MAKING "HEAT WAVES" by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp
While much well-deserved attention is being paid to Georgia O’Keeffe at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, another pioneering American modern is getting the full treatment at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles. "Heat Waves in a Swamp: The Paintings of Charles Burchfield," Oct. 4, 2009-Jan. 3, 2010, is a comprehensive and fascinating exhibition that includes 80 watercolors, oils and drawings as well as doodles, wallpaper designs and journals.
LOST IN TIME by Ben Davis Nov. 5, 2009
Josh Gosfield imagines the life of completely made-up French pop star "Gigi Gaston."
Artnet News Nov. 5, 2009
Piffle Tower in London? Plus, Print Week in Manhattan, San Francisco gallery shuffle, Damien Hirst’s bike, Ben Vautier, Franz West, more.
ART MARKET WATCH by Stewart Waltzer Nov. 5, 2009
The recession is over -- $181.7 million at Sotheby's Impressionist and modern sale on Nov. 4, 2009.
TUNA FISCH by Charlie Finch Nov. 4, 2009
Andy Warhol’s Tunafish Disaster meets Urs Fischer at the New Museum.
TWENTY TOP SHOWS Nov. 3, 2009
Andy Warhol’s Polaroids, Jane Austen’s stuff, Bruce Nauman’s Venice works, "Italics," Roni Horn, Marcel Wanders, Tim Burton, more.
THE ARTFUL DIMAGGIO by Charlie Finch Nov. 2, 2009
Eva Lake’s collage of Joe Dimaggio at Cinders Gallery provokes thoughts of the legendary baseballer.
