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New Delay in Opening Museum for African Art	Museums	5/15/2012 6:34 PM
The Museum for African Art has been forced to delay the opening of its new location in East Harlem because it has not raised enough money.
Critic’s Notebook: Alicia Hall Moran and Jason Moran in ‘Bleed,’ at Whitney	Music	5/15/2012 2:36 PM
Alicia Hall Moran and Jason Moran collaborated in “Bleed,” a limited residency at the Whitney Biennial last week.
Critic’s Notebook: Video as Art in Lepage’s ‘Ring’ at the Metropolitan Opera	Art	5/15/2012 12:03 PM
Video elements add an illuminating dimension to Robert Lepage’s production of Wagner’s “Ring” cycle at the Metropolitan Opera.
Movie Review: ‘The Dictator,’ Sacha Baron Cohen’s New Comedy	Movies	5/15/2012 6:47 PM
Sacha Baron Cohen’s newest creation, Admiral General Aladeen, is the star of the new comedy “The Dictator.”
String Cheese Incident Takes On Ticketmaster	Music	5/15/2012 8:34 PM
The band String Cheese Incident is making a symbolic end run to protest what it considers high ticket-sales fees.
Dance Review: American Ballet Theater’s Opening-Night Gala	Dancing	5/15/2012 6:40 PM
On Monday evening the American Ballet Theater offered exhilarating sections amid a largely predictable series of bedroom pas de deux and fouetté turns.
Special Report: Cannes Festival: They'll Always Have Cannes	Cannes International Film Festival	5/16/2012 12:33 AM
For better or worse the Cannes International Film Festival seems more than ever a model of stability, at a time when other major European festivals are working through regime changes.
ArtsBeat: Knoedler Seeks to Have Lawsuit Over Disputed Painting Dismissed	Art	5/15/2012 2:05 PM
A collector says he was sold a fake Jackson Pollock painting.
ArtsBeat: Painting Made With Blood of Amy Winehouse and Pete Doherty Is Sold	Amy Winehouse	5/14/2012 10:07 AM
"Ladylike," a painting for which Amy Winehouse contributed a minimalist self-portrait and which uses an artistic technique Pete Doherty calls "arterial splatter," yielded only about half the price it was expected to draw at an auction in London.
ArtsBeat: To Honor Mike Kelley, a Replica of His Home	Art	5/14/2012 2:40 PM
Construction on a replica of the artist's home will begin in June on a vacant lot behind the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit.