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Cosimo Cavallaro’s I Was Here (2009) (detail) in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec

RED ALL OVER
by Walter Robinson

Oct. 29, 2009

The Canadian-Italian artist Cosimo Cavallaro (b. 1961) has a thing about food. He has put a thick coat of liquefied cheese on all kinds of stuff, from a pair of boots to a complete house to the model Twiggy. He has made a crucified Jesus out of chocolate, whose nudity -- Cavallaro calmly called it "tasteful" on Anderson Cooper’s newscast -- sparked outrage in New York from the Catholic League.

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October

Oct. 26, 2009	I REALLY WANT TO DIRECT by David D’Arcy With so many artists working in video, their percolation to feature films is only a matter of time, or of ambition.

Oct. 23, 2009	LIGHT TOUCH by Ben Davis Rafael Lozano-Hemmer represents the future of art -- but what kind of future is it?

Oct. 21, 2009	LONDON DISPATCH by Laura K. Jones Frieze Art Fair number seven, plus more, much more.

Oct. 20, 2009	LITTLE THINGS MEAN A LOT by Alexandra Anderson-Spivy The Brothers Quay, Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt and John Evans, Robert Kinmont and Jacques Henri Lartigue.

Oct. 19, 2009	HOT TAMALE! by Walter Robinson El Museo del Barrio reopens with "Nexus New York: Latin/American Artists in the Modern Metropolis."

Oct. 19, 2009	ARTNET DESIGN by Brook S. Mason Glamour, super gilt and some drop dead chic at the 21st Haughton International Fine Art & Antique Dealers Show.

Oct. 16, 2009	WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson Joe Brainard, Alfred Gescheidt, Mary McConnell, Simone Lucas, A.R. Penck, Jean Paul Riopelle, the Gagosian store, Mike Glier, more.

Oct. 15, 2009	ENDLESS SUMMER by Lara Taubman Bruce Nauman, Kenny Scharf, Zoë Sheehan Saldaña, Sanford Biggers, William Leavitt, Gustavo Artigas, Brian Bress, Neïl Beloufa, June Wayne, Titus Kaphar, more.

Oct. 14, 2009	MAGAZINE RACK by Grant Mandarino October issues of Frieze, Artforum, ARTnews and Art and Auction, summed up.

Oct. 9, 2009	MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ANTI-NEA CAMPAIGN by Ben Davis Some questions for Patrick Courrielche, the man behind the "NEA propaganda story."

Oct. 7, 2009	GOTHAM ART & THEATER by Elisabeth Kley Genesis P-Orridge, K8 Hardy, the Bernadette Corporation, My Barbarian, Naomi Fisher and Austé.

Oct. 5, 2009	ARTNET DESIGN by Brook S. Mason Antiques, kitchenalia, gardenalia and more in Lodon. And Anish Kapoor.

September

Sept. 30, 2009	MOSCOW EXPRESS by Matthew Bown The Moscow Biennale is the best yet; ArtMoscow is an ignominious failure.

Sept. 29, 2009	LONDON DISPATCH by Laura K. Jones Pestival, Rob Pruitt, Henry Hudson, Museum of Non Participation, Matthew Bannon, Vegas Gallery, Ceal Floyer, Mat Collishaw, more.

Sept. 28, 2009	THE NEW CULTURE WARS by Ben Davis A defense of the NEA conference call.

Sept. 25, 2009	ARTNET GOSSIP by Rosetta Stone Have you seen anything good?

Sept. 24, 2009	MAPP & MICH by Lavinia Filippi "Robert Mapplethorpe: Perfection in Form" at Florence’s Galleria dell’Accademia.

Sept. 23, 2009	Shanghai SERENADE by Barbara Pollack Taking the temperature of the Chinese art scene at ShContemporary.

Sept. 21, 2009	MAGAZINE RACK by Grant Mandarino September issues of Artforum, Art in America, ARTnews and Bidoun.

Sept. 18, 2009	SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED by Ben Davis Caragh Thuring’s end-of-painting paintings at Simon Preston.

Sept. 18, 2009	REPORT FROM TORONTO by Clare Henry New developments in Canada’s most populous city.

Sept. 11, 2009	COMMUNISTS! IN THE ART WORLD! by Ben Davis Four art institutions that Glenn Beck should look into.

Sept. 4, 2009	WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson Louis Eilshemius, Kal Spelletich, Kehinde Wiley, Tauba Auerbach, Davis Rhodes, Rafael Vargas-Suarez, Julie Harvey.

August

Aug. 28, 2009	ARTNET DESIGN by Brook S. Mason The Anna Wintour sensibility. Plus, a fall design preview, and a bit on the gold bug.

Aug. 24, 2009	GOTHAM ART & THEATER by Elisabeth Kley David Goldblatt, Song Dong, Mayer Kirshenblatt, Hurvin Anderson, and Annie Pootoogook.

Aug. 20, 2009	MONEY TALKS by Mary Rinebold The Bruce High Quality Foundation critiques the art market.

Aug. 18, 2009	ARTNET GOSSIP by Rosetta Stone Art world gears up for September openings, Leibovitz at Danzinger, Obama as G.O.D., more.

Aug. 12, 2009	ALONE IN A CROWD by Roger Boyce Ronnie Van Hout at Christchurch City Art Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand.

Aug. 7, 2009	THE MUSEUM BUBBLE by Ben Davis Who’s to blame for the pain of the non-profit art world?

Aug. 7, 2009	ENDLESS SUMMER by Lara Taubman The Los Angeles gallery scene percolates during the off-season.

Aug. 5, 2009	ARCADIA ALL OVER by N.F. Karlins "Arcadia" at ClampArt and "Desert Light" at Throckmorton Fine Art.

Aug. 4, 2009	ARTNET DESIGN by Brook S. Mason Inside MoMA’s Ron Arad show, Met Museum book gossip, Lauren’s second Gilded Age and Clic’s new art gallery paradigm.

July

July 31, 2009	WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson "Andy Warhol: From the Factory," Seth Price, Orchard Street galleries, art in Callicoon, more.

July 28, 2009	BACON, HALF-BAKED by Ben Davis Why philosopher Gilles Deleuze’s book on Francis Bacon is so much tamer than Francis Bacon’s work itself.

July 24, 2009	GOTHAM ART & THEATER by Elisabeth Kley Summer group shows at Marian Goodman, Murray Guy, Alexander and Bonin, Lisa Cooley, Harris Lieberman, Casey Kaplan.

July 22, 2009	WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson "Travels in Conceptual Art," M.A.C. Make-Up Art Cosmetics, "Time-Life" at T&S, Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects, more.

July 20, 2009	IRANIAN ART NOW by Ben Davis "Iran Inside Out" at the Chelsea Art Museum.

July 6, 2009	REVOLUTION’S WAKE by Blake Stone-Banks Shows by Huang Rui and Gao Shiqiang represent the changing moment in Beijing.

June

June 25, 2009	GOTHAM ART & THEATER by Elisabeth Kley Huang Yong Ping, Patty Chang, Laurel Nakadate, Andrea Fraser, Sadie Benning, Rochelle Feinstein.

June 23, 2009	VIENNA REPORT by Julie Ryan Spring in the Austrian capital.

June 22, 2009	WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson Sterling Ruby, filmmaker.

June 18, 2009	BITTERSWEET CACOPHONY by Ben Davis Bruce Nauman’s vile, refreshing art.

June 16, 2009	DUCHESS SPARKLE by Brook S. Mason The Grosvenor House Art & Antiques Fair, the duchess dowager of fairs, garners new sparkle.

June 12, 2009	OLYMPIAN HEIGHTS by Brook S. Mason Luxe and big bucks at the 36th annual Olympia International Art & Antiques Fair in London.

June 11, 2009	MANON TRANSFORMER by Mary Rinebold New York’s first survey of photographs and installations by the contemporary Swiss artist Manon.

June 10, 2009	BIENNALE DEGREE ZERO by Ben Davis Daniel Birnbaum’s "Making Worlds" is a Type 0 Biennale.

June 9, 2009	WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson Judit Reigl, Jennifer Reeves, Enrico Castellani, Gosha Ostretsov, Michael Brown, more.

June 5, 2009	PARIS DISPATCH by Laura K. Jones Stanislas Bourgain, Masha Shubina, Gyan Panchal, Didier Trenet, Emeric Glayse, Keiichi Nitta, Yorgos Nikas, Thomas Dryll, Shilpa Gupta, Nick Devereux, more.

June 4, 2009	MAKE DO by John Drury Intuitive action and true passion from four Outsider Artists.

June 3, 2009	REPORT FROM MILWAUKEE by Pedro Vélez Jefferson Pinder and Dennis Balk at Inova, the Green Gallery East and West, Jan Lievens, more.

June 2, 2009	ARTNET.DE DIGEST by Kimberly Bradley Berlin Gallery Weekend, Georg Herold, Robert Elfgen, Zbigniew Rogalski, Attila Csörgö, Stella Hamberg, more.

May

May 29, 2009	ARTNET DESIGN by Brook S. Mason Dynamo Donald Judd, ceramics for contemporary art fans, Rudolf Nureyev costumes, more.

May 26, 2009	PEEP SHOW by Michèle C. Cone Sex and the phenomenology of looking in "Two Shows: Peeps / Pistoletto"at CUNY’s James Galley.

May 22, 2009	FAIREY TALES by Ben Davis The myth and reality of Shepard Fairey’s preppy Pop anti-authoritarianism.

May 20, 2009	GOTHAM ART & THEATER by Elisabeth Kley Malcolm Morley, Oliver Herring, Betty Tompkins, Carrie Moyer, Basim Magdy, Glen Baldridge, Michelle Handelman.

May 19, 2009	AN ALEXIS SMITH REVIVAL by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp Word play and narrative in works by the Los Angeles artist.

May 19, 2009	ARTNET GOSSIP by Rosetta Stone A trip to Greenwich, Brits in Chelsea, fag ends in art.

May 12, 2009	JUST FRIENDS by Alexandra Anderson-Spivy The original of Man Ray’s Le Violon d’Ingres, and other gems, at Pace-MacGill.

May 11, 2009	AROUND ARTROPOLIS by Pedro Vélez Art Chicago, Next and other fair events in the Windy City 2009.

May 4, 2009	KIEV DISPATCH by Laura K. Jones An on-the-spot report on the opening of Damien Hirst’s "Requiem" at the Pinchuk Art Centre.

