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Anselm Kiefer, "Next Year in Jerusalem," installation view at Gagosian Gallery

Brobdingnagian BIJOUX
by Elisabeth Kley

Dec. 1, 2010
In the early 1990s, Anselm Kiefer, the celebrated German Neo-Expressionist and connoisseur of apocalyptic doom, left his wife, children and home near Frankfurt and moved to France. Around the same time, he put together an exhibition for Marian Goodman Gallery in New York called "Flight from Egypt," somewhat hubristically implying that his departure from Germany was akin to the Biblical Exodus of Hebrew slaves.

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October

Oct. 16, 2009	A New Kind of Boom by Jerry Saltz Despite the dire predictions, galleries and artists are busting out.

Oct. 15, 2009	A LACK ATTACK by Charlie Finch Paintings by the legendary polysexual sybarite Stephen Lack.

Oct. 14, 2009	NO BONES ABOUT IT by David Coggins New Wave jazz musician, composer, actor and artist John Lurie on his new paintings.

Oct. 13, 2009	HIRST’S BLUE PERIOD by Simon Todd Damien Hirst’s "No Love Lost: Blue Paintings" at the Wallace Collection in London.

Oct. 13, 2009	WHAT THE OBAMAS SHOULD HAVE BORROWED by Charlie Finch A modest proposal, or two.

Oct. 13, 2009	Obama’s Startling White House Art by Jerry Saltz Obama’s art picks embody his temperament: gathering all the facts, then making a decisive move.

Oct. 13, 2009	TRANSPARENCY AT THE WHITNEY? by Charlie Finch The conflicted public interests in museum patronage.

Oct. 9, 2009	IS FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY ART? by Charlie Finch Irving Penn and the art of fashion.

Oct. 9, 2009	JOHNSON AND ART by Charlie Finch Notes on the tercentenary of the first great modernist, Samuel Johnson.

Oct. 8, 2009	MACHINE FOR LIVING by Xavier LaBoulbenne The Bauhaus on its 90th anniversary.

Oct. 8, 2009	JUNGER THAN THAT NOW by Charlie Finch C.G. Jung’s Red Book at the Rubin Museum of Art.

Oct. 7, 2009	INSIDE OUT by Oriane Stender The never-ending story of the South Carolina artist Aldwyth.

Oct. 6, 2009	WHAT IF NO ONE COLLECTED? by Charlie Finch Most art instantly disappears.

Oct. 6, 2009	BOOK PARTY by Deborah Ripley The 2009 New York Art Book Fair at P.S.1.

Oct. 5, 2009	Cézanne and America by N.F. Karlins In a groundbreaking exhibition, the Montclair Art Museum examines Paul Cézanne’s influence on American artists.

Oct. 2, 2009	RUPPERSBERG TIME by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp The unique literary sensibility of California Conceptualist Allen Ruppersberg.

Oct. 2, 2009	PHOTO SHOP by Charlie Finch Jewels of MoMA’s new photo installation.

Oct. 1, 2009	IT’S A HARD POP LIFE by Laura K. Jones Tate Modern unveils "Pop Life: Art in a Material World."

September

Sept. 30, 2009	PATCHING IT OVER by Donald Kuspit The deconstructed picture in Conrad Marca-Relli’s collages.

Sept. 29, 2009	THE BIG HURT by Charlie Finch Filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow and The Hurt Locker.

Sept. 28, 2009	OUT OF THE EROTIC GHETTO by Jerry Saltz The Whitney’s welcome retrospective rescues Georgia O’Keeffe from sex and flowers.

Sept. 25, 2009	STILL A FRAUD by Charlie Finch Deconstructing Dave Hickey

Sept. 24, 2009	THE LONELY CROWD by Charlie Finch Shutterbug Christopher Dawson captures the other side of public events.

Sept. 22, 2009	SOCKCUCKER BLUES by Charlie Finch On Robert Frank’s Cocksucker Blues.

Sept. 22, 2009	Falling Apart And Holding Together: Kandinsky’s Development by Donald Kuspit Kandinsky’s development as seen in "Kandinsky" at the Guggenheim Museum.

Sept. 21, 2009	THE SAN FRANCISCO SENSBILITY by Charlie Finch Sherry Wong makes San Francisco subcultures a family affair.

Sept. 18, 2009	THE TYRANNY OF THE SMALL by Charlie Finch Tauba Auerbach and human helplessness.

Sept. 16, 2009	TAKEOVER ARTIST by David Coggins Belgian painter Luc Tuymans talks about his traveling U.S. retrospective.

Sept. 16, 2009	DA DO RON RON by Charlie Finch An art-celebrity-packed tribute to Mary Boone Gallery director Ron Warren.

Sept. 15, 2009	I SOLD ANDY WARHOL, AN EXCERPT by Richard Polsky Chapter 11 of the new book, I Sold Andy Warhol (Too Soon).

Sept. 14, 2009	THE SMOKY LIFE by Joe Fyfe David Novros shows his abstract paintings from the 1960s at Paula Cooper Gallery.

Sept. 14, 2009	WHEN THE WORLD WAS YOUNG by Charlie Finch Remembering the 1960s with Dennis Hopper’s photographs.

Sept. 14, 2009	A SHOT OF WRY by Charlie Finch Photographer Tim Davis and "The New Antiquity."

Sept. 11, 2009	MOANIN' WITH MONET by Charlie Finch The Museum of Modern Art re-presents "Monet’s Water Lilies."

Sept. 10, 2009	THE TONY SHAFRAZI STORY by Lisa Zeitz Tony Shafrazi talks about Guernica, more.

Sept. 9, 2009	THREE-DAY WEEKEND An Interview with Vitaly Komar by Dominikus Müller and Astrid Mania A talk with the Russian-born New York artist on the eve of a new exhibition in Manhattan.

Sept. 9, 2009	COEFFICIENT by Charlie Finch Wayne Coe’s sidewalk drawings.

Sept. 8, 2009	OCTOBER by Charlie Finch Uli Edel's film The Baader Meinhof Complex.

Sept. 3, 2009	MOTHER-IN-LAW by Charlie Finch Anne Truitt at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.

Sept. 2, 2009	THE VARIETIES OF BODY by Donald Kuspit The National Academy Museum’s "Reconfiguring the Body in American Art, 1820-2009."

August

Aug. 31, 2009	I LOVE SUSAN SILAS by Charlie Finch The New York photographer has a show coming up.

Aug. 31, 2009	JERRY SALTZ’S WANT-TO-SEES by Jerry Saltz Shows that New York Magazine’s resident art critic is anticipating this fall.

Aug. 26, 2009	GIVEN, FINALLY by Lewis Kachur The Philadelphia Museum of Art takes another look at Marcel Duchamp’s Étant donnés.

Aug. 25, 2009	IN SEARCH OF THE VISUAL by Charlie Finch An art hiatus in the multiplex.

Aug. 21, 2009	LUNCH WITH BAIBAKOVA by Simon Todd Maria Baibakova and the Red October Chocolate Factory.

Aug. 21, 2009	THE OTHER JACK by Charlie Finch Jack Tworkov at UBS Art Gallery.

Aug. 20, 2009	STING LIKE A BUTTERFLY, FLOAT LIKE A BEE by Charlie Finch A summer mediation on boxing, Muhammad Ali and the fate of the American rebel.

Aug. 17, 2009	NOUVEL RICHE by Charlie Finch A city planning commission vignette, starring MoMA’s proposed skyscraper.

Aug. 17, 2009	DUKE RILEY’S INSANE TRIUMPH by Jerry Saltz Museum vs. museum in Flushing Meadows.

Aug. 14, 2009	ON THE SPECTACLE OF THE EVERYDAY by Hou Hanru The curator of the upcoming Biennale de Lyon explains his concept.

Aug. 13, 2009	THE AVANT-GARDE by Charlie Finch Will there ever be an avant-garde again?

Aug. 11, 2009	DANCING WITH THE STARS by Alexandra Anderson-Spivy Serge Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes at 100.

Aug. 10, 2009	SEE HER ROAR by Ilka Scobie The expatriate love goddess Dorothy Iannone comes home to the U.S.

Aug. 6, 2009	THE REMAINS OF THE DAY by Charlie Finch Another art decade draws to a close.

Aug. 3, 2009	REMEMBER THE ALAMO by Charlie Finch Tony Rosenthal, 1914-2009.

July

July 30, 2009	Design Time by Charlie Finch "Ron Arad: No Discipline" at the Museum of Modern Art.

July 29, 2009	FLESH PERSPECTIVE by Sidney Lawrence "Paint Made Flesh" at the Phillips Collection.

July 28, 2009	NINE WAYS TO MAKE MONEY IN THE ART MARKET by Richard Polsky The simple way to success.

July 27, 2009	WE THREE by Charlie Finch Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009.

July 23, 2009	THREE DEALERS by Charlie Finch The High Line is the death knell for the Chelsea galley scene.

July 21, 2009	INSIDE MAN by Ilka Scobie Eric Fischl on Tumbling Woman, bullfights and his travelling art train.

July 17, 2009	THE HARVEST OF ART by Charlie Finch A captured piece of time.

July 16, 2009	NINE WAYS TO LOSE MONEY IN THE ART MARKET by Richard Polsky Rules for the new recession.

July 14, 2009	TOYS WILL BE TOYS by Charlie Finch At Japan Society, a show of Japanese toy autos from the post-war years.

July 13, 2009	DASH IT by Charlie Finch Dash Snow, 1981-2009

July 13, 2009	TEEING UP THE 20TH CENTURY by Jerry Saltz In Belgium 120 years ago, James Ensor let his freak flag fly.

July 10, 2009	GODDESS OR GYNECOLOGY? by Donald Kuspit Robert Graham’s female nude.

July 9, 2009	DARK STAR by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp Larry Johnson at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles.

July 9, 2009	Dick In Hand by Kenny Schachter Art 40 Basel and the current art market.

July 8, 2009	BLIND ON BLIND by Charlie Finch A parable for the art recession.

July 7, 2009	GRAHAMARAMA by Peter Scott The fractured self in "Dan Graham: Beyond" at the Whitney Museum of American Art.

July 7, 2009	BOVACIOUS by Charlie Finch Carol Bove’s "Plants and Animals" at the Horticultural Society of New York.

July 2, 2009	KALEIDOSCOPE QUILTS by N.F. Karlins A retrospective of Paula Nadelstern’s pieced quilts at the American Folk Art Museum.

June

June 29, 2009	ENTROPY IN VENICE by Jerry Saltz Art about art at the 53rd Venice Biennale. Plus, is something coming out of the other side of that black hole?

June 29, 2009	MICHAEL AND JEFF by Charlie Finch Childhood as a signifier of dread in fairy tales by Michael Jackson and Jeff Koons.

June 26, 2009	Art’s Near Future by Jerry Saltz X-Initiative’s "No Soul For Sale" shows the way.

June 24, 2009	BAD TO THE BONE by Charlie Finch If you like the funnies, you’ll love James Ensor.

June 22, 2009	WILL COLLECTORS STEP FORWARD? by Charlie Finch A challenge to art buyers.

June 18, 2009	ANOTHER NEW YORK MEMORY by Charlie Finch Frank Herbert Mason, 1921-2009.

June 16, 2009	FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF VENICE by Jerry Saltz Contemplating the Venice Biennale after the party has left town.

June 16, 2009	PEEING WITH BRENDAN by Charlie Finch BARR, aka Brendan Fowler, performs at the New Museum.

June 15, 2009	Dude, You’ve Gotta See This by Jerry Saltz Three Charles Ray sculptures at Matthew Marks are a total trip.

June 11, 2009	HAROLD AND MAUDE by Charlie Finch Megumi Sasaki’s new documentary, Herb & Dorothy.

June 9, 2009	NAUMAN AND JOHNS by Charlie Finch Contrasting visions of despair from two celebrated contemporary artists.

June 8, 2009	A VISIT TO SHANGRI LA by N.F. Karlins Doris Duke’s Islamic treasure trove in Honolulu.

June 5, 2009	THE DEATH OF A POET by Charlie Finch Robert Colescott, 1925-2009.

June 5, 2009	CHRIST IN THE CAR by Charlie Finch The esthetics of the auto in contemporary America.

June 4, 2009	THE HEATHER WILCOXON STORY by Richard Polsky Making art the old-fashioned bohemian way.

June 4, 2009	INTO THE NIGHT by Charlie Finch Yale’s disingenuous lawsuit over van Gogh’s Night Cafe.

June 1, 2009	WANDERING AND PONDERING by Charlie Finch A slow summer art season begins.

May

May 29, 2009	THE LADY HOSMER by Charlie Finch Patricia Cronin’s homage to the 19th-century American sculptor Harriet Hosmer.

May 28, 2009	THE KUSAMA MYTH by Jody B. Cutler Yayoi Kusama at Gagosian Gallery.

May 27, 2009	SACRED MONSTER by Jerry Saltz Francis Bacon, the greatest painter of the 20th century, or fascinating mess?

May 27, 2009	PICKING AND CHOOSING AT MOMA by Charlie Finch Warhol and LeWitt win out over Mira Schendel and Leon Ferrari at MoMA.

May 20, 2009	TWO COATS OF PAIN by Charlie Finch A modest proposal to put downtown galleries in empty Madison Avenue storefronts.

May 18, 2009	GREAT ARTISTS STEAL by Jerry Saltz "The Pictures Generation" -- better than the criticism that grew up around it.

May 16, 2009	DEATH OF AN ARTIST by Charlie Finch John Michelini, RIP.

May 15, 2009	WINNERS AND LOSERS by Richard Polsky An after-sale assessment of the contemporary art market, fall 2009.

May 15, 2009	BEING CHRISTINA by Charlie Finch Andrew Wyeth’s Christina’s World at the Museum of Modern Art.

May 14, 2009	DIARY OF AN ART STAR by Reverend Jen A visit to "The Model as Muse" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

May 12, 2009	BEARDED RAINBOWS by Charlie Finch Pablo Picasso is a bowlful of fun.

May 8, 2009	GOT MIK? by Charlie Finch The Museum of Modern Art presents films by Dutch artist Aernout Mik.

May 4, 2009	VEGAS IN THE BRONX by Charlie Finch A new springtime for the Yankees.

April

Apr. 29, 2009	OUT OF IRAQ by Charlie Finch Artist Ahmed Alsoudani and the chaos of Iraq.

