Cultural institutions, which until now had relied on BP as a benevolent patron, are now faced with decisions about how to deal with the public-relations dilemmas posed by accepting support.

This is the museum's show, not the collector's. The collector's knowledge and suggestions may be useful, but the museum's own professional experts must rule.

"Matisse: Radical Invention," an ambitious but ultimately disappointing show has just opened (to Oct. 11) at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.

Thomas Eakins' celebrated "The Gross Clinic" has just been returned to public view on Saturday after a startlingly transformative restoration overseen by Mark Tucker.