April

Apr. 30, 2009	ANIMAL SPIRITS by Ben Davis The strengths and limits of Adel Abdessemed’s nihilistic guerrilla art.

Apr. 24, 2009	GOTHAM ART & THEATER by Elisabeth Kley "Late Picasso," John Waters, Kalup Linzy, Kinke Kooi, Thomas Trosch, Richard Allen Morris.

Apr. 22, 2009	ARTNET GOSSIP by Rosetta Stone "Younger Than Jesus" in the temple of commerce.

Apr. 17, 2009	JESUS COMPLEX by Ben Davis The New Museum Triennial fails as a portrait of a generation -- but succeeds as an essay on the "naughty oughties."

Apr. 16, 2009	ARTNET DESIGN by Brook S. Mason Bright spots in design and antiques, despite the recession.

Apr. 7, 2009	PERFECTLY FRANK by Sidney Lawrence Robert Frank’s "Americans" step into the National Gallery.

March

Mar. 30, 2009	The Recession Biennale by Lavinia Filippi An interview with Venice Biennale exhibition director Daniel Birnbaum.

Mar. 27, 2009	GOTHAM ART & THEATER by Elisabeth Kley Carolee Schneemann, Laura Parnes, Paul Sharits, James Castle, Andrew Lord.

Mar. 25, 2009	ARTNET.DE DIGEST by Kimberly Bradley The Berlin art bubble has burst. Sort of.

Mar. 24, 2009	HE’S THE SHIT by Ben Davis Italian conceptualist Piero Manzoni was more of a professional than he seems.

Mar. 23, 2009	ARTNET GOSSIP by Rosetta Stone The Venice Biennale, art sales in New York, Thomas Kinkade and Disney, more.

Mar. 20, 2009	WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson Jenny Holzer, "It Is What It Is," Emily Jacir, Jacob Kassay, Josh Smith, Richard Phillips, more.

Mar. 18, 2009	AMERICANS IN MILAN by Alice Savorelli TJ Wilcox, Wade Guyton and Catherine Sullivan at Raffaella Cortese and Giò Marconi.

Mar. 13, 2009	THE TWITTER ESTHETIC by Ben Davis The art fair experience finds the form of writing proper to it.

Mar. 13, 2009	LONDON DISPATCH by Laura K. Jones The Colony Room, Keith Coventry, "Mythologies," Alan Miller, Evan Holloway, Cindy Sherman, Wallis Gallery, Alex Melamid, Ull Hohn, Boo Saville, much more.

Mar. 12, 2009	CHICAGO BUILD UP by Pedro Vélez Edvard Munch, Robert Davis and Michael Langlois, Michelle Grabner, Matt Nichols, Matt Hanner, more.

Mar. 6, 2009	WHAT NEVER HAPPENED? by Coline Milliard A new filmic portrait by Jane & Louise Wilson.

Mar. 4, 2009	STARS IN CARS by Walter Robinson New works by Sarah Davis investigate the parlous fate of starlets in a digital age.

February

Feb. 23, 2009	PSYCO-SOCIAL STILL-LIFE by Ben Davis Ruud van Empel’s "Souvenir" series shows how history troubles our fantasies.

Feb. 20, 2009	ARTNET GOSSIP by Rosetta Stone The Art Show, art magazine news, galleries opening and closing, more.

Feb. 19, 2009	GOTHAM ART & THEATER by Elisabeth Kley Mary Heilmann, Derek Jarman, Matta, Justin Samson, Peter Caine, Michael Mahalchick.

Feb. 19, 2009	TREASURY OF STYLE by Brook S. Mason What to watch in Christie’s sale of the Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé Collection.

Feb. 12, 2009	A TRANS-NATIONAL TRIENNIAL? by Coline Milliard Nicolas Bourriaud curates a sexy new phrase at Tate Britain.

Feb. 12, 2009	THE BOOK LOVER by Jeff Joyce Duncan Hannah’s "Poems and Poets" bring a bohemian past to life.

Feb. 6, 2009	WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson Pierre Bonnard, Peter Doig, Erik Van Lieshout, more.

Feb. 4, 2009	Arte Fiera Bologna 2009 by Lavinia Filippi The Last Days of Pipilotti Rist’s Pour Your Body Out (7354 Meters).

Jan. 29, 2009	CRISIS AND CRITICISM by Ben Davis The "crisis in criticism" meets the economic crisis.

Jan. 28, 2009	NEW LAMPS FOR OLD by Brook S. Mason Good-bye pricey pilgrim furnishings, hello contemporary flair at the 55th Winter Antiques Show in New York.

Jan. 26, 2009	GOTHAM ART & THEATER by Elisabeth Kley Stephen Sprouse, Liz Renay, Nick Cage, Barkley L. Hendricks, "Gothic: Dark Glamour," Don Bachardy.

Jan. 23, 2009	PALMY DAYS by Walter Robinson Changes of course at the palmbeach³ art fair.

Jan. 16, 2009	ARTNET GOSSIP by Rosetta Stone "Younger Than Jesus," Jay Jopling hearts Lily Allen, shark attacks, dealers struggle to get paid, an artist in Antarctica, more.

Jan. 15, 2009	OUT IS IN by N.F. Karlins Good news at the 2009 Outsider Art Fair.

Jan. 9, 2009	CULTURE JAM by Jesi Khadivi Three Bay Area artists at L.A.’s new Charlie James Gallery.

Jan. 8, 2009	ART AND IDEA by Alexandra Anderson-Spivy An acre of Sol LeWitt drawings at Mass MoCA.

Jan. 7, 2009	ARTNET DESIGN by Brook S. Mason A look back at 2008, and the year ahead.

Jan. 5, 2009	GOTHAM ART & THEATER by Elisabeth Kley Nathalie Djurberg, Trenton Doyle Hancock, Joyce Pensato, Nayland Blake, Lily Ludlow and Allen Cordell, Josef Strau.

Jan. 5, 2009	PUERTO RICAN SUN by Pedro Vélez Comedy and corruption in the celebrated U.S. territory.

December

Dec. 30, 2008	THE 2008 REVUE by Walter Robinson and Ben Davis "Fly high, fall hard," a motto for the times.

Dec. 19, 2008	REAL NORTH AMERICA by Alexandra Anderson-Spivy Neil Jenney’s recent work.

Dec. 18, 2008	BAD MANNERS by Ilka Scobie The great Italian artist Carol Rama gets her due in a major New York exhibition.

Dec. 15, 2008	MIAMI PRINT REPORT 2008 by Deborah Ripley The print scene at Art Basel Miami Beach week.

Dec. 11, 2008	PAWN SHOP CONCEPTUALISM by Ben Davis Jeff Sonhouse’s "composites" reach for a neither/nor esthetic.

Dec. 9, 2008	MIAMI MEMORIES 2008 by Walter Robinson Odds and ends from Miami’s annual art fair week.

Dec. 5, 2008	CRISIS, WHAT CRISIS? by Walter Robinson Weathering the storm at Art Basel Miami Beach.

Dec. 5, 2008	DRAWING NOTEBOOK by N.F. Karlins Six centuries of drawings of New York City at the New-York Historical Society.

Dec. 1, 2008	GOTHAM ART & THEATER by Elisabeth Kley Cindy Sherman, Richard Prince, Jonathan Horowitz, Stan Douglas, Christopher Brooks, Gail Thacker.

November

Nov. 25, 2008	ARTNET.DE DIGEST by Kimberly Bradley ABC, Berlin Art Forum, Jeff Koons, Vik Muniz, Iona Rozeal Brown, Udo Kittelmann, Candace Breitz, Thomas Eller, more.

Nov. 20, 2008	OH YES THEY DID! by Ben Davis The Yes Men and Friends take on the New York Times.

Nov. 17, 2008	HIGH MODERNISM by Brook S. Mason Sanford Smith’s 23rd annual "Modernism: A Century of Style and Design" at the Park Avenue Armory.

Nov. 13, 2008	FOLK ART NOTEBOOK by N.F. Karlins James Castle, Thomas Chambers and Martín Ramírez.

Nov. 11, 2008	DEAD HEAT by Ben Davis Berlinde de Bruyckere riffs on the wretchedness of life.

Nov. 10, 2008	BLEEDING-HEART BIENNALE by Walter Robinson Dan Cameron and the "Prospect.1 New Orleans" international biennial in New Orleans.

October

Oct. 28, 2008	GOTHAM ART & THEATER by Elisabeth Kley Leon Golub, Berlinde de Bruyckere, Medardo Rosso, Robert Melee, Nicole Cherubini, Aurel Schmidt, more.

Oct. 24, 2008	SPACE CADETS by Walter Robinson "Theanyspacewhatever" at the Guggenheim Museum.

Oct. 21, 2008	COOL COSMOLOGY by Ilka Scobie Thomas Woodruff’s delirious solar system.

Oct. 17, 2008	AN ODD COUPLE by N.F. Karlins "Georgia O’Keeffe and Ansel Adams" at the Smithsonian.

Oct. 16, 2008	A NEW CHAPTER ON TASTE by Brook S. Mason The 20th International Fine Art and Antique Dealers Show takes the measure of the market.

Oct. 15, 2008	SCENES FROM SHANGHAI by Ben Davis Searching for the soul of the Chinese art world.

Oct. 7, 2008	LONDON LETTER by Ben Street Jorge Queiroz, Ewan Gibbs, Anthony Goicolea and Roger Hiorns.

September

Sept. 30, 2008	PUERTO RICAN SUN by Pedro Vélez The FAS 08 Sound Art Fair in San Juan.

Sept. 25, 2008	GOTHAM ART & THEATER by Elisabeth Kley Sue Williams, Bendix Harms, John Bock, Tam Ochiai, Leigh Ledare, Agathe Snow, Genesis P-Orridge, more.

Sept. 19, 2008	THE CHINA PRICE by Ben Davis Stalking the elusive Chinese collector at ShContemporary.

Sept. 12, 2008	ARTNET DESIGN by Brook S. Mason "Gothic: Dark Glamour," Trafik at Morgans Hotel, The Duchess, Yves Saint Laurent, Babar, "Home Delivery," more.

Sept. 8, 2008	AN ELEGANT RETREAT by N.F. Karlins The summer ends with a trip to the New York Chinese Scholar’s Garden.

Sept. 5, 2008	ESTHETIC POLITICS? by Ben Davis The idea that art is a model for politics is the biggest art-critical boondoggle around.