Apr. 28, 2009	THE ULTIMATE REALIST by Donald Kuspit Steven Assael and the four kinds of realism.

Apr. 27, 2009	WHEN THE PAINT DISAPPEARS by Charlie Finch New paintings by Alex Katz and Che Lovelace.

Apr. 23, 2009	DRAWN AND QUARTERED by Charlie Finch "Compass in Hand: Selections from the Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection" at the Museum of Modern Art.

Apr. 22, 2009	POLITICS OF PAINTING Richard Phillips and the erotics of capitalism. An interview by Alisa Barenboym and Katerina Llanes.

Apr. 20, 2009	"JESUS" SAVES by Jerry Saltz God bless the New Museum’s tantalizing triennial.

Apr. 20, 2009	COIN OPERATOR by Charlie Finch William Metcalf and Yale University’s coin collection.

Apr. 17, 2009	MARILYN AND BIRD by Charlie Finch The true arts of America.

Apr. 14, 2009	LOLITOS IN FAG LIMBO by Michèle C. Cone Hernan Bas and the ambiguous desires of adolescence.

Apr. 13, 2009	ROMANCE OF CAPITAL by Walter Robinson "Women: A Loan Exhibition from the Collection of Steven and Alexandra Cohen" at Sotheby’s New York.

Apr. 13, 2009	JESUS RESPONDS by Charlie Finch "Younger than Jesus" at the New Museum.

Apr. 8, 2009	CAILLEBOTTE IN BROOKLYN by N.F. Karlins "Gustave Caillebotte: Impressionist Paintings from Paris to the Sea" at the Brooklyn Museum.

Apr. 8, 2009	Asia on My Mind by Donald Kuspit "The Third Mind: American Artists Contemplate Asia, 1860-1989" at the Guggenheim Museum.

Apr. 7, 2009	THE COMING ART BOOM by Charlie Finch Market conditions are perfect for a resurgence in classic contemporary.

Apr. 6, 2009	JOHN JR. by Charlie Finch An image of lost youth in John Waters’ "Rear Projection."

Apr. 2, 2009	The Storm That Never Came by Richard Polsky Top collectors have deep pockets.

Apr. 1, 2009	THOSE CRAZY LITTLE FILMS ON ART by David D’Arcy A report from the International Festival of Films on Art (FIFA) in Montreal.

March

Mar. 31, 2009	LEVITTATION by Charlie Finch Helen Levitt, 1913-2009.

Mar. 30, 2009	ENERGY TO BURN by Jerry Saltz Two new gallery spaces in New York are, if not fully realized, rich in possibility.

Mar. 30, 2009	ANOTHER COUNTRY by Charlie Finch New exhibitions by Michalene Thomas and William Villalongo.

Mar. 27, 2009	Charley Toorop, Moral Realist by Donald Kuspit The human condition was an esthetic condition for the Dutch painter Charley Toorop.

Mar. 25, 2009	EVACUATION OF THE WEST by Charlie Finch A downbeat look at the American West in MoMA’s "Into the Sunset."

Mar. 23, 2009	THE QUIET WORLD OF GABI HAMM by Charlie Finch Painted portraits and the power of personality.

Mar. 23, 2009	AFTER THE ORGY by Jerry Saltz Some art-boom heroes (Lisa Yuskavage) feel suddenly dated. Others (Rudolf Stingel) are perfectly present.

Mar. 20, 2009	The Artist Who Did Everything by Jerry Saltz Martin Kippenberger offers a guide for artists looking for ways around pessimism and gamesmanship.

Mar. 19, 2009	GRACELAND by Charlie Finch Photographer Tanyth Berkeley and her model Grace.

Mar. 19, 2009	Berlin, Mon Amour by Donald Kuspit A visit to two collections of Surrealist art, Peter Eisenman’s Holocaust Memorial, and more, in Berlin.

Mar. 17, 2009	ORIENTALISM & THE ART MARKET by Adrian Dannatt A visit with Shafik Gabr, Egypt’s premiere collector of Orientalist art.

Mar. 17, 2009	INCOMPLETE by Charlie Finch Dana Schutz and the perils of history.

Mar. 16, 2009	CHA ON THIS! by Charlie Finch Xavier Cha and the beauty factory.

Mar. 9, 2009	HOORAY FOR HAROLD! by Charlie Finch New tales from Abraham Lincoln expert (and Met communications chief) Harold Holzer.

Mar. 9, 2009	CÉZANNE AND BEYOND by N.F. Karlins A new exhibition celebrates the influence of the 19th-century artist on 18 of his 20th-century colleagues.

Mar. 6, 2009	MORALITY PLAY by Jerry Saltz The art market is more moral than the stock market -- isn’t it?

Mar. 5, 2009	BREAST MILK by Charlie Finch The price of objectification in Kathleen Gilje’s portraits of women.

Mar. 3, 2009	NO SMILES AT MOMA by Charlie Finch The museum stamps out a bit of free creativity.

Mar. 3, 2009	THE PRICING ISSUE by Richard Polsky Two difficulties with the new recessionary art market.

February

Feb. 26, 2009	EPISTLE TO KIPPY by Charlie Finch "Martin Kippenberger: The Problem Perspective" at the Museum of Modern Art.

Feb. 25, 2009	COLD WAR CULTURES by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp From LACMA, a wide-ranging survey of post-war German art in "Art of Two Germanys"

Feb. 24, 2009	BROKEN GHOSTS by Charlie Finch New work by Lisa Yuskavage and Susan Rothenberg.

Feb. 23, 2009	I LOVE SAATCHI by Kenny Schachter A look at the new space of the king of British art patrons.

Feb. 18, 2009	DOWN WITH THE CUBE! by Jerry Saltz White Columns’ anniversary show proves that galleries can (and should) enliven art.

Feb. 18, 2009	COPING WITH COPLANS by Charlie Finch Revisiting the photographs of the late John Coplans.

Feb. 17, 2009	DRAWING NOTEBOOK by N.F. Karlins "Master Drawings New York," plus major shows at the Met and the Morgan.

Feb. 13, 2009	GROUNDHOG’S DIARY by Charlie Finch Piero Manzoni, Imi Knoebel, Jeremy Earhart, Andrea Zittel, Kepler and Lipon, Janet Biggs, more.

Feb. 12, 2009	LADY COURAGE by Charlie Finch Leila Hadley Luce, 1925-2009.

Feb. 11, 2009	THE SHOW OF THE SEASON by Charlie Finch Tadashi Kawamata’s "Tree Huts" capture the recessionary zeitgeist.

Feb. 11, 2009	FASHION IS EVERYWHERE by Alexandra Anderson-Spivy A "year of fashion" at the International Center of Photography.

Feb. 10, 2009	THE BEST "ART 101" by Thomas Hoving Art that changes your life forever.

Feb. 9, 2009	INSIDE THE SHEPARD FAIREY CASE by Charlie Finch Portraits of Barack Obama at Danziger Projects.

Feb. 9, 2009	Reeling In the Years by Jerry Saltz Surviving 875 years of On Kawara.

Feb. 5, 2009	WEAPONS OF MAD DESTRUCTION by Charlie Finch Native American warrior art and artifacts at the new John Molloy Gallery in Manhattan.

Feb. 4, 2009	Leaving Eden by Jerry Saltz The Last Days of Pipilotti Rist’s Pour Your Body Out (7354 Meters).

Feb. 3, 2009	PASCAL’S PUZZLES by Charlie Finch Matt Johnson’s "Super System" inaugurates Taxter & Spengemann’s new gallery space.

January

Jan. 30, 2009	SCREWTUBE by Charlie Finch Old corporate profits in the new democratic media.

Jan. 29, 2009	HAVING A RAVE UP! by Charlie Finch Artist Mickalene Thomas curates "The Brand New Heavies" at Collette Blanchard Gallery on the Lower East Side.

Jan. 27, 2009	Manhattan Mega Storage by Jerry Saltz Vic Muniz’s "Rebus" offers a formula to save MoMA.

Jan. 26, 2009	A BAD LIGHT SHOW by Charlie Finch Robert Irwin’s "Red Drawing White Drawing Black Painting"

Jan. 22, 2009	COLLECTVISM WORKS! by Charlie Finch Wake up from the bad-dream art world of star dealer hegemony!

Jan. 21, 2009	The Big Picture by Paul Hasegawa-Overacker Shepard Fairey crafts a contemporary icon.

Jan. 20, 2009	Truly Tasteless Art by Jerry Saltz Nathalie Djurberg goes "full retard."

Jan. 20, 2009	A Particular Kind of American by Jerry Saltz Andrew Wyeth, 1917-2009.

Jan. 14, 2009	THE SPROUSE HOUSE by Charlie Finch Thumbs down on the Stephen Sprouse revival.

Jan. 13, 2009	RENAISSANCE LOVE by Michèle C. Cone "Art and Love in Renaissance Italy" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Jan. 12, 2009	SURVIVAL STRATEGIES by Charlie Finch A proposal for a new, more sane and generous art market.

Jan. 12, 2009	MoMA’s Sex Change by Jerry Saltz Pipilotti Rist gives a masculinist MoMA a redeeming shot of estrogen.

Jan. 7, 2009	QUO VADIS? by Lavinia Filippi Lawrence Weiner in Rome.

Jan. 6, 2009	ARTISTS AS OPTIMISTS by Charlie Finch Never mind the bollocks, artists stay busy.

Jan. 6, 2009	RICCIO AT THE FRICK by N.F. Karlins "Andrea Riccio: Renaissance Master of Bronze" at the Frick Collection.

Jan. 2, 2009	2009 CRYSTAL BALL by Charlie Finch Predictions for the coming year.

December

Dec. 29, 2008	WOULD DUKE APPROVE? by Charlie Finch On Robert Graham (1938-2008), and Duke Ellington.

Dec. 22, 2008	GREAT EXPECTATIONS by Charlie Finch Momentary encounters with the famous and renowned.

Dec. 19, 2008	An Afternoon at the Met by Christopher Sweet Visiting Rudy Burckhardt’s New York, N. Why?

Dec. 17, 2008	REMEMBERING WILLOUGHBY by Charlie Finch Willoughby Sharp, 1936-2008.

Dec. 17, 2008	LUST OR LIFE by Charlie Finch Kiki Seror’s motifs of carnality.

Dec. 15, 2008	TOP TEN 2008 by Jerry Saltz The best art shows of 2008.

Dec. 12, 2008	PALE FIRE by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp New sculptures by Rachel Whiteread and George Stoll.

Dec. 11, 2008	DUBIOUS DUMAS by Charlie Finch Marlene Dumas’ painting is lugubrious and lazy.

Dec. 10, 2008	ASK MARK KOSTABI by Mark Kostabi Advice for artists in an economic downturn.

Dec. 8, 2008	SPANISH ABSTRACTION by Donald Kuspit Elie Halioua’s abstract paintings reach for the "incommunicado core of the self."

Dec. 8, 2008	GIVE PEACE A CHANCE by Charlie Finch Lisa Ruyter’s "Atoms for Peace" in Vienna

Dec. 4, 2008	The Good, The Bad, and The Greedy by Richard Polsky Looking at the art-market slump of the early 1990s for lessons for today..

Dec. 3, 2008	ROBERTA ON YOUTUBE by Charlie Finch The celebrated New York Times art critic tells all.

Dec. 2, 2008	SHERMAN’S MARCH OF TIME by Jerry Saltz Cindy Sherman, the original chameleon of contemporary art, shows her characters aging -- and is reborn.

Dec. 1, 2008	THE PERSONAL IS NOT POLITICAL by Charlie Finch Kate Winslet makes the Holocaust palatable in Stephen.

November

Nov. 26, 2008	GEORGES NÖEL TODAY by Walter Robinson Rediscovering the veteran French painter Georges Nöel.

Nov. 24, 2008	THE SOFT PARADE by Charlie Finch Common sense for hard times.

Nov. 24, 2008	ZEN ABSTRACTION by Donald Kuspit In Philadelphia, new sculptures, and sets for Fidelio, by Jun Kaneko.

Nov. 20, 2008	FEET DON’T FAIL ME NOW by Charlie Finch Pipilotti Rist’s "Pour Your Body Out" at MoMA.

Nov. 19, 2008	DRUNKEN MASTER by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp German artist Martin Kippenberger made mockery his method.

Nov. 18, 2008	A SILVER LINING by Charlie Finch All-female sales could cure a down market.

Nov. 17, 2008	Night at the Museum by Jerry Saltz No sex at the Guggenhiem Museum.

Nov. 12, 2008	LIGHTER THAN EROS by Charlie Finch "Eros" at Richard L. Feigen & Co.

Nov. 10, 2008	World in a Bottle by Jerry Saltz Giorgio Morandi and the pleasures of being minor.

Nov. 10, 2008	I AM A BERLINER! by Charlie Finch Brigid Berlin, the last of the superstars.

Nov. 6, 2008	THE FATE OF THE $5 POLLOCK by Thomas Hoving ARTnews traces a tortuous tale of Pollock paintings and possibly pilfered fingerprints.

Nov. 5, 2008	WHITE ON WHITE by Charlie Finch Barack Obama rebukes William Eggleston.

Nov. 4, 2008	SHAKEOUT TIME by Richard Polsky Advice for art collectors in a volatile market.

Nov. 3, 2008	FRIEZE AFTER THE FREEZE by Jerry Saltz At London’s big art fair, signs of financial trouble -- but maybe that’s okay.

October

Oct. 31, 2008	THE GRAND ACQUISITOR by Thomas Hoving "The Philippe de Montebello Years" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Oct. 30, 2008	FAME-FUCKING AND OTHER FRIVOLITIES by Donald Kuspit The temptations of Elizabeth Peyton’s idealized celebrities.

Oct. 29, 2008	MIRÓ, MIRÓ ON THE WALL by Charlie Finch A hyperactive hodgepodge at MoMA reveals an anachronistic painter’s painter.

Oct. 23, 2008	BLACK LIGHT DISTRICT by Charlie Finch Sensuous and reflective craft in "Japanese Postwar Photography"

Oct. 22, 2008	CERAMIC HISTORY by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp Ken Price talks about his long escape from "art craft hell."

Oct. 21, 2008	A MIRACLE FOR MUSEUMS by Thomas Hoving The Arts and Artifacts Indemnity Program now has a $5-billion domestic component.

