For Catherine Chalmers, a cockroach is a blank canvas. And today 18 squirming insects will emerge from her refrigerator to undergo a metamorphosis—into painted players in a tableau she will photograph. Read More
At the Havana Bienal, concepts like political correctness and radical chic got all shook up. Read More
Ten leading photographers talk about the pictures they can’t forget
Blake Eskin
Andreas Gursky’s photographs appear straightforward and objective. It’s a deception he works hard to achieve
David Galloway
Lee Miller and Margaret Bourke-White photographed the same Nazi suicide scene, but told different stories
Francine Prose
The strange history of the world’s most stolen masterpiece
Milton Esterow
Las Vegas Avant-garde and kitsch Spotlight Ilona Katzew: Casting light on Latin American art New York High hopes for High Line; Taking a bite out of art crime Los Angeles Getty mural case settled Washington, D.C. NEA chief speaks out
Rome Should Giotto be dethroned? Paris Windfall for French museums Spotlight Tom Freudenheim: All the kings’ gold Berlin Naumann steps down; Berggruen’s big sale Amsterdam Turmoil at Rijksmuseum Basel Swiss museum shuffle
Paris A Series of Partnerships: The merger of Phillips with de Pury & Luxembourg Art is the latest in auction house and dealer alliances London Old Masters take off New York The brisk trade in Bruskin
“A Capital in Technicolor”: With its public projects, plans for blockbuster exhibitions, and a new international art fair, the Miami area becomes a world-class cultural destination
Elisa Turner
Sheer Reflections: Jean Nouvel’s transparent—and proliferating—buildings curve along riverfronts, reflect cityscapes and gardens, and respond to the esthetics of different sites and functions
Nicholas Powell
A Defense of Einstein: Erich Mendelsohn’s observatory was a tribute to the new and controversial theory of relativity
Robert Rigney
Making Heads Spin: Merging philosophy and physics, Gregory Barsamian brings his dreams to life
Barbara A. MacAdam
Material Girls: The wealthy women of Mexico pout and pose for Daniela Rossell
Hilarie M. Sheets
New York Sol LeWitt; Dennis Oppenheim; Morris Warman; Frank Stella; Siah Armajani; Sarah Sze; “Bird Cage”; “The First Fifty Years”; Isa Genzken; David Rabinowitch; James Castle; Jeremy Adams; Andrea Belag; Carlos Garaicoa; Garner Tullis and Vadim Katznelson; Chuck Close and Franz Gertsch; Mel Leipzig Los Angeles Paul McCarthy Venice, Calif. Jason Martin San Francisco Robert Adams; David Simpson Chicago Josiah McElheny Marfa, Texas Dan Flavin New Orleans Henry Casselli Aspen Doug and Mike Starn Philadelphia Italo Scanga Baltimore Costas Varotsos Providence “Virginia Lynch: A Curatorial Retrospective, Part II” Atlanta Kojo Griffin Brussels “Voici” London Thomas Demand; Turner Prize 2000 Paris Armando Morales; “Le Corps Mutant” Zurich Ilse Bing Buenos Aires Alejandra Padilla Cologne Anri Sala Berlin Volker Stelzmann