STRETCH ART: The new curator of the...

STRETCH ART: The new curator of the Newport Harbor Art Museum, Bruce Guenther, above, says he wants to make the present art audience stretch and also bring in new patrons. He hopes to accomplish both with his first show, slated for February, featuring paintings and sculptures by Argentine Guillermo Kuitca. . . . The works were recently on exhibit at New York’s Museum of Modern Art.