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CLAUDE AT THE CLARK
by Paul Jeromack

Apr. 22, 2008

It doesn’t matter if one collects Faberge or Fiestaware -- while it’s nice to buy one piece, buying in bulk is better. Until recently, it was still possible to buy Old Master drawings that way: Witness the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s romp through the 1972 sale at Sotheby’s of the Ellesmere Collection of drawings by the Carracci, and the J. Paul Getty Trust vacuuming up the majority of the drawings sold at Christie’s in 1984 by the Duke of Devonshire to maintain Chatsworth, his 17th-century mansion in Devon. More recently, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art cherry-picked five of the most beautiful Italian drawings from the sale of the Jeffrey E. Horvitz collection of Italian drawings at Sotheby’s in January 2008 [see "January Old Masters 2008," Jan. 31, 2008].
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April
Apr. 18, 2008
GOTHAM ART & THEATER
by Elisabeth Kley
Marcel Dzama, Henry Darger, Angelo Filomeno, Hope Atherton, Peter Hujar, Mika Tajima, Glen Fogel, Eric Heist.
Apr. 16, 2008
SHADOW DANCING
by Kimberly Bradley
Confrontations and confusion in the 5th Berlin Biennale.
Apr. 16, 2008
ANIMAL KINGDOM
by Sarah Canner
Liu Jia’s "Social Fables" at Galerie Vallois.
Apr. 14, 2008
PUERTO RICAN SUN
by Walter Robinson
Art and artists at the third annual Circa Puerto Rico art fair.
Apr. 11, 2008
ART IN FLUX
by Ben Davis
Flux Factory’s final show marks the end of an era.
Apr. 8, 2008
LONDON DISPATCH
by Laura K. Jones
Thomas Scheibitz, Angus Fairhurst, Derek Jarman, Les Blank, Michael Landy, more.
Apr. 7, 2008
WEEKEND UPDATE
by Walter Robinson
Warhol’s Jews, Rauschenberg’s ecology, Ashley Bickerton, Ryan McGinley, Daniel Richter, "Substraction," more.
Apr. 2, 2008
CARIBBEAN CACHET
by Pedro Velez
The Museo de Arte de Ponce is one great museum in the Caribbean.
March
Mar. 28, 2008
FAIR WEATHER?
by Walter Robinson
The Armory, Volta, Scope, Pulse, LA Art, Bridge, more.
Mar. 24, 2008
HELLO DUBAI
by Ana Finel Honigman
Art Dubai, the Creek Art Fair, more.
Mar. 20, 2008
ARTNET.DE DIGEST
by Kimberly Bradley
Surrend controversy at Galerie Nord, galleries leave Cologne for Berlin, more.
Mar. 18, 2008
STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO
by Brian Andrews
Jens Haaning, Paul McCarthy, Nicholas Graham, Albert Reyes, Packard Jennings, Steve Lambert, Paul Shambroom, more.
Mar. 14, 2008
REALISM AND VOYEURISM
by Michèle C. Cone
Gustave Courbet liked to see what he was not supposed to see.
Mar. 13, 2008
PLAYING WITH FIRE
by Alexandra Anderson-Spivy
Cai Guo-Qiang’s "I Want to Believe" at the Guggenheim Museum.
Mar. 13, 2008
CAI GUO-KILLER
by Ben Davis
In the basement with Chinese art star Cai Guo-Qiang.
Mar. 12, 2008
THE NEW NEW CHIC
by Brook S. Mason
Deco arts stylish reign at TEFAF Maastricht 08.
Mar. 10, 2008
WEEKEND UPDATE
by Walter Robinson
Jane Simpson, John F. Simon Jr., the Whitney Biennial, the New Museum, Hannah Wilke, Dennis Kardon, more.
Mar. 7, 2008
RAVE ON
by Ben Davis
A "rave review" for the Whitney’s 2008 biennial.
Mar. 5, 2008
MIDDLE EASTERN ALLURE
by Brook S. Mason
New art fairs, and new challenges, in the United Arab Emirates.