Oct. 20, 2008	DARK VICTORY by Jerry Saltz Vincent Van Gogh’s outrageous vulnerability.

Oct. 16, 2008	KING TUT IS BACK! by Thomas Hoving "Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharoahs" opens at the De Young Museum in 2009.

Oct. 15, 2008	ANIMALISM by Charlie Finch Alexander Calder is for kids.

Oct. 14, 2008	WELCOME TO THE ’60S, YET AGAIN by Jerry Saltz Martha Rosler can’t move beyond the easy arguments of her youth.

Oct. 10, 2008	DIABOLICAL SCIENCE by Simon Todd The Goth science of British artist Paul Fryer.

Oct. 9, 2008	NOW YOU SEE IT, NOW YOU DON’T by Alexandra Anderson-Spivy New works by Cecily Brown and Vik Muniz.

Oct. 3, 2008	RENAISSANCE GOOFBALL by Charlie Finch On the road with Elliott Arkin and "Mr. Artsee"

Oct. 2, 2008	"SMASHING" BLACK CYLINDERS by Thomas Hoving Dale Chihuly’s magical "Black Cylinders."

Sept. 29, 2008	LOOKING OUT FOR NO. 2 by Jerry Saltz The good, the bad and the terrible of the new Chelsea art season.

Sept. 26, 2008	RAZZLE WITHOUT DAZZLE by Charlie Finch New beaded masterpieces from Liza Lou.

Sept. 23, 2008	LET’S GET SERIOUS FOR A MOMENT by Jerry Saltz Is the apocalyptic art of "After Nature" a sign of newfound earnestness?

Sept. 18, 2008	MUSEUM DATE by Jerry Saltz A colloquy with architecture critic Justin Davidson on the new Museum of Arts and Design in Manhattan.

Sept. 18, 2008	AN ALIEN VISION by Charlie Finch "Van Gogh and the Colors of Night" at the Museum of Modern Art.

Sept. 17, 2008	A GLORY AT THE CURRIER MUSEUM by Thomas Hoving Curator Kurt Sundstrom discovers an overlooked masterpiece by Florentine sculptor Antonio Rossellino.

Sept. 17, 2008	SOPHIE AND ALAIN by Charlie Finch French Pop artist Alain Jacquet dies in New York at age 69.

Sept. 16, 2008	SEX, DEATH, DINNER by Jerry Saltz An art critic gets ravished by a legendary Spanish chef.

Sept. 15, 2008	KRASNER’S "LITTLE IMAGE" PAINTINGS by Robert G. Edelman Lee Krasner’s breakout abstractions from 1946-50.

Sept. 12, 2008	COMFORT AND JOY by Charlie Finch New paintings by Damian Loeb and Isca Greenfield-Sanders.

Sept. 11, 2008	THE TRIUMPH OF SHIT by Donald Kuspit Andres Serrano, Paul McCarthy and the avant-garde artist as an anal masturbator.

Sept. 11, 2008	TSUNAMI TIME by Charlie Finch A retreat to curatorial sensibility in the museum world.

Sept. 10, 2008	DIARY OF AN ART STAR by Reverend Jen Braving Hurricane Hanna for the sake of avant-garde art.

Sept. 8, 2008	MY DINNER WITH KISSINGER by Charlie Finch The still-vibrant psyche of 85-year-old Henry Kissinger.

Sept. 2, 2008	A FIRMAMENT OF STARSby Charlie Finch Gearing up for the new fall art season.

Sept. 2, 2008	THE ROAD TO TAL AFAR by Steve Mumford Working with the Iraqi army in Mosul.

August

Aug. 27, 2008	A DEALER LOOKS BACK by Richard Polsky Changes in the art world over the last 30 years.

Aug. 26, 2008	DOWNEAST ROUNDUP by Alexandra Anderson-Spivy Summer art in Maine, 2008.

Aug. 25, 2008	THINGS FALL APART by Charlie Finch David Kramer’s new book-cum-artwork, Snake Oil.

Aug. 20, 2008	ANGELS ON THE GROUND by Charlie Finch The film Beautiful Losers chronicles Alleged Gallery and the 1990s “Street Art” movement.

Aug. 19, 2008	REPLY TO THE OLYMPICS CONTROVERSY by Cai Guo-Qiang The Chinese art star responds to reports of digital trickery during the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics.

Aug. 18, 2008	A BILLET DOUX FOR THE MET by Thomas Hoving What the mighty Metropolitan Museum of Art ought to do next.

Aug. 12, 2008	THE EMPERORS OF ART by Charlie Finch Hypermaterialism from Fifth Avenue to Dubai to Beijing.

Aug. 8, 2008	THE MURDER OF DAMIEN HIRST (as told to Charlie Finch) by Charlie Finch The perfect work of art.

Aug. 5, 2008	CLOSE ENCOUNTERS by Ilka Scobie Chuck Close talks about the young artists he admires and his new tapestry work.

July

July 30, 2008	A KISS FOR KIRCHNER by Charlie Finch "Kirchner and the Berlin Street" at the Museum of Modern Art.

July 25, 2008	BERKSHIRE IDLER by Charlie Finch The state of the arts at Belvoir Terrace Camp in Lenox, Mass.

July 24, 2008	EVERYTHING PLUS THE KITCHEN SINK by Alexandra Anderson-Spivy "Jess 1923-2004" and two group shows put the spotlight on collage.

July 23, 2008	A SIGG JOKE by Charlie Finch More thoughts on the case against the Olympics in China.

July 22, 2008	NOT JUST HOT AIR by Jerry Saltz Jeff Koons, better than you think.

July 21, 2008	BITING AND BRUISED by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp The painting of Marlene Dumas.

July 17, 2008	J.M.W. TURNER, ONE OF A KIND, ONCE AND FOREVER by Thomas Hoving Turner transformed grim and jejune reality into compelling fantasies of color, light and atmosphere.

July 14, 2008	Dia’s Last Chance by Jerry Saltz Does Philippe Vergne have what it takes to keep Dia from being DOA?

July 11, 2008	PAIN IS THE NAME OF THE GAME by Charlie Finch Painter Chuck Connelly in HBO’s new The Art of Failure.

July 9, 2008	TREASURES OF HAJJI BABA by N.F. Karlins "Woven Splendor from Timbuktu to Tibet: Exotic Rugs and Textiles from New York Collectors" at the New-York Historical Society.

July 9, 2008	WATER FALLACIES by Charlie Finch Public art and the public good.

July 8, 2008	UBIQUITOUS ART by Charlie Finch The idea of art is everywhere these days.

July 7, 2008	Take Me to the River by Jerry Saltz Olafur Eliasson’s New York City Waterfalls come on with a wink, not a whoosh.

July 2, 2008	THE DELLA ROBBIA DEBACLE by Paul Jeromack A glazed terracotta by Andrea della Robbia falls off the wall at the Metropolitan Museum.

July 2, 2008	AN IDLER’S DIARY by Charlie Finch Julian Laverdiere, Doug Blau, Sherry Wong, Catherine Murphy, more.

June

June 30, 2008	BURIED TREASURES by Thomas Hoving Two spectacular treasures on loan to the Met.

June 27, 2008	OIL PAINTING by Charlie Finch Abstract Expressionism in the sheikdom.

June 25, 2008	CHAOS THEORY by Charlie Finch Buckminster Fuller, Paul McCarthy, and Salvador Dali’s "Painting and Film"

June 25, 2008	COWBOYS IN ROME by Lavinia Filippi Richard Prince opens at Gagosian Gallery in Rome.

June 23, 2008	MUGGY UGLY by Charlie Finch A new Dennis Oppenheim art project in Union Square Park definitely does not improve the summer weather.

June 23, 2008	Two Coats of Painting by Jerry Saltz Tony Shafrazi, the man who tagged Guernica, tries another way of superimposing new art and old.

June 17, 2008	ANGELS AND ALLIGATORS by Mary Barone An interview with the New York artist Rachel Feinstein.

June 19, 2008	GUNS AND COLLAGES by Carlo McCormick New works from country conceptualist Mike Osterhout.

June 17, 2008	TALKING PICTURES by N.F. Karlins "Glossolalia" at the Museum of Modern Art.

June 13, 2008	MASTERPIECES BY THE MINORS by Paul Jeromack With its recent purchase of a seascape by Abraham de Verwer, the National Gallery of Art makes a smart collecting move.

June 13, 2008	AN IDLER’S DIARY by Charlie Finch Wandering around SoHo and Chelsea at the beginning of summer.

June 12, 2008	BLUE-COLLAR HEAVEN by Kevin Nance A mythic vision of Chicago in Tony Fitzpatrick’s "Portraits of a Remembered City"

June 10, 2008	LAY YOUR BURDEN DOWN by Charlie Finch Chris Burden’s What My Dad Gave Me (2008) at Rockefeller Center.

June 9, 2008	AMERICAN OPTIMIST by Kevin Nance Jeff Koons is the Energizer Bunny of contemporary art.

June 9, 2008	STATUARY STORY by Jerry Saltz David Altmejd’s otherworldly figures create narrative just by standing still.

June 6, 2008	SINISTER SKIES by Alexandra Anderson-Spivy Roger Brown’s dialogue with disaster.

June 3, 2008	THE BASEL OF THE FUTURE by Stefan Kobel An interview with Art Basel co-director Marc Spiegler.

June 2, 2008	The Art World’s Space Invader by Jerry Saltz Does a Warhol look different when it’s hanging above someone’s TV set? Ask Louise Lawler.

May

May 29, 2008	AN ART MUTUAL FUND by Richard Polsky The Los Angeles dealer and author of I Bought Andy Warhol sets up his own "art mutual fund."

May 28, 2008	AMERICAN INVENTOR by Jerry Saltz Remembering Rauschenberg.

May 28, 2008	GOODBYE JOHN by Charlie Finch John Weber, 1932-2008.

May 23, 2008	LIGHT INDUSTRY by Charlie Finch Whimsy and dignity in photographs by Bernd and Hilla Becher.

May 21, 2008	COP ROCK by Steve Mumford At combat outpost Rock in Mosul.

May 21, 2008	THE HOLISTIC DIRECTOR by Phyllis Tuchman An interview with LACMA head Michael Govan.

May 20, 2008	THE EYES HAVE IT by Charlie Finch Operatic lust in new paintings by Rosa Loy.

May 20, 2008	DEATH AND THE ARTIST by Michèle C. Cone Issues of freedom and fame in the work of the Fluxus artist Yoko Ono.

May 19, 2008	ELIZABETH II by Jerry Saltz Elizabeth Peyton returns to life.

May 14, 2008	RAUSCHENBERG/WARHOL by Charlie Finch RIP Robert Rauschenberg, 1925-2008.

May 13, 2008	THE ADVANCE OF BEAUTY by Donald Kuspit Thomas Chimes and Lynda Benglis at Locks Gallery in Philadelphia.

May 12, 2008	MISSION ABORTED by Charlie Finch The nuances of Yale’s Aliza Shvarts controversy.

May 8, 2008	DIAMOND IN THE DESERT by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp Richard Neutra’s modernist Kaufmann House in Palm Springs goes up for auction.

May 7, 2008	BACK AND FORTH by Charlie Finch John Baldessari and Matt Mullican collaborate on "Pong" at Tracy Williams, Ltd.

May 5, 2008	AMONG THE KURDS by Steve Mumford The war in Mosul is one of bombs.

May 5, 2008	THE DAY THE LIGHTS WENT ON by Jerry Saltz Dan Flavin’s 1964 breakout show, in meticulous reproduction.

May 5, 2008	PITCH PERFECT by Charlie Finch Kentucky’s art-and-culture magazine makes provinciality a glam asset.

May 2, 2008	BREATH OF LIFE by Alexandra Anderson-Spivy New works from the George Rickey estate at Marlborough Chelsea and Maxwell Davidson.

April

Apr. 29, 2008	SCHNABEL AND HIS DOUBLES by Charlie Finch The magic formula behind the success of Julian Schnabel’s films.

Apr. 28, 2008	WASTED YOUTH by Jerry Saltz A collaboration between superhot artists Dan Colen and Nate Lowman instantly looks dated.

Apr. 24, 2008	CRASH TEST by Charlie Finch Living dangerously with Anthony James.

Apr. 24, 2008	JOE & NANCY by N.F. Karlins Joe Brainard’s "The Nancys" get a welcome showing at Tibor de Nagy.

Apr. 23, 2008	THE NEW YORK CANON by Jerry Saltz Thirty years of highs and lows in the New York art world.

Apr. 22, 2008	ART DEALER’S DIARY by Kenny Schachter Obituary: Art Cologne -- an art dealer tolls the bell.

Apr. 21, 2008	DID I TELL YOU THE ONE ABOUT THE CONTRACTOR IN IRAQ? by Steve Mumford On the way to Mosul in Iraq in the spring of 2008.

Apr. 21, 2008	RUNNING, JUMPING, STANDING STILL by Charlie Finch Nobility and vigor in Elizabeth Peyton’s new works.

Apr. 18, 2008	FEAR STRIKES OUT by Charlie Finch Boycott the Olympics, and boycott contemporary Chinese art.

Apr. 17, 2008	FAKE IT 'TIL YOU MAKE IT by Charlie Finch Olafur Eliasson and the illusion of taste.

Apr. 14, 2008	VIDEO RAVE by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp Surveying "California Video" at the Getty Museum.

Apr. 10, 2008	BEAUX VISAGE by N.F. Karlins American portraitist Cecilia Beaux gets a long-overdue reassessment.

Apr. 9, 2008	PLEASURES OF EDO by Fred Stern "Designed for Pleasure: The World of Edo" at Asia Society.

Apr. 8, 2008	THE THREAT OF LOVE by Charlie Finch Walter Robinson puts the error back in eros.

Apr. 7, 2008	The Venus of Long Island City by Jerry Saltz P.S.1’s survey of feminist art shows us the birth of just about every art trend that’s in vogue today.

Apr. 4, 2008	WHITE MEN CAN’T PAINT! by Charlie Finch Morgan Neville’s new film, The Cool School, on the early Los Angeles art scene.

Apr. 4, 2008	THE WATER OF LIFE by Donald Kuspit Fabrizio Plessi’s islands of digital art.

