The modernist masterpieces of Sergei Shchukin and Ivan Morozov were nationalized by the Bolsheviks and are now on view in a celebrated and controversial exhibition at London’s Royal Academy. The heirs’ efforts to compel the Russian state to provide them with “reasonable compensation” has become an international legal and political issue. Read More
Stolen masterpieces are priceless and worthless at the same time—they’re too hot to sell, and have limited use as collateral. But one criminal tried to use them to sweeten his sentence. Read More
Beyond size and medium, the definition of sculpture keeps expanding
Barbara A. MacAdam
Orly Genger hand-loops rope into pieces that are large, serious—and soft
Lamar Clarkson
Noriko Ambe takes her knife to books, magazines, and stacks of paper, excavating mysterious landscapes in the process
Eric Bryant
Stringing LED lights in geometric patterns, Erwin Redl envelops viewers in space and pure color
Eric Bryant
Inspired by the romance of the cinema, Tobias Putrih transforms plywood structures into otherworldly environments
Barbara A. MacAdam
Seventy years after the Viennese owner of a Schiele painting now hanging in an Austrian museum was sent to Dachau, half a century after the work resurfaced in Switzerland, and ten years after it was seized from MoMA, new details about the painting’s provenance are emerging, raising questions about who its legitimate owners really are
William D. Cohan
Known for his (sometimes literally) chilling and visceral performances, Zhang Huan is now making monumental sculptures that include Buddha’s body parts and a self-portrait as an incense burner
Barbara Pollack
Matthew Settle, Cecily von Ziegesar, Stephanie Savage, Daniel Aycock, Judy Glantzman, Phil Collins, Pablo León de la Barra, Vicky Hughes, Claire Bishop, Mark Sladen, Jay Ryan, Deborah Lader, Lewis Black, Jeff Tweedy, Simon Starling, Angela Dufresne, Jessica Hough, Tomás Saraceno, Trenton Doyle Hancock, Stephen Mills, Graham Reynolds, Brooke Davis Anderson, Amy Cutler, Yun-Fei Ji, Paula Rego, Grayson Perry, Anthony Goicolea, Tracey Emin
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Damián Ortega: Tortilla houses and falling typewriters
Megan Heuer
Apocalypse When?: El Greco’s bizarre Vision of Saint John doesn’t stick too closely to biblical texts
Sarah Schroth
Marilla Palmer: Fungus Among Us
Rachel Somerstein
NEW YORK Jasper Johns; Cai Guo-Qiang; “Arte ? Vida: Actions by Artists of the Americas, 1960–2000”; Robert Rauschenberg; Richard Artschwager; Hans Haacke; Nayland Blake; Chris Martin; Jil Weinstock; Warren Isensee; Charles Martin; “Fresh Kill”; Ouattara Watts; Jaehyo Lee; Seton Smith; Elaine Lustig-Cohen; Grace Knowlton; Ryan Sarah Murphy; “Dream Therapy”; Ariane Lopez-Huici
NATIONAL Los Angeles Broad Contemporary Art Museum San Francisco “Anniversary Exhibition” Chicago Mark Wallinger Santa Fe Xavier Mascaró Coral Gables, Florida “Six 21st-Century Chinese Neo-Pop Artists” Dallas Annabel Daou Yonkers, New York “Pattern and Decoration” Washington, D.C. Hiroshi Kobayashi
INTERNATIONAL London Juan Muñoz; William Crozier Geneva Eduard Angeli Paris Mona Hatoum Düsseldorf Jårg Geismar Vienna “True Romance” Seoul “Tomorrow”