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	Francesco Bonami, curator of the 50th Venice Biennale, in 2003		JERRY SALTZ ARCHIVES FLOUNDERING by Jerry Saltz 7/6/05 Is the Venice Biennale too big, baggy, sluggish and bureaucratic? UNEQUAL PARTNERS by Jerry Saltz 6/27/05 Discerning difference between the good and the great in MoMA's "Cézanne and Pissarro." ANAL-RETENTIVE WARRIOR PRINCESS by Jerry Saltz 6/20/05 Sarah Szes magical, maniacal ways of looking at structure and space. REASON WITHOUT MEANING by Jerry Saltz 6/6/05 Neo Rauchs contradictory, hallucinogenic spaces. HAMMERED by Jerry Saltz 5/31/05 Auctions are like stripteases, enticing the audience with whats just out of reach. RESTORATION DRAMA by Jerry Saltz 5/26/05 Daniel Burens Guggenheim installation turns the museum into a kind of sex machine. MYSTIC RIVERS by Jerry Saltz 5/17/05 Intriguing questions in "3 x Abstraction" at the Drawing Center. WAYS OF SEEING by Jerry Saltz 5/6/05 Looking at Michelangelo's David with Thomas Struth. WHATEVER LAUREL WANTS by Jerry Saltz 5/6/05 Laurel Nakadate is a wolf in baby dolls clothing. DIRE DIARY by Jerry Saltz 4/26/05 The gushy artforum.com items read like the Us magazine of art criticism. TO HELL AND BACK by Jerry Saltz 4/19/05 Jean-Michel Basquiat emerged rough but ready, not fully formed but fully loaded. THE EMPEROR'S NEW PAINTINGS by Jerry Saltz 4/6/05 Is Damien Hirst more than hype, hubris and money? LESSER NEW YORK by Jerry Saltz 3/29/05 P.S.1 and MoMA try to tame the wildness of youth. WE ARE THEIRS by Jerry Saltz 3/23/05 Sarah Morris' new film reverses Warhol's dictum about 15 minutes of fame. THE ICON AND THE ICONOCLAST by Jerry Saltz 3/8/05 One of the best shows of the season -- Rudolf Stingel at Paula Cooper Gallery -- takes place in an empty gallery. SYSTEM OVERLOAD by Jerry Saltz 3/4/05 Transforming the junk pile of culture into something ominous, investigative, and visionary. IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE by Jerry Saltz 2/11/05 Impish new paintings by Jason Fox. MOURNING GLORY by Jerry Saltz 2/8/05 British artist Steve McQueen engages with history both as a participant and an outsider. FEEDING FRENZY by Jerry Saltz 2/2/05 Are art fairs the triumph of the corporate avant-garde? A MODEST PROPOSAL by Jerry Saltz 1/25/05 Some ideas for a better Museum of Modern Art. LOST HORIZON by Jerry Saltz 1/5/05 The ego, libido, ambition and energy of the volatile East Village art scene. LIKE A ROCK by Jerry Saltz 12/21/04 Daniel Lefcourt is a non-painter's painter. HARD ATTACK by Jerry Saltz 12/7/04 Critics clash on painters Christopher Wool and David Reed. RETURN ENGAGEMENT by Jerry Saltz 11/22/04 Is the Museum of Modern Art already running out of space? BOTH SIDES NOW by Jerry Saltz 11/10/04 Paul Chans apocalyptic landscapes. THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX by Jerry Saltz 11/4/04 Trisha Donnellys art is difficult -- and electric. DEALING WITH RACE by Jerry Saltz 10/20/04 Ellen Gallaghers work is inventive, eye-catching and kitschy. CRITICAL CALL by Jerry Saltz 10/4/04 Assessing the new season -- highs, lows, kitsch, shtick and one flamboyant failure. ADDING UP, LETTING GO by Jerry Saltz 9/28/04 Phoebe Washburn works the gap between necessity, serendipity, impulse and order. HELL HOLES by Jerry Saltz 9/21/04 A survey of Lee Bontecous sexual, terrestrial, and celestial work at MoMA. SUPER BABYLON by Jerry Saltz 9/14/04 The new season in New York begins with a super paradigm. 