Whether the first Moscow Biennale accomplished its aims—to legitimize contemporary art in Russia and to thrust contemporary Russian art onto the international stage—is debatable, but it was certainly the most important art event in the city in many years. Read More
It used to be simple: wet paint on a flat surface. No more. Today painting can include photography, digital prints, sculpture, and a host of other materials—but not necessarily paint. Read More
Linda Besemer has mananged to obliterate the canvas completely
Deidre Stein Greben
Kevin Zucker tweaks perspective in his meticulous renderings
Meredith Mendelsohn
Eberhard Havekost makes banal objects glow with a mysterious inner light
David Galloway
Wood glue is one of many unpainterly materials in Jon Pylypchuk’s bizarre landscapes
Linda Yablonsky
Digital technology helps Gwenn Thomas mine the history of modernism
Deidre Stein Greben
James Hyde transforms objects like handles and pillows into “painted gestures”
Barbara A. MacAdam
Only ten years ago, there were almost no commercial art galleries in China. Today the country is home to several top galleries, a booming auction scene, and a growing millionaire class that—with the support of the government—is enthusiastically embracing contemporary art
Barbara Pollack
Anthony Calnek, Art Spiegelman, Roz Chast, Alexis Rockman, Lila Harnett, Jonathan Mahler, Chuck Close, Richard Serra, Paula Cooper, Ivan Karp, Lanie Robertson, Mercedes Ruehl, Shigeru Ban, Gregory Colbert, Jack Flam, Ann Dumas, Hilary Spurling, Rémi Labrusse
New York Seven years later: Still wrangling over Wally; Guerrilla Girls skirmish Spotlight Kathy Halbreich: Talking to the dolphin San Diego Expulsion to go home Los Angeles Claim against Liz Taylor rejected Lake Worth, Florida Palm Beach story ends Cleveland Reid to retire
Buenos Aires The show that had all Argentina talking Wroclaw Poland pushes for lost Lubomirski Dürers Paris A public space for private collections Ticino, Switzerland Harald Szeemann: A visionary curator
London Sales hit $74 million high New York Broadening Pearlstein’s market; Buoyant photo market at AIPAD
Millennial Moment: With the long-awaited opening of Millennium Park, Chicago’s art scene is riding a wave of newfound energy
Margaret Hawkins
John Szarkowski: Photographs By John Szarkowski and Sandra S. Phillips
New York Christo and Jeanne-Claude; “Surrealism USA”; Cy Twombly; Anthony Caro; Richard Serra; Robert Morris; Miquel Barceló; Christian Marclay; Ralph Eugene Meatyard; Clive Smith; Gavin Turk; Richard Anuszkiewicz; “Three Visions: Landscape in 2005”; Nancy Rubins; “A Gallery Portfolio”; “Special: Artists Select Artists” Washington, D.C. André Kertész; Martin Kotler Los Angeles Ken Price San Francisco Dorothy Napangardi Santa Fe Judy Pfaff Chicago Esphyr Slobodkina Cincinnati Susan Unterberg Cologne Peter Doig and Jochen Klein London Gregor Schneider Paris Emmanuel Perrotin: Inaugural Show Zurich Daido Moriyama