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Author Archives: Ann Landi
In With the Old
With portraits of men of color in trendy ghetto gear posed in attitudes copied from the Old Masters, Kehinde Wiley aims to ‘make paintings that matter in the 21st century’ Read More
Separating the Trees from the Forest
Alan Sonfist has built a career as an urban land artist. Read More
A Minimalist Maximalist
In large abstract paintings, Jacqueline Humphries puts a contemporary spin on the AbEx and Minimalist tradition. Read More
Signs of the Times
Robert Cottingham’s paintings bring back the marquees and neon glitz of midcentury America. Read More
‘Dear Picasso’
Revisiting and recasting the master’s work, from Cubism through Guernica to the Mosqueteros of his old age, new generations of artists are discovering Picasso all over again. Read More
Beyond the Modigliani Myth
A new biography disputes the notion of the artist as a dissolute madman . Read More
Michelangelo: Naked Truths?
Just where the artist took inspiration for The Last Judgment's nude figures has become a matter of debate. Read More
Up the Rome Staircase
Young Michelangelo:
The Path to the Sistine
By John T. Spike
Vendome Press, 272 pages, $27.95 Read More
De Niro Jr. on De Niro Sr.
Robert De Niro keeps his late father's studio the way it was left in 1993 and has just established an annual award to midcareer artists . Read More