1557: A SPACE ODYSSEY by Jerry Saltz 7/14/04 Byzantium at the Met. SUPER THEORY WOMAN by Jerry Saltz 7/8/04 Going to bat for Andrea Fraser on MSNBCs Scarborough Country. TERMITE THEORY by Jerry Saltz 6/23/04 Cutesy, crafty and unavoidable. MODERN MANNERIST by Jerry Saltz 6/9/04 Modigliani, looking like Antonio Banderas and acting like Courtney Love. BLOTTO, MEET BUZZED by Jerry Saltz 5/19/04 The spirit of abandonment in Drunk vs. Stoned. BEING THERE by Jerry Saltz 5/13/04 Eve Sussman breathes new life into appropriation. BOROUGH HALL by Jerry Saltz 5/5/04 The Brooklyn Museum's "Open House" is less an exhibition than a shout-out. VITO DE MILO by Jerry Saltz 4/28/04 Radical work from the 1960s and '70s by Body Art pioneer Vito Acconci. A FINE LINE by Jerry Saltz 4/7/04 Beguiling drawings by Parmigianino at the Frick. SHRINK-WRAPPED by Jerry Saltz 4/2/04 On the couch with photographer Shellburne Thurber. THE OK CORRAL by Jerry Saltz 3/16/04 Leaving postmodernist and postminimalist strategies behind. THE RICHTER RESOLUTION by Jerry Saltz 3/9/04 Calling for an end to a fashionable trend in painting. WORLDS APART by Jerry Saltz 3/3/04 Amar Kanwar's film explores the disputed Kasmir border between India and Pakistan. REACTION SHOT by Jerry Saltz 2/10/04 Does John Currin live up to the hype? MODERN GOTHIC by Jerry Saltz 2/4/04 Elusive, deluded and chic, a new version of an old style takes hold among young artists. ART AS SALVATION by Jerry Saltz 1/27/04 Arshile Gorky drew his way to greatness. BLINDED BY THE LIGHT by Jerry Saltz 1/7/04 Keith Sonnier's Arte Povera brightened up the '70s. POOR MEMORIAL by Jerry Saltz 12/23/03 The pseudo-solutions for the World Trade Center Memorial. BREATHING LESSONS by Jerry Saltz 12/16/03 Jeff Koons, between innocence and cunning. DESOLATION ROW by Jerry Saltz 12/10/03 Gregor Schneider turns a white cube into a black hole. FIRST-ROUND KNOCKOUT by Jerry Saltz 11/19/03 James Rosenquist's wraparound wow! at the Guggenheim. HEAD CASE by Jerry Saltz 11/12/03 Jim Nutt, a key member of Chicago's Hairy Who. AFTER SHOCK by Jerry Saltz 11/4/03 An optimistic reassessment of the British art scene. FOREVER YOURS by Jerry Saltz 10/29/03 Patricia Cronin's Memorial to a Marriage in Woodlawn Cemetery. VISIONARY LOGIC by Jerry Saltz 10/15/03 El Greco, one of the greatest weird painters ever, at the Metropolitan Museum. AT THE CROSSROADS by Jerry Saltz 10/6/03 Under a new director, will the Whitney's future be brighter than its recent past? THE ARTIST WHO FELL TO EARTH by Jerry Saltz 10/2/03 Janine Antoni, riveting events and inert objects. ONLY THE LONELY by Jerry Saltz 9/17/03 Richer, riskier new work from photographer Katy Grannan. ASS BACKWARDS by Jerry Saltz 9/17/03 Piotr Uklanski's smug pillow talk in Artforum. BABYLON RISING by Jerry Saltz 9/9/03 Reasons to be cheerful in the