Blast from the Past
Artists around the globe are turning Socialist Realism on its head, layering the once-potent tool of propaganda with irony and nostalgia. Read More
Also in this Issue
Fools and Ghouls
John Alexander, skilled draftsman and sharp-eyed satirist, has spent a career rendering “the dark side of man, the glorious side of nature, and the destruction of both”
Ann Landi
How the Queen Got Her Pictures
Among the masterpieces in Britain’s Royal Collection are Renaissance paintings, more than 600 Leonardo drawings, a great Vermeer, some choice Canalettos, a Lucian Freud portrait of the queen, two recently “rediscovered” Caravaggios—and perhaps more works that will be “upgraded,” according to the curator who oversees it all
Martin Gayford
Departments
Art Talk
John Lurie, Steve Buscemi, James Nares, Flea, Sally Field, Carter Foster, Susan Hapgood, Ward Shelley, Sean Landers, Dave McKenzie, Kiki Smith, Zaha Hadid, Fabrice Bousteau, Laura Bush, William Allman, John Armleder, Anton Vidokle, Julieta Aranda, Liz Linden, Kimsooja, Jose Tasende
National News
SPOTLIGHT Madeleine Grynsztejn: Curating an entire museum LOS ANGELES Adam and Eve can stay in Pasadena WASHINGTON, D.C. Liz Taylor still owns her van Gogh CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS MIT claims Gehry Center leaks NEW YORK Off the walls, into the study room
International News
SEVILLE “Velázquez” draws cheers, raises questions FLORENCE Italians debate “giant bed frame” BERLIN “An important push for restitution” PARIS French officials face off over Maori head MOSCOW Letters to Putin
Art Market
NEW YORK Do the good times have to end?; Howard Greenberg: Every picture tells a story
Critic’s Pick
Lisa Kereszi: Hue Never Know
Richard B. Woodward
Reviews
NEW YORK Lawrence Weiner; Martin Puryear; “Drawing in Space”; Marco Maggi; James Rosenquist; Carl Andre; Fitz Henry Lane and Mary Blood Mellen; Neil Welliver; Mel Kendrick; Aleksandra Mir; Keith Cottingham; “Close Looking”; Gail Gregg; Anthony Fisher; Gustavo López Armentía; “Breaking the Mold”; Jamie Isenstein; Edward Mapplethorpe Brooklyn Dawn Clements; “Sex in the City”; Stefan Sehler; “Everyday Eden”; “Air Kissing”; “The Dotted Line”; Tilman; Susan Wanklyn
NATIONAL Santa Monica “Identity Theft” Los Angeles Francisco Zuñiga San Francisco “Ominous Atmosphere” New London, Connecticut “At Home and Abroad” Chicago Lynn Geesaman; Matt Stokes Boston Bill Fisher; Jay DeFeo Baltimore Betty Rosen Houston Mark Williams
INTERNATIONAL London “Seduced”; Tacita Dean; “Of This and Other Worlds” Paris David Mach Frankfurt A. R. Penck Seoul “25th Anniversary Exhibition”