Art Rocks
From making sculptures out of melted LPs, to creating album covers and music videos, to playing in their own bands, a new generation of artists is blurring the distinction between the worlds of pop music and fine art. Read More
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The Lauder Brothers: Matching Each Other Step by Step
They are two of the world’s top collectors. They are patrons, philanthropists, and chairmen of major New York museums. They talk every day and buy art almost as often
Kelly Devine Thomas
Philip Pearlstein’s Deadpan Cool
His refusal to idealize his figures or allow them even a psychological beauty gives Pearlstein’s works their power—and infuriates some viewers
Linda Yablonsky
“Steering by the Torch of Chaos and Doubt”
With bright swirls of color and a magnetic personality, Sam Francis became one of the foremost Abstract Expressionists. Now his family and friends are fighting over his legacy
Ferdinand Protzman
Departments
Letters
Art Talk
Annie Leibovitz, Cindy Sherman, Claire Danes, Delia Brown, Goapele, David Remfry, Stella McCartney, Peter Saville, Alexander Sokurov, Mikhail Piotrovsky, Louise Bourgeois, Rob Pruitt, Arnold Mesches
National News
Washington, D.C. Poet proposed for NEA Salt Lake City Up from the depths Spotlight Philippe de Montebello: A milestone for the Met Lower Merion New legal hurdles for Barnes New York The fall of Adam; SculptureCenter opens in Queens
International News
London The new face of Vietnam; Chaos leads to creation theories Moscow Vladimir Putin: Russian icon Mexico City A revolutionary photographer Amsterdam Expansion plans take wing
Art Market
London High marks for Hitchens New York Photography classics connect
City Focus: Atlanta
“An Invigorating Scene”: With multimillion-dollar expansion projects and artists and dealers thinking outside the box, Atlanta’s visual arts scene moves confidently forward
Jerry Cullum
Reviews
New York Robert Ryman; Gary Simmons; Laurie Fendrich; Robert Longo; Richard Woods, As Four; James VanDerZee; Viola Frey; Victoria Gitman; Arthur Carter; Tatyana Murray; “Perfect Acts of Architecture”; Robert Kolbrener; Laurent Millet; “About Paper” Houston Toshiko Okanoue Los Angeles Gajin Fujita Cleveland Elizabeth Catlett Santa Fe Eric Sloane; Dan McCleary Chicago Valery Koshliakov San Francisco “Still Lifes, Florals, and Interiors” London “The Galleries Show”; Michael Craig-Martin Paris Daniel Buren; Arnold Newman Berlin Saskia Olde Wolbers Zürich Lucio Fontana