Sept. 4, 2008	THINK ABOUT IT by Walter Robinson Sense data and symbol systems in paintings by Dena Shottenkirk.

August

Aug. 28, 2008	TWO FRIDAS by Ben Davis Frida Kahlo’s surreal Socialist Realism.

Aug. 21, 2008	STRANGE MANIFESTATIONS by Brian Skar The parts are greater than the whole in Manifesta 7.

Aug. 19, 2008	ARTNET.DE DIGEST by Kimberly Bradley Collier Schorr, Rupprecht Geiger, Wolfgang Tillmans, "Rohkunstbau," "Art Biesenthal," Sammlung Gerstenberg-Scharf, Berlin’s White Cube, more.

Aug. 14, 2008	SUMMER SOCIAL by N.F. Karlins Political art in "Competing Ideologies" at D. Wigmore Fine Art. Plus, "Philip Guston: Works on Paper."

Aug. 13, 2008	KOENIG OF THE CATSKILLS by Walter Robinson New York dealer Leo Koenig opens a satellite gallery in his dairy barn.

Aug. 7, 2008	GOTHAM ART & THEATER by Elisabeth Kley Group shows galore, at Gavin Brown, Maccarone, Matthew Marks, Greene Naftali, Moti Hasson, D’Amelio Terras and Canada.

Aug. 6, 2008	COTTAGE INDUSTRY by Andrew Berardini L.A.’s new Cottage Home gallery and the evolution of the Chinatown gallery art scene.

Aug. 4, 2008	SKYBOXES by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp Halfway between the prairie and the Jetsons with the architecture of John Lautner.

July

July 31, 2008	UP PERISCOPE by Ben Davis The unlikely tale of Scope Hamptons ‘08.

July 29, 2008	ARTNET DESIGN by Brook S. Mason Arad-mania, gasoline alley trophy heads, Christie’s design auctions, Brideshead Revisited, Thomas Hope, MAD’s new quarters, more.

July 28, 2008	LONDON DISPATCH by Laura K. Jones Sudeley Castle, Boo Saville, CCC Moscow, Alexei Buldakov, Diane Machulina, Sacha Newley, Liliane Lijn, Mat Collishaw, Tracey Emin, more.

July 25, 2008	NATURAL FACTS by Ben Davis "After Nature" shows it’s easier to turn apocalypse into a motif than it is to imagine it sincerely.

July 18, 2008	WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson Larry Fink, Leopoldo Maler, Leonid Lerman, Charles Matton, Edith Maybin, Danny Lyon, Luigi Benedicenti, more.

July 16, 2008	THE RISE OF THE SUPERARTISTS by Ben Davis Takashi Murakami, Olafur Eliasson and today’s avant-garde.

July 14, 2008	THE IRAQI CENTURY OF ART by Ben Davis Mohammed al Hamadany’s Night of Fire and 100 years of struggle by Iraqi artists.

July 11, 2008	GOTHAM ART & THEATER by Elisabeth Kley Jane and Louise Wilson, Mat Collishaw, Harry Dodge and Stanya Kahn, Tetsumi Kudo, Cameron Hayes, Dawn Mellor.

July 3, 2008	WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson Louise Bourgeois, "Dali and Film," "Retrospective" at Gagosian, Sarah Braman, Lower East Side galleries, more.

June

June 20, 2008	GOTHAM ART & THEATER by Elisabeth Kley Natsuki Uruma, E’wao Kagoshima, Kerry James Marshall, Laleh Khorramian and Ellen Cantor.

June 18, 2008	MALACHITE, MEISSEN, MOSCOW by Brook S. Mason Russians love the traditional English country house look, frothed up with continental trimmings.

June 18, 2008	BUILDING BLOCKS by Ben Davis David Byrne’s Playing the Building: Once in a lifetime experience, or road to nowhere?

June 16, 2008	PERIPHERAL VISION by Kimberly Bradley The second edition of the new Art Athina fair is all about being on the edge.

June 10, 2008	OLYMPIAN SWAGGER by Brook S. Mason The Olympia International Art & Antiques Fair goes contemporary.

June 10, 2008	MOSCOW EXPRESS by Kate Sutton Art Moscow 2008, the World Fine Art Fair, the new MCAA, Volker Diehl, Gary Tatinsian, Dmitry Prigov, more.

June 6, 2008	BASELMANIA 2008 by Walter Robinson Esthetic delirium in the art fair city.

June 5, 2008	TREASURING CRETE by N.F. Karlins "From the Land of the Labyrinth" at the Onassis Cultural Center.

June 4, 2008	LONDON DISPATCH by Laura K. Jones Gary Webb, the Hix Oyster and Chop, John Currin, Nicholas of London, Harland Miller, Mat Collishaw, Brenda Beban, Mustafa Hulusi, Keith Coventry, more.

June 3, 2008	BIG AT BASEL by Walter Robinson Art 39 Basel opens with "Art Unlimited" and "Art Statements."

May

May 28, 2008	ARTNET.DE DIGEST by Kimberly Bradley Berlin’s "Gallery Weekend," the new "Hallen am Wasser" gallery district, and the Boros Collection art bunker.

May 27, 2008	GOTHAM ART & THEATER by Elisabeth Kley Jonathan Meese, Otto Muehl, Joan Mitchell, Gert & Uwe Tobias, David Altmejd, Rachel Feinstein, Delia Brown, Robert Hawkins.

May 23, 2008	FIRE AND ICE by Ben Davis Sexual dysfunction and environmental consciousness at the Reykjavik Arts Festival in Iceland.

May 19, 2008	ATLAS OF MINDSCAPES by Robert G. Edelman For Pier Pizzi Cannella, a map is a mystery.

May 16, 2008	HAPPENING NOW by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp Sotheby’s contemporary does a record-setting $362 million.

May 12, 2008	WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson Superhero fashion, Serge Spitzer, celebrating Tony Shafrazi, more.

May 9, 2008	THE BILLY PAPPAS PROBLEM by Ben Davis Julie Checkoway’s documentary Waiting for Hockney raises questions about the sociology of art.

May 9, 2008	ARTNET DESIGN by Brook S. Mason Wendell Castle, Wright sells Louis Kahn and more, and Sebastian+Barquet on a roll.

April

Apr. 30, 2008	SEAT ASSIGNMENT by Ben Street A provocative and elegant installation by Hans Schabus at the Barbican Art Gallery, London.

Apr. 30, 2008	ARTNET.DE DIGEST by Kimberly Bradley The Gregor Schneider "dying" controversy, Jean Fabre in the Louvre, Berlin art-fair news.

Apr. 28, 2008	THE INSIDER’S OUTSIDER by Ben Davis Henry Darger’s "unrealism" and the anxiety of influence.

Apr. 25, 2008	CINEMA HIRSHHORNA by Sidney Lawrence "The Cinema Effect" at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.

Apr. 22, 2008	CLAUDE AT THE CLARK by Paul Jeromack Inside a major museum acquisition of drawings by Claude Lorrain.

Apr. 18, 2008	GOTHAM ART & THEATER by Elisabeth Kley Marcel Dzama, Henry Darger, Angelo Filomeno, Hope Atherton, Peter Hujar, Mika Tajima, Glen Fogel, Eric Heist.

Apr. 16, 2008	SHADOW DANCING by Kimberly Bradley Confrontations and confusion in the 5th Berlin Biennale.

Apr. 16, 2008	ANIMAL KINGDOM by Sarah Canner Liu Jia’s "Social Fables" at Galerie Vallois.

Apr. 14, 2008	PUERTO RICAN SUN by Walter Robinson Art and artists at the third annual Circa Puerto Rico art fair.

Apr. 11, 2008	ART IN FLUX by Ben Davis Flux Factory’s final show marks the end of an era.

Apr. 8, 2008	LONDON DISPATCH by Laura K. Jones Thomas Scheibitz, Angus Fairhurst, Derek Jarman, Les Blank, Michael Landy, more.

Apr. 7, 2008	WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson Warhol’s Jews, Rauschenberg’s ecology, Ashley Bickerton, Ryan McGinley, Daniel Richter, "Substraction," more.

Apr. 2, 2008	CARIBBEAN CACHET by Pedro Velez The Museo de Arte de Ponce is one great museum in the Caribbean.

March

Mar. 28, 2008	FAIR WEATHER? by Walter Robinson The Armory, Volta, Scope, Pulse, LA Art, Bridge, more.

Mar. 24, 2008	HELLO DUBAI by Ana Finel Honigman Art Dubai, the Creek Art Fair, more.

Mar. 20, 2008	ARTNET.DE DIGEST by Kimberly Bradley Surrend controversy at Galerie Nord, galleries leave Cologne for Berlin, more.

Mar. 18, 2008	STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO by Brian Andrews Jens Haaning, Paul McCarthy, Nicholas Graham, Albert Reyes, Packard Jennings, Steve Lambert, Paul Shambroom, more.

Mar. 14, 2008	REALISM AND VOYEURISM by Michèle C. Cone Gustave Courbet liked to see what he was not supposed to see.

Mar. 13, 2008	PLAYING WITH FIRE by Alexandra Anderson-Spivy Cai Guo-Qiang’s "I Want to Believe" at the Guggenheim Museum.

Mar. 13, 2008	CAI GUO-KILLER by Ben Davis In the basement with Chinese art star Cai Guo-Qiang.

Mar. 12, 2008	THE NEW NEW CHIC by Brook S. Mason Deco arts stylish reign at TEFAF Maastricht 08.

Mar. 10, 2008	WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson Jane Simpson, John F. Simon Jr., the Whitney Biennial, the New Museum, Hannah Wilke, Dennis Kardon, more.

Mar. 7, 2008	RAVE ON by Ben Davis A "rave review" for the Whitney’s 2008 biennial.

Mar. 5, 2008	MIDDLE EASTERN ALLURE by Brook S. Mason New art fairs, and new challenges, in the United Arab Emirates.

Mar. 4, 2008	FOLK HEROINE by N.F. Karlins A retrospective of the celebrated self-taught painter Malcah Zeldis.

February

Feb. 21, 2008	PHANTOM SENSATIONS by Kathryn Garcia Andreas Hofer’s end-of-art funhouse.

Feb. 20, 2008	LONDON DISPATCH by Laura K. Jones Rachel Howard, The Approach, Roman Signer, Poppy de Villeneuve, Germaine Kruip, Darren Almond, Paul Pfeiffer, Marc Quinn, Peter Doig, more.