March

Mar. 31, 2008	DIARY OF AN ART STAR by Reverend Jen Touring the new Lower East Side gallery scene.

Mar. 31, 2008	HANGING AT THE HORTS’ by Charlie Finch Talk of Marlene Dumas, Richard Tuttle and Jimmy Page at Susan and Michael Hort’s private view during Armory weekend.

Mar. 26, 2008	A BROWN WORLD by Charlie Finch Painter Deborah Brown captures natural New York.

Mar. 25, 2008	ADVENTURES IN PHOTOGRAPHY by N.F. Karlins A retrospective of the work of 20th-century photographer (and Surrealist muse) Lee Miller.

Mar. 24, 2008	When Cool turns Cold by Jerry Saltz Towards a No Painting Biennial.

Mar. 21, 2008	CHEERS! by Charlie Finch A few words occasioned by Eduardo Sarabia’s Salon Aleman at the Park Avenue Armory.

Mar. 20, 2008	THE RETURN OF MAX ESTENGER by Charlie Finch New works by the artist from Queens.

Mar. 19, 2008	BETWITCHED by Charlie Finch New psychedelic allegories from Lane Twitchell.

Mar. 18, 2008	NOT SO WEI OUT by Charlie Finch Ai Weiwei’s Descending Light at Mary Boone Gallery.

Mar. 17, 2008	STARWALKERS by Charlie Finch Naked wonder from Richard Dupont at Lever House.

Mar. 14, 2008	MY DINNER WITH SIMON by Charlie Finch Veteran curator Simon Watson and the contemporary art banquet.

Mar. 11, 2008	DOOBY DOOBY DUBAI by Charlie Finch A modest proposal for art in the Middle East.

Mar. 7, 2008	ESTHETICS AND ANASTHESIA by Simon Todd An interview with the English artist Keith Coventry.

Mar. 4, 2008	BIENNIAL FOR ONE by Charlie Finch Go to Facebook for your own Whitbash 2008.

Mar. 3, 2008	Fever Dreams by Jerry Saltz A show about archives gets brilliantly lost in the vaults.

February

Feb. 29, 2008	OUR LONG CULTURAL NIGHTMARE WILL SOON BE OVER by Jerry Saltz Thomas Krens steps down as director of the Guggenheim Museum.

Feb. 28, 2008	INTERNATIONAL MAN OF MYSTERY by Charlie Finch Thomas Krens, father of the global art plutocracy.

Feb. 27, 2008	SUGAR SHOCK by Adrian Dannatt Ellen Berkenblit and the face of female esthetics.

Feb. 27, 2008	GRIDLOCK by Charlie Finch "Color Chart" at the Museum of Modern Art.

Feb. 26, 2008	CHILDHOOD’S END by Charlie Finch Anna Craycroft, orphans and hope, and Obama as Manchild.

Feb. 25, 2008	ÉMINENCE GRISE by Jerry Saltz "Jasper Johns: Gray" shows off an imagination that works in non-imaginative ways.

Feb. 22, 2008	THE LAST PICTURE SHOW by Charlie Finch Painter Chris Martin provides Chelsea with its final triumph.

Feb. 22, 2008	DR. STRANGE by Charlie Finch Baird Jones, 1954-2008.

Feb. 20, 2008	GET SMART by Charlie Finch "Design and the Elastic Mind" at MoMA.

Feb. 19, 2008	LOVE FOR SALE by Charlie Finch Peeking at the market for Miroslav Tichy.

Feb. 14, 2008	BROAD MINDED by Charlie Finch Swaping curatorial souls for the favors of the wealthy.

Feb. 12, 2008	THE GRAYING OF MODERNISM by Donald Kuspit The whimper of "Jasper Johns: Gray" at the Metropolitan Museum.

Feb. 11, 2008	THE WAY IT WAS by Charlie Finch The modest beginnings of legendary dealer Richard Bellamy.

Feb. 11, 2008	Artist in Residence by Jerry Saltz When Guy Ben-Ner goes to Ikea, he’s not there for the meatballs.

Feb. 8, 2008	DIARY OF AN ART STAR by Reverend Jen Your favorite American idol goes on a two-city German tour.

Feb. 7, 2008	FATHERS AND SONS by Charlie Finch At the Museum of Biblical Art, "The Art of Forgiveness: Images of the Prodigal Son."

Feb. 6, 2008	LET THEM EAT WATER by Charlie Finch Olafur Eliasson’s "Waterfalls" is just for the good of New Yorkers.

Feb. 4, 2008	A COSMIC JOKE by Charlie Finch Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty was designed to be passive.

Feb. 4, 2008	Emerging, After All These Years by Jerry Saltz The gallery gold rush has allowed artists who’ve spent decades on the fringes to grab at the prize.

January

Jan. 28, 2008	CRITICAL MASS by Charlie Finch The keys to the art-critical kingdom.

Jan. 23, 2008	TORRID ALLEGORY by Paul Jeromack Fragonard lets it all hang out in the "Allegories of Love."

Jan. 22, 2008	LATE BLOOMER by Charlie Finch Nobuhiro Ishihara’s symbolic creatures.

Jan. 18, 2008	CUT AND PASTE by Charlie Finch "Fit to Print" at Gagosian Gallery in New York.

Jan. 18, 2008	DANGEROUS BEAUTY by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp Graciela Iturbide and the astonishment of Mexico.

Jan. 17, 2008	REPETITIVE STRESS by Charlie Finch Zhang Peili provides a chilling look at the world’s oldest civiliation.

Jan. 14, 2008	PENNMANSHIP by Charlie Finch Steely esthetic asceticism from Irving Penn.

Jan. 9, 2008	NAVAL GAZING by Charlie Finch Julian Schnabel’s new "Navigation Drawings."

Jan. 9, 2008	THE TRIUMPH OF THE BIG D by Alexandra Anderson-Spivy "Pattern and Decoration" painting returns, in two museum exhibitions.

Jan. 7, 2008	WHAT MAKES A MASTERPIECE by Charlie Finch A tale of the art market, 2008.

Jan. 4, 2008	DUTCH MASTERS by Paul Jeromack "The Age of Rembrandt" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Jan. 4, 2008	OUT ON A LIMB FOR 2008 by Charlie Finch Scoping out the new year.

Jan. 3, 2008	ECSTASY MACHINE by Jerry Saltz The Metropolitan Museum of Art is a visit to the entire world.

December

Dec. 29, 2007	THE ASHES OF CHARISMA by Charlie Finch Contemporary artists and their pretensions.

Dec. 28, 2007	WAR AND SEX by Michèle C. Cone Patriotism, propaganda and passion at Exit Art.

Dec. 21, 2007	A CHRISTMAS EVE MEMORY by Charlie Finch New York City in the 1950s.

Dec. 19, 2007	TROLLING AT THE TROLL by Charlie Finch A new museum opens on the Lower East Side.

Dec. 18, 2007	DRAWING NOTEBOOK by N.F. Karlins Contemporary artists explore the Morgan Library collection in "Drawing Connections"

Dec. 17, 2007	THE YEAR IN ART by Jerry Saltz Matthew Barney, Kara Walker, Richard Prince, the Whitney, the New Museum, the Met, more.

Dec. 14, 2007	ART AND THE PRESIDENCY by Charlie Finch Art takes a leave from the 2008 campaign.

Dec. 13, 2007	WAITING FOR GAGOSIAN by Lavinia Filippi Gagosian Gallery opens a space in Rome.

Dec. 12, 2007	CRAP ON CRAP by Charlie Finch Lucian Freud’s inferior art.

Dec. 10, 2007	Little House on the Bowery by Jerry Saltz Has the New Museum sold itself short?

Dec. 7, 2007	CLASSICS AND COMMERCIALS by Charlie Finch Selling art and selling out.

Dec. 3, 2007	WEEKDAY UPDATE by Charlie Finch A single masterpiece on view in New York’s Chelsea art district.

Dec. 3, 2007	CAN YOU DIG IT? by Jerry Saltz At Gavin Brown, Urs Fischer takes a jackhammer to Chelsea itself.

November

Nov. 30, 2007	EVE OF DESTRUCTION by Charlie Finch Employing entropy in the world of art.

Nov. 28, 2007	THE UNCURATORIAL CURATOR by Ilka Scobie An interview with New Museum curator Massimiliano Gioni.

Nov. 28, 2007	WATTS UP by Charlie Finch Sober symbolism in new paintings by Ouattara Watts.

Nov. 28, 2007	ALL-STARS AND ART STARS by Daniel Grant The fine art of being a sports artist.

Nov. 26, 2007	SPECTACULAR SHOW by Charlie Finch Symbols of transformation from Indian artist Bharti Kher.

Nov. 26, 2007	Where Are All the Women? by Jerry Saltz On MoMA’s identity politics.

Nov. 21, 2007	NOT A FAIRY TALE by Donald Kuspit Judy Fox’s Snow White and the Seven Sins.

Nov. 21, 2007	ESTRANGED IN A STRANGE LAND by Charlie Finch Hu Xiangdong packages China for consumption.

Nov. 20, 2007	SWEETNESS IS LIGHT by Julia Morton Cosimo Cavallaro’s chocolate saints.

Nov. 20, 2007	THE VIRTUES OF TRANSPARENCY by Charlie Finch Time to smash open the doors of auctionland.

Nov. 14, 2007	EYE CANDY V. HARD CANDY by Julia Morton Whitney Museum curator Shamim Momin talks the talk.

Nov. 13, 2007	AN EXPLOSION OF COLOR, IN BLACK AND WHITE by Jerry Saltz Kara Walker’s silhouettes don’t just broach America’s touchiest subject -- they detonate it.

Nov. 12, 2007	DUPED! by Charlie Finch New homonculi from cybersculptor Richard Dupont.

Nov. 9, 2007	© ART by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp Takashi Murakami’s retrospective at the Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles.

Nov. 8, 2007	PECULIAR INSTITUTIONS by Charlie Finch Remembering galleries of times past.

Nov. 5, 2007	THE WILD ONE by Jerry Saltz Steven Parrino was bent on destroying painting in order to save it.

Nov. 2, 2007	BLACK BOX by Charlie Finch Douglas Gordon’s new burnt-Warhol-on-mirror works.

Nov. 1, 2007	A LOST OPPORTUNITY by Charlie Finch Martin Puryear at the Museum of Modern Art.

October

Oct. 26, 2007	A NOT-SO-VAST RIGHT-WING CONSPIRACY by Charlie Finch The art blogs and their nonexistent readers.

Oct. 25, 2007	A SHOEBOX SHOW by Charlie Finch Park Avenue Bank hosts a show of works by 20th-century women artists.

Oct. 24, 2007	KASHMIR HIGH by Fred Stern "The Arts of Kashmir " at Asia Society in New York.

Oct. 23, 2007	I AM STONED (ARE YOU STONED?) by Charlie Finch The secret Conceptual Art techniques of Lawrence Weiner.

Oct. 22, 2007	The Elephant in the Room by Jerry Saltz Why you should give a crap about Chris Ofili’s new paintings.

Oct. 19, 2007	DIARY OF AN ART STAR by Reverend Jen Back to School special: Reverend Jen’s Art Tips for Boys and Girls.

Oct. 18, 2007	CHINA DOLLARS by Charlie Finch What’s behind the boom in Chinese contemporary?

Oct. 16, 2007	POPULAR PAINTINGS by Charlie Finch "XXL: Size Matters" at the Hudson Valley Center.

Oct. 15, 2007	ANARCHY IN THE U.K. by Emilie Trice Zak Smith brings his politics and porn to London.

Oct. 15, 2007	LOS ANGELES COOL by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp Three shows prove that Los Angeles art was hot in the 1960s.

Oct. 12, 2007	ART ABOUT LIFE by Charlie Finch Lisa Yuskavage versus death.

Oct. 10, 2007	ART MARKET GUIDE 2007 by Richard Polsky A look at the art market, October 2007.

Oct. 10, 2007	ART INFLAMES by Charlie Finch Vandalizing Andres Serrano in Sweden.

Oct. 9, 2007	QUESTIONS OF CRAFT by N.F. Karlins "Shy Boy, She Devil, and Isis" puts "conceptual craft" in the spotlight.

Oct. 5, 2007	VOLUNTEER SLAVERY by Charlie Finch Kara Walker and the injection of sex into horror.

Oct. 5, 2007	THE WATSON LOOK by Mary Barone Gordon Watson curates a decorative arts auction at Sotheby’s London.

Oct. 3, 2007	SHARPSHOOTER by Alexandra Anderson-Spivy He’s back: Willoughby Sharp in performance.

Oct. 2, 2007	WHY ARE THE GRINGOS IN COLOMBIA? by Steve Mumford Stories from the Baghdad 28th Combat Support Hospital.

September

Sept. 28, 2007	PRINCE CHARMING by Charlie Finch Richard Prince, market Leviathan.

Sept. 27, 2007	GOODBYE GLENN by Charlie Finch Hello Halbreich -- staff changes at the Museum of Modern Art.

Sept. 26, 2007	OLD SCHOOL by Charlie Finch André Emmerich, 1924-2007

Sept. 25, 2007	LOOKING by Charlie Finch When the eye is not invited in.

Sept. 24, 2007	FROM A TO Z by Phyllis Tuchman "All the More Real" at the Parrish Art Museum.

Sept. 24, 2007	HOW TO REBUILD THE GUGGENHEIM by Jerry Saltz Trying to take the "heim" out of the Guggenheim.

Sept. 21, 2007	FRANKINSCENSE by Charlie Finch Natalie Frank’s new paintings are both disturbing and entrancing.

Sept. 21, 2007	CONCRETE COLISEUM by Roberta Fallon Artist Mark Shetabi’s parking garages are emblems of society gone wrong.

Sept. 19, 2007	THE TALENT by Charlie Finch Hollywood stars and art stars, both dim.

Sept. 17, 2007	BACK FROM THE BRINK by Jerry Saltz MoMA relives painting’s postwar near-death experience.

Sept. 17, 2007	THE MACHINE SELF AND THE SQUIGGLE GAME by Donald Kuspit Rebecca Horn’s performance of her body ego.

Sept. 12, 2007	MIXED MESSAGES by Charlie Finch Marian Goodman Gallery celebrates its 30th anniversary.

Sept. 10, 2007	ANOTHER OPENING, ANOTHER SHOW by Charlie Finch Deborah Kass at Kasmin -- and Bottino -- plus the Collector Fair.