new season. APOTHEOSIS NOW by Jerry Saltz 7/16/03 A labor of love at the Dia:Beacon. OUT OF LINE by Jerry Saltz 7/2/03 The incisive drawings of James Siena. BURN, BABY, BURN by Jerry Saltz 6/4/03 Keegan McHargue and Jules de Balincourt make their debut. LEWD AWAKENING by Jerry Saltz 5/28/03 Christian Schad at the Neue Galerie. A STUMBLEBUM'S PROGRESS by Jerry Saltz 5/21/03 Amy Sillman gets "shaggy." DARK STAR by Jerry Saltz 5/14/03 Mark Lombardi's conspiracy theories. PRIMAL TIME by Jerry Saltz 4/30/03 Adolph Wölfli's ecstatic shamanistic devices at the Folk Art Museum. BORDERLINE PAINTINGS by Jerry Saltz 4/23/03 In "Sunday Painters," painting so bad, it's good. ARCHITECTURAL FOLLIES by Jerry Saltz 4/16/03 A fiasco from Diller, Scofidio and the Whitney. DOG GONE by Jerry Saltz 4/2/03 William Wegman's paintings at Sperone Westwater. ELEPHANT MAN by Jerry Saltz 3/25/03 Douglas Gordon and Minnie at Gagosian. FILM COMMENT by Jerry Saltz 3/19/03 John Waters at American Fine Arts. SWEPT AWAY by Jerry Saltz 2/25/03 On still being smitten with Matthew Barney. MOMA'S BOYS by Jerry Saltz 2/19/03 With Matisse and Picasso, Friendship + Rivalry = Great Radical Art. STICKS AND STONES by Jerry Saltz 2/12/03 Second thoughts on British earthworker Andy Goldsworthy. PAPER TRAIL by Jerry Saltz 1/29/03 Drawing is on the rise in New York. RAYS OF LIGHT by Jerry Saltz 1/21/03 Another opening, another 85 shows. LOOKING BACK by Jerry Saltz 1/6/03 Four years on, a critic reassesses and reconsiders. HISTORY DRAWING by Jerry Saltz 12/30/02 William Kentridge's Zeno Writing. WILD CARD by Jerry Saltz 12/18/02 Dana Schutz paints the last man on earth. PAINTING A LA MODE by Jerry Saltz 12/4/02 "Painting as Paradox" at Artists Space. SLEEPERS AWAKE by Jerry Saltz 11/6/02 Alexander Ross and Steve DiBenedetto stand out in Chelsea. GOOD ON PAPER by Jerry Saltz 10/30/02 "Drawing Now: Eight Propositions" at MoMA Queens. CARPE DIEM by Jerry Saltz 10/23/02 Peter Cain's sexy cars at Matthew Marks Gallery. REPEAT PERFORMANCE by Jerry Saltz 10/9/02 Beth Campbell makes art out of the way we think. MOMMIE QUEEREST by Jerry Saltz 9/25/02 Robert Melee's abject, abusive and out-there art. NAUGHTY, NAUGHTY by Jerry Saltz 9/18/02 Saccharine, mindless sex in "Exposed: The Victorian Nude." LEARNING ON THE JOB by Jerry Saltz 9/11/02 The critic reflects on his role at the beginning of the new season. WORKING CLASS HERO by Jerry Saltz 6/12/02 Ralph Fasanella at the New-York Historical Society. BOSOM MAXIMUS by Jerry Saltz 6/6/02 Russ Meyer at Feigen Contemporary. CIRCUIT PARTY by Jerry Saltz 5/29/02 Great new paintings by Brice Marden. THE RAPTURE by Jerry Saltz 5/16/02 Renaissance tapestries at the Metropolitan Museum. A WORLD APART by Jerry Saltz 5/9/02 "Black Romantic" at the Studio Museum in Harlem. SOMETHING ELSE by Jerry Saltz 5/2/02 "Demonclownmonkey" at Artists Space. BABYLON AS USUAL by Jerry Saltz 4/23/02 When the going gets gloomy in the art world. WIGGED OUT by Jerry Saltz 4/12/02 Ellen Gallagher at the Drawing Center. PUDENDA AGENDA by Jerry Saltz 4/10/02 Shaved vagina monologues. POSITIVELY 24TH STREET by Jerry Saltz 4/3/02 A block of spectacles in New