Feb. 19, 2008	LYRICAL NEW YORK by Ilka Scobie Yvonne Jacquette and Rudy Burckhardt at the Museum of the City of New York.

Feb. 15, 2008	THE BLING GAME by Ben Davis Say hello to Luis Gispert’s little friend.

Feb. 15, 2008	CAPITAL ROUNDUP by Sidney Lawrence A Panda pick-me-up, roller-coaster moods and New York nostalgia on 14th Street. Plus, D.C.’s new Norman Foster courtyard.

Feb. 14, 2008	ARTNET.DE DIGEST by Kimberly Bradley Berlin as part MySpace, part iTunes. Plus, Alexander Bühler, Roman Lipski, Brian Alfred, Roman Schramm, more.

Feb. 13, 2008	Alas and Alack at LACMA by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp The elephant in the room at LACMA’s new Broad Contemporary Art Museum.

Feb. 4, 2008	GARDEN OF LIFE by Julia Morton Dieu Donné celebrates the life and work of New York artist Alan Shields (1944-2005)

January

Jan. 30, 2008	L.A. CONFIDENTIAL by Walter Robinson Michael Asher at SMMoA, ART LA 2008 and the Los Angeles Art Show, Culver City galleries, more.

Jan. 29, 2008	PAIN WITHOUT INJURY by Eliza Slavet Works by Avi Alpert & Steven Lam, Steve Ausbury and Olen Hsu at PS122 Gallery.

Jan. 25, 2008	THE POLITICS OF PORCELAIN by N.F. Karlins The porcelain of the European Courts at Bard.

Jan. 25, 2008	L.A. CONFIDENTIAL by Emma Gray Doug Harvey’s "Third Annual L.A. Weekly Biennial" at Track 16 Gallery.

Jan. 24, 2008	GATEWAY TO NOWHERE by Ben Davis Do-Ho Suh’s Reflection and art’s power to forget.

Jan. 15, 2008	WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson Robert Rauschenberg, Al Taylor, Judith Bernstein, Joyce Pensato, Max Schumann, more.

Jan. 11, 2008	COMMERCE AND CONSCIOUSNESS by Ben Davis The year in "complicit esthetics."

Jan. 11, 2008	RAY OF LIGHT by Ben Street Rediscovering Anthony McCall’s Line Describing a Cone.

Jan. 10, 2008	PARIS AFLICKER by Sarah Canner Victor Erice, Abbas Kiarostami, Jim Shaw, Ariane Michel, Elina Brotherus, Bruno Serralongue.

Jan. 3, 2008	MODERNISM & MATERIAL by Walter Robinson "Drawing in Space" at Richard Feigen & Co.

December

Dec. 24, 2007	MIAMI POST MORTEM by Ben Davis The "social unconscious" in Art Basel Miami Beach and beyond.

Dec. 21, 2007	ARTNET.DE DIGEST by Kimberly Bradley New directors for Berlin museums, Heiner Bastian builds, Hamburger Bahnhof sold, "white cube" for Berlin, more.

Dec. 20, 2007	ARTNET DESIGN by Brook S. Mason Marcus Tremonto, gallery bling, Robert M. Kulicke and Bessie Jamieson, Armand Rateau, Tony Duquette, more.

Dec. 19, 2007	NEW DELHI IN THE OLD WORLD by Alice Savorelli Contemporary Indian art comes to Milan, courtesy Primo Marella Gallery.

Dec. 14, 2007	HEARTS OF DARKNESS by Pedro Velez Art vs. economic oppression in works by Steve McQueen and Hubert Sauper.

Dec. 12, 2007	EVERYDAY PARIS by N.F. Karlins Gabriel de Saint-Aubin was the Manet of the Enlightenment.

Dec. 11, 2007	QUIET TIME by Roberta Fallon Eileen Neff at the Philadelphia Institute of Contemporary Art.

Dec. 10, 2007	ONE MORE ON MIAMI by Walter Robinson CIFO, car karma, Catherine Sullivan, Margulies, Aqua, photo fairs, "Art & Value," etc.

Dec. 7, 2007	MIAMI MYASTHENIA by Walter Robinson Art Miami, Scope, the Rubell Collection, NADA, the Miami Art Museum, Design Miami, more.

Dec. 7, 2007	PATTERNS AND POSSIBILITIES by Adrian Dannatt An exhibition of new paintings by the celebrated School of Paris artist, Françoise Gilot.

Dec. 6, 2007	MIAMI EN GARDE by Walter Robinson Art Basel Miami Beach, Flow, Joe’s Stone Crab, etc.

Dec. 6, 2007	POSERS AND ROCKERS by Pedro Velez The Chicago MCA ventures a show on art and rock music.

Dec. 5, 2007	MIAMI IN PIECES by Walter Robinson Grilled meats, Pulse, Geisai, bathroom breaks, Jorge Pardo, Carlos Amorales, Emmanuel Perrotin, more.

Dec. 4, 2007	WESTERN PROMISES by Ben Davis Piotr Uklanski’s ""Western"" Summer Love.

November

Nov. 29, 2007	PARIS IN THE FALL by Michèle C. Cone "The Third Mind" at the Palais de Tokyo, the new Cité de l’architecture et du patrimoine, Diaspora, Alexander Ponomarev, more.

Nov. 27, 2007	NEW LIVES FOR OLD by Jane Harris Surviving Wooloo Productions’ Life Exchange.

Nov. 27 2007	SAN FRANCISCO HAPPENINGS by Brian Andrews Olafur Elaisson, Douglas Gordon, Takeshi Murata, Will Rogan, Tracy Timman, Liz Walsh, Tony Labat, Nathan Redwood, more.

Nov. 19, 2007	DISASTER TEAM by Ben Davis The beauty of drowning Africans in Isaac Julien and Russell Maliphant’s "Cast No Shadow."

Nov. 12, 2007	GUY SMILEY by Ben Davis Yue Minjun, human logo.

Nov. 2, 2007	NEW YORK PRINT REPORT by Deborah Ripley Prize works at two art fairs during Print Week in New York.

Nov. 2, 2007	ARTNET DESIGN by Brook S. Mason Salander’s dec arts, Yonel Lebovici, a Mediaeval renaissance in New York, more.

October

Oct. 31, 2007	UNDONE AT ALTRIA by Leah Modigliani The Whitney Museum bids farewell to its Altria branch with a show about "unraveling."

Oct. 26, 2007	LONDON CALLING by Joe La Placa During "Frieze Week" in London, the Zoo Art Fair was the most exciting venue for new art.

Oct. 26, 2007	THE CONTRA IRAN AFFAIR by Ben Davis Shirana Shahbazi’s new work reacts against images of Iran, in a veiled way.

Oct. 25, 2007	THE VIENNA MINUTE by Abraham Orden Herbert Brandl, Svenja Deininger, Tillman Kaiser, Marina Faust, more.

Oct. 23, 2007	OUT AT FRIEZE by Mary Barone The Frieze Art Fair in London.

Oct. 19, 2007	FORCE OF CULTURE by N.F. Karlins Hidden depths in the drawings of Domenico Zindato.

Oct. 18, 2007	CAPITAL ROUNDUP by Sidney Lawrence Renée Stout, Chuck Close tapestries, Jiha Moon, Ian Whitmore, Olga Viso, Jane Jerardi, Nathan Baker, more.

Oct. 17, 2007	ARTNET.DE DIGEST by Kimberly Bradley Controversy from the Cardinal, Art Forum Berlin, Zhang Huan’s ash Buddha at Haunch of Venison, more.

Oct. 12, 2007	L.A. CONFIDENTIAL by Emma Gray Sharon Levy, William Pope.L, Benjamin Butler, Ruben Ochoa, Matthew Spiegelman, more.

Oct. 11, 2007	ABORIGINAL LONDON by Ben Street "Rarrk London" presents over 100 works by 15 Aboriginal artists.

Oct. 11, 2007	ALL THIS USELESS BOOTY by Ben Davis Julie Heffernan’s anti-history painting.

Oct. 5, 2007	DREAM WEAVER by Carlo McCormick Isaac Abrams’ psychonautical adventures.

September

Sept. 27, 2007	MAN AND SUPERMAN by Ben Davis Shaun El C. Leonardo, budding superartist.

Sept. 26, 2007	ARTNET DESIGN by Brook S. Mason Friedman Benda, Breuer at Wright, MacBain’s bags, Nan Kempner, Noguchi, Jansen furniture, John Beresford Fowler, more.

Sept. 25, 2007	APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION by Brian Skar The 1st Athens Biennial, "Her(his)tory" and "Re-Map KM" in Athens.

Sept. 20, 2007	SHCONSUMER SHCONFIDENCE by Summer Kumar A promising start for ShContemporary, the new Shanghai art fair.

Sept. 19, 2007	WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson Sol LeWitt, Huma Bhabha, Arlene Shechet, more.

Sept. 11, 2007	WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson Keith Tyson, Larry Clark, Jessica Craig-Martin, Jedediah Caesar, Damien Hirst, more.

Sept. 16, 2007	PUERTO RICAN SUN by Pedro Velez Open season with Ada Bobonis and Karlo Ibarra.

August

Aug. 16, 2007	Art and Politics by Jane Harris A modest "Resistance Is. . ." at the Whitney Museum.

Aug. 16, 2007	GETTING INTIMATE AT YALE by N.F. Karlins Tokens of love and respect from the Jane Katcher Collection of Americana.

Aug. 15, 2007	THE MINUTE by Abraham Orden Banks Violette, Dash Snow and Dan Colen, group show highlights, more.

Aug. 9, 2007	ART IN THE WOODS by Walter Robinson Ann-Sofi Siden, David Hammons, Nate Loman, Serge Spitzer and more at Artbarn in Qiuogue on Long Island.

Aug. 3, 2007	NEW WORLD AT SALZBURG by Brook S. Mason The new Salzburg World Fine Art Fair mixes Mozart sonatas and Meissen porcelain with the occasional avant-garde piece.

Aug. 1, 2007	FAIR FLIP-FLOPS by Ben Davis Commerce and/or personality at the third Scope Hamptons.

July

July 27, 2007	WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson Martin Creed at Bard, "What Is Painting" at MoMA, "The Shapes of Space" at the Guggenheim, more.

July 27, 2007	THE ART OF WINNERS by Paul H-O Ron Rocheleau his roster of art-star money shots.