Sept. 7, 2007	DARKNESS VISIBLE by Charlie Finch On Lisa Ruyter: One Million Postcards.

Sept. 5, 2007	The return of midcareer by Charlie Finch A glance at the contemporary gallery offerings in New York this fall.

August

Aug. 27, 2007	BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY by Jerry Saltz Remembering Elizabeth Murray.

Aug. 24, 2007	ART CLASS by Ben Davis Marx, "a new theory of the market," art and politics.

Aug. 23, 2007	ART OPPORTUNITIES by Charlie Finch A change in market values means a change in art values.

Aug. 22, 2007	SHCONTEMPORARY PREVIEW by Lee Ambrozy The new art fair in Shanghai hopes to steal Beijing’s crown as capital of Chinese contemporary art.

Aug. 21, 2007	DIARY OF AN ART STAR by Reverend Jen Art, sun and revelation in the Hamptons.

Aug. 20, 2007	THE TROUBLE WITH YOUTH by Donald Kuspit The adolescent avant-garde versus the new Old Masters.

Aug. 17, 2007	HOW HE PAINTS HIS MASTERPIECE by Charlie Finch Waiting for Bob Dylan’s painting exhibition.

Aug. 17, 2007	JOE LEWIS: CLAIRVOYANCE by Walter Robinson From the Bronx to Chelsea, via pictoralism, minimalism and deconstruction.

Aug. 13, 2007	JUST BRUCE by Charlie Finch Bruce Wolmer, 1948-2007, RIP.

Aug. 8, 2007	FINALLY, SOMEBODY by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp Rediscovering the eccentric (and influential) abstractions of Mary Heilmann.

Aug. 6, 2007	LIQUID SKIES by Charlie Finch Will the hedge fund crisis sink the art market?

July

July 31, 2007	THE MAGICAL MURPHYS by Alexandra Anderson-Spivy During the Jazz Age, Sara and Gerald Murphy lived life as an artistic exercise.

July 30, 2007	A BIZARRE COLLECTOR by Charlie Finch A visit to Kykuit, the estate of the now-forgotten Nelson Rockefeller.

July 30, 2007	BIRDS OF PARADISE by N.F. Karlins "Justin McCarthy" at the two-year old GoggleWorks Center for the Arts in downtown Reading, Pa.

July 25, 2007	WELCOME TO QUADRICEPTICA II by Lisa-Evelyn Radish Promise and perplexity at the second edition of the quadrennial Rjamuszian exhibition.

July 24, 2007	CURATORIAL KARAOKE by Bazon Brock Random pathos at Documenta 12.

July 23, 2007	THEREMY by Charlie Finch Remembering Theresa Duncan and Jeremy Blake.

July 19, 2007	A WORLD WITHOUT WARHOLS by Charlie Finch With Andy, the "authenticity" issue is absurd.

July 18, 2007	HYPING SERRA by Donald Kuspit Is Richard Serra’s sculpture the Titanic of avant-garde abstraction?

July 17, 2007	THE ALCHEMY OF CURATING by Jerry Saltz Examining the 52nd Venice Biennale, Documenta XII and Sculpture Projects Münster.

July 12, 2007	ORWELL ON DALÍ by Charlie Finch Is artistic freedom morally neutral?

July 7, 2007	FORM THING by Charlie Finch The lesser offerings are the thing at Storm King Art Center.

July 2, 2007	BIENNIAL CULTURE by Jerry Saltz Biennials are boring and bloated -- there must be a better way.

June

June 29, 2007	BIENNALE WITHOUT BARRIERS by Lavinia Filippi An interview with Robert Storr, director of the international exhibition at the 52nd Venice Biennale.

June 27, 2007	STINGELESE by Charlie Finch Rudolf Stingel’s graffiti art at the Whitney Museum.

June 26, 2007	THE TRUTH ABOUT GERMANY? by Donald Kuspit Neo-Rauch’s dialectical fables.

June 25, 2007	WHAT ART SAYS ABOUT MONEY by Charlie Finch The love call of currency.

June 21, 2007	DIARY OF AN ART STAR by Reverend Jen In search of a little magic in summertime New York.

June 20, 2007	DOWNTOWN SALON by Ilka Scobie A conversation with Deitch Projects director Nicola Vassell.

June 19, 2007	BUONA SERA by Jerry Saltz Richard Serra at the Museum of Modern Art. Plus five good public sculptures in New York City.

June 18, 2007	SIMPLE THINGS by Charlie Finch Seeking small moments of mildly enlightened distinction.

June 13, 2007	DAMIEN HIRST JUMPS THE SHARK by Charlie Finch The YBA star flogs a $100-million diamond skull.

June 12, 2007	BELIEVE IT by Joe La Placa Hirst on the market, museums, his heroes and For the Love of God.

June 11, 2007	ART DEALER’S DIARY by Kenny Schachter The pleasures and pitfalls of design art at Design Miami/Basel.

June 11, 2007	Summer Bummer by Jerry Saltz The Whitney Museum’s bad trip back to the ‘60s.

June 5, 2007	ARTNET DESIGN by Brook S. Mason Prouve’s Maison Tropicale sold, a "pot dealer" in New York, International Ceramics Fair, more.

June 5, 2007	EVERYBODY LOVES CLAUDE by Phyllis Tuchman The crowds still line up for Claude Monet at Wildenstein.

June 4, 2007	Deal or No Deal by Jerry Saltz Takashi Murakami’s show is nakedly commercial; "Underdog" strikes an opposite pose, to much the same effect.

June 4, 2007	JERSEY TRANSIT by Charlie Finch If you ride Jersey Transit, you don’t need Richard Serra.

May

May 30, 2007	PHILLIPS HEAD by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp Richard Phillips’ postmodern vanitas paintings feature nude women and Nazis.

May 24, 2007	I’VE GOT THEM OL’ COSMIC FILLMORE EAST BLUES AGAIN by Charlie Finch On the occasion of "Summer of Love" at the Whitney Museum.

May 22, 2007	KING OF FASHION by Alexandra Anderson-Spivy Modernist fashion icon Paul Poiret at the Metropolitan Museum.

May 21, 2007	IT’S BORING AT THE TOP by Jerry Saltz Is Andreas Gursky -- the highest-priced photographer alive -- running out of ideas?

May 21, 2007	ART HOUSE by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp ArchitectureForSale.com pioneers a new market in houses by top architects.

May 17, 2007	LANDSCAPES OF LONGING by N.F. Karlins John Constable’s "Maria Bicknell Years" at Salander-O’Reilly.

May 17, 2007	REMEMBERING JONATHAN by Charlie Finch A memorial for art scribe and Asia hand Jonathan Napack.

May 15, 2007	Same River Twice by Jerry Saltz Rirkrit Tiravanija makes dinner for gallerygoers. Plus, Gordon Matta-Clark.

May 9, 2007	COLETTE IN TRANSIT by Alexandra Anderson-Spivy The celebrated performance artist presents the satin-swathed boudoir from her Maison Lumière.

May 8, 2007	DIAMOND IN THE DESERT by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp Richard Neutra’s modernist Kaufmann House in Palm Springs goes up for auction.

May 8, 2007	WITH GOOD COMPANY, INTO IRAQ by Steve Mumford Bloggers and journalists head for Baghdad to cover the war.

May 5, 2007	WHATEVER HAPPENED TO DAVID ROCKEFELLER? by Charlie Finch Mark Rothko’s White Center (1950) hits the auction block.

May 5, 2007	THE AURA OF TIMELESSNESS by Donald Kuspit Desert images by Mel Pekarsky and Berber portrait photographs by Lazhar Mansouri.

May 4, 2007	MURAKAMI AND THE MURPHYS by Charlie Finch Parallel manifestations of Sara and Gerald Murphy and Takashi Murakami.

May 3, 2007	FEMALE TROUBLES by Michèle C. Cone "Global Feminisms" is a Tsunami-sized wave of distress signals.

April

Apr. 30, 2007	NOT BUYING IT by Jerry Saltz If "Not for Sale" tells us anything, it’s that P.S.1 needs to make some changes.

Apr. 27, 2007	DIARY OF AN ART STAR by Reverend Jen In search of interesting art in Chelsea.

Apr. 26, 2007	PRINCE FEIGEN by Charlie Finch The quattrocento meets Ab Ex in "Sublime Convergence" at Richard L. Feigen & Co.

Apr. 24, 2007	PRIMAVERA by Alexandra Anderson-Spivy Robert Kushner’s new paintings evoke renewed growth and fleeting beauty.

Apr. 23, 2007	GET ME A BRUSH, STAT! by Jerry Saltz "High Times, Hard Times" at the National Academy Museum. Plus, Matthew Barney in a new performance.

Apr. 18, 2007	BITS AND PIECES by Charlie Finch Rummaging through old Manhattan with photographer Kevin Landers.

Apr. 10, 2007	WRITTEN ON THE WALL AND IN THE WIND by Jerry Saltz Minimalist artist Sol LeWitt dies at age 78.

Apr. 9, 2007	CHARNEL KNOWLEDGE by Jerry Saltz Carroll Dunham’s wounded beasts get medieval on their own asses. Plus, Karel Funk.

Apr. 9, 2007	PECULIAR PEARLS by Charlie Finch Dead calm in Philip Pearlstein’s paintings.

Apr. 4, 2007	WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU SEE by Charlie Finch "Blue Cage Sculptures" by Rebecca Smith.

Apr. 2, 2007	BOOM IN BLOOM? by Richard Polsky Will the boom continue or is it likely to fall?

March

Mar. 29, 2007	THE PAINTERLY FIGURE by Donald Kuspit Jörg Immendorff, Odd Nerdrum and Nora Speyer engage a truly human esthetic.

Mar. 28, 2007	DAVID LACHAPELLE by Mary Barone The celebrated glamour photographer and filmmaker talks with Mary Barone.

Mar. 27, 2007	RADICAL ETHIOPIA by Charlie Finch The African Christ in Ethiopian art.

Mar. 26, 2007	NO MAN’S LAND by Jerry Saltz Rachel Harrison ambivalently memorializes sculpture -- and men. Plus, Cary Liebowitz.

Mar. 23, 2007	PUSSY POWER by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp "WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution" at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.

Mar. 23, 2007	PUSSY POWER by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp "WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution" at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.

Mar. 22, 2007	SPECIAL OPS by Charlie Finch Reticent retinal art, and more, on Madison Avenue.

Mar. 22, 2007	PLEASURE GARDENS by Fred Stern An homage to the gardens of the East at the Sackler Gallery.

Mar. 21, 2007	Where is Critical Art Ensemble? The Artnet Questionnaire.

Mar. 21, 2007	DIARY OF AN ART STAR by Reverend Jen Tossing dollars at Mark Kostabi’s "Paint That Naming."

Mar. 20, 2007	SPIRITS IN THE WOOD by N.F. Karlins Art and artifacts made of wood and tree bark by Woodland Indians and Australian Aborigines.

Mar. 19, 2007	YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE by Jerry Saltz Art market darling Terence Koh dances with skeletons and brightens the Whitney lobby. Plus, Christian Jankowski.

Mar. 15, 2007	SPRING OASIS by Charlie Finch The Hammond Museum and Japanese Stroll Garden.

Mar. 12, 2007	FUR WHAT IT’S WORTH by Jerry Saltz Roaming beyond the art world grid with David and Chie Hammons. Plus, Sarah Anne Johnson.

Mar. 12, 2007	WHITE WALLS, GLASS CEILING by Ben Davis Why are there so many great women artists -- who can’t get a show?

Mar. 7, 2007	STUBBED by Charlie Finch George Stubbs is as much an ironist as an avatar of the sublime.

Mar. 7, 2007	HORSES AND HISTORY by N.F. Karlins George Stubbs at the Frick, and "European Master Drawings" at the Morgan.

Mar. 6, 2007	ART VALUES OR MONEY VALUES? by Donald Kuspit An analysis of the art market boom.

Mar. 5, 2007	CINDERELLA by Charlie Finch Loving Cindy Sherman as she swans into middle age.

February

Feb. 27, 2007	CRITIQUEUS INTERRUPTUS by Jerry Saltz Andrea Fraser replaces sensationalism with adoration. Plus, Eve Sussman’s Rape of the Sabine Women.

Feb. 26, 2007	TOSSING IN THE FOUNTAIN by Paul H-O A visit to the Armory Show 2007, and Fountain New York.

Feb. 26, 2007	DISAPPEARING ACTS by Charlie Finch What’s new in Artland.

Feb. 21, 2007	AN ALLEGORY OF SUBLIMATION by Michéle C. Cone Self-revelation through painting in the art of Jasper Johns.

Feb. 21, 2007	LOVE IN THE RUINS by Charlie Finch Gordon Matta-Clark at the Whitney Museum.

Feb. 20, 2007	BROKEN ANGEL by Jerry Saltz A new exhibition rescues artist Martín Ramirez from his "Outsider" status. Plus, "Positively 27th Street."

Feb. 12, 2007	AN ALLEGORY OF SUBLIMATION by Michéle C. Cone Self-revelation through painting in the art of Jasper Johns.

Feb. 12, 2007	DILL VERSUS PRINCE by Charlie Finch Lesley Dill and Richard Prince at the Neuberger Museum.

Feb. 12, 2007	THE BIGGEST PICTURE by Jerry Saltz "Cosmologies" takes a trip through grand visions and imaginary universes. And "Beyond the Pale" at Moti Hasson Gallery.

Feb. 9, 2007	THE GILDED CAGE by Charlie Finch Imagining the 2008 Whitney Biennial.

Feb. 7, 2007	SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH MCDREAMY by Phyllis Tuchman Seattle’s stunning new Olympia Sculpture Park.

Feb. 5, 2007	THE PROBLEM OF THE MUSE by Charlie Finch A figure one wants so to behold but never to be.

January

Jan. 29, 2007	SEEING DOLLAR SIGNS by Jerry Saltz Is the art market making us stupid? Or are we making it stupid?

Jan. 26, 2007	A NEW MARKET THEORY OF ART by Charlie Finch Is everyone making money, or is the money making them?

Jan. 26, 2007	GREER LANKTON, A MEMOIR by Julia Morton Remembering East Village artist Greer Lankton on the 10th anniversary of her death.

