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Arts, Briefly: Smithsonian Director Resigns Sharon F. Patton has resigned after five years as the director of the Smithsonian Institution?s National Museum of African Art, effective in December. In a statement, Ms. Patton said she had achieved much of what she set out to accomplish, but she also nodded to the appointment of a new leadership at the Smithsonian. (G. Wayne Clough, the president of Georgia Tech, is to assume the post of Smithsonian secretary, or chief executive, on July 1.) ?It seems to be the right time to leave,? Ms. Patton, 64, said. Under her leadership the museum?s collection of more than 9,000 African art objects grew to include the Walt Disney-Tishman collection of 500 pieces from nearly every country in Africa. She also increased programming for children and promoted contemporary artists. The Smithsonian has been through considerable turmoil over the last year and a half. Its previous secretary, Lawrence M. Small, resigned over revelations that he spent the institution?s money on luxuries like private jets. In a report on Thursday, the Government Accountability Office cited recent progress at the institution but said it still needed better internal controls. Publ.Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 03:27:02 GMT Source: NY Times Theater Review: Middle East Meets West in a Small Syrian Hotel The Scottish playwright David Greig has done something daring by setting this comedy of clashing cultures in the hothouse Middle East. Publ.Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 03:34:51 GMT Source: NY Times Art Review: Unwrapping the Secrets of Ordinary Objects ?Here?s the Thing: The Single Object Still Life? is a visually and philosophically engaging exhibition at the Katonah Museum of Art. Publ.Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 03:31:42 GMT Source: NY Times Exhibition Review: Rethinking Locally: New Jersey Opens Big Museum Doors Again The New Jersey State Museum?s main building reopens in Trenton on Saturday after four years of renovation, but appeals for celebration are premature. Publ.Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 03:43:10 GMT Source: NY Times Revised Plan by N.Y.U. Would Preserve Walls of Provincetown Playhouse The Manhattan borough president hailed the move as ?tremendous progress? in the talks between the university and community leaders about the site. Publ.Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 03:28:16 GMT Source: NY Times