Gifts: Julian LaVerdiere & Paul Myoda's "Towers of Light Triptych" - signed and dated edition of 100 retails for $1,500.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art will host a landmark exhibition of 150 works by Pablo Picasso, opening on April 27, 2010.

This was the year that the art world repeatedly checked its pulse to see if it was still alive. And guess what? It persisted.