York's Chelsea art district. MILD THING by Jerry Saltz 3/26/02 "Mirroring Evil" at the Jewish Museum. AMERICAN BLANDSTAND by Jerry Saltz 3/12/02 I went to the Whitney and all I got was this lousy biennial. SCALING RICHTER by Jerry Saltz 2/27/02 A Gerhard-is-God moment at MoMA? SEX AND SENSIBILITY by Jerry Saltz 2/20/02 "Surrealism: Desire Unbound" at the Metropolitan Museum. GUGGENRON by Jerry Saltz 2/13/02 The Guggenheim has touched bottom. WILD KINGDOM by Jerry Saltz 1/30/02 Bruce Nauman maps the studio at Dia. HARLEM ON HIS MIND by Jerry Saltz 1/23/02 Jacob Lawrence's epic "Migration of the Negro." LORD OF THE LOLITAS by Jerry Saltz 1/2/02 The Henry Darger Collection at the American Folk Art Museum. SOMETHING WILD by Jerry Saltz 12/20/01 Katherine Bernhardt's funk, punk, pop paintings. NAILING FAILING by Jerry Saltz 12/13/01 Michael Smith and Joshua White's Latest Success. HISTORY PAINTING by Jerry Saltz 11/28/01 Kai Althoff's exploration of karma and history. TEN YEARS AFTER by Jerry Saltz 11/21/01 The art world in 1991. MIDDLE AMERICANA by Jerry Saltz 11/14/01 "I never painted pictures to be seen," Norman Rockwell at the Guggenheim. FIGURE ONE by Jerry Saltz 10/31/01 Giacometti and the invention of modern sculpture. INSIDER OUT by Jerry Saltz 10/24/01 Louis M. Eilshemius and the quadruple whammy of unluckiness. CRAVING GRACE by Jerry Saltz 10/18/01 Oliver Payne and Nick Relph's video trilogy at Gavin Brown's Enterprise. ALL AT ONCE by Jerry Saltz 10/3/01 Benjamin Edwards and a new dimensionality for painting. KEEPING THE FAITH by Jerry Saltz 9/26/01 When everything changes, what happens to art? BABYLON NOW by Jerry Saltz 9/5/01 Bucking the system in Bizarro World. SCREEN SAVERS by Jerry Saltz 7/25/01 Video and the artists who love it. BLOWTORCH REALISM by Jerry Saltz 7/18/01 Leon Golub's blowtorch realism at the Brooklyn Museum. AFTER THE GOLD RUSH by Jerry Saltz 7/11/01 New York's Chelsea art scene comes of age. COVER ME by Jerry Saltz 6/20/01 A staggering blur in Carlo McCormick's "LP Show" at Exit Art. PRIMORDIAL SEASONINGS by Jerry Saltz 6/13/01 Verne Dawson at Gavin Brown's Enterprise. LIKE LIFE by Jerry Saltz 6/6/01 Ron Mueck at James Cohan Gallery. DRAWN AND QUARTERED by Jerry Saltz 5/30/01 James Ensor at the Drawing Center. POST-BLACK by Jerry Saltz 5/16/01 "Freestyle" at the Studio Museum in Harlem. SUPERNATURAL THING by Jerry Saltz 5/10/01 Tantric snake temptation in Chelsea. WOMAN OVERBOARD by Jerry Saltz 5/2/01 Hilary Harkness paints a black-comedy universe of perversion. BYTE LYTE by Jerry Saltz 4/25/01 Tepid "BitStreams" at the Whitney. WILD THING by Jerry Saltz 4/11/01 William Blake brings heaven and hell to the Met. HEAT OF THE MOMENT by Jerry Saltz 3/28/01 Gary Hume's rakish new paintings have an air of now. BACKDOOR MAN by Jerry Saltz 3/14/01 The wit and wisdom of Paul McCarthy. PSYCHITECTURAL DIGEST by Jerry Saltz 2/21/01 Ricci Albenda's "Tasseract" at Andrew Kreps. HISTORY LESSON by Jerry Saltz 2/14/01 Huyghe's debut, a fascinating media spectacle. ON THE ROCKS by Jerry Saltz 2/7/01 Nan Goldin at Matthew Marks Gallery. WALL POWER by Jerry Saltz 1/24/01 Has Sol LeWitt gone stale? SOLAR