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If Cindy Sherman had turned her �Untitled Film Stills� into an actual film, the result might have been like a.k.a. Nikki S. Lee.

Even though the New Museum’s not reopening on the Bowery until next year, the area is already reconsolidating its reputation as an arts district. What’s worth seeing�or not?

Is the Neue Galerie’s new Klimt worth all that gold?

Summer in Chelsea is when gallerists are more likely found in Quogue or Crete, leaving behind shows often seen as seasonal filler. But that doesn’t mean the neighborhood isn’t worth a visit, as this�the first in a regular series of gallery tours�proves.

Part of an extensive personal archive of plans, drawings, and photographs picturing famous attractions like the carousel, assembled by the late Coney enthusiast and historian Frederick Fried, they go on view for the first time at Ricco/Maresca Gallery this week.

Opening at MoMA on June 18, �Dada� surveys the movement that started in Europe during World War I, borrowing freely from military and media culture, and came to New York around 1917 with the United States’ entry into the war. So how did our scene compare?

The greatest surfers have a high tolerance for shark-defying, killer-wave-courting risk. As did Ron Church, a deep-sea diver and underwater photographer who was, until now, best known for his stint on Jacques Cousteau’s Calypso team.

Lauded video artist or delicious cocktail?

Gold-wrapped risotto, calf’s tongue and caviar: one artist’s gastronomic take on decadence.

Buyers continue to gravitate toward contemporary art�and Donald Judd’s the hottest ticket.