July 26, 2007	LEFT COAST by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp Richard Ross, Renée Petropoulos and "L.A. Object."

July 23, 2007	L.A. CONFIDENTIAL by Emma Gray Boy Los Angeles, with Chris Beas, Amir H. Fallah, Dan Ho and Osman Khan, plus Lynn Hershman, galleries in Chinatown, more.

July 20, 2007	GLOBALIZED FEMINISM by Ben Davis Can Miwa Yanagi dismantle the master’s house with the master’s tools?

July 19, 2007	ROME OPEN CITY by Kristen Lorello Negotiating issues of space and structure in Rome’s contemporary art scene.

July 16, 2007	ARTNET DESIGN by Brook S. Mason Art & realty, Ezra Stoller, collectible textiles, Russian modernist architecture, Macklowe redesigns, more.

July 10, 2007	CHINA SUMMER by Summer Kumar A dissected brontosaurus in Beijing, deserted amusement parks in Shanghai.

July 9, 2007	WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson More on Robert Storr’s "thinking with the senses, seeing with the mind".

July 3, 2007	LIGHT TOUCH by Ben Street Paul Chan’s epic, fantastical animations at the Serpentine Gallery in London.

June

June 28, 2007	POP TRIBAL by N.F. Karlins The Phantom makes a surprise appearance on fighting shields from Papua New Guinea.

June 25, 2007	MÜNSTER MINUTE by Abraham Orden Public art and its problems at Skulptur Projekte Münster 2007.

June 18, 2007	ART CAPITAL by Walter Robinson The market triumphs at Art 38 Basel.

June 15, 2007	LOST IN SPACE by Walter Robinson Documenta 12 roams the globe and finds. . . what?

June 13, 2007	POWER PLAY by Ben Davis Tom Friedman’s aluminum foil sculptures are portraits of Aby Rosen as a "fun" guy.

June 13, 2007	L.A. CONFIDENTIAL by Emma Gray "Eden’s Edge" and "Sans Soleil" on the future of Los Angeles.

June 12, 2007	RED IS THE COLOR by Alice Savorelli New works by Pino Pinelli in Milan.

June 11, 2007	CACCIA AL TESORO by Walter Robinson The art-lover’s "treasure hunt" during the Venice Biennale 2007.

June 8, 2007	KVETCH FEST by Walter Robinson The 52nd Venice Biennale leaves ‘em griping.

June 7, 2007	THE MINUTE by Abraham Orden Devin Leonardi, Wayne Gonzales, David Ratcliff, Richard Tuttle, Tim Hawkinson, Jason Meadows, Barbara Bloom, Anselm Reyle, more.

June 6, 2007	SYGHRONI ELLINIKI by Walter Robinson Art Athina 2007 takes the Greek art scene to a new level.

May

May 31, 2007	NOUS VOILA! by Walter Robinson Montreal, Canada’s French "Sin City," is the country’s "art central."

May 27, 2007	MEMORIES OF PAST TIME by Adrian Dannatt Painter Duncan Hannah summons a specifically English esthetic.

May 25, 2007	ARTNET DESIGN by Sheldon LaPierre The new art and design scene in Los Angeles.

May 25, 2007	AFTER THE DELUGE by Mary Rinebold Agathe Snow plans a post-apocalyptic future.

May 23, 2007	THAT’S THE SPIRIT by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp Marnie Weber provides a feminized variant of testosterone-driven West Coast installation art.

May 21, 2007	WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson Marc Quinn, Tony Cragg, Damián Ortega, Roxy Paine, Mr., Betty Tompkins, Markus Lüpertz, Darby Bannard, more.

May 18, 2007	CAPITAL ROUNDUP by Sidney Lawrence Washington, D.C., goes for the brass ring with its own art fair.

May 16, 2007	HOLLOW LAUGHER by Ben Davis David Godbold answers the question: Why isn’t postmodern art funnier?

May 14, 2007	SALES, SALES, SALES by Brook S. Mason Anna and Brian Haughton’s International Fine Art Fair reveals a masterful and changing market.

May 11, 2007	PINAULT AND CO. by Ben Davis A glorious romance with power in "Sequence 1" at the Palazzo Grassi in Venice.

May 7, 2007	THE MINUTE by Abraham Orden Dana Schutz, Josh Smith, Hannah Van Bart, Katharina Wulff, Shana Moulton, Liz Deschenes, Sterling Ruby, more.

May 2, 2007	ARTNET DESIGN by Brook S. Mason Fast paced changes in Manhattan and beyond.

April

Apr. 25, 2007	STREET SHOTS by Paul H-O Dona Ann McAdams and the performance of self in everyday life.

Apr. 24, 2007	MUMBAI JUMBO by Summer Kumar Abstract painting and giant fingerprints in the Indian megacity.

Apr. 20, 2007	CRAZY FOR COLOGNE by Walter Robinson A new look for the 40th annual Art Cologne.

Apr. 19, 2007	LONDON LETTER by Ben Street "Very Abstract and Hyper Figurative," George Condo, Ian Monroe, Marcel Dzama, more.

Apr. 17, 2007	IRANIAN EVOLUTION by Ben Davis A secret politics in Abbas Kiarostami’s photos and videos.

Apr. 16, 2007	DIZZYING HEIGHTS by N.F. Karlins The Stendhal Syndrome at two Old Master exhibitions in London.

Apr. 13, 2007	LOOK AGAIN by Walter Robinson The AIPAD Photography Show 2007.

Apr. 12, 2007	YOUNG NOISE by Pedro Velez Jorge Castro and Davila 666 rock the Noise music scene of San Juan.

Apr. 10, 2007	PUERTO RICAN SUN by Walter Robinson A report from Circa ’07 in San Juan.

Apr. 5, 2007	THE MINUTE by Abraham Orden Stefan Kern, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Gordon Matta-Clark, Mary Lucier, Sam Gordon, Johannes VanDerBeek, Mrzyk & Moriceau, Wilhelm Sasnal.

Apr. 3, 2007	SPICE OF LIFE by Paul H-O Martin Creed’s "Variety Show" on the Lower East Side.

March

Mar. 16, 2007	WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson Arnold Newman, Robert Rauschenberg, Jim Dine, Robert Ryman, Karin Davies, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Odd Nerdrum, more.

Mar. 13, 2007	DECORATIVE ARTS DIARY by Brook S. Mason Dutch Masters: The European Fine Art Fair, at a mere 20 years old.

Mar. 8, 2007	WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson "Barcelona and Modernity," "Dateline Israel," The Sabine Women, Jeff Wall, Lorna Simpson, "Not for Sale," Stefan Eins, Elisabeth Kley, Cary Leibowitz, Rachel Howard, more.

Mar. 8, 2007	CAPITAL ROUNDUP by Sidney Lawrence John Baldessari curates at the Hirshhorn. Plus, lots of action in D.C. galleries.

Mar. 2, 2007	IMAGE ALCHEMY by Adrian Dannatt Ena Swansea’s new paintings have an almost occult intensity.

Mar. 2, 2007	REPORT FROM PARIS by Chris Bors Takashi Murakami, body artist. Plus, Valérie Belin, Allan Wiener, Daniel Zeller, Heather Bennett, Meredyth Sparks, Karen Kilimnik, Kristof Kintera, more.

Mar. 1, 2007	PAINTING TO PAINTING by Ilka Scobie Merlin James at the New York Studio School.

February

Feb. 28, 2007	THE LONG VIEW by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp Art history catches up to Vija Celmins.

Feb. 26, 2007	LA LA LAND by Ben Davis L.A. Art challenges New York on its own turf.

Feb. 23, 2007	THE "IT" FACTOR What makes something hot? A survey inspired by a forthcoming New Museum panel.

Feb. 22, 2007	ART SHOW CONTEMPORARY by Brook S. Mason The ADAA Art Show goes contemporary in a spiffed-up armory.

Feb. 22, 2007	OLYMPIC METAL by Grant Mandarino An outdoor museum in Seattle, a city where it rains half the year.

Feb. 21, 2007	PUERTO RICAN SUN by Pedro Velez Photographers, graffiti and ghosts -- Tristán Reyes, Elsa Melendez, Bik Ismo, Lee Quinones, Aby Ruíz and Jose Luis Vargas.

Feb. 16, 2007	ARTE AMA ARCO by Walter Robinson The esthetics of shopping at the Spanish world’s top art fair.

Feb. 15, 2007	THE "IT" FACTOR by Walter Robinson What makes something hot? A survey inspired by a forthcoming New Museum panel.

Feb. 15, 2007	FOLK ART NOTEBOOK by N.F. Karlins Martín Ramírez’s fractured "psychic maps." Plus, Thomas Burleson.

Feb. 14, 2007	L.A. CONFIDENTIAL by Emma Gray Movie stars and hot sales at Art L.A.

Feb. 14, 2007	NET WORTH by Ben Davis The dilemmas of science-as-art in curator Marisa Olson’s "Networked Nature."

Feb. 13, 2007	FAIRS ON THE FRINGE by John Drury Three "outsider" art fairs make SoHo’s Puck Building their home.

Feb. 8, 2007	THE STATE WE’RE IN by Ben Street Mark Wallinger’s anti-war anti-monument at Tate Britain.

Feb. 6, 2007	WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson Stan Douglas’ Klatassin, Stephen G. Rhoades’ Recurrency, art on West 29th Street, more.

Feb. 5, 2007	BRINGING THE COOL by Natasha Roje A suite of new works by David Hammons takes aim at the rich.

Feb. 2, 2007	PHNOM PENH DIARY by Joe Fyfe Cambodia’s capital through an art critic’s eyes.

January

Jan. 31, 2007	LIKE A PRAYER by Ana Finel Honigman Contemporary devotion in Ryan McGinley’s photographs of Morrissey and his fans.

Jan. 30, 2007	THE NEW YORK LIST by Brook S. Mason New trends in the antiques world, from the 2007 Winter Antiques Show to the Chelsea art district.

Jan. 24, 2007	THE WINDY APPLE by Abraham Orden Jay Heikes, Josh Smith, Gavin Turk, Mel Bochner, Philip Vanderhyden, Matt Stole, Leslie Baum, Melanie Schiff, Deb Sokolow and Mitzi Pederson.

Jan. 22, 2007	WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson Terence Koh, Kembra Pfahler, Bambi the Mermaid, Joe Ovelman, Tony Matelli, Paulina Olowska, Carrie Moyer, Robert Chambers, more.

