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This weekend's New York Times magazine is all about architecture. It's definitely thinner than the big real estate special issue (although there are still plenty of ads, including a seven-page spread for the Frank Gehry jewelry collection).

All the big guns were pulled out for this one: Michael Kimmelman (Turbulence House), Nicolai Ouroussoff (Beirut architecture), and Devan Sudjic (architectural debate). And there's lots more.  read more »

- Michael Calderone

According to Tyler Green (a sometime-Observer contributor), Michael Kimmelman, the chief art critic of the New York Times, had nothing nice to say about Pittsburgh at the International Association of Art Critics big shin-dig last week. "It tells us a lot about why the New York Times covers art the way it does," says Mr. Green.

Cheese and crackers! The Transom imagines that art dealer Becky Smith of Bellwether Gallery, a proud Picks-burger, will have some rilly harsh words for yinz up at da Times.

There are few things more humiliating than crying in Chicago.  read more »

Apparently blue-eyed men are evil and vain peacocks. The Transom will keep its dark glasses on and maintain silence about this theory.

After the 'highly enjoyable,' as they say, piece on Vogue, the correction at the very bottom of Off The Record is not to be missed.

A peek from inside a test screening at one of the two dueling Capote films; plus, sweaty time with Paul Rudd.

Michael Kimmelman's new book puts forward his theory on art and society: are we not all artists, in our way?  read more »

CBS sucks the brainpower from summer interns.

And please don't miss Jessica Joffe on her hatred of animals. "When a pet, however charming, becomes distressed, I turn away. Often I find myself contributing to their distress. This, of course, makes me rather problematic for some people."

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If you've ever wondered what a large cross-section exhibition of contemporary American art would loo  read more »

Some of us have been predicting disaster for the Solomon R.  read more »