In this Issue
“The Medium of the Moment”
With departments devoted to photography opening in major museums and prices in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, the medium continues to expand its presence in the art world
Deidre Stein Greben
The Guggenheim Downsizes
After years of expansion, Guggenheim director Thomas Krens has slashed spending, staff, and programming—under pressure from board chair Peter Lewis to balance the budget or leave the museum
Kelly Devine Thomas
Industrial Revolutionaries
Bernd and Hilla Becher have spent nearly half a century documenting towers, silos, furnaces, mines, and other marks on the man-made landscape—inspiring a genre and a school of photography in the process
David Galloway
Whistler: The Stinging Butterfly
As artist and publicist, Whistler irritated his contemporaries. More than ten major centennial exhibitions examine new aspects of his work and underscore his modernity and influence
Stephen May
Departments
Letters
Art Talk
Cheech Marin, James Warhola, Glenn Close, Paco Cao, Ilene Rosenzweig, Cynthia Rowley, David Hammons, Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn, Rafael Viñoly, Matthew Barney, Marina Abramovic
National News
Washington, D.C. A public disservice? Spotlight Monica Dugot: “Helping people who have no place else to go” Honolulu A museum in Shangri La New York Dia’s new neighbor; Stolen-art statute quietly expires Los Angeles LACMA expansion on hold; Southwest Museum saved San Francisco Altmann can sue Austria
International News
Lambayeque, Peru A new pyramid Amsterdam Fuchs steps down; Van Goghs vanish Toronto Aga Khan chooses Canada Paris In Picasso’s attic Cuernavaca Mexican art returns home
Art Market
Miami “A great, great fair” New York Auction records for Americans London Thomson donates multimillion-dollar trove
City Focus: Miami/South Florida
A Dramatic Reinvention: A new international art fair has taken the mature Miami scene to a higher level that includes superb private collections, adventurous offerings in contemporary-art museums, and a lively crop of young and midcareer artists
Elisa Turner
Looking at Art
The Mouths That Roared: A portrait of comedienne Martha Raye shows Weegee at his most deliriously inventive
Carlo McCormick
Studio
He Shoots, He Scores: From boxers to rabbis, George Kalinsky captures people in extraordinary moments
Rachel Donadio
Books
New York, Paris, and Points East: New books fill gaps in the history of photography, from the American Heartland to the ferment of Central Europe
A.D. Coleman
Perspective
Grand Larceny: In their longtime artistic duel, Matisse and Picasso sometimes influenced each other, sometimes stole from each other—and sometimes anticipated each other
Jack Flam
Reviews
New York Anselm Kiefer; Robert Indiana; Bruce Nauman; Joseph Cornell; “Great Planes”; Leslie Wayne; Lucien Clergue; William Kentridge; Karin Sander; Rosie Lee Tompkins; Alfredo Jaar; “Gloria” and “Regarding Gloria”; Ray Kass; Tobi Kahn; “Lysis” San Francisco Wayne Thiebaud; David Parker Los Angeles Sean Scully Santa Fe Dana Chodzko; Seth Anderson Chicago Vidvuds Zvierdris; Joan Truckenbrod Houston Joe Goode Miami Glexis Novoa London Jake and Dinos Chapman; Patrick Caulfield Paris McDermott & McGough Turin Davide Cantoni Zürich Beat Streuli Mexico City Rodolfo de Florencia