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GREAT EXPECTATIONS
by Charlie Finch

Dec. 22, 2008

When Samuel Johnson was a boy afflicted with the scrofula, his mother took him on an arduous journey to London to have the young critic-to-be touch the hem of Queen Anne’s garment in the belief that her son would be healed. ...more

December

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