In this Issue
How to Collect Art
The Collector¹s Little Black Book Valerie Gladstone
Names and numbers of some of the art services you¹re likely to need
Acquiring Minds Ann Landi
Budding collectors get a serious education in how to buy art
Buying Smart Barbara Pollack
Top collectors share their secrets
Maillol¹s Last Muse Laurie Attias
Aristide Maillol immortalized the young Dina Vierny in bronze. In return, she has devoted a lifetime to his legacy. “I am a woman who made her dreams come true,” she says of her creation, the Foundation Dina ViernyMusée Maillol in Paris
Flame and Fortune Carol Lutfy
China-born, Japan-trained, New Yorkbased conceptualist Cai Guo Qiang blends cultures, from there to here to the extraterrestrial, and materials, from tea to gunpowder, to create a dramatic potion for universal understanding
Hanging Around with Geniuses Milton Esterow
Few artists or singers are as passionate about art as Tony Bennett. He paints or sketches almost every day, and visits museums throughout the world. “The more you study the history of art, the more you get a sense of the continuity of what everybody has contributed”
Island Dreams
Caribbean artists talk about their work and influences
Departments
Art Talk
Oscar Wilde stands tall; Lucian Freud keeps his secrets; the Vogels go shopping; Edith Wharton stops smoking; Santa Claus selects; Sister Wendy talks about Piss Christ; and more
National News
Los Angeles: Lewin collection to the Los Angeles Coun-ty Museum of Art; Detroit: A museum waits and wonders about its future; New York: Dahesh Museum update; Friends remember de Kooning; Art Market; Washington, D.C.: National Endowment for the Arts moves ahead, but without Alexander; In Brief; Spotlight: Robert Rauschenberg looks back, and forward
City Focus: Portland, Ore.
With an aggressive director at the helm of the city¹s leading museum and a gallery community growing in regional importance, the reinvention of Portland¹s art scene is nearly complete
International News
Bilbao: The new Guggenheim opens but not without incident; Spanish press cheers new museum; Vitebsk: Chagall comes home; St. Petersburg: The Hermitage to expand; London: The Royal Academy has a “Sensation” on its hands; Labour gets tough on the arts; In Brief
Artful Traveler: The Dalí Triangle
A sense of madcap fun permeates Dalí¹s houses in Spain
Living with Art
Richard Kirshenbaum¹s eclectic collection of photographs reflects his experience in advertising
Design
In Manhattan, the Museum of Jewish Heritage a Living Memorial honors the past while emphasizing the future
Reviews
Richard Diebenkorn, Sally Mann, Jake and Dinos Chapman, “The Hansa Gallery Revisited”, “Sargent Abroad”, Egon Schiele, Richard Serra, Judy Pfaff, “Invitational ’97″, Aaron Siskind, Cynthia Knott, Stanley Boxer, Gillian Wearing, Jeanne Dunning, Hal Hirshorn, Willard Boepple, Linda Matalon, Joan Forman
Arthur Dove, Mary Ellen Doyle
Ulrike Palmbach, Laurie Reid, Tony Oursler
Yayoi Kusama, Robert Gober
“Photography After Photography”, Louise Nevelson
Arlene Shechet
Ed Paschke
Elias Rivera
Sculpture Pontiac ’97
“Sensation”, David Alfaro Siqueiros
Inez van Lamsweerde
Gottfried Honegger, Nan Goldin
Enzo Cucchi, Paul McCarthy
Gor Chakhal
Adolfo Nigro
Jiri Szeppan, Bilbao, Guggenheim Museum