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Photography ¹98
This month ARTnews trains its sights on photography, with a roundup of young photographers who are making a splash on the international scene; a profile of American landscape photographer Robert Adams, best known for his hard-nosed black-and-white pictures of suburban sprawl; and an overview of the market for photography, which, according to the latest sales figures and dealers¹ comments, is healthier than ever
Culture Shock Jonathan Turner
The recent Italian earthquakes produced a characteristically Fellini-esque spectacle: a crane lifting a crane, 2,000 mattresses on a church floor to catch falling debris, and a porn star raising money for restoration. But with over 1,000 monuments damaged around the country and many still in perilous condition, there is still much to be done and always the chance of another tremor
Taking the Plunge Paul Gardner
When starting a new work, ar-tists spur their creativity using a variety of (sometimes bizarre) techniques. One kicks her sketches around the floor, while another has her assistant throw pennies at the canvas
Departments
Art Talk
A show celebrates Varian Fry, who rescued Jews and other Nazi targets; Ancient Mexico¹s floating gardens get the abstract treatment; Julian Schnabel celebrates the Cuban literati; and more
Museum Roundup
What¹s on view this month
National News
New York: Taniguchi gets Modern commission; Los Angeles: Reviewing the Getty Center; Bearish outlook is costly for the trust; Boston: Gardner lead dead-ends; New York: Portuguese statue criticized; Art Market; In Brief
City Focus: Stockholm
With a grand new museum, an infusion of foreign talent, and a year in the cultural spotlight, a northern star is ready to shine again
International News
The search for wartime art expands; Madrid: The complaints in Spain fall mainly on the Prado; Amsterdam: Newman painting vandalized; Berlin: Berggruen recalls Met¹s Klees, temporarily; Update: The Last Supper restoration; Paris: Art theft down; Valmondois: A villa for Daumier; In Brief
Design
Finnish architect Alvar Aalto is getting his due with an exhibition this month celebrating the centennial of his birth
Studio
Shazia Sikander brings the classic art of Mughal miniatures into the 21st century
Reviews
Richard Pousette-Dart, Yves Klein, Arthur Dove, George Grosz, Philip Evergood, Jack Smith, Jackie Winsor, John Coplans, Lynne Yamamoto, Weegee, Susan Rothenberg, Wilhelm Lehmbruck, Joseph Beuys, Nicolas de Staël, Rona Pondick, Donald Baechler, Gabriel Laderman, Cora Cohen, Gary Schneider, Istvan Sandorfi, Raymond Pettibon, Y. J. Cho, Arthur Robins
Cindy Sherman
Enrique Martínez Celaya, Ken Price
Josef Koudelka
Pablo Picasso
Quisqueya Henriquez, Robert Chambers
William T. Wiley
“A Grand Design”
Raul Diaz
Neil Goodman, Mary Cassatt
Alberto Venegas
Kazimir Malevich
Alex Hartley, Roy Lichtenstein
Georges de La Tour, Sandy Skoglund
Maurizio Cannavacciuolo, Francesca Tulli
Perejaume
Mario Gurfein
Barbara Ellmerer