From TAP, an article on the super-sizing of American art museums. Are we finally seeing the beginning of a decline of sales in contemporary art? An article on art and elitism, a form of pattern recognition. Modern art is rightwing: Contemporary art is individualistic and concerned with freedom - - characteristics of the right, rather than the left. A review of Mirror of the World: a New History of Art by Julian Bell (and more). A review of The Human Animal in Western Art and Science by Martin Kemp. A review of Greeks on the Black Sea: Ancient Art from the Hermitage. From Forward, a review of Obsessed by Art — Aby Warburg: His Life and His Legacy by Francesca Cernia Slovin; and an article on retracing Van Gogh’s footsteps, camera in hand. A review of The Theatre of the Face: Portrait Photography Since 1900 by Max Kozloff.