Jan. 22, 2007	Pictures at an Execution by Jerry Saltz MoMA’s "Manet and the Execution of Maximilian" and the Met’s "Glitter and Doom" illuminate history’s darkest corners.

Jan. 18, 2007	HANGING AT THE HOUSE SALE by Reverend Jen Christie’s monthly House Sales are better than Craig’s List!

Jan. 17, 2007	WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF NO CONTEXT by Charlie Finch Doug Aitken turns MoMA into an outdoor Cineplex.

Jan. 16, 2007	LOOKING BACK. . . SOMETIMES IN ANGER by Jerry Saltz Power, professionalism and perversity in the art world in 2006. Plus, Jackie Saccoccio.

Jan. 10, 2007	THE MYSTERIOUS MR. SLOMOVIC by David D’Arcy How did a young Yugoslav end up with hundreds of artworks from the collection of French art dealer Ambroise Vollard?

Jan. 10, 2007	TWO THIEVES by Charlie Finch The bohemian and the ubercollector.

Jan. 5, 2007	SEXUAL MORES by Michéle C. Cone William Hogarth and the plight of women, both rich and poor.

Jan. 2, 2007	SNAKES IN A BOX by Jerry Saltz Brice Marden has breathtaking ways of making things.

Jan. 2, 2007	THE WAY WE WERE by Charlie Finch Remembering art as a part of life.

December

Dec. 22, 2006	NEW ORLEANS ODYSSEY by N.F. Karlins "Masterworks from the New Orleans Museum" at Wildenstein & Company.

Dec. 19, 2006	SEASON OF PASSION by Kay Itoi An interview with Japanese artist Yasumasa Morimura about his new work.

Dec. 18, 2006	CURRIN EVENTS by Jerry Saltz John Currin’s money shots: Lasciviousness, voyeurism and the inner life of paintings. Plus, Gregory Crewdson.

Dec. 14, 2006	THE BIBLE TELLS ME SO by Charlie Finch Photographer Alix Smith, plus contemporary art, at the new Museum of Biblical Art in Manhattan.

Dec. 13, 2006	PROVOCATIVE REALISM by Donald Kuspit New Objectivist portraiture in "Glitter and Doom" at the Metropolitan Museum.

Dec. 6, 2006	EVERYTHING FITS by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp John Baldessari installs "Magritte and Contemporary Art" at LACMA.

Dec. 6, 2006	TANIGUCHI’S REVENGE by Charlie Finch The Museum of Modern Art unveils its new Education Building.

Dec. 5, 2006	RAKE’S PROGRESS by Lewis Kachur "Beyond the White Cube: A Retrospective of Brian O’Doherty / Patrick Ireland."

Dec. 4, 2006	SPACE ODYSSEYS by Jerry Saltz Imagining the future for two great institutions: Dia and the New Museum. Plus, Marilyn Minter.

November

Nov. 28, 2006	ONLY DISCONNECT by Jerry Saltz Jeffrey Wells and Joe Deutch take us to places on the edge of language that the world can’t strip away.

Nov. 28, 2006	PICKING AND CHOOSING AT DIA BEACON by Charlie Finch Minimalism lives in a converted factory in a Hudson River mill town.

Nov. 22, 2006	EDWARD HOPPER: CUBIST IN DISGUISE? by Donald Kuspit Geometry is eternal, people are transient.

Nov. 20, 2006	THE CARNIVAL STOPS FOR A GRAY DAY by Charlie Finch On Agnes Martin and Kiki Smith.

Nov. 20, 2006	FEMALE TROUBLE by Jerry Saltz A plea for Lisa Yuskavage to return to her dirty-secret past. Plus, the Lower East Side at Orchard.

Nov. 17, 2006	A MODEST PROPOSAL FOR THE ART WORLD by Ben Davis The solution to everything.

Nov. 14, 2006	CHINESE TREASURES by N.F. Karlins The art of the Liao at the Asia Society.

Nov. 14, 2006	SEDUCED AND ABANDONED by Charlie Finch Who says New York needs a museum of contemporary art?

Nov. 10, 2006	DOT DELIRIUM by Donald Kuspit Jennifer Bartlett’s early plate works.

Nov. 7, 2006	BERLIN STREET FIGHT by Anna Blume Huttenlauch The restitution of Kirchner’s Berlin Street Scene (1913) roils the German art world.

Nov. 7, 2006	BIEDERMEIER IN MILWAUKEE by Fred Stern The Milwaukee Art Museum mounts the first all-Biedermeier show in the U.S.

Nov. 6, 2006	THE WHITNEY CONTEMPORARY by Jerry Saltz The Whitney’s current Picasso exhibition shows that the museum needs a new vision. Plus, Marcia Tucker, R.I.P.

Nov. 6, 2006	PAINTING THE TAPE by Charlie Finch Hedge funds and the art market.

Nov. 3, 2006	THE NEW YORK LIST A selection of things that looked good, made news or otherwise caught our eye this week.

Nov. 2, 2006	PASSION AND PHOTOGRAPHY by N.F. Karlins The romantic and artistic partnership of Tina Modotti and Edward Weston.

October

Oct. 30, 2006	THE PARALLAX VIEW by Jerry Saltz Mark Grotjahn undoes the insanity of a single perspective. Plus, Cimabue at the Frick.

Oct. 27, 2006	WHAT BECOMES A LEGEND LEAST by Charlie Finch Brice Marden at MoMA.

Oct. 26, 2006	DIARY OF AN ART STAR by Reverend Jen Lower East Side performance art meets The Price Is Right.

Oct. 26, 2006	BOTERO’S HUMANISM by Donald Kuspit Fernando Botero’s paintings of Abu Ghraib.

Oct. 25, 2006	IN MEMORIAM: KAREL APPEL by Carlo McCormick Remembering the celebrated Dutch expressionist.

Oct. 23, 2006	THE LOST SCULPTURE PROCESS by Phyllis Tuchman A 20th-anniversary appreciation of the sculpture garden at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

Oct. 23, 2006	THE UNDEAD OF ART HISTORY by Jerry Saltz Dasha Shishkin’s melancholic world. Plus, emerging artists at Socrates Sculpture Park.

Oct. 19, 2006	MISSION CREEP by Charlie Finch The new catchword for museoexecs.

Oct. 18, 2006	THE NEW ART ARISTOCRATS by Elliott Arkin An interview with megacollector Adam Lindemann, author of Collecting Contemporary.

Oct. 18, 2006	TIME LANDSCAPES by Walter Robinson New cityscapes by Paul Caranicas capture the spirit of a contemporary utopia.

Oct. 13, 2006	LUCAS THE LOVABLE by Donald Kuspit Avant-garde narcissism in new works by Lucas Samaras.

Oct. 12, 2006	ONE GOOD PRINT by Charlie Finch Prints and editions from Europe at MoMA.

Oct. 10, 2006	THE ART WORLD JUNGLE by Jerry Saltz The Chelsea art district, David Zwirner and the new fall season. Plus, a visit to Spiral Jetty.

Oct. 5, 2006	SACRED SADNESS by Donald Kuspit Sean Scully’s Romantic geometry.

Oct. 2, 2006	WHERE THE GIRLS AREN’T by Jerry Saltz In the art world, the prime real estate is still a men's club. Plus, Catherine Opie.

September

Sept. 29, 2006	PICASSO THE CONSERVATIVE by Charlie Finch At the Whitney Museum, how Cubism retarded American Art.

Sept. 25, 2006	TAKE SOME OFF THE TABLE by Richard Polsky A review of the overheated contemporary art market, September 2006.

Sept. 19, 2006	THE FAILURE OF DE MONTEBELLO by Charlie Finch Taking apart the Met chief’s latest pronouncements.

Sept. 18, 2006	THE TEMPEST by Jerry Saltz ackson Pollock’s acts of esthetic desperation. Plus, Stuart Hawkins.

Sept. 11, 2006	POOLS OF WONDER by Charlie Finch Alchemy and a hint of claustrophobia in Isca Greenfield-Sanders visions of suburbia.

Sept. 8, 2006	THE WHOLE BALL OF WAX by Jerry Saltz Can art change the world? A holistic theory.

Sept. 6, 2006	ORCHARD UNDERGROUND by Mary Rinebold Miguel Abreu makes an art space on the Lower East Side.

Sept. 5, 2006	PLAYING IT STRAIGHT by Jerry Saltz Alas, the Whitney now looks almost as conservative and canonical as the Modern. Plus, the fall season begins.

August

Aug. 31, 2006	BERLIN RISING by Anna Altman Cutting-edge art and the Berlin cityscape.

Aug. 29, 2006	CRITIC AGONISTES by Charlie Finch Skunks and art critics.

Aug. 28, 2006	DIARY OF AN ART STAR by Reverend Jen Making an art video starring Moby and Reverend Jen Junior, a chihuahua.

Aug. 25, 2006	A CRITICAL HISTORY OF 20TH-CENTURY ART by Donald Kuspit Chapter 10, Part 2: The Decadence of Advanced Art and the Return of Tradition and Beauty: The New as Tower of Conceptual Babel: The Tenth Decade.

Aug. 23, 2006	CHARISMA CATCHER by Heimir Björgúlfsson In memory of Jason Rhoades and his Black Pussy cabaret.

Aug. 21, 2006	A CRITICAL HISTORY OF 20TH-CENTURY ART by Donald Kuspit Chapter 10, Part 1: The decadence of advanced art and the return of tradition and beauty.

Aug. 16, 2006	GIRODET’S SENSATIONALISM by Donald Kuspit Charismatic rebel or kitsch romantic? Populism, eroticism and revolution in David’s greatest student.

Aug. 14, 2006	THE COSMIC MAYA by N.F. Karlins At the Met, art and rituals of the Mayan kings.

Aug. 9, 2006	A CRITICAL HISTORY OF 20TH-CENTURY ART by Donald Kuspit Chapter 9: The search for authenticity and the rebellion against Conceptual pseudo-art.

Aug. 7, 2006	A QUIRKY COLLECTOR by Charlie Finch Museum founder Roy Neuberger was one of a kind.

Aug. 1, 2006	FEET OF CLAY by Charlie Finch Since when does money create masterpieces?

July

July 31, 2006	REMEMBERING ARNO BREKER by Michèle C. Cone My visit with Hitler’s favorite sculptor.

July 28, 2006	A CRITICAL HISTORY OF 20TH-CENTURY ART by Donald Kuspit Chapter 8: Postmodernity from Polke and Judy Chicago to German Neo-Expressionism.

July 26, 2006	ART DEALER’S DIARY by Kenny Schachter Forget the art fairs, give me the British International Motor Show.

July 24, 2006	NEW YORK ON THE RIVIERA by David D’Arcy "New York, New York" at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco.

July 21, 2006	A CRITICAL HISTORY OF 20TH-CENTURY ART by Donald Kuspit Chapter 7, Parts 4 & 5: The tragic beauty of Robert Smithson, Joseph Beuys and Eva Hesse.

July 20, 2006	SUMMIT ST. PETERSBURG by Kate Sutton Exhibitions at the Russian city’s museums during the G8 Summit.

July 17, 2006	A BEAUTIFUL MIND by Phyllis Tuchman Frank Stella’s breakthrough year.

July 14, 2006	BABES IN LOYLAND by Charlie Finch German painter Rosa Loy’s female mythology.

July 14, 2006	A CRITICAL HISTORY OF 20TH-CENTURY ART by Donald Kuspit Chapter 7, Parts 1, 2 & 3: Minimal and Pop art and the atrophy of the avant-garde.

July 10, 2006	GRACE, DEPRAVITY AND GRANDEUR by Jerry Saltz The Venetian Renaissance by way of ancient Greece and Cecil B. DeMille, in the paintings of Veronese.

July 7, 2006	PORTRAIT AMERICA by N.F. Karlins The Smithsonian reopens its American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery.

July 7, 2006	A CRITICAL HISTORY OF 20TH-CENTURY ART by Donald Kuspit Chapter 6: The dialectic of myth and abstraction in Abstract Expressionism, Pop and Art Informel.

July 5, 2006	THE SUBLIME IS US by Jerry Saltz In new work by Klara Liden, the unfathomable feelings of being alive. Plus, Justin Lowe.

June

June 29, 2006	BOMB-A-RAMA by Paul Jeromack A look back at the auction fiasco of 2006.

June 28, 2006	PICKING AND CHOOSING AT THE WHIT by Charlie Finch All the masterpieces at the Whitney’s "Full House."

June 27, 2006	A CRITICAL HISTORY OF 20TH-CENTURY ART by Donald Kuspit Chapter 5: From Abstract Expressionism to Expressionistic Symbolism, via Pollock, Gorky, de Kooning

June 22, 2006	CASH, CLOWNS, AND CARNIVAL by Jerry Saltz Martin Eder and Cosima von Bonin, two German artists in Chelsea. Plus, Halsey Rodman.

June 19, 2006	The Great Picabia by Charlie Finch Francis Picabia is the star of "Dada" at MoMA.

June 16, 2006	A CRITICAL HISTORY OF 20TH-CENTURY ART by Donald Kuspit Chapter 4, Part 4: Picasso, Braque, Léger, Matisse, de Chirico, Stanley Spencer and more.

June 12, 2006	RECONSTRUCTION ZONE by Jerry Saltz Ted Riederer’s quasi-religious, art-historical, life-and-death parable. Plus, Stephen Shore.

June 8, 2006	WHATEVER HAPPENED TO DOUGLAS GORDON? by Charlie Finch There once was a man from the Highlands. . .

June 7, 2006	BORDEL MAGNIFIQUE by Chris Sharp The French ministry of culture hazards "La Force de l’Art" at the Nef du Grand Palais.

June 2, 2006	SHE’S NOT THERE by Jerry Saltz Sharon Lockhart’s "Pine Flat" photographs, all subject matter and no content. Plus, Francis Cape.

June 1, 2006	A CRITICAL HISTORY OF 20TH-CENTURY ART by Donald Kuspit Chapter 4, Parts 2 & 3: Max Beckmann, Hannah Höch, John Heartfield and fantastic realism.

May

May 26, 2006	ABSALOM, O ABSALOM by Jerry Saltz Photos of "The American War" from Ho Chi Minh City by Harrell Fletcher. Plus, Mark Hogancamp’s therapeutic war diorama.

