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Manhattan's Whitney Museum occasionally displays a Dickensian sense of satire. It picked Ladies' Day last week to unveil as its third attraction, as unsettling a set of drawings as any museum has shown in years. The 30 drawings were the handiwork of Iowa's mordant Mauricio Lasansky, 52, Argentine emigré printmaker and head of one of the nation's best-known graphics workshops in Iowa City. His topic: the excesses of bestiality displayed in German extermination camps of World War II. The impact of the drawings is so devastating that the Chicago Institute...
...always seemed solid only to those who, with Plato, considered art to be the imitation of nature. The classic anecdote of the triumph of art as artifice concerned Zeuxis: when he unveiled his painting of grapes, birds flew down to peck at them. What the anecdotists seldom added is that Zeuxis' rival won the contest, for when the judges turned to unveil his painting, they were stunned to discover that the veil itself was the painting and declared him the winner because he had fooled the judges, while Zeuxis had fooled only birds...
...Secretary Stewart Udall. In California, she dedicated Point Reyes National Seashore and almost got trapped by a wave. She switched from natural to artificial beauty long enough to help open the San Francisco opera season. Next day she planted a horse-chestnut seedling at Monterey, then hurried along to unveil a plaque along the Big Sur Scenic Highway near Carmel...
Styling & Sport. Yet for all the increased emphasis on safety, there is still plenty of room for style. In Los Angeles last week, Chrysler President Lynn Townsend was the first in the industry to unveil his '67s officially. Chrysler's stylists have concentrated on remodeling their big cars and their low-priced line. The expensive Imperial (starting price $5,839) is slightly shorter this year, but more lavish. Some models will feature a front passenger seat that swivels 180 degrees and can be fitted out with a tiny desk to hold typewriter or work papers. Chrysler calls this...
...whole area, however, will be designed by I.M. Pei, architect for the Library complex. Pei will probably unveil a masterplan sometime this spring. Construction will probably begin in 1967, but the project is not expected to be completed until at least...