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The article features artists who use paper as a medium of art in New York City. Among them are Kirsten Hassenfeld, Maki Tamura and Jane South, who take paper in new directions by cutting, folding and layering the medium naturally and architecturally. The artists noted that they prefer to use paper because of its fragility. Leslie Jones of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art said that paper has stigma attached to it that cannot be compared with other works of art.

Reviews the art exhibition 'About Paper,' several artists at the Kristen Frederickson Contemporary Art gallery in New York City.

The article reports on "The New Millenium Paper Airplane Contest" initiated by the artist Klara Hobza with the Public Art Fund. The contest took place at the World's Fair in Queens, New York. It also has five categories namely distance flown, duration aloft, beauty, surprise, and failure. Furthermore, Hobza also developed a book that features the pictures of the contest's best models of paper airplane.

The article provides information on Metropolitan Museum of Art chairman Gary Tinterow's stance regarding the plaster casts of Degas' sculptures controversy. It states that Tinterow discussed the issue with other experts in New York in January 2010. The analysis conducted by experts on the sculpture "Little Dancer" is also presented. Moreover, court papers from a lawsuit filed by Christie's related to the involvement of Walter Maibaum with the Picasso bust are cited.

Discusses the business strategies of Michael Govan, director of the Dia Center for the Arts in New York City, to ensure the profitability of the art museum. Govan's career history; His role in enabling the art gallery to own International Paper's building; Measures he implemented to improve the finances of the art gallery.

The article reviews the exhibition featuring the artworks of artist Stephen Antonakos at the Lori Bookstein Fine Art in New York.

The article offers information on the introduction of a legislation which will enable artists to be informed of art materials that can threaten health and life. It is posed that Monona Rossol, director of the Art Hazards Information Center in New York and president of its parent institution, Center for Occupational Hazards, has been conducting lectures on the relationship of science and art. She specifically addresses the use of hazardous materials in art.

The article reviews the exhibition of paintings and works on paper by Junko Yoda at the Zabriskie gallery, New York City, in June 2007.

Evaluates the exhibit of the works of William Scott at the Denise Bibro gallery in New York City. Two rather distinct approaches to Scott's work; Celtic artist who was a key member of the mid-20th-century British art pantheon; Show of 30 works on paper; Still-life artist; Experimentation with simplified abstractions.

Profiles George R. Goldner, chairman of the Metropolitan Museum's department of drawings and prints in New York City. Recollection of the museum's bid for a drawing by Leonardo da Vinci at a Sotheby's auction in London, England; Educational achievement; Origin of his interest in works on paper.

Focuses on the abstract painting of Samia Halaby exhibited at the Skoto Gallery in New York City, New York. Inclusion of colored paper sculptures; Recall of the beauty of West Bank in the painting 'Olive Orchard in My Studio'; Abstraction with subtle references to the visible world.

Highlights `Sky and Earth,' the exhibition of the works of artist Charles Olson at the Denise Bibro gallery in New York City. Acrylics on canvas and paper; Interest in the relationship between deity and unseen mortal; Volume and futuristic hues of the `Ex Voto' works; `Celestial River' as the most impacted of the series.

The article reports on the move by two New York City museums to defend their ownership of paintings claimed by a German art historian. It is stated that the Museum of Modern Art and the Guggenheim Museum have jointly filed papers asking a federal judge to confirm their ownership of the two well-known Pablo Picasso paintings, "Boy Leading a Horse" and "Le Moulin de la galette." In 2007, Julius Schoeps claimed that he rightfully owns the two paintings.

Reports that the planned relocation of the Drawing Center, a nonprofit formed to showcase works on paper, to the World Trade Center Site in New York City seems increasingly uncertain. Selection of the center as one of four cultural institutions to locate in the redesigned building; Editorial in the "New York Daily News" calling attention to art works exhibited at the center; Concerns about censorship by Drawing Center director Catherine de Zegher; Statements by Governor George Pataki on the types of cultural institutions considered for the site.

Reviews the exhibition "Made by Tiande," which displayed artist Wang Tiande's paintings, at Chambers Fine Art in New York. Interest of Tiande in ink painting; Description of the display of ink-soaked rice paper and ink calligraphy at the exhibition; Details about the Chinese clothes series.

Reports on the artworks by artists Marietta Ganapin and Vik Muniz which are based on Paul Gauguin's 1888 painting "Still Life With Three Puppies." Ganapin's assembly of hole-punched museum brochures into kaleidoscopic patterns; Muniz's use of dots of paper hole-punched from magazines; Exhibition of Ganapin's work in a group show about mandalas at McKenzie Fine Art in New York City.

In his fourth solo exhibition at 55 Mercer in New York City, Josh Dorman showed dozens of his strangely romantic, abstract landscapes. From 3 inches to nearly 4 feet wide, many of the works were paintings or collages, and many more were made with colored inks on antique maps or ledger paper. The topography of the maps is often an inspirational starting place for the artist's fantasies. Dorman's titles: Apparition, These Were My Toys, Some Candy Mountain, Beast-conjure up mystical and episodic encounters. Squiggles, stains and flying monsters coexist peaceably in these landscapes with Seussian contraptions, flying furniture and buildings, as well as anthropomorphic flora and storms. It is as if energies, objects and enigmatic creatures were all journeying together on a secret quest.

Critiques an exhibition, titled 'OnLine,' featuring works by various artists at the Feigen Contemporary in New York City. Show curators; Drawings of Christian Garnett, Marsha Cottrell and Daniel Zeller; Ink and charcoal artworks; Karin Davie's 'Separations in Deep Yellow,' a tangle of yellow paper edged in black zippers punctuating folds and curves of the material.

Evaluates the exhibition `Smoked Cigarette Papers Glued Together' featuring art works by sculptor Fernanda Gomes at Baumgartner Gallery in New York, New York. Art pieces included in the exhibition; Techniques used by Gomes; Impressions given by the artist's works to art audiences.

Reports on Studio in a School's request for several artist to make art works from 40 sheets of paper and a box of crayons, which will be sold in a benefit auction in New York. Challenge posed by the request for Maya Lin; Terry Adkins' interest in working with children's materials; Description of the finished works and the price they commanded at the auction.