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A 7,500-Square-Foot Ad for Chanel, With an Artistic Mission	Architecture	7/23/2008 9:40 PM
A futuristic art pavilion, commissioned by Chanel and designed by London architect Zaha Hadid, will make a temporary appearance in Central Park this fall.
In Ancient Alleys, Modern Comforts	Beijing (China)	7/23/2008 8:36 PM
Some of Beijing’s traditional courtyard homes are being refurbished with a mix of modern sensibility and respect for original detail.
A Canvas of Wood, Chain Saws as Brushes	Art	7/22/2008 11:52 PM
As the popularity of chain-saw carvings increases, the man who claims he invented it is still carving strong after more than 50 years.
Abroad: Berliners Get a Crash Course in Glittery Celebrity Culture	Art	7/22/2008 12:59 PM
Germany has long been funny about celebrity, which makes the show at the Helmut Newton Foundation a particularly fascinating and revealing exercise.
New House, Available for Delivery, Convenient to Museum	Art	7/22/2008 1:03 PM
Burst* 008, a full-scale house for the Museum of Modern Art, was a photo finish for its two architects, Jeremy Edmiston and Douglas Gauthier.
Art: Yeats Meets the Digital Age, Full of Passionate Intensity	Poetry and Poets	7/21/2008 1:40 PM
A digital resurrection allows Yeats to stride again along the hinge of the 19th and 20th centuries.
Art: Leaves Speak; a Journalist Listens	Writing and Writers	7/23/2008 2:17 PM
Janet Malcolm, using camera more than pen, conveys her fascination with burdock.
Art Review \| ‘After Nature’: Sometimes the Darkest Visions Boast the Blackest Humor	Art	7/23/2008 12:31 PM
“After Nature,” the big new show at the New Museum, is a strange, lugubrious, wildly uneven dream of an exhibition.
Video: 5,000 Years of Chairs in 5 Minutes		7/18/2008 5:13 PM
A five-minute slide show featuring the unvarnished charm of all the chairs I've snapped on my travels ...
Design Review \| ‘Home Delivery’: Instant Houses, Then and Now	Architecture	7/18/2008 11:59 AM
The Modern makes a convincing case that prefabricated housing was both a central theme of Modernist history and a dream that remains very much alive today.