Mar. 4, 2008
FOLK HEROINE
by N.F. Karlins
A retrospective of the celebrated self-taught painter Malcah Zeldis.
February
Feb. 21, 2008
PHANTOM SENSATIONS
by Kathryn Garcia
Andreas Hofer’s end-of-art funhouse.
Feb. 20, 2008
LONDON DISPATCH
by Laura K. Jones
Rachel Howard, The Approach, Roman Signer, Poppy de Villeneuve, Germaine Kruip, Darren Almond, Paul Pfeiffer, Marc Quinn, Peter Doig, more.
Feb. 19, 2008
LYRICAL NEW YORK
by Ilka Scobie
Yvonne Jacquette and Rudy Burckhardt at the Museum of the City of New York.
Feb. 15, 2008
THE BLING GAME
by Ben Davis
Say hello to Luis Gispert’s little friend.
Feb. 15, 2008
CAPITAL ROUNDUP
by Sidney Lawrence
A Panda pick-me-up, roller-coaster moods and New York nostalgia on 14th Street. Plus, D.C.’s new Norman Foster courtyard.
Feb. 14, 2008
ARTNET.DE DIGEST
by Kimberly Bradley
Berlin as part MySpace, part iTunes. Plus, Alexander Bühler, Roman Lipski, Brian Alfred, Roman Schramm, more.
Feb. 13, 2008
Alas and Alack at LACMA
by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp
The elephant in the room at LACMA’s new Broad Contemporary Art Museum.
Feb. 4, 2008
GARDEN OF LIFE
by Julia Morton
Dieu Donné celebrates the life and work of New York artist Alan Shields (1944-2005)
January
Jan. 30, 2008
L.A. CONFIDENTIAL
by Walter Robinson
Michael Asher at SMMoA, ART LA 2008 and the Los Angeles Art Show, Culver City galleries, more.
Jan. 29, 2008
PAIN WITHOUT INJURY
by Eliza Slavet
Works by Avi Alpert & Steven Lam, Steve Ausbury and Olen Hsu at PS122 Gallery.
Jan. 25, 2008
THE POLITICS OF PORCELAIN
by N.F. Karlins
The porcelain of the European Courts at Bard.
Jan. 25, 2008
L.A. CONFIDENTIAL
by Emma Gray
Doug Harvey’s "Third Annual L.A. Weekly Biennial" at Track 16 Gallery.
Jan. 24, 2008
GATEWAY TO NOWHERE
by Ben Davis
Do-Ho Suh’s Reflection and art’s power to forget.
Jan. 15, 2008
WEEKEND UPDATE
by Walter Robinson
Robert Rauschenberg, Al Taylor, Judith Bernstein, Joyce Pensato, Max Schumann, more.
Jan. 11, 2008
COMMERCE AND CONSCIOUSNESS
by Ben Davis
The year in "complicit esthetics."
Jan. 11, 2008
RAY OF LIGHT
by Ben Street
Rediscovering Anthony McCall’s Line Describing a Cone.
Jan. 10, 2008
PARIS AFLICKER
by Sarah Canner
Victor Erice, Abbas Kiarostami, Jim Shaw, Ariane Michel, Elina Brotherus, Bruno Serralongue.
Jan. 3, 2008
MODERNISM & MATERIAL
by Walter Robinson
"Drawing in Space" at Richard Feigen & Co.
December
Dec. 24, 2007
MIAMI POST MORTEM
by Ben Davis
The "social unconscious" in Art Basel Miami Beach and beyond.
Dec. 21, 2007
ARTNET.DE DIGEST
by Kimberly Bradley
New directors for Berlin museums, Heiner Bastian builds, Hamburger Bahnhof sold, "white cube" for Berlin, more.
Dec. 20, 2007
ARTNET DESIGN
by Brook S. Mason
Marcus Tremonto, gallery bling, Robert M. Kulicke and Bessie Jamieson, Armand Rateau, Tony Duquette, more.
Dec. 19, 2007
NEW DELHI IN THE
OLD WORLD

by Alice Savorelli
Contemporary Indian art comes to Milan, courtesy Primo Marella Gallery.