Jan. 19, 2007	DECORATIVE ARTS DIARY by Brook S. Mason A pumped-up Americana market at the Winter Antiques Show and more.

Jan. 12, 2007	FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH by Kimberly Bradley Berlin’s Brunnenstrasse bubbles with new galleries and (very) young art.

Jan. 9, 2007	PETAL PERFECTION by Ilka Scobie Portia Munson’s contemporary flower mandalas.

Jan. 8, 2007	WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson Brice Marden, Ellsworth Kelly, Robert Irwin, Inigo Manglano-Ovalle, Monica Bonvicini, Jock Sturges, Maro Gorky, more.

Jan. 4, 2007	STEINBERG’S SIGNATURES by Ben Davis Saul Steinberg takes on Adorno and Benjamin.

December

Dec. 27, 2006	THE 2006 REVUE Artnet’s avant-garde art critics take a look back.

Dec. 21, 2006	DECORATIVE ARTS DIARY by Brook S. Mason Last minute shopping for 2006, and looking ahead to 2007.

Dec. 18, 2006	MORE ON MIAMI by Ben Davis A report on the Ink, Flow, Bridge, Aqua, DiVA, Pulse, NADA, Photo Miami and Scope art fairs.

Dec. 15, 2006	THE NEW YORK LIST As the year rushes to a close, a few art-world issues and other things that linger on the mind this week.

Dec. 8, 2006	MIAMI HEAT by Walter Robinson The art business swings for the fences at Art Basel Miami Beach.

Dec. 8, 2006	AURA PHOTOGRAPY by Ilka Scobie Patti Smith finds poetry in the Polaroid.

Dec. 7, 2006	BLACK SITE SPECIFIC by Ben Davis Trevor Paglen brings CIA torture to Chelsea.

November

Nov. 30, 2006	GOLDEN AGE by N.F. Karlins At the American Museum of Natural History, masterpieces of gold, from Iranian idols to Liz Taylor’s watch.

Nov. 29, 2006	SOLAR BUZZ by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp Actor and artist Robert Dean Stockwell talks about his art and his life.

Nov. 27, 2006	LONDON CALLING by Brooke Lynn McGowan Conrad Shawcross, Gabriel Orozco, James Rosenquist and Mariko Mori.

Nov. 21, 2006	DECORATIVE ARTS DIARY by Brook S. Mason "Modernism" in New York, now the nation’s pre-eminent design show.

Nov. 21, 2006	AUTO-METAMORPHOSIS by Lara Taubman Liz Cohen, the Trabant, car calendars and chameleon desire.

Nov. 15, 2006	REPORT FROM PARIS by Chris Sharp Feeling contemporary in Turin.

Nov. 13, 2006	ARTISSIMA 2006 by Walter Robinson Feeling contemporary in Turin.

Nov. 10, 2006	THE NEW YORK LIST An interested compilation of the week’s doings in the global art capital.

Nov. 8, 2006	MINNESOTA VICE by Ben Davis Angela Strassheim’s tortured photos of suburbia.

Nov. 7, 2006	SHANGHAI SURPRISE by Summer Block Having fun with design at the 2006 Shanghai Biennial.

Nov. 6, 2006	THE IFPDA PRINT FAIR by Walter Robinson The 16th annual IFPDA print fair in New York.

October

Oct. 30, 2006	WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson Joseph Kosuth, Barnaby Furnas, Domenico Tiepolo, Albert Oehlen, Anton Henning, Stephen Lack, more.

Oct. 25, 2006	CULTURAL KARAOKE by Ben Davis Nikki S. Lee’s "conceptual documentary" A.K.A. Nikki S. Lee.

Oct. 24, 2006	NAUGHTY FILMS, PRISSY ART by Michéle C. Cone Titillating the masses in the early 20th century.

Oct. 24, 2006	MATERIAL EVIDENCE by Xavier LaBoulbenne Isa Genzken, Germany’s 2007 pick for the Venice Biennial, at Neugerriemschneider in Berlin.

Oct. 20, 2006	LONDON CALLING by Joe La Placa "Frieze Week" prompts a question -- Is a new battle brewing between dealers and auctions?

Oct. 18, 2006	HORTICULTURE BERLIN by Ana Finel Honigman A report from the 11th annual Art Forum Berlin.

Oct. 17, 2006	ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH by Walter Robinson New museums by Daniel Libeskind, David Adjaye, Devon Dikeou and more in Denver.

Oct. 13, 2006	CRAZY QUILTS by Ben Davis Ai Kijima’s fabric collages bring Pop extravagance to a traditional form.

Oct. 12, 2006	L.A. CONFIDENTIAL by Emma Gray Gert and Uwe Tobias, Angela Dufresne, Sterling Ruby, Ruben Ochoa, Rodney Macmillian, Michael Lazarus, more.

Oct. 11, 2006	SAN FRANCISCO DAYS by Abraham Orden The new de Young, Matthew Barney, "Cosmic Wonder," "Prophets of Deceit," more.

Oct. 11, 2006	PHOTO NEW YORK by Walter Robinson Forty contemporary photo dealers at the Metropolitan Pavilion in Manhattan.

Oct. 10, 2006	DECORATIVE ARTS DIARY by Chippendale The International Art + Design Fair, 1900-2006 in New York, plus a note on Cher’s auction.

Oct. 3, 2006	NEW YORK HORTICULTURE by Ana Finel Honigman Gerald Davis, Rob Pruitt, Aaron Young, Dash Snow, Frank Magnotta, Lindsay Brant.

September

Sept. 28, 2006	ART FAIR NEW YORK by Walter Robinson Easy parking at the Art(212) art fair.

Sept. 26, 2006	MURAKAMI, IMPRESARIO by Walter Robinson With his Geisei #10 art fair, Takashi Murakami brings Japanese art to the world.

Sept. 22, 2006	DECORATIVE ARTS DIARY by Brook S. Mason Lavish, Marie Antoinette-like consumerism at the Biennale des Antiquaires.

Sept. 20, 2006	DREAM FACTORY by Ben Davis Art and ads from director Michel Gondry.

Sept. 14, 2006	Sarajevo Art Diary by Molly Kleiman Contemporary art copes with the legacy of civil war in Sarajevo.

Sept. 12, 2006	UNIQUELY SINGAPORE by Walter Robinson The first Singapore Biennale puts the island-nation on the art map.

Sept. 7, 2006	DEATH ON THE INSTALLMENT PLAN by Ilka Scobie From Bomber Harris to LeFrak City with artist Adam McEwen.

August

Aug. 30, 2006	GLASS HOUSES by Ben Davis The art world lessons of Toledo, Ohio.

Aug. 24, 2006	BERLIN HORTICULTURE by Ana Finel Honigman Javier Peres, Terence Koh, My Barbarian, Huang Yan, F.C. Gundlach, Dieter Mammel, more.

Aug. 21, 2006	L.A. CONFIDENTIAL by Emma Gray Ken Brecher, Kim Rugg, Shaun O'Dell, Jay Battle, more.

Aug. 18, 2006	FRAGILE PLEASURE by Kathryn Garcia Elliot Hundley's free-form assemblages at the Hammer Museum in L.A.

Aug. 4, 2006	CHROMA TROUBLE by Chris Bors Giving hue to the new Goth.

Aug. 3, 2006	DOWN TEMPO by Ben Davis The hidden history of the Bauhaus in Marianne Brandt's photomontages.

Aug. 2, 2006	3D by N.F. Karlins Nek Chand, "White on White," Aquamanila, Sheila Hicks, and "Sculpture."

July

July 20, 2006	SCOPE HAMPERED? by Ben Davis The second go-round for the Scope franchise in the Hamptons.

July 18, 2006	WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson Zidane: A 21st-Century Portrait, Chris Moukarbel, Joe Scanlan, William Anastasi, Munro Galloway, more.

July 17, 2006	REPORT FROM OSAKA by Kay Itoi New art developments in Japan's western capital.

July 13, 2006	SHANGHAI NIGHTS by Summer Block The booming art world of China's financial capital.

July 12, 2006	IRREVERENT TRUTHS by Gorgon The New Puritanism and the New Urbanism, happy together.

July 3, 2006	ROYAL REALISM by N.F. Karlins "Jean-Etienne Liotard (1702-1789): Swiss Master" at the Frick Collection.

July 3, 2006	SPACE IS THE PLACE by Stephen Maine Smack Mellon's new Brooklyn space is ideal for mediations on art and environment.

June

June 27, 2006	PRAGUE SUMMER by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp Tina B. offers a different kind of European art festival.

June 26, 2006	LONDON HORTICULTURE by Ana Finel Honigman Gary Hume, Sara White Wilson, Armando Anrade Tudelo, Ivan Navarro, Boo Ritson, Bridget Riley.

June 23, 2006	L.A. CONFIDENTIAL by Emma Gray David Hockney, Joel Mesler, Thomas Zipp, Stephen Hull, Nu Nguyen, Frances Stark, more.

June 21, 2006	Fantastic Journey by Alice Savorelli The utopian urbanism of Patrick Tuttofuoco's "Revolving Landscape."

June 16, 2006	BASEL ART DIARY by Walter Robinson Summer 2006 begins as the global contemporary art market moves to the artful Swiss city on the Rhine.

June 15, 2006	REFLECTED GLORY by Ben Davis The tortured journey of James Lee Byars fills six galleries in New York.

June 13, 2006	HELLO MOSCOW by Walter Robinson Art Moscow and the flourishing Russian art market.

June 7, 2006	CRAFT ON THE DARK SIDE by Chippendale The art-market boom extends to functional art at SOFA New York 2006.

June 7, 2006	SAY LESS AND SAY YES by Ilka Scobie Mark Kostabi and the art of painting.

June 5, 2006	MOMENT IN THE SUN by Ben Davis Circa '06 in San Juan, the first commercial art fair in the Caribbean.

June 2, 2006	MIRROR DANCER by Vivian Gordon Stephen Posen draws a total environment at the Drawing Center.

May

May 31, 2006	RETRO ACTIVITIES by Ben Davis Marco Boggio Sella, Vadis Turner and Michael Bell-Smith take on the past.

May 22, 2006	A DAY AT THE GETTY VILLA by N.F. Karlins The Getty Villa in Malibu is a delight.

May 19, 2006	CAPITAL ROUNDUP by Sidney Lawrence Internationalists and regionalists battle it out in D.C.

