“Like being around a herd of otherworldly elephants” is how Saltz described walking around works, like Band, 2006, in Richard Serra’s MoMA retrospective. LORENZ KIENZLE/©2010 RICHARD SERRA/ARTISTS RIGHTS SOCIETY (ARS), NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART, GIFT OF ELI AND EDYTHE BROAD
Books

Separating the Good from the ‘Crapola’

By Posted 04/01/10

Seeing Out Louder
By Jerry Saltz
Hard Press Editions/Hudson Hills Press,
420 pages, $40
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News

‘Moment’ Not So Magic

By Posted 04/01/10

Peter Galassi, curator of MoMA's Cartier-Bresson retrospective, wants viewers to stop talking and start looking. Read More

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Features

The Colonial Revolution

By Posted 04/01/10

In the United States, the art made in Spain's Latin American colonies used to be considered artistically minor and politically incorrect. Now, as intellectual trends coincide with demographic realities, it's on the cutting edge of art history–and the wish lists of top museums. Read More

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Investigations

A Controversy over Degas

By Posted 04/01/10

Experts are concerned about the authenticity of 74 "recently discovered" plaster casts of Degas sculptures that were purportedly made during his lifetime and the bronzes that have been produced from them, which are now selling for more than $2 million.. Read More

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News

Logo Motive

By Posted 04/01/10

Ryan McGinness puts an entire museum into one work. Read More

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News

Mask Communication

By Posted 04/01/10

How a group of blindfolded artists got by with a little help from some friends. Read More

Investigations

Two responses to ‘A Controversy over Degas’

By Posted 04/01/10

William D. Cohan’s article suggests that the art world today is divided into two warring camps about 74 recently revealed Degas plasters. In fact, far more consensus than controversy surrounds these plasters than the article allows. Close examination of the … Read More

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Looking at Art

Wrestling with ‘Wrestlers’

By Posted 04/01/10

Deaccessioned twice and the subject of multiple interpretations, a provocative Eakins sporting picture takes its place in a new collection and a new show. Read More