Dec. 14, 2007
HEARTS OF DARKNESS
by Pedro Velez
Art vs. economic oppression in works by Steve McQueen and Hubert Sauper.
Dec. 12, 2007
EVERYDAY PARIS
by N.F. Karlins
Gabriel de Saint-Aubin was the Manet of the Enlightenment.
Dec. 11, 2007
QUIET TIME
by Roberta Fallon
Eileen Neff at the Philadelphia Institute of Contemporary Art.
Dec. 10, 2007
ONE MORE ON MIAMI
by Walter Robinson
CIFO, car karma, Catherine Sullivan, Margulies, Aqua, photo fairs, "Art & Value," etc.
Dec. 7, 2007
MIAMI MYASTHENIA
by Walter Robinson
Art Miami, Scope, the Rubell Collection, NADA, the Miami Art Museum, Design Miami, more.
Dec. 7, 2007
PATTERNS AND POSSIBILITIES
by Adrian Dannatt
An exhibition of new paintings by the celebrated School of Paris artist, Françoise Gilot.
Dec. 6, 2007
MIAMI EN GARDE
by Walter Robinson
Art Basel Miami Beach, Flow, Joe’s Stone Crab, etc.
Dec. 6, 2007
POSERS AND ROCKERS
by Pedro Velez
The Chicago MCA ventures a show on art and rock music.
Dec. 5, 2007
MIAMI IN PIECES
by Walter Robinson
Grilled meats, Pulse, Geisai, bathroom breaks, Jorge Pardo, Carlos Amorales, Emmanuel Perrotin, more.
Dec. 4, 2007
WESTERN PROMISES
by Ben Davis
Piotr Uklanski’s ""Western"" Summer Love.
November
Nov. 29, 2007
PARIS IN THE FALL
by Michèle C. Cone
"The Third Mind" at the Palais de Tokyo, the new Cité de l’architecture et du patrimoine, Diaspora, Alexander Ponomarev, more.
Nov. 27, 2007
NEW LIVES FOR OLD
by Jane Harris
Surviving Wooloo Productions’ Life Exchange.
Nov. 27 2007
SAN FRANCISCO HAPPENINGS
by Brian Andrews
Olafur Elaisson, Douglas Gordon, Takeshi Murata, Will Rogan, Tracy Timman, Liz Walsh, Tony Labat, Nathan Redwood, more.
Nov. 19, 2007
DISASTER TEAM
by Ben Davis
The beauty of drowning Africans in Isaac Julien and Russell Maliphant’s "Cast No Shadow."
Nov. 12, 2007
GUY SMILEY
by Ben Davis
Yue Minjun, human logo.
Nov. 2, 2007
NEW YORK PRINT REPORT
by Deborah Ripley
Prize works at two art fairs during Print Week in New York.
Nov. 2, 2007
ARTNET DESIGN
by Brook S. Mason
Salander’s dec arts, Yonel Lebovici, a Mediaeval renaissance in New York, more.
October
Oct. 31, 2007
UNDONE AT ALTRIA
by Leah Modigliani
The Whitney Museum bids farewell to its Altria branch with a show about "unraveling."
Oct. 26, 2007
LONDON CALLING
by Joe La Placa
During "Frieze Week" in London, the Zoo Art Fair was the most exciting venue for new art.
Oct. 26, 2007
THE CONTRA IRAN AFFAIR
by Ben Davis
Shirana Shahbazi’s new work reacts against images of Iran, in a veiled way.
Oct. 25, 2007
THE VIENNA MINUTE
by Abraham Orden
Herbert Brandl, Svenja Deininger, Tillman Kaiser, Marina Faust, more.
Oct. 23, 2007
OUT AT FRIEZE
by Mary Barone
The Frieze Art Fair in London.
Oct. 19, 2007
FORCE OF CULTURE
by N.F. Karlins
Hidden depths in the drawings of Domenico Zindato.
Oct. 18, 2007
CAPITAL ROUNDUP
by Sidney Lawrence
Renée Stout, Chuck Close tapestries, Jiha Moon, Ian Whitmore, Olga Viso, Jane Jerardi, Nathan Baker, more.
