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A fair number of the guards at the Metropolitan Museum of Art are artists themselves, yearning for a little exposure. Now they are stepping into the spotlight with a new art journal called Sw!pe Magazine: Guards' Matter, and an accompanying exhibition, which runs through March 7 at 25CPW, a gallery at 62nd Street and Central Park West. Many of the works are paintings, like this one by Fabian Barenbaum.