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Exhibition Review: Mystics and Militants: A Look at the Rastafari Kingdom	Rastafari	5/9/2008 9:54 PM
“Discovering Rastafari!” at the Smithsonian’s Natural History museum reveals far more about Rastafarian culture than familiar symbols and the show’s modest size might suggest.
An Identity Crisis? Hirshhorn Embraces It	Hirshhorn Museum	5/9/2008 9:52 PM
For the first time in its 34-year existence, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden has begun blanketing Washington with ads in order to define itself in the public’s mind.
Art Review \| 'Superheroes': Power Dressing	Apparel	5/9/2008 12:10 PM
The Metropolitan Museum offers a playful look at comic book costumes and their influence on radical haute couture.
Art Review \| 'Life on Mars': An Alien Sighting on Planet Pittsburgh	Carnegie Museum of Art	5/9/2008 4:11 PM
Lately, it seems, biennial exhibitions don’t do much except sit there, looking good and offending no one. The 55th Carnegie International is no exception.
Art Review \| The International Fine Art Fair: Contemporary May be Hot, but Here the Focus Is on Comfort	Art	5/8/2008 10:59 PM
The International Fine Art Fair at the Park Avenue Armory, now in its 15th year, is a good place to find highly decorative examples of familiar styles.
Art Review \| 'Double Album': Two Boys Past Adolescence Still Just Being Boys	Art	5/8/2008 11:01 PM
The New Museum’s intermittently interesting but ultimately disappointing exhibit features two artists in their 40s who share a fascination with male adolescence.
Inside Art: Met’s Nautical Mural Has a Return Voyage	Metropolitan Museum of Art	5/8/2008 10:15 PM
A grand Art Deco mural is made whole for the first time since the Normandie sank.
Art in Review	Art	5/8/2008 11:59 PM
Anton Kannemeyer at Jack Shainman, Cornelius Quabeck at Friedrich Petzel Gallery, Amy Bessone at Salon 94 and more.
Antiques: Rococo Eye-Openers at Two Auction Houses	Art	5/8/2008 11:05 PM
This month both Christie’s and Sotheby’s are showing a few spectacular Rococo antiques that are not to be missed.
Museum and Gallery Listings		5/8/2008 11:20 PM
Selective listings from art critics of The New York Times.