Oct. 17, 2007
ARTNET.DE DIGEST
by Kimberly Bradley
Controversy from the Cardinal, Art Forum Berlin, Zhang Huan’s ash Buddha at Haunch of Venison, more.
Oct. 12, 2007
L.A. CONFIDENTIAL
by Emma Gray
Sharon Levy, William Pope.L, Benjamin Butler, Ruben Ochoa, Matthew Spiegelman, more.
Oct. 11, 2007
ABORIGINAL LONDON
by Ben Street
"Rarrk London" presents over 100 works by 15 Aboriginal artists.
Oct. 11, 2007
ALL THIS USELESS BOOTY
by Ben Davis
Julie Heffernan’s anti-history painting.
Oct. 5, 2007
DREAM WEAVER
by Carlo McCormick
Isaac Abrams’ psychonautical adventures.
September
Sept. 27, 2007
MAN AND SUPERMAN
by Ben Davis
Shaun El C. Leonardo, budding superartist.
Sept. 26, 2007
ARTNET DESIGN
by Brook S. Mason
Friedman Benda, Breuer at Wright, MacBain’s bags, Nan Kempner, Noguchi, Jansen furniture, John Beresford Fowler, more.
Sept. 25, 2007
APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION
by Brian Skar
The 1st Athens Biennial, "Her(his)tory" and "Re-Map KM" in Athens.
Sept. 20, 2007
SHCONSUMER SHCONFIDENCE
by Summer Kumar
A promising start for ShContemporary, the new Shanghai art fair.
Sept. 19, 2007
WEEKEND UPDATE
by Walter Robinson
Sol LeWitt, Huma Bhabha, Arlene Shechet, more.
Sept. 11, 2007
WEEKEND UPDATE
by Walter Robinson
Keith Tyson, Larry Clark, Jessica Craig-Martin, Jedediah Caesar, Damien Hirst, more.
Sept. 16, 2007
PUERTO RICAN SUN
by Pedro Velez
Open season with Ada Bobonis and Karlo Ibarra.
August
Aug. 16, 2007
Art and Politics
by Jane Harris
A modest "Resistance Is. . ." at the Whitney Museum.
Aug. 16, 2007
GETTING INTIMATE
AT YALE

by N.F. Karlins
Tokens of love and respect from the Jane Katcher Collection of Americana.
Aug. 15, 2007
THE MINUTE
by Abraham Orden
Banks Violette, Dash Snow and Dan Colen, group show highlights, more.
Aug. 9, 2007
ART IN THE WOODS
by Walter Robinson
Ann-Sofi Siden, David Hammons, Nate Loman, Serge Spitzer and more at Artbarn in Qiuogue on Long Island.
Aug. 3, 2007
NEW WORLD AT SALZBURG
by Brook S. Mason
The new Salzburg World Fine Art Fair mixes Mozart sonatas and Meissen porcelain with the occasional avant-garde piece.
Aug. 1, 2007
FAIR FLIP-FLOPS
by Ben Davis
Commerce and/or personality at the third Scope Hamptons.
July
July 27, 2007
WEEKEND UPDATE
by Walter Robinson
Martin Creed at Bard, "What Is Painting" at MoMA, "The Shapes of Space" at the Guggenheim, more.
July 27, 2007
THE ART OF WINNERS
by Paul H-O
Ron Rocheleau his roster of art-star money shots.
July 26, 2007
LEFT COAST
by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp
Richard Ross, Renée Petropoulos and "L.A. Object."
July 23, 2007
L.A. CONFIDENTIAL
by Emma Gray
Boy Los Angeles, with Chris Beas, Amir H. Fallah, Dan Ho and Osman Khan, plus Lynn Hershman, galleries in Chinatown, more.
July 20, 2007
GLOBALIZED FEMINISM
by Ben Davis
Can Miwa Yanagi dismantle the master’s house with the master’s tools?
July 19, 2007
ROME OPEN CITY
by Kristen Lorello
Negotiating issues of space and structure in Rome’s contemporary art scene.