POWER by Jerry Saltz 1/19/01 After three decades, Twombly returns with a majestic cycle of paintings. STOP MAKING SENSE by Jerry Saltz 1/5/01 MoMA's "Open Ends" is a perfect mess. TERMITE QUEEN OF THE THAMES by Jerry Saltz 12/28/00 The Tate Modern rules the British art world. LIVING LARGE by Jerry Saltz 12/6/00 Thinking about museums thinking about themselves. AMERICAN FLAMER by Jerry Saltz 11/30/00 Peter Saul is raising hell again. OUT THERE by Jerry Saltz 11/27/00 Matthew Ritchie paints a world of "Parents and Children." TRUE CONFECTIONS by Jerry Saltz 11/10/00 Sarah Sze's psychedelic neo-Constructivism. DREAM ON by Jerry Saltz 11/2/00 Utopia's on the map at the New York Public Library. THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS by Jerry Saltz 10/11/00 Damien Hirst, the one true pop-star artist. TEEN ANGELS by Jerry Saltz 10/5/00 Rineke Dijkstra's adolescents, stilled and in ecstatic action. TILE AND FASHION by Jerry Saltz 9/27/00 Jorge Pardo's Project at the Dia Center for the Arts. BABYLON CALLING by Jerry Saltz 9/13/00 Thoughts on newness for the new season. AMAZING GRACE by Jerry Saltz 8/9/00 The resonant art of Chardin at the Metropolitan Museum. HOSTILE WITNESS by Jerry Saltz 8/2/00 Barbara Kruger's retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art. AUNTIE HERO by Jerry Saltz 7/19/00 Alice Neel's amazing portraits at the Whitney Museum. THE REALM OF THE SENSES by Jerry Saltz 7/5/00 Works by 12 young artists at Deitch Projects. SUBSTITUTE FOR LOVE by Jerry Saltz 6/28/00 Morton Bartlett's ardent, awkward, inexplicable photographs at Ricco/Maresca. JEFFERSONIAN KOONS by Jerry Saltz 6/21/00 Sitting in the midst of Rockefeller Center, Puppy is like a new Statue of Liberty: it receives and redeems. THE TAMING OF THE '80s by Jerry Saltz 6/8/00 "Around 1984: A Look at Art in the '80s" at P.S.1 in New York. ONLY SUBVERT by Jerry Saltz 6/2/00 Robert Rosenblum's "1900" at the Guggenheim. RUFF TRADE by Jerry Saltz 5/25/00 Thomas Ruff turns on-line porn into art. SWISH MYTH by Jerry Saltz 5/12/00 A tribute to Andy Warhol's women at C & M Arts. HOME ALONE by Jerry Saltz 4/27/00 James Castle at the Drawing Center. ANYTHING GOES by Jerry Saltz 4/6/00 New work by Tom Friedman at Feature. MY SIXTH SENSE by Jerry Saltz 3/29/00 Dead people everywhere at the Whitney Biennial. LUCIDITY ON FIRE by Jerry Saltz 3/22/00 The Metropolitan's Walker Evans retrospective. GREATER EXPECTATIONS by Jerry Saltz 3/8/00 No dead animals, very little sex in "Greater New York" at P.S.1. SOCIETY'S CHILD by Jerry Saltz 2/23/00 Sam Taylor-Wood depicts the London bohemian at Matthew Marks. SCIENCE FAIR by Jerry Saltz 2/17/00 Scientific and medical illustrations at the New York Public Library. RUNNING AMOK by Jerry Saltz 2/17/00 Alex Bag at American Fine Arts. PAINTING.COM by Jerry Saltz 2/10/00 Is Cecily Brown to art what tech stocks are to the market? STRAIGHT, WHITE AND BITTERSWEET by Jerry Saltz 1/28/00 Tim Gardner's suburban status quo at 303 Gallery. THE I-DON'T-GET-IT ESTHETIC by Jerry Saltz 1/20/00 "Opposite Day," new work by John Miller at Metro Pictures, New York.

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