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REVIEWS 2003 ARCHIVES
CAIRO BLUES
by Carey Lovelace 12/30/03
A report from the Cairo International Biennale 2003/04.
CAPITAL REPORT
by Sidney Lawrence 12/29/03
Trolling the National Gallery, catching Picasso, Bearden and some French aristocrats.
FROM ISHTAR TO APHRODITE
by N. F. Karlins 12/22/03
3,200 Years of Cypriot Hellenism at the Onassis Cultural Center.
DATELINE BROOKLYN
by Stephen Maine 12/19/03
David Opdyke, Jane Callister, Jacques Flechemuller, Mie Yim, Yoko Inoue, more.
RE-ANIMATOR DELUXE
by Eve Wood 12/16/03
Thomas Burke at Western Project.
PUERTORICAN SUN
by Pedro Velez 12/15/03
Low-budget vs. super-tech, with Nayda Collazon-Llorens and Scott Roberts.
THE NEW BADASS MUSEUM
by Nicholas Boston 12/12/03
Isaac Julien's Baltimore at Metro Pictures.
PARIS PHOTO 2003
by Erin Cowgill 12/11/03
A report from the international photo fair.
MIAMI HEAT
by Walter Robinson 12/5/03
Three fairs of contemporary and modern art.
L.A. CONFIDENTIAL
by Alex Worman 12/2/03
A tour of museums and galleries in the City without Seasons.
WEEKEND UPDATE
by Walter Robinson 11/25/03
Keith Sonnier, Gregor Schneider, Dragan Ilic, Thomas Kiesewetter, Joe Zucker, Al Held, E.V. Day, Linda Schrank, more.
PRINT WEEK 2003
by Catherine Bindman 11/25/03
Boundless offerings at New York's annual print festival.
POETIC JUSTICE
by Carolee Thea 11/20/03
The Third World came together for the 2003 Istanbul Biennial.
L.A. CONFIDENTIAL
by Alex Worman 11/19/03
Taschen in Beverly Hills, Sidney Felson at UCLA Hammer.
CONTACT SHEET
by Jean Dykstra 11/19/03
Aaron Siskind centennial, Adam Fuss memento mori, Mary Ellen Mark twins, more.
ART SEASON IN MIAMI
by Nicole Davis 11/18/03
Art at the new Four Seasons Hotel in Miami.
DAZZLING GEOMETRY
by Ilka Scobie 11/14/03
New abstractions by Carol Ross.
FAST AND FURIOUS AT FIAC
by Jill Conner 10/30/03
The French flock to their 30th annual art fair.
TURNER PRIZE 2003
by Joe La Placa 10/29/03
More sex and violence than ever in the controversial show of new British art.
ACERBIC BEAUTY
by Eve Wood 10/28/03
Kehinde Wiley finds baroque spirituality in contemporary culture.
DATELINE BROOKLYN
by Stephen Maine 10/27/03
Joe Amrhein, Joe Fig, Jackie Gendel, Evan Lintermans, Don Burmeister, Peter Scott, more.
PRAIRIE SMOKE
by Victor M. Cassidy 10/24/03
Lucien Clergue, Rubi Chisthi, Vadim Katznelson, more.
DECORATIVE ARTS DIARY
by Brook S. Mason 10/22/03
Millennium Kunstkammer at the 2003 International Fine Art and Antique Dealers Show in New York.
NEW LONDON SUN
by Walter Robinson and Joe La Placa 10/21/03
The first international Frieze Art Fair takes London by storm.
A RISK WORTH TAKING
by Eve Wood 10/17/03
Waylon Dobson's reductivist skins of clay.
RELIGIOUS DESIRE
by William Powhida 10/17/03
Bjorn Melhus preaches redemption for a mechanical age.
WEEKEND UPDATE
by Walter Robinson 10/16/03
Richard Serra, Jason Rhoades, Mark Grotjahn, more.
D.C. DIARY
by Tyler Green 10/9/03
The Wal-Martists make art for the consumer century.
STRUGGLE TO SURVIVE
by Barbara Weidle10/3/03
Good art, hard times at the 8th Berlin Art Forum.
DRAWING NOTEBOOK
by N. F. Karlins 9/26/03
Harrowing and transformative mind comics by Linda Carmello Sibio.
WEEKEND UPDATE
by Walter Robinson 9/25/03
Manabu Yamanaka, Slater Bradley, Eddo Stern, Richard Prince, Kelly Heaton, J. St. Bernard, Gavin Brown, more.
ROAD SHOW
by Robert G. Edelman 9/24/03
Jane Dickson's paintings plumb the edge of town.
LONDON CALLING
by Joe La Placa 9/22/03
Damien Hirst presents his "Last Supper" at the White Cube.
LETTER FROM MIAMI
by Nicole Davis 9/19/03
September shows at the Moore Space, Casas Riegner, Kevin Bruk, Rocket Projects and Bernice Steinbaum.
TRAIN IN VAIN
by Eve Wood 9/18/03
New paintings by Megan Williams in Los Angeles.