July 16, 2007
ARTNET DESIGN
by Brook S. Mason
Art & realty, Ezra Stoller, collectible textiles, Russian modernist architecture, Macklowe redesigns, more.
July 10, 2007
CHINA SUMMER
by Summer Kumar
A dissected brontosaurus in Beijing, deserted amusement parks in Shanghai.
July 9, 2007
WEEKEND UPDATE
by Walter Robinson
More on Robert Storr’s "thinking with the senses, seeing with the mind".
July 3, 2007
LIGHT TOUCH
by Ben Street

Paul Chan’s epic, fantastical animations at the Serpentine Gallery in London.
June
June 28, 2007
POP TRIBAL
by N.F. Karlins
The Phantom makes a surprise appearance on fighting shields from Papua New Guinea.
June 25, 2007
MÜNSTER MINUTE
by Abraham Orden
Public art and its problems at Skulptur Projekte Münster 2007.
June 18, 2007
ART CAPITAL
by Walter Robinson
The market triumphs at Art 38 Basel.
June 15, 2007
LOST IN SPACE
by Walter Robinson
Documenta 12 roams the globe and finds. . . what?
June 13, 2007
POWER PLAY
by Ben Davis
Tom Friedman’s aluminum foil sculptures are portraits of Aby Rosen as a "fun" guy.
June 13, 2007
L.A. CONFIDENTIAL
by Emma Gray
"Eden’s Edge" and "Sans Soleil" on the future of Los Angeles.
June 12, 2007
RED IS THE COLOR
by Alice Savorelli
New works by Pino Pinelli in Milan.
June 11, 2007
CACCIA AL TESORO
by Walter Robinson
The art-lover’s "treasure hunt" during the Venice Biennale 2007.
June 8, 2007
KVETCH FEST
by Walter Robinson
The 52nd Venice Biennale leaves ‘em griping.
June 7, 2007
THE MINUTE
by Abraham Orden
Devin Leonardi, Wayne Gonzales, David Ratcliff, Richard Tuttle, Tim Hawkinson, Jason Meadows, Barbara Bloom, Anselm Reyle, more.
June 6, 2007
SYGHRONI ELLINIKI
by Walter Robinson
Art Athina 2007 takes the Greek art scene to a new level.
May
May 31, 2007
NOUS VOILA!
by Walter Robinson
Montreal, Canada’s French "Sin City," is the country’s "art central."
May 27, 2007
MEMORIES OF
PAST TIME

by Adrian Dannatt
Painter Duncan Hannah summons a specifically English esthetic.
May 25, 2007
ARTNET DESIGN
by Sheldon LaPierre
The new art and design scene in Los Angeles.
May 25, 2007
AFTER THE DELUGE
by Mary Rinebold
Agathe Snow plans a post-apocalyptic future.
May 23, 2007
THAT’S THE SPIRIT
by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp
Marnie Weber provides a feminized variant of testosterone-driven West Coast installation art.
May 21, 2007
WEEKEND UPDATE
by Walter Robinson
Marc Quinn, Tony Cragg, Damián Ortega, Roxy Paine, Mr., Betty Tompkins, Markus Lüpertz, Darby Bannard, more.
May 18, 2007
CAPITAL ROUNDUP
by Sidney Lawrence
Washington, D.C., goes for the brass ring with its own art fair.
May 16, 2007
HOLLOW LAUGHER
by Ben Davis
David Godbold answers the question: Why isn’t postmodern art funnier?
May 14, 2007
SALES, SALES, SALES
by Brook S. Mason
Anna and Brian Haughton’s International Fine Art Fair reveals a masterful and changing market.
May 11, 2007
PINAULT AND CO.
by Ben Davis
A glorious romance with power in "Sequence 1" at the Palazzo Grassi in Venice.
May 7, 2007
THE MINUTE
by Abraham Orden
Dana Schutz, Josh Smith, Hannah Van Bart, Katharina Wulff, Shana Moulton, Liz Deschenes, Sterling Ruby, more.
May 2, 2007
ARTNET DESIGN
by Brook S. Mason
Fast paced changes in Manhattan and beyond.
April
Apr. 25, 2007
STREET SHOTS
by Paul H-O
Dona Ann McAdams and the performance of self in everyday life.
