Books

Reading van Gogh

Posted on January 1, 2010 by Martin Gayford
In an 1882 letter to his brother Theo, Vincent van Gogh included a sketch of his recent watercolor Pollard Willow to help explain his experiments with dark pigments. ©VAN GOGH MUSEUM, AMSTERDAM/VINCENT VAN GOGH FOUNDATION

Vincent van Gogh—The Letters
Edited by Leo Jansen, Hans Luijten, and Nienke Bakker
Thames & Hudson, 2,164 pages, $600 Read More

Market

A Dealer With Ideas

Posted on January 1, 2010 by Robin Cembalest
De Alvear at the Juana Mordó gallery with Nam June Paik in 1989, the year of his first exhibition in Spain. She ended up buying everything in the show. ©LUIS PÉREZ MÍNGUEZ

With her Madrid gallery and her private collection, Helga de Alvear has introduced a wave of high-concept, new-media artists to Spain.
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Investigations

The Real Thing?

Posted on January 1, 2010 by Milton Esterow
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A fingerprint has intensified the debate about the origin of a mysterious drawing sold at auction for $21,850. Experts don't agree whether it's a 19th–century German work or a genuine Leonardo worth $150 million. Read More

Trends

Beetlemania

Posted on January 1, 2010 by Carolina A. Miranda
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Butterflies, honeybees, and even centipedes are turning up in artwork—and, in some cases, helping to make it. Read More

Profiles

Clothes Connections

Posted on January 1, 2010 by Barbara Pollack
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Shinique Smith transforms piles of garments destined for export into eye– and thought–provoking installations. Read More

Features

Is Beauty in the Brain of the Beholder?

Posted on January 1, 2010 by Ann Landi
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Researchers in the evolving field of neuroesthetics seek to determine what happens in the cerebral cortex when we see art—and, in the process, figure out what makes great works so mesmerizing. Read More

News

It All Leads Back to Duchamp

Posted on January 1, 2010 by Amanda Gordon
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Francis Naumann and 'The Visible Vagina'. Read More

News

The Enigma of Man Ray

Posted on January 1, 2010 by Robin Cembalest
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Is the Jewish Museum showcasing crypto–Jewish art?. Read More

News

Debating a Vatican Cover-Up

Posted on January 1, 2010 by Judith Harris
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Vatican restorers cleaning Michelangelo's last frescoes didn't remove later overpainting, dividing art historians and prompting an appeal to a higher authority. Read More