May 19, 2006	L.A. CONFIDENTIAL by Emma Gray Coachella, Kim Light, Sean Duffy, Jen Liu, Dani Tull, Lorna Simpson, more.

May 18, 2006	THE WINDY APPLE by Abraham Orden A report from Art Chicago, the Nova Art Fair and the Chicago gallery scene.

May 17, 2006	KLEE IN AMERICA by Dena Shottenkirk "Klee and America" at the Neue Galerie in New York.

May 16, 2006	THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS by Kathryn Garcia Delia & Gavin create a monument to the twisted Hollywood of Kenneth Anger.

May 12, 2006	WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson Richard Serra, Tony Smith, Mark di Suvero, Josiah McElheny, Olafur Eliasson, Tony Oursler, Kay Schimert, E.V. Day, more.

May 4, 2006	INANE ASYLUM by Ben Davis Wooloo Productions offers up an immigrant "Survivor" as art in "AsylumNYC."

May 3, 2006	REPORT FROM PARIS by Chris Sharp Ingres, Bonnard, Pierre Huyghe, "Notre Historie," "La Force de l'art," more.

April

Apr. 28, 2006	BIG TILDA by David D'Arcy Photographer Lucy Gray brings the image of androgyny to San Francisco City Hall.

Apr. 27, 2006	WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson Ceal Floyer, Eduardo Sarabia, Alexis Rockman, Cai Guo-Qiang, Aaron Parazette, more.

Apr. 24, 2006	DIAS DE LOS MUERTOS by Kathryn Garcia Enrique Metinides' death-obsessed photos of Mexico City come to L.A.

Apr. 21, 2006	THIRTEEN UNEASY PIECES by Ben Davis Chinese video art at P.S.1's "The Thirteen: Chinese Video Now."

Apr. 20, 2006	LONDON HORTICULTURE by Ana Finel Honigman Spring has sprung, with works by Maaike Schoorel, James Aldridge, Andrew Mania, Nigel Cooke, Jacques Nimki, more.

Apr. 17, 2006	WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson Max Liebermann, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Fred Wilson, Pierre Huyghe, Tobias Rehberger, Joey Kötting, Manuel Ocampo, more.

Apr. 13, 2006	DEADPAN MAGIC by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp Visual wit in the collages and paintings of Roy Dowell. Gallery, more.

Apr. 13, 2006	L.A. CONFIDENTIAL by Emma Gray Coco Fusco at MC, Dennis Hopper at Ace, Håvard Homstvedt at Kantor/Feuer Gallery, more.

Apr. 11, 2006	THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BARNEY by Ben Davis Drawing Restraint 9 is a hoot.

Apr. 10, 2006	LIGHT AND DARK IN ARGENTINA by Ariadna Capasso and Diana Korchak The politics of photography under the Junta, 1976-1983.

Apr. 7, 2006	PAINTING PRESENTATION by Stephen Maine The pleasures of "presentational painting" at Hunter College/Times Square Gallery.

Apr. 6, 2006	YOUTH APPEAL by Despina Zefkili "Panic Room" at the Deste Foundation in Athens.

March

Mar. 30, 2006	SWALLOWING SEATTLE by Grant Mandarino Northwest artists break out at the Frye Art Museum.

Mar. 27, 2006	GOYA IN EXILE by N.F. Karlins The Spanish artist's final experimental works, on view at the Frick Collection

Mar. 27, 2006	SHOWMAN IN HARLEM by Chris Bors David Humphey's carnal inflatables at Triple Candie.

Mar. 20, 2006	TWILIGHT OF THE TEEN IDOLS by Ben Davis Masturbating jocks and cheerleaders, courtesy Brock Enright and Ivan Hürzeler.

Mar. 20, 2006	WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson Remembering the big art events of the first half of March 2006.

Mar. 14, 2006	AMOROUS INTRIGUES by N.F. Karlins Dutch master Frans van Mieris at the National Gallery of Art.

Mar. 14, 2006	Unstable Nudity by Donald Kuspit Robert Graham's new nudes have a nonconformist primordiality.

Mar. 10, 2006	THE ARMORY BOWL by Ben Davis Reading the semiotics of the Armory Show 2006, Mar. 9-13, 2006.

Mar. 2, 2006	LABELING THE WHITNEY by Ben Davis The art of text at the Whitney Biennial 2006.

February

Feb. 24, 2006	LOOK AGAIN by Ben Davis Photography in New York -- the AIPAD photo show, Tracey Moffatt, Jacques-Henri Lartigue, Christopher Williams and Florian Maier-Aichen.

Feb. 13, 2006	ARTE FIERA 2006 by Joe La Placa Do Italian artists need a new manifesto for the 21st century?

Feb. 10, 2006	ARCO AT 25 by Walter Robinson More than 275 galleries from 35 countries at the celebrated Spanish art fair.

Feb. 10, 2006	RETURN FIRE by Ben Davis New images of art from Iraq in New York.

Feb. 9, 2006	FOR HEARTH AND ALTAR by Victor M. Cassidy 20th-century African pottery in Chicago.

Feb. 7, 2006	WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson David Smith, Pia Lindman, Pino Pascali, McDermott & McGough, more.

Feb. 6, 2006	YOU LOVE LIFE by Carlo McCormick A 20-year survey of work by British photographer Nick Waplington.

Feb. 2, 2006	CORPOREAL by Ilka Scobie A survey of photography by feminist performance art pioneer Carolee Schneemann.

January

Jan. 24, 2006	TECHNICAL KNOCK-OUTS by Ben Davis Dorkbot, "Breaking and Entering" at PaceWildenstein, "Superlowrez" at vertexList, "Dewanatron" at Pierogi.

Jan. 23, 2006	WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson "The Downtown Show," "Flaming Creatures" then and now, Asher Edelman as art dealer, more.

Jan. 10, 2006	PRAIRIE SMOKE by Victor M. Cassidy Joel Shapiro, Rachel Davis, Jacob Hashimoto, "Pompeii"

Jan. 6, 2006	REPORT FROM TOKYO by Kay Itoi Tokyo galleries on the move (again!)

Jan. 5, 2006	DATELINE BROOKLYN by Stephen Maine Peter Finnemore, Jim Nolan, Stephen Westfall, Elizabeth Grady, Rick Briggs, Sharon Lawless, more.

Jan. 4, 2006	REPORT FROM PUERTO RICO by Walter Robinson Jorge Pardo designs a house. Plus, the Museum of Puerto Rican Art, "Taxi Galeria," more.

December

Dec. 16, 2005	Pop Life by Ben Davis 0100101110101101.ORG proves Europe kicks butt.

Dec. 13, 2005	PRAIRIE SMOKE by Victor M. Cassidy Photos by Barbara Ciurej and Lindsay Lochman, stoneware sculptures by Toshiko Takaezu, and a new edition of Erwin Panofsky's classic.

Dec. 12, 2005	MAXIMUM MIAMI by Walter Robinson Miami's Wynwood Art District, the Pulse and Aqua art fairs, more.

Dec. 8, 2005	DRAWING NOTEBOOK by N.F. Karlins "From Clouet to Seurat" and "David Milne, Watercolors" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Dec. 5, 2005	WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson Cy Twombly, Yves Klein, "Pollock/Tiffany," Berend Strik, Marina Abramović, Matthew Geller, David Robbins, more.

Dec. 2, 2005	MIAMI HEAT by Walter Robinson Soup to nuts at Art Basel Miami Beach.

Dec. 1, 2005	PRAIRIE SMOKE by Victor M. Cassidy New work by Jae Ko, Inga McCaslin Frick and Burtonwood & Holmes in Chicago.

November

Nov. 23, 2005	Raging within the Machine by Ben Davis Gelitin's "Tantamounter" -- a good time is had by all.

Nov. 21, 2005	Capital Roundup by Sidney Lawrence It's all happening in D.C. this fall.

Nov. 16, 2005	I Want My Mike Kelley by Ben Davis Mike Kelley at Gagosian Gallery.

Nov. 15, 2005	DIFFERENT STROKES by Mark Van Proyen New painting from Griff Williams, Rex Ray, and Omar Chacon and Jose Sarinana in San Francisco

Nov. 14, 2005	THE HOUSE THAT GLASS BUILT by John Drury Dale Chihuly and William Morris at the Museum of Glass in Tacoma.

Nov. 10, 2005	DRAWING NOTEBOOK by N.F. Karlins Vincent van Gogh, Egon Schiele and Alex Katz.

Nov. 9, 2005	CHICAGO OPEN HOUSE by Victor M. Cassidy A tour of the annual open house at Chicago's Podmajersky Village artist colony.

Nov. 8, 2005	SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS by Walter Robinson Museums and galleries in the "show me" city.

Nov. 8, 2005	START IN MILAN by Alice Savorelli A contemporary art marathon to kick off the fall art season.

Nov. 2, 2005	We Are Duchampians by Ben Davis "The Imagery of Chess Revisited" at the Noguchi Museum.

October

Oct. 27, 2005	New London Sun by Joe La Placa The Frieze Art Fair plus more light up the British capital.

Oct. 26, 2005	PARIS À LA MODE by Xavier LaBoulbenne During FIAC, art colluded with the fashion industry.

Oct. 26, 2005	MAGIC FEMINISM by Ilka Scobie Eteri Chkadua portrays herself in global guise.

Oct. 17, 2005	PASSION FOR COLOR by N.F. Karlins Early American modernist Oscar Bluemner sought the spiritual in nature.

Oct. 12, 2005	Photo New York by Ben Davis A report from the 2nd annual photo fair in Manhattan.

Oct. 5, 2005	DATELINE BROOKLYN by Stephen Maine Chris Martin, Erik Moskowitz, Phong Bui, Sante Scardillo, Adam Simon, Jesse Bercowitz and Matt Bua, Siemon Allen, more.

Oct. 4, 2005	Dancing Gods, Dynamic Visions by Fred Stern "Images of the Divine" at Asia Society.

September

Sept. 27, 2005	Knock Out by Ben Davis The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council's "A Knock at the Door"

Sept. 26, 2005	Weekend Update by Walter Robinson Beauty, uptown and in Chelsea, plus more.

Sept. 20, 2005	THE VIEW FROM EAST THIRD by Ilka Scobie Bill Rice paints a smoldering low-rise city.

Sept. 16, 2005	Weekend Update by Walter Robinson People standing around naked. Plus more.

Sept. 12, 2005	The Baby-Satyr's Club by Ben Davis Ohad Meromi at Harris Lieberman.