Apr. 24, 2007
MUMBAI JUMBO
by Summer Kumar
Abstract painting and giant fingerprints in the Indian megacity.
Apr. 20, 2007
CRAZY FOR COLOGNE
by Walter Robinson
A new look for the 40th annual Art Cologne.
Apr. 19, 2007
LONDON LETTER
by Ben Street
"Very Abstract and Hyper Figurative," George Condo, Ian Monroe, Marcel Dzama, more.
Apr. 17, 2007
IRANIAN EVOLUTION
by Ben Davis
A secret politics in Abbas Kiarostami’s photos and videos.
Apr. 16, 2007
DIZZYING HEIGHTS
by N.F. Karlins
The Stendhal Syndrome at two Old Master exhibitions in London.
Apr. 13, 2007
LOOK AGAIN
by Walter Robinson
The AIPAD Photography Show 2007.
Apr. 12, 2007
YOUNG NOISE
by Pedro Velez
Jorge Castro and Davila 666 rock the Noise music scene of San Juan.
Apr. 10, 2007
PUERTO RICAN SUN
by Walter Robinson
A report from Circa ’07 in San Juan.
Apr. 5, 2007
THE MINUTE
by Abraham Orden
Stefan Kern, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Gordon Matta-Clark, Mary Lucier, Sam Gordon, Johannes VanDerBeek, Mrzyk & Moriceau, Wilhelm Sasnal.
Apr. 3, 2007
SPICE OF LIFE
by Paul H-O
Martin Creed’s "Variety Show" on the Lower East Side.
March
Mar. 16, 2007
WEEKEND UPDATE
by Walter Robinson
Arnold Newman, Robert Rauschenberg, Jim Dine, Robert Ryman, Karin Davies, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Odd Nerdrum, more.
Mar. 13, 2007
DECORATIVE ARTS DIARY
by Brook S. Mason
Dutch Masters: The European Fine Art Fair, at a mere 20 years old.
Mar. 8, 2007
WEEKEND UPDATE
by Walter Robinson
"Barcelona and Modernity," "Dateline Israel," The Sabine Women, Jeff Wall, Lorna Simpson, "Not for Sale," Stefan Eins, Elisabeth Kley, Cary Leibowitz, Rachel Howard, more.
Mar. 8, 2007
CAPITAL ROUNDUP
by Sidney Lawrence
John Baldessari curates at the Hirshhorn. Plus, lots of action in D.C. galleries.
Mar. 2, 2007
IMAGE ALCHEMY
by Adrian Dannatt
Ena Swansea’s new paintings have an almost occult intensity.
Mar. 2, 2007
REPORT FROM PARIS
by Chris Bors
Takashi Murakami, body artist. Plus, Valérie Belin, Allan Wiener, Daniel Zeller, Heather Bennett, Meredyth Sparks, Karen Kilimnik, Kristof Kintera, more.
Mar. 1, 2007
PAINTING TO PAINTING
by Ilka Scobie
Merlin James at the New York Studio School.
February
Feb. 28, 2007
THE LONG VIEW
by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp
Art history catches up to Vija Celmins.
Feb. 26, 2007
LA LA LAND
by Ben Davis
L.A. Art challenges New York on its own turf.
Feb. 23, 2007
THE "IT" FACTOR
What makes something hot? A survey inspired by a forthcoming New Museum panel.
Feb. 22, 2007
ART SHOW CONTEMPORARY
by Brook S. Mason
The ADAA Art Show goes contemporary in a spiffed-up armory.
Feb. 22, 2007
OLYMPIC METAL
by Grant Mandarino
An outdoor museum in Seattle, a city where it rains half the year.
Feb. 21, 2007
PUERTO RICAN SUN
by Pedro Velez
Photographers, graffiti and ghosts -- Tristán Reyes, Elsa Melendez, Bik Ismo, Lee Quinones, Aby Ruíz and Jose Luis Vargas.
Feb. 16, 2007
ARTE AMA ARCO
by Walter Robinson
The esthetics of shopping at the Spanish world’s top art fair.