothing like the characters she portrays as in her photos.
It’s the Economy: Don’t Mock the Artisanal-Pickle Makers	United States Economy	2/19/2012 2:00 AM
Craft businesses may portend the future of the U.S. economy. Let’s call those hipsters by their real name: capitalists.