L.A. CONFIDENTIAL
by Alex Worman 9/12/03
Building "Chelsea L.A."? Plus, Ai Yamaguchi, Andy Collins, Miles Coolidge, John Sonsini, Deborah Butterfield, more.
QUIETLY UNBURDENED
by Eve Wood 9/12/03
Ai Yamaguchi and the quest for innocence.
D.C. ART CENSUS: TWO VIEWS
"Census 03: New Art from D.C." at the Corcoran Gallery
D.C. Diary by Tyler Green
Stand Up and Be Counted by Glenn Dixon 9/11/03
YESTERYEAR'S RENWICK
by Sidney Lawrence 9/7/03
A Victorian epicenter at the Smithsonian's crafts gallery.
DRAWING NOTEBOOK
by N. F. Karlins 9/3/03
"1,000,000 Ellipsoids" by Mary Temple at Mixed Greens Gallery in Chelsea.
LETTER FROM MIAMI
by Nicole Davis 8/28/03
Shows at Azoulay, Galerie Riegner, Galerie d'Arts Decoratifs, more.
LONDON CALLING
by Joe La Placa 8/25/03
The story of Banksy, England's phantom graffiti celebrity.
D.C. DIARY
by Tyler Green 8/22/03
"Gyroscope" and the future of the Hirshhorn Museum.
REPORT FROM VANCOUVER
by Lee Henderson 8/20/03
Photographer Chris Gergley at Monte Clark Gallery.
LIVIN' EASY
by Sherry Wong 8/19/03
"Looking for Leisure" at Staley-Wise Gallery.
AMERICAN SPIRITUALITY
by John Reed 8/12/03
Down-home profundity in "Half Air."
REPORT FROM ATHENS
by Neil Manson 8/11/03
Breeder Projects, Els Hanappe, Lab Arts Projects.
DECORATIVE ARTS DIARY
by Brook S. Mason 8/6/03
Highflying taste at the Biennale de Monaco.
HAPPY DAY
by Eve Wood 8/6/03
Artist Yong Sin constructs scenes of joy.
SAD SCENES
by Pedro Velez 8/5/03
Artistic responsibility in "Gillian Wearing: Mass Observation."
WEEKEND UPDATE
by Walter Robinson 8/4/03
"The American Effect," the Troll Museum, more.
ORIENTAL BREEZE
by N.F. Karlins 7/31/03
"Wabi Sabi" comes to midtown Manhattan.
PRAIRIE SMOKE
by Victor M. Cassidy 7/30/03
Chicago photographer Jin Lee, "Eternal Egypt" and American daguerreotypes.
PLASTIC FANTASTIC
by John Reed 7/22/03
Ian Dawson's mimoisa of mutable plastic forms.
LONDON CALLING
by Joe La Placa 7/21/03
Damien Hirst, Bridget Riley, the art of chess, attacking the Chapmans, Sam McEwen, more.
MOVEMENT TRIO
by Eve Wood 7/11/03
Drawings by Merce Cunningham, Robert Smithson and Hannah Wilke.
UNTAMED INDUSTRY
by Kristina Newhouse 7/10/03
Kelly McLane's vistas of 21st-century sublime.
DOTTY
by N. F. Karlins 7/7/03
Florrie Napangati Watson, Linn Meyers and Heide Fasnacht in a Chelsea trifecta.
WEEKEND UPDATE
by Walter Robinson 6/30/03
Summer group shows, "Charley" magazine, John Dogg, Banks Violette, Cory Arcangel, more.
DECORATIVE ARTS DIARY
by Brook S. Mason 6/20/03
Spirited sales at London's Ceramics Fair and Asian Art Fair.
BASEL ABC
by Walter Robinson 6/19/03
Always be closing at Art 34 Basel.
THE CATCHER AS EVERYMAN
by Robert G. Edelman 6/18/03
Jessica Gandolf paints baseball.
DECORATIVE ARTS DIARY
by Brook S. Mason 6/17/03
Grosvenor House Art & Antiques Fair: the doyenne of them of all.
D.C. DIARY
by Tyler Green 6/17/03
"Ethiopian Passages: Dialogues in the Diaspora."
SHAPELY VENICE
by Walter Robinson 6/13/03
The biennial gets buxom for its 50th birthday.
LOOKING GOOD
by Pedro Velez 6/12/03
"Interplay" takes on new meaning in Puerto Rico.
LONDON CALLING
by Joe La Placa 6/12/03
Cindy Sherman, Genesis P-Orridge, Saatchi on TV, dealer Timothy Taylor, Gagosian's new space, more.
QUIET BEAUTY
by N. F. Karlins 6/11/03
Japanese folk ceramics from the Montgomery collection.
NICE AND WET
by Jill Conner 6/10/03
"Water, Water" at the Rotunda Gallery in Brooklyn.
A TALE OF TWO FAIRS
by Pedro Velez 6/9/03
Art Chicago and the Stray Show, 2003.
OH, HARD, HAPPY DAY
by Eve Wood 6/5/03
Ross Rudel beats softly against the unconscious.
KURT SCHWITTERS, AVANT-GOD
by Valery Oisteanu 5/22/03
Ubu gallery reopens in New York with a stunning survey.
