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FIVE STAGES OF CONFERENCE GRIEF (WITH APOLOGIES TO ELISABETH KUBLER-ROSS) by Peter Plagens
In which our writer attends a three-day-long Philadelphia conference for Warhol Foundation / Creative Capital grantees to listen to lectures, gather in breakout sessions and schmooze over meals.

Zhang Jian LOOKING ON by Charlie Finch
The liberty of looking at one painting -- Zhang Jian's Chang-An Street at Martha Sutherland Fine Arts.

TEFAF Maastricht BIG AMERICANS, BIG SALES by Brook S. Mason
Despite an influx of Chinese collectors, Americans are still big players at TEFAF Maastricht 2012.

Shanxi Tombs ALL THE UNDERWORLD'S A STAGE by N.F. Karlins
A new exhibition at the China Institute in Manhattan looks at "Theater, Life and the Afterlife" during China's Jin Dynasy.

Art Market Watch BOSTON MFA BUYS FRANS FRANCKEN MASTERPIECE FOR $12 MILLION by Paul Jeromack
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, acquires a Frans Francken masterpiece at TEFAF Maastricht and sets a record for both the artist and for the museum.

TEFAF Maastricht DUTCH TREAT by Brook S. Mason
A top ten selection from the 265 exhibitors at the 25th annual European Fine Art Fair in Maastricht, the Netherlands

ARTNET NEWS
Boston artists fight defense contractor, Francesca Woodman at the Guggenheim, a major gift for the Whitney and the Pompidou, and the actress who played Jan Brady gets an art show.

Tales of Two Cities AT LARGE IN LONDON & PARIS by Adrian Dannatt
Christian Leigh at Castillo/Corrales, Mike Kelly's Picabia, Bourgeois nu assis, Dorothea Tanning, Carmen Herrera, Rose Hinton, Cy Twombly at Eykyn Maclean, Therese Oulton, Andrew Strauss and John and Paul Herring.

WHEN A GOOD PAINTER GOES BAD by Charlie Finch
When the lemmings head to the sea, be a seagull -- Stella Michaels, Albert Oehlen and Native American art dealer John Molloy

Ellen Harvey THE NUDIST MUSEUM GIFT SHOP by Jane Dickson
Visitors enter Ellen Harvey's gleeful Nudist Museum the same way they exit -- through the gift shop.

Gerhard Richter PAINTING, ON FILM by Emily Nathan
The stunning Corinna Belz documentary on Gerhard Richter's painting process opens at New York's Film Forum.

ARTNET NEWS
Who is the Armory Show art tagger? Plus, 100 Critics from Davidson College.

NYC Gallery Shows THE NEW YORK LIST, 3/14/2012 by Emily Nathan
Jan Groover, Thomas Schütte, Ryan McNamara, Frances Stark, Roy Lichtenstein's Chinese landscapes, Virgins at Family Business gallery, more.

ARTNET NEWS
Asia Week vs. Asia Week, Chelsea Hotel art goes missing, live-streaming TEFAF Maastricht 2012, and "Eye and Mind" art chocolates.

People Pictures ARMORY WEEK 2012 Photos by Paul Laster
Remembering Armory Week 2012 via photos from a week of exhibitions, dinners and parties, Mar. 5-11, 2012.