Sept. 7, 2005	The Feast, Part II by Victor M. Cassidy The Art Institute of Chicago reinstalls its galleries of American Art.

August

Aug. 26, 2005	August Company by Ben Davis The end of the summer at three shows in Williamsburg.

Aug. 22, 2005	Prairie Smoke by Victor M. Cassidy Three shows, and Mies' McCormick House, at the Elmhurst Art Museum in Illinois.

Aug. 22, 2005	Allegorical Remix by Erwin Weishaupt Douglas Gordon's "The Vanity of Allegory" at the Deutsche Guggenheim in Berlin.

Aug. 19, 2005	Paint a Happy Tree by Melissa Gronlund Portland painter Don Attoe mixes the abject and the sublime.

Aug. 18, 2005	Ms. Cardiff Goes to Washington by Sidney Lawrence The Hirshhorn Museum commissions a new sound piece from Janet Cardiff.

Aug. 17, 2005	Signs of the Times by Ben Davis Steve Powers and the Dreamland Artist Club at Coney Island.

Aug. 15, 2005	Drawing Notebook by N.F. Karlins French drawings in Baltimore.

Aug. 11, 2005	Prairie Smoke by Victor M. Cassidy The Chicago Project, two cubist printmakers and Sandra Perlow.

Aug. 9, 2005	Lust and Found by James Westcott New artists from swinging London at New York's Cynthia Broan.

Aug. 4, 2005	No Trespassing: The Art of Dan Flavin by Victor M. Cassidy Dan Flavin at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.

Aug. 3, 2005	Ultra-Violette by Ben Davis Banks Violette rocks the Whitney.

July

July 27, 2005	Caravaggio's Shadow by Joe La Placa The heritage of Caravaggio at London's Robilant + Voena.

July 25, 2005	Clutter by Kathryn Rosenfeld Cleaners, rock stars and geishas all have art shows in Chicago.

July 18, 2005	Mimicry-works by Walter Kranz Urs Fischer from the Flick Collection at the Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin.

July 13, 2005	DRAWING NOTEBOOK by N.F. Karlins Get 'em while it's hot -- drawings at the Frick, the Spanish Institute and Achim Moeller Fine Art.

July 13, 2005	Magic Garden by Eve Wood Jennifer Steinkamp's narcotic new media work.

July 12, 2005	Letter Love by Ben Davis O.K. Harris documents the career of Don Celender.

July 5, 2005	SOCIAL STRUCTURE by Donald Kuspit Cheryl Goldsleger's paintings and drawings resurrect the designs of utopian women architects.

June

June 29, 2005	THE THAMES GANG by N.F. Karlins Monet and company at the Brooklyn Museum of Art.

June 23, 2005	WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson Robots and mannequins take over New York for the summer.

June 23, 2005	AVRIL IN PARIS by Phyllis Tuchman The world of Toulouse-Lautrec at the Art Institute of Chicago.

June 22, 2005	Basel Highlights 2005 by Macu Moran A belated report from last month's Art 36 Basel art fair.

June 14, 2005	PATHS OF PHOTOGRAPHY by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp Surveys of work by Paul Strand and Frederick Sommer at the Getty.

June 10, 2005	FESTIVE VENICE by Walter Robinson The 51st Venice Biennale gets off to a flashy start.

June 9, 2005	UNCORKED by Sidney Lawrence D.C.'s Corcoran Biennial is a little flat.

June 8, 2005	SUSTAINING ABSTRACT PAINTING by Donald Kuspit The many layers of Wlodzimierz Ksiazek.

June 8, 2005	MILAN SPRING by Alice Savorelli Contemporary art galleries and the Salone del Mobile.

June 7, 2005	A FUTURE PRESENT by Ben Davis D. Dominick Lombardi puts his mark on the apocalypse.

June 6, 2005	LONDON IN PICTURES by Ana Finel Honigman The second annual Photo-London art fair.

May

May 27, 2005	MILAN ART CENTRAL by Joe La Placa A report on the Milan art fair.

May 26, 2005	CHAIRMASTER by Neil Manson Ron Arad's fantastic furniture designs.

May 23, 2005	THE WILDER BUNCH by Ben Davis The artists associated with legendary L.A. dealer Nicholas Wilder.

May 18, 2005	INTERIOR WEATHER by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp Olafur Eliasson tests the darkness in Pasadena.

May 10, 2005	WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson Pat Steir, Graham Nickson, Philippe Parreno, Roger Fenton, Yoshua Okun, Lucas Samaras, Suzanne McClelland, more.

May 6, 2005	WAYS OF SEEING by Jerry Saltz Looking at Michelangelo's David with Thomas Struth.

May 3, 2005	CHICAGO CONTEMPORARY & CLASSIC by Victor M. Cassidy A new art fair debuts in the Windy City.

April

April 29, 2005	ART CHICAGO 2005 by Victor M. Cassidy Positive energy at the reconfigured Chicago art fair.

April 25, 2005	TEXAS FOUR-STEP by Victor M. Cassidy A visit to regional museums in Texarkana, Jefferson, Marshall and Tyler, Texas.

April 22, 2005	QUEEN CITY by Abraham Orden The ins and outs of the Cincinnati art scene.

April 18, 2005	REPORT FROM MADRID by Walter Robinson El Círculo de Bellas Artes, Botero and Abu Ghraib, Dürer at the Prado, Die Brücke, the gallery scene, more.

April 15, 2005	DATELINE BROOKLYN by Stephen Maine Thornton Willis, James Little, Rich Timperio, Margaret Neill, Jim Torok, more.

April 8, 2005	DIGITAL GYRE by Max Henry Anne-Mie van Kerckhoven at the Kunsthalle Bern.

April 7, 2005	TEENAGE TEMPEST by N.F. Karlins Kim McCarty's watercolors capture the erotic transformation of youth.

April 4, 2005	PRAIRIE SMOKE by Victor M. Cassidy Tokihiro Sato at the Art Institute in Chicago, Rena Leinberger at ZG Gallery.

March

March 30, 2005	LONDON CALLING by Joe La Placa with Diana Ewer Modernist classics at London's blue-chip galleries.

March 29, 2005	WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson Daniel Buren, Jack Tilton, Jörg Immendorff, Robert Morris, Robert Gober, Eric Fischl, Ellen Berkenblit, more.

March 28, 2005	PHILADELPHIA STORY by Roberta Fallon Renewed curatorial energy in the city of brotherly love.

March 28, 2005	PEG'S TALE by Deborah Ripley Mercedes Ruehl is Peggy Guggenheim in Woman before a Glass.

March 23, 2005	AFTER ARCO by Macu Morán Lots of new art at ARCO 05 in Madrid.

March 15, 2005	LATE REMBRANDT by N.F. Karlins "Rembrant's Late Religious Portraits" at the National Gallery of Art.

March 14, 2005	THE CHIMERAS OF UNICA ZÜRN by Valery Oisteanu Works by the little-known Surrealist artist, writer and companion to Bellmer and Michaux.

March 7, 2005	L.A. CONFIDENTIAL by Eve Wood Travels in Chinatown with Flan the little dog.

March 3, 2005	L.A. CONFIDENTIAL by Walter Robinson Robert Graham, David Hockney, Richard Prince, Kenny Scharf, Russell Crotty, James Welling, more.

February

February 25, 2005	ONE ROAD FROM TWO ROADS by Nicole Davis New works by N. B. Dash and Kol Solthon at Ingalls & Associates in Miami.

February 23, 2005	21ST-CENTURY FUNK by N.F. Karlins Robert Arneson and Kim Krans in New York.

February 18, 2005	CAPITAL ROUNDUP by Sidney Lawrence Figurative paintings by Gerhard ter Borch, Kelly Towles and Ian Whitmore.

February 17, 2005	LETTER FROM LISBON by James Westcott Susan Mendes Silva, Francisco Queirós, António Olaio, Julião Sarmento, João Louro, more.

February 15, 2005	WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson Cecily Brown, Sarah Lucas, Diana Thater, Petah Coyne, Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba, Reena Spaulings, more. Plus, the AIPAD Photo Show.

February 11, 2005	IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE by Jerry Saltz Impish new paintings by Jason Fox.

February 11, 2005	CIRCUS WITHOUT A TENT by Abraham Orden A visit to Art L.A., plus a gallery tour.

February 10, 2005	BLACK IS BACK by John Drury The 2005 National Black Fine Art Show.

February 9, 2005	A NEW LEASE ON PAINTING by Nicole Davis Postmodern painting show at Greene Naftali Gallery.

February 7, 2005	L.A. CONFIDENTIAL Eve Wood Exhibitions of work by Skylar Haskard, Sally Elesby and Richard Meier.

February 7, 2005	SAN FRANCISCO DAYS Abraham Orden Art in City Hall, Kate Shepherd, SECA 2004, SFAIE, more.

February 4, 2005

DATELINE BROOKLYN
Stephen Maine
Thomas Lendvai, Mark Power, Katherine Bradford, Tony Fitzpatrick, more.

January

January 31, 2005	WEEKEND UPDATE Walter Robinson Allen Ruppersberg, Steve McQueen, Jack Levine, Marc Quinn, Sante D'Orazio, Mangina, more.

January 25, 2005	ORIGINARY FORMS Alice Savorelli A new look at nature in works by four contemporary artists.

January 24, 2005	ART FROM THE EAST Fred Stern The dawn of China's golden age at the Metropolitan Museum.

January 24, 2005	THE NEW YORK LIST Nicole Davis Richard Tuttle, Barry Le Va, Chris Hammerlein, Tanyth Berkeley, Kent Henricksen, more.

January 13, 2005	REPORT FROM ATHENS Chris Bors "Monument to Now," Ileana Tounta, The Breeder, Els Hanappe, and more.

January 12, 2005	AN INSIDER'S SYMPATHY Victor M. Cassidy Photographs by Miao Xiachun and Somei Tomatsu.

January 10, 2005	PHOTOGRAPHY IN A LIGHTLESS SEASON Kathryn Rosenfeld Shimon and Lindemann, Sam Taylor-Wood, Lyle Ashton Harris.

January 5, 2005	PRAIRIE SMOKE Victor M. Cassidy Chicago exhibitions by Beverly Mayeri, Craig Anderson at NAB Gallery, Jason Peot, more.

January 4, 2005

EAST VILLAGE COLLAGE
Valery Oisteanu
Neo-Dada artist John Evans chronicles downtown New York.

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