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Highlights the art exhibition of painter Dana Schutz in New York City. Use of art's prevailing influences and themes; Description of some of the paintings; Schutz's approach to color and brushwork.

Reviews the new exhibition "3 x Abstraction: New Methods of Drawing," at the Drawing Center, New York City. Focus on the relationship between abstraction and spirituality in modern art; Overview of artists Swedish Hilma af Klint, Swiss Emma Kunz, both spiritualists, and American Modernist painter Agnes Martin; Affinities between the works of af Klint and Kunz; Backgrounds on the women artists and their philosophies; Suggestion that what has preserved the credibility of visionary spiritualism for many today is psychology; Highlights of the exhibition.

Features the works of painter Sonya Sklaroff in New York. Selection of Sklaroff by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council; Depiction of the art of Sklaroff on the tragedy of the World Trade Center; Sponsorship of the works of Sklaroff by the Santa Fe Art Institute.

Profiles Marla Olmstead, a four year-old abstract painter. Success at selling her works in a coffee shop leading to well-attended gallery show; Comments from the Binghampton Fine Arts gallery owner, Anthony Brunelli, on Marla's gift; History of Marla's short painting career; How Brunelli discovered Marla; Comments from skeptics, who claim Marla's work is a lot of finger painting; Defence of Brunelli that Marla's talent is unique.

Features decorative artist Juliana Merz of New York. Description of Merz's painting; Changes in the decorative painting in the United States; Details on some of the works of Merz; Remarks from Merz.