The New New-Media Blitz
Digital art—in all its forms—is gaining prominence among artists, curators, and audiences. Read More
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Reality Bytes Reena Jana
Planning a museum devoted to the fast-changing genre of digital art has built-in challenges
Streams of Consciousness Gail Gregg
Amy Sillman’s paintings are quirky fusions of figuration and abstraction, humor and pathos. Each tells a meandering tale
Africa’s Avant-Garde Barbara Pollack
African artists are receiving high-profile exposure for their statements that transcend politics and nationality
The Micro Wave Barbara A. MacAdam
Inspired by textiles and computer chips, prayers, and just plain obsessions, many artists today are producing works that are almost impossible to decipher
The Alchemist of Cuernavaca Pete Hamill
Lucero Isaac mines her dreams—and her experience as a cinematic set director—for her mysterious assemblages of found objects
Departments
Letters
Art Talk
Danny Simmons, Milos Forman, Robin Williams, Renée Zellweger, Antonio Banderas, Jörg Immendorff, Al Sharpton, Frank Stella, Elizabeth Taylor, Samuel L. Jackson, David Bowie, James Taylor, B. B. King
National News
New York Thank You, Mr. Mayor Spotlight Benjamin Weil: Weil’s wide Web New Haven Yale’s donor dilemma Milwaukee Museum waits for its wings
International News
Geneva Marc Rich: The pardoned patron Buenos Aires A pan-continental project Caracas Venezuela’s “cultural revolution” Kyoto Lissitzky heir gets back Klee Rome Feud over fascist legacy Paris What we know about Balthus
Art Market
London New life for old guard; Saatchi consignments shine New York Dealer’s disappearing act; Legal action over lowered estimate Paris Statue sale stands
City Focus: Berlin
Berlin’s “Phenomenal” Pulse: With some of the city’s major rebuilding projects out of the way, the German capital’s art scene has begun an expansion of its own
Hugh Eakin
On the Edge
Dynamic Ceramics: Mexican artist Luis Miguel Suro casts pottery into larger-than-life tools of the computer age
Cynthia Nadelman
Looking at Art
Driving Us to Distraction: In Small Rumanian Blouse with Foliage, Matisse tricks the eye into moving from one place to the next
Jack Flam
Perspective
Lord of the Bullring: Picasso was beloved by the toreros and banderilleros he often rewarded with extravagant gifts
Milton Esterow
Reviews
New York Diana Thater; “Correggio and Parmigianino”; “Glenn Ligon: Stranger”; Robert Wilson; Tatsuo Miyajima; Dona Nelson; Donald Judd; Mel Chin; David Bierk; Liam Gillick; “Hard Pressed”; “Younger Artists 2000″; Diane Neumaier; Jill Moser; Bedrich Grünzweig; Samuel Bourne Philadelphia Lisa Yuskavage Boston Olafur Eliasson; Sungjoon Joh Huntington, N.Y. “Aaron Copland’s America” Washington, D.C. Terri Weifenbach Houston Lisa Ludwig; Joseph Havel San Francisco Marsden Hartley Santa Monica Tunga Miami Beach “Dreams and Disillusion” London Marc Quinn; Peter Halley Cologne Dieter Roth/Arnulf Rainer Berlin Richard Phillips Basel Peter Fischli/David Weiss Zurich Markus Lüpertz Paris Bernar Venet Barcelona Txuspo Poyo