May 24, 2006	EXCELLENCE HAS [NO] SEX by Michèle C. Cone Two new exhibitions give us an Eva Hesse for the 21st century.

May 17, 2006	A CRITICAL HISTORY OF 20TH-CENTURY ART by Donald Kuspit Chapter 4, Part 1: Classicism and conflict in Klee, Pollock and Picasso.

May 17, 2006	INVASION OF THE SCULPTURE SNATCHERS by Jerry Saltz Curators Shelly Bancroft and Peter Nesbett hold Cady Noland for random at Triple Candie.

May 15, 2006	A BREAKTHROUGH SHOW by Charlie Finch Sherry Wong paints a 21st-century Big Chill.

May 10, 2006	FRESH AS TOMORROW: ALEX KATZ IN THE ‘60S by Donald Kuspit Alex Katz’s ‘60s paintings offer a new kind of social realism.

May 9, 2006	LEVIATHAN by Jerry Saltz Matthey Barney’s Drawing Restraint 9 touches on everything. Plus, Xavier Cha.

May 5, 2006	A CRITICAL HISTORY OF 20TH CENTURY ART by Donald Kuspit Chapter 3, Part 3 -- from the peintres maudits and the Vienna Secession to the Bauhaus.

May 5, 2006	OLD FRIENDS by Charlie Finch Notes on Jocelyn Hobbie, Lisa Ruyter and Kerri Scharlin.

May 2, 2006	Sale Away by Jerry Saltz Couldn’t six Texas millionaires chip in and buy a group of Judds? Plus, Alex McQuilkin.

April

Apr. 26, 2006	GYPSY by Jerry Saltz Amy Sillman, a nervy painter who loves mid-century abstraction

Apr. 26, 2006	ARTE POVERA IN NEW ORLEANS by Charlie Finch Throw some support to the City That Care Forgot.

Apr. 25, 2006	A CRITICAL HISTORY OF 20TH-CENTURY ART by Donald Kuspit Chapter 3, Part 2 -- from the Exquisite Corpse to Giacometti.

Apr. 21, 2006	MiArt 2006 by Joe La Placa China is the guest country at Italy’s top contemporary art fair.

Apr. 19, 2006	MARFA ON MY MIND by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp A visit to Donald Judd’s Chinati Foundation art museum in Marfa, Texas.

Apr. 18, 2006	COLLECTING CELEBRITY ART by Baird Jones Art by movie stars, athletes, musicians and other pop-culture idols.

Apr. 17, 2006	ART AMID THE RUBBLE by Carey Lovelace A report from the Ninth Havana Bienal.

Apr. 14, 2006	ART MARKET WATCH by Paul Jeromack Christie’s sells a Turner for $35.8 million.

Apr. 14, 2006	A CRITICAL HISTORY OF 20TH-CENTURY ART by Donald Kuspit Chapter 3, Part 1 -- automatism in Ernst, Breton and Surrealism.

Apr. 12, 2006	THE SEVENTH CIRCLE by Jerry Saltz Nan Goldin is giving us the moment before she will turn to ash. Plus, Paul Shambroom.

Apr. 5, 2006	SELF-PORTRAITS AND OLD MASTERS by Donald Kuspit Painter F. Scott Hess conveys the universal in the contingent.

Apr. 4, 2006	WORLD OF WOMEN by Charlie Finch "Bearings: The Female Figure" at PS122 Gallery in Manhattan.

Apr. 3, 2006	HEAPS AND CONSEQUENCES by Jerry Saltz Tara Donovan’s undulating, otherworldly river valley. Plus, Judith Linhares.

Apr. 3, 2006	MATERIAL SEDUCTION by Oriane Stender Tara Donovan talks theory and method.

March

Mar. 31, 2006	CHASING THE DRAGON by Oriane Stender Nan Goldin’s Sisters, Saints and Sibyls premieres in New York.

Mar. 27, 2006	OVERWHELMING LIFE by Ana Finel Honigman Alex McQuilkin tells why we should all stop worrying about her.

Mar. 28, 2006	QUEEN OF NIGHT by Jerry Saltz Kara Walker’s language of tattered words and shadow plays. Plus, Jennifer and Kevin McCoy.

Mar. 27, 2006	WHITNEY BIENNIAL V. EVERGLADES by Charlie Finch Where rules must be observed to stay alive.

Mar. 24, 2006	A CRITICAL HISTORY OF 20TH-CENTURY ART by Donald Kuspit Chapter 2, Part 4 -- Picabia, collage, Futurism, Orphism, Malevich and more.

Mar. 23, 2006	A LA SCHIFANO by Ilka Scobie A survey of the Italian Pop artist’s work opens in Milan.

Mar. 23, 2006	NO REWIND by Alexandra Anderson-Spivy The last rites of Nam June Paik.

Mar. 22, 2006	OLD MASTERS, NEW EDGE by Brook Mason Bigger, better, more important at TEFAF Maastricht 2006.

Mar. 21, 2006	BLOGGING THE ARMORY by Max Henry Day by day during art fair week in New York.

Mar. 17, 2006	A CRITICAL HISTORY OF 20TH-CENTURY ART by Donald Kuspit Chapter 2, Part 3 -- Marcel Duchamp’s invention of the readymade.

Mar. 16, 2006	LOOKING FOR ISLAM by P.C. Smith "Without Boundary" at the Museum of Modern Art surveys Islamic sensibilities in western art.

Mar. 15, 2006	THE QUIETER WILDER SHORES OF PAINTING by Jerry Saltz Light shifts, reality and hallucination vie for dominance in the paintings of William Nicholson.

Mar. 13, 2006	HARDCORE by Jerry Saltz Charline von Heyl’s painting is a snake pit of styles.

Mar. 10, 2006	STOP THE INSANITY! by Charlie Finch Contemporary art’s disconnect from the real world.

Mar. 10, 2006	ART, TALK AND POWERPOINT by Suzaan Boettger The College Art Association meets in Boston.

Mar. 6, 2006	THE RETURN OF ANTHONY JAMES by Charlie Finch New works go on view in Chelsea.

Mar. 6, 2006	A CRITICAL HISTORY OF 20TH-CENTURY ART by Donald Kuspit Chapter 2, part 2 -- spiritualism and nihilism: the second decade.

Mar. 2, 2006	BIENNIAL IN BABYLON by Jerry Saltz The "Whitney Biennial 2006: Day for Night" is lively, brainy and self-conscious. Plus, Kelley Walker.

February

Feb. 28, 2006	WHO CAN FORGET ULTRA VIOLET? by Michèle C. Cone The life and work of an Andy Warhol superstar.

Feb. 27, 2006	IDOL THOUGHTS by Jerry Saltz The glory of Fountain, Marcel Duchamp’s ground-breaking "moneybags piss pot."

Feb. 27, 2006	NEW SPANISH ART TO BUY NOW by Walter Robinson A second go-round of the booths at ARCO 2006.

Feb. 23, 2006	What to Look for in the Whitney Biennial by Carlo McCormick An advance tour of the 2006 Whitney Biennial exhibition.

Feb. 21, 2006	TREE OF LIFE by N.F. Karlins Unraveling the symbols of the past at the Ukrainian Museum.

Feb. 17, 2006	A CRITICAL HISTORY OF 20TH-CENTURY ART by Donald Kuspit Chapter 2: Spiritualism And Nihilism: The Second Decade

Feb. 15, 2006	THE ROYAL HALF by Phyllis Tuchman The treasures of Hesse at the Portland Art Museum.

Feb. 14, 2006	INTERROGATION NATION by Jerry Saltz Walid Raad makes art that is like a communiqué from a secret agent. Plus shows by Joe Zucker and Sally Smart.

Feb. 9, 2006	THE SEDUCTION OF NATALIE FRANK by Charlie Finch Portrait of a fast rising star.

Feb. 8, 2006	THE NEW SCENESTERS by Pedro Velez A hardscrabble renaissance of art and music in Puerto Rico.

Feb. 3, 2006	A THORN TREE IN THE GARDEN by Jerry Saltz Andrea Zittel is Robinson Crusoe and Mad Max by way of Walden Pond, St. Augustine and Greenpeace. Plus, Nam June Paik, R.I.P.

Feb. 3, 2006	A CRITICAL HISTORY OF 20TH-CENTURY ART by Donald Kuspit Chapter 1, Part 4: New Forms For Old Feelings: The First Decade

Feb. 1, 2006	TRUE LOVE COMES TO VEGAS by Charlie Finch Wedding bells ring for our scribe and his bride.

January

Jan. 31, 2006	KILLING FIELDS by Jerry Saltz Thomas Hirschhorn, art and the unbearable image.

Jan. 30, 2006	CÉZANNE IN D.C. by Walter Robinson The National Gallery of Art premieres "Cézanne in Provence."

Jan. 27, 2006	One Step at a Time by Phyllis Tuchman Vincent van Gogh’s long, strange journey.

Jan. 25, 2006	A CRITICAL HISTORY OF 20TH-CENTURY ART by Donald Kuspit Chapter 1, part 3: New Forms For Old Feelings: The First Decade.

Jan. 25, 2006	MASTER DEALER by Lisa Zeitz A profile of collector, author and Old Master dealer Richard L. Feigen.

Jan. 24, 2006	WHITHER WILLIAMSBURG? by Stephen Maine An artists' neighborhood confronts the prospect of gentrification.

Jan. 20, 2006	ASK MARK KOSTABI by Mark Kostabi Stimulate thought and your art will be bought.

Jan. 20, 2006	PREDICTIONS FOR 2006 Peering into the art-world’s crystal ball.

Jan. 19, 2006	UNIVERSAL LEONARDO by Ana Finel Honigman Martin Kemp tells why Leonardo da Vinci is still fascinating but art writing isn’t.

Jan. 18, 2006	A VISIT WITH DEB AND PATTIE by Charlie Finch New work by New York artists Deborah Kass and Patricia Cronin.

Jan. 17, 2006	PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG ARTIST by Jerry Saltz If there’s no iconic image, does an artist’s work become fuzzy in the mind?

Jan. 13, 2006	TREASURE ISLAND by N.F. Karlins "The Splendor of the Word: Medieval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts" at the New York Public Library.

Jan. 11, 2006	OUR PICASSO? by Jerry Saltz Robert Rauschenberg draws a line in the psychic sands of American sexual and cultural values

Jan. 10, 2006	A CRITICAL HISTORY OF 20TH-CENTURY ART by Donald Kuspit Chapter 1, part 1 & 2: New Forms For Old Feelings: The First Decade.

Jan. 4, 2006	POSTMODERN SYSTEMATICS by Charlie Finch Touchstones in the pseudoreligion of contemporary art.

Jan. 3, 2006	INKY DEPTHS by Jerry Saltz Celebrating art and artists, magazine-style, plus "Air Guitar" and works by Dylan Stone.

December

Dec. 28, 2005	THE 2005 ART REVUE by Walter Robinson Highs and lows, heroes and goats, art milestones and missteps, all yours in a nutshell.

Dec. 27, 2005	A CRITICAL HISTORY OF 20TH-CENTURY ART by Donald Kuspit In the introduction to his new book, to be published in Artnet Magazine, the author examines the rise of the avant-garde.

Dec. 20, 2005	SEEING OUT LOUD by Jerry Saltz Having an eye in criticism. Plus, Charles Burchfield and "Looking at Words."

Dec. 20, 2005	SIDESHOW BOB by Charlie Finch Robert Rauschenberg "Combines" opens at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Dec. 20, 2005	POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE by Charles Stuckey James Garrett Faulkner’s collages at the Hyde Park Art Center.

Dec. 15, 2005	REPORT FROM ATHENS by Chris Bors Gregory Crewdson, Cameron Jamie, Stefanos Tsivopoulos, Machiko Edmondson, Gilbert Garcin, Liam Gillick & Philippe Parreno, more.

Dec. 14, 2005	LITTER AND GLITTER by Adam Kleinman New works by Justin Lieberman and Kori Newkirk at Locust Projects in Miami.

Dec. 14, 2005	SELECT, DON’T SETTLE by Charlie Finch Passing some time in New Haven.

Dec. 8, 2005	MAGIC KINGDOMS by Ana Finel Honigman Laleh Khorramian talks about fantasy, Disney and history.

Dec. 7, 2005	CLUSTERFUCK ESTHETICS by Jerry Saltz A manic-depressive panic attack in the face of profound information overload.

Dec. 6, 2005	MAGIC OF THE MUNDANE by Paul Jeromack The 15th-century painter Hans Memling at the Frick Collection.

November

Nov. 30, 2005	SOPHIE’S CHOICES by Charlie Finch New "Zebra Stripe Paintings" by Sophie Matisse.

Nov. 29, 2005	VANISHING by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp New exhibitions by Ed Ruscha, Julius Schulman and Tim Street-Porter.

Nov. 28, 2005	Hell Bent by Jerry Saltz Tamy Ben-Tor’s Dostoyevskian gallery of contemporary lost souls, louts, louses and ignoramuses.

Nov. 18, 2005	AMERICAN PORTRAIT by Fred Stern Robert Henri’s easy naturalism, done the American way.

Nov. 16, 2005	ONE YEAR AFTER by Jerry Saltz Is the Museum of Modern Art becoming a madman who thinks it is king?

Nov. 15, 2005	BRUTAL VISION by Fred Stern New sculptures and drawings by Polish artist Magdalena Abakanowicz.

Nov. 11, 2005	THE GROVES OF ACADEME by Charlie Finch A visit to the Columbia MFA open studios.

Nov. 10, 2005	MR. SYSTEM AND DR. DEATH by Jerry Saltz Luc Tuymans renders everything through the same shadowy scrim. Plus, Laleh Khorramian, Sergej Jensen.

Nov. 4, 2005	TIRED OF ART? by Charlie Finch In search of surprises in a complacent contemporary art world.

Nov. 1, 2005	DECORATIVE ARTS DIARY by Brook Mason Glitter and gilt in the Safra sale at Sotheby’s.

October

Oct. 31, 2005	FRENCH PAINTING AT WILDENSTEIN by Paul Jeromack "The Arts of France" from New York's legendary Old Master dealers.

Oct. 25, 2005	RELENTLESS TEMPEST by Jerry Saltz Elizabeth Murray’s distinctive place in American art. Plus, new work by Ludwig Schwarz and Claire Fontaine.