BASEMENT MEMORIES
by Eve Wood 5/13/03
Bill Radawec goes below-ground at the Irvine Fine Arts Center.
D.C. DIARY
by Tyler Green 5/9/03
Patrick Wilson and Susan Smith-Pinelo at Fusebox.
DRAWING NOTEBOOK
by N. F. Karlins 5/6/03
Ball-point works, Tate Collection Gems and Scandinavian Wall Hangings.
GOLDEN CLAY
by Jill Conner 4/29/03
"Great Pots" at the Newark Museum.
PRAIRIE SMOKE
by Victor M. Cassidy 4/24/03
The UBS corporate collection, Nicole Gordon, a tapestry tour, and "Really Real."
"SEQUEL" AT DOMESTIC SETTING
by Kristina Newhouse 4/17/03
An L.A. alternative space comes back.
D.C. DIARY
by Tyler Green 4/16/03
New energy on the contemporary art scene in the nation's capital.
WEEKEND UPDATE
by Walter Robinson 4/14/03
Steven Klein and Madonna, Jenny Saville, Alessandra Lee Michelle Torres, Ena Swansea, Seton Smith, Bill Viola, more.
L.A. CONFIDENTIAL
by Alex Worman 4/11/03
Salomón Huerta, Alicia Beach, Adam Ross, Evan Holloway, Matthew Ronay, Hiroshi Sugito, more.
TRIPLE PLAY
by N. F. Karlins 4/9/03
Retrospectives of Gainsborough, Vuillard and Kirchner, all at the National Gallery of Art.
ART FROM THE EAST
by Fred Stern 4/4/03
"Chinese Export Porcelain" at the Metropolitan Museum.
WEEKEND UPDATE
by Walter Robinson 3/28/03
"American Dream," Vinogradov & Dubossarsky, Emily Mason, Bill Jenson, Elizabeth Murray, Cosima von Bonin, Rachel Whiteread, Franz West, more.
MAASTRICHT UNDER THE SHADOW OF WAR
by Brook S. Mason 3/18/03
Caution rules at TEFAF Maastricht 2003.
A LITTLE WIT
by Eve Wood 3/12/03
Liz Harvey's "shy lemons greens cool chocolates."
ARMORY SHOW REPORT
by Walter Robinson 3/11/03
Sales were good at the 2003 Armory Show in New York.
WEEKEND UPDATE
by Walter Robinson 3/10/03
New art rules at the Scope art fair.
PRAIRIE SMOKE
by Victor M. Cassidy 3/10/03
Rhonda Gates, Derick Malkemus, James M. Smith and Barbara Van Cleve.
CLUTTER AND CLARITY
by William Powhida 3/5/03
Drawings by Dawn Clements, video by Bogdan Perzyski.
DRAWING NOTEBOOK
by N. F. Karlins 2/21/03
Leonardo at the Met, Degas and the dance, fraktur at the American Folk Art Museum.
LUCK OF THE TIGER
by Eve Wood 2/20/03
Big cats from Tim Ebner in Los Angeles.
WEEKEND UPDATE
by Walter Robinson 2/18/03
Out at P.S.1. Plus, William Bailey, Yayoi Kusama, Steve Gianakos, a photo fair and more.
L.A. CONFIDENTIAL
by Alex Worman 2/14/03
Lucian Freud, Ansel Adams, Cecily Brown, Shirley Tse, Andreas Freitag, David Ryan, Michael Roberts, Julian Hoeber, more.
REPORT FROM TOKYO
by Kay Itoi 2/10/03
Galleries on the move in Japan's art capital.
ZEALOUS IMAGININGS
by Eve Wood 2/7/03
Jeremy Kidd's "Aberrant Excursions" at Irvine Fine Arts Center.
WEEKEND UPDATE
by Walter Robinson 2/5/03
Agnes Martin, Anne Truitt, Lois Dodd, Paul Ramirez Jonas, Valerie Hird, Randy Moore, Kati Barath, Lutz Bacher, more.
OUTSIDER EXTRAVAGANZA
by N. F. Karlins 1/31/03
New Russian artists, new needlework at the 11th Outsider Art fair.
IMPLIED NARRATIVES
by Eve Wood 1/27/03
The character of nature in Lucas Reiner's new paintings.
LETTER FROM SEOUL
by Joan Kee 1/27/03
New art spaces jostle with established galleries in a lively local scene.
DECORATIVE ARTS DIARY
by Joyce Caruso Corrigan 1/24/03
Good times, great oldies at the 49th Annual Winter Antiques Show.
LONDON ART 2003
by Neil Manson 1/22/03
Searching for the new at the annual British art fair.
PRAIRIE SMOKE
by Victor M. Cassidy 1/22/03
Wynn Bullock, Dan Ramirez and an artists' discussion.
LONDON CALLING
by Neil Manson 1/14/03
JP Munro, John Hinde, Joel Sternfeld, Lee Miller, Michael Landy, Matthew Higgs, Roger Kelly, more.
CURIOSITY CABINET
by James McCorkle 1/10/03
Joseph Cornell at Allan Stone Gallery.
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