Profiles
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
Cosmic Comic
Kenny Scharf’s loopy, Pop-saturated paintings are back—in galleries and on the street. Read More
Signs of the Times
Robert Cottingham’s paintings bring back the marquees and neon glitz of midcentury America. Read More
Britain’s Curator of Garbage
Mike Nelson’s multiroom installations hint at marginal lives and fallen ideologies. Read More
Crossing the Line in China
As Ai Weiwei continues to openly criticize Communist party policy, his international profile is rising—but so is government response. Read More
True Lies?
Omer Fast's videos are mind-blowing mergings of artifice and truth, populated by refugees, soldiers, and other characters who may or may not be acting. Read More
Driven to Abstraction
James Little brings a formalist's way with stripes and an alchemist's skill with materials to tactile canvases, making color the subject. Read More
Making Color 3D
Pioneering Venezuelan artist Carlos Cruz-Diez has built his career on light, making immersive installations that allow visitors to explore color in three dimensions Read More
What a Dump!
Garbage and garbage pickers are the subjects of Vik Muniz's work. Read More
When Bad Is Good
The ARTnews 200 Top Collectors
CHINA The Next Generation
A Terrible Beauty?
UPDATED: A Long Lost Leonardo