Oct. 25, 2005	INSIDE THE LONDON ART MARKET by Joe La Placa Art is a growth industry in 21st-century Britain.

Oct. 24, 2005	UNDER THE PROVENÇAL SUN by Phyllis Tuchman An alternate history of French art in Montreal.

Oct. 21, 2005	THE ART TRIP by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp Curator Paul Schimmel’s "Ecstasy" brings contemporary art back to where it belongs.

Oct. 21, 2005	LOST WOMAN by Victor M. Cassidy Northwestern’s Block Museum brings architect Marion Mahony Griffin back into the light.

Oct. 20, 2005	ELIZABETHTOWN by Charlie Finch Elizabeth Murray at the Museum of Modern Art.

Oct. 19, 2005	SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL by Charlie Finch Touring Chelsea on Saturday, looking to buy.

Oct. 18, 2005	BLOOD MONUMENT by Jerry Saltz Artist Sam Durant’s "Proposal" is pointed without being preachy, heartrending but not mawkish.

Oct. 14, 2005	IRREVERENT TRUTHS by Gorgon Criticism lite, dressing for success, the groovy sensibility, more.

Oct. 12, 2005	SHAMELESS AND UNASHAMED by Donald Kuspit Portraiture and psychoanalysis in the work of Lucian Freud and Andrew Wyeth.

Oct. 11, 2005	TOYS IN THE ATTIC by Charlie Finch Art protected from the wider world.

Oct. 10, 2005	ODD ARTIST OUT by Jerry Saltz Chris Martin’s show is a living room, an ashram and an opium den.

Oct. 7, 2005	Galesburg Chronicles by Walter Robinson A new chapter in Chris Verene’s record of small-town America.

September

Sept. 29, 2005	WHEN PAUL MET CAMILLE by Phyllis Tuchman Thoughts on Camille Pissarro.

Sept. 28, 2005	Eccentric Attractions by Mark Van Proyen Richard Tuttle and Elmer Bischoff in San Francisco.

Sept. 26, 2005	Ups and Downs by Jerry Saltz Charting the new contemporary art season in New York.

Sept. 23, 2005	YOUNG BERLIN by Xavier LaBoulbenne The Teutonic Turner -- Berlin’s "Preis der Nationalgalerie für junge Kunst"

Sept. 22, 2005	A DREAM WITHIN A DREAM by Charlie Finch Laurie Anderson’s supernal "The Waters Reglitterized."

Sept. 21, 2005	Drawing Notebook by N.F. Karlins Five new talents in "Obsessive Drawing" at the American Folk Art Museum.

Sept. 20, 2005	The Battle for Babylon by Jerry Saltz More artists, gallerists and curators are taking matters into their own hands in New York.

Sept. 16, 2005	Court Gestures by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp Contemporary art comes to a 12th-century stone fortress in the English countryside.

Sept. 15, 2005	Crown Glory by Victor M. Cassidy Mies van der Rohe’s Crown Hall in Chicago gets an overhaul.

Sept. 13, 2005	A Chat with Leo Steinberg by Charlie Finch The great art historian, still in the "Now"

Sept. 12, 2005	THE TEASE CONTINUES by Charlie Finch The last pictures of Diane Arbus.

Sept. 9, 2005	9/11 Art as a Gloss on Wittgenstein by Arthur C. Danto Four years after the attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

Sept. 6, 2005	Dirty Little Pots by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp Roger Herman puts sexy spin on his ceramics.

Sept. 2, 2005	Young Uruguay by Karl Dahlquist & Paulo Ravecca Contemporary media-based art, and more, thrives in Montevideo.

August

Aug. 30, 2005	Land of Ancient Tattoos by N.F. Karlins "Art of the Marquesas Islands" at the Metropolitan Museum.

Aug. 29, 2005	What’s Love Got To Do With It? by Charlie Finch Artist Lisa Kirk organizes the feminist/anti-feminist "Bonds of Love"

Aug. 23, 2005	Art Market Guide 2005 by Richard Polsky Anselm Kiefer is a contemporary master -- and a "buy."

Aug. 12, 2005	Monaco, Africa by Carlo McCormick The Grimaldi Forum’s tribute to the "Arts of Africa"

Aug. 10, 2005	Art Market Guide 2005 by Richard Polsky No one collects Richard Tuttle with an eye on getting rich.

Aug. 8, 2005	Buffalo Soldier by Charlie Finch "Extreme Abstraction" at the Albright-Knox.

Aug. 5, 2005	The Matrix of Sensations by Donald Kuspit Digital art is grounded in codes rather than images.

Aug. 2, 2005	Talking a Little Further by Augustine Zenakos Venice Biennale co-curator Rosa Martínez on art and politics.

July

July 29, 2005	The Market for Old Masters by Paul Jeromack A brief guide for art collectors and investors.

July 22, 2005	More Than a New Discovery by Charlie Finch Photographer Alix Smith and the subjects of identity.

July 21, 2005	Surrealist America by Lewis Kachur Three contemporaneous Surrealism shows open in the U.S.

July 19, 2005	Un-Hampered by Ben Davis The Scope Hamptons contemporary art fair in Southampton.

July 8, 2005	The Hollow Museum by Charlie Finch Trophies of the rich at the Museum of Modern Art.

July 6, 2005	FLOUNDERING by Jerry Saltz Is the Venice Biennale too big, baggy, sluggish and bureaucratic?

June

June 30, 2005	PRAIRIE SMOKE by Victor M. Cassidy Artists Dolores Wilber and Christine Rojek.

June 30, 2005	KLEE COMES HOME by Deborah Ripley Renzo Piano's new Paul Klee Center in Bern.

June 28, 2005	HARD EDGE: AN ART HANDLER'S JOURNAL by Jasper Chance Tales of art on the move in New York.

June 27, 2005	UNEQUAL PARTNERS by Jerry Saltz Discerning the difference between the good and the great in MoMA's "Cézanne and Pissarro."

June 22, 2005	SPANKING THE MEDIA by Ana Finel Honigman Collage artist Raven Schlossberg talks about porn and politics.

June 22, 2005	WITH THE WEAPONS OF ART by Ulrike Münter China's Dashanzi International Art Festival.

June 20, 2005	TOP TEN REASONS TO LOVE THE VENICE BIENNALE by Walter Robinson Highpoints from the art world's most important festival.

June 20, 2005	ANAL-RETENTIVE WARRIOR PRINCESS by Jerry Saltz Sarah Sze’s magical, maniacal ways of looking at structure and space.

June 17, 2005	SIGNS OF LIFE ON WEST 23RD STREET by Charlie Finch The latest developments on Chelsea's new gold coast.

June 16, 2005	THE FEAST – PART I by Victor M. Cassidy The Art Institute of Chicago reinstalls its Galleries of American Art.

June 13, 2005	FOLK ART NOTEBOOK by N.F. Karlins Art with a capital A at three exhibitions of self-taught artists.

June 9, 2005	TRANSLATING MUNTADAS by Michèle C. Cone The artist behind Spain’s 2005 pavilion at the Venice Biennale.

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

June 6, 2005	IRREVERENT TRUTHS by Gorgon The spectacle of art and money, happily married.

May

May 31, 2005	HAMMERED by Jerry Saltz Auctions are like stripteases, enticing the audience with what’s just out of reach.

May 26, 2005	ART MARKET GUIDE 2005 by Richard Polsky Some post-auction thoughts for spring 2005.

May 26, 2005	RESTORATION DRAMA by Jerry Saltz Daniel Buren’s Guggenheim installation turns the museum into a kind of sex machine.

May 25, 2005	SUPER NATURAL HISTORY by IIka Scobie New York painter Walton Ford and his animal-kingdom chronicles.

May 6, 2005	HOW NOW, GERRIT DOU? by Paul Jeromack A prize Old Master painting at Christie's.

May 24, 2005	ASK MARK KOSTABI by Mark Kostabi Nothing sells in the art world like a point of view.

May 20, 2005	FAIR FORMULA by Kathryn Rosenfeld Chicago's new NOVA art fair wasn't that new.

May 20, 2005	SWAN'S WAY by Ana Finel Honigman Anh Duong talks about being her own muse.

May 18, 2005	INVISIBLE MAN by Charlie Finch Reading the secrets of Jasper Johns' new "Catenary" series.

May 17, 2005	AGAINST INTERPRETATION by Charlie Finch New paintings by Malcolm Morley and Judy Ledgerwood.

May 17, 2005	MYSTIC RIVERS by Jerry Saltz Intriguing questions in "3 x Abstraction" at the Drawing Center.

May 12, 2005	THE NEW YORK 12 by Phyllis Tuchman A guide to Sol LeWitt wall drawings in New York City.

May 9, 2005	ART MARKET GUIDE 2005 by Richard Polsky Signs of stability in the spring contemporary art sales in New York.

May 6, 2005	WHATEVER LAUREL WANTS by Jerry Saltz Laurel Nakadate is a wolf in baby doll’s clothing.

April

April 28, 2005	CLOSE TALKER by Roberta Fallon "An Evening with Chuck Close" in Philadelphia.

April 27, 2005	THE DECLINE AND FALL OF PAINTING by Charlie Finch The bad stuff is everywhere.

April 26, 2005	DIRE DIARY by Jerry Saltz The gushy artforum.com items read like the Us magazine of art criticism.

April 25, 2005	GO FOR IT by Ilka Scobie A talk with "Basquiat" co-curator Kellie Jones.

April 20, 2005	DANGER IS HER GAME by Charlie Finch Laurel Nakadate takes liberties.

April 19, 2005	TO HELL AND BACK by Jerry Saltz Jean-Michel Basquiat emerged rough but ready, not fully formed but fully loaded.

April 14, 2005	ART MARKET GUIDE 2005 by Richard Polsky Chicago artist Tony Fitzpatrick is a "buy."

April 13, 2005	THE CONTEMPORARY AND THE HISTORICAL by Donald Kuspit More at odds than ever before.

April 12, 2005	PUNKS AND PROFITS by Ana Finel Honigman A conversation with Marxian art critic Julian Stallabrass.

April 11, 2005	A SPACE, NOT AN ACT by Sidonie von Grasenabb Vanessa Beecroft at the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin.

April 6, 2005	THE EMPEROR'S NEW PAINTINGS by Jerry Saltz Is Damien Hirst more than hype, hubris and money?

April 4, 2005	TIME AND CHANGE by Charlie Finch New work by Robert Gober, Beth Campbell, Kevin Landers and Wayne Adams.

March

March 29, 2005	LESSER NEW YORK by Jerry Saltz P.S.1 and MoMA try to tame the wildness of youth.

March 24, 2005	IRREVERENT TRUTHS by Gorgon The routine professionalism -- and cynical knowingness -- of "Greater New York."

March 23, 2005	WE ARE THEIRS by Jerry Saltz Sarah Morris' new film reverses Warhol's dictum about 15 minutes of fame.

March 18, 2005	REALITY SHOWS by Phyllis Tuchman Thomas Demand at the Museum of Modern Art.

March 17, 2005	MAD MONEY by Charlie Finch New works by Lane Twitchell, plus a peek into a dealer's back room.

March 16, 2005	HOT SET by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp George Herms and Walter Hopps talking in Los Angeles.

March 11, 2005	I LOVE KIPPENBERGER by Nicole Davis Three gallery shows in New York of works by Martin Kippenberger.

March 10, 2005	MORE, MORE, MORE! by Charlie Finch At the 2005 Armory Show, a volcanic pressure to buy.

March 10, 2005	ART MARKET GUIDE 2005 by Richard Polsky Works by San Francisco Photorealist Robert Bechtle are a relative bargain.

March 9, 2005	DIONYSUS IN PARIS by Max Henry "Dionysiac" at the Centre Pompidou is a ribald bacchanal.

March 8, 2005	THE ICON AND THE ICONOCLAST by Jerry Saltz One of the best shows of the season -- Rudolf Stingel at Paula Cooper Gallery -- takes place in an empty gallery.

March 4, 2005	SYSTEM OVERLOAD by Jerry Saltz Transforming the junk pile of culture into something ominous, investigative, and visionary.

March 3, 2005	HOMAGE TO DAVID BIERK by Donald Kuspit An artist whose work is tragic, mournful and subliminally joyous.

March 2, 2005

TOOTHPASTE
by Charlie Finch
Gobs of art materialize to chase gobs of money.

February

February 28, 2005	ART MARKET GUIDE 2005 by Richard Polsky Uncertain prospects at auction for works by Christo & Jeanne Claude.

February 25, 2005	HERO, HAWK AND OPEN HAND by Victor M. Cassidy Artistry -- and politics -- in ancient Native American art.

February 24, 2005	NOTHING FANCY by Ana Finel Honigman The wit and wonder of Martin Creed.

February 9, 2005	LONDON CALLING by Joe La Placa Art at auction, and in Charles Saatchi's "Triumph of Painting."

February 8, 2005	MOURNING GLORY by Jerry Saltz British artist Steve McQueen engages with history both as a participant and an outsider.

February 2, 2005	THE MUSEUM COMES TO US: ART IN 2050 by Charlie Finch The forthcoming digital art world.

February 2, 2005

FEEDING FRENZY
by Jerry Saltz
Are art fairs the triumph of the corporate avant-garde?

January

January 27, 2005	PRELUDE TO DESIRE by Michele C. Cone "Images of the Floating World" at the Grand Palais in Paris.

January 27, 2005	NOGUCHI AT 100 by Fred Stern Celebrating the centenary of the master sculptor Isamu Noguchi.

January 26, 2005	RUBENS SUPERSTAR by Paul Jeromack The genius of Peter Paul Rubens via drawings and oil sketches.

January 25, 2005	A MODEST PROPOSAL by Jerry Saltz Some ideas for a better Museum of Modern Art.

January 21, 2005	IS AUTISTIC ARTISTIC? by N.F. Karlins As "Outsider Art Week" approaches, several gallery shows raise tough questions.

January 20, 2005	MORE AGROVATION by Charlie Finch Brooklyn painter Chuck Agro's blue-collar esthetic.

January 7, 2005	NEW YEAR, NEW STAR by Charlie Finch Introducing the postmodernist minimalist Anthony James.

January 6, 2005	IRREVERENT TRUTHS by Gorgon Artists making fools of themselves, and worse.

January 5, 2005	LOST HORIZON by Jerry Saltz The ego, libido, ambition and energy of the volatile East Village art scene.

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