Also in this Issue
What a Dump!
Artists are transforming landfills, industrial sites, and other modern ruins into environmentally friendly public spaces
Carly Berwick
Making the Trees Dance
New-media artist Jennifer Steinkamp uses very special effects to conjure “fake nature”
Michelle Falkenstein
Birds That Sing a Different Tune
These days, meticulous pictures in the tradition of John James Audubon often come with a modern message
Mary Haus
The Long Odyssey of the World’s Most Expensive Eggs
They were created in a St. Petersburg workshop to enthrall the czars. But with the start of the Russian Revolution, many of Fabergé’s elaborately bejeweled eggs began a circuitous journey through the Western art market—until a Russian oligarch paid more than $100 million to bring them home again
Konstantin Akinsha
Departments
Art Talk
Leila Dunbar, Jonathan Nelson, Timothy McGee, Frank Gehry, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Liza Lim, Thomas Crow, Henry Brant, David Houston, Roger Ogden, Kendall Shaw, Wolf Kahn
National News
New York Tending Noguchi’s garden; Met confirms photography curator Ridgefield, Connecticut Expanded Aldrich reopens Jersey City, New Jersey From Russia with grief? Palm Beach, Florida Rush resigns Palm Beach post
International News
Vienna Liechtenstein collection: A royal return; Rivals duel over Rubens dates London For sale: The 36th Vermeer; Foundling collection finds home Toledo, Spain Telling the story of Sephardic Jews
Art Market
London Saatchi displays fresh finds New York Asian sales soar; Subway art riding high
City Focus: Los Angeles
Low Key, High Energy: With expanding museums, a new gallery district, and a growing pool of internationally acclaimed artists, the Los Angeles art scene has never seemed so vibrant
Holly Myers
Looking at Art
Sympathy for the Reaper: In an exquisitely detailed drawing, Constable ennobles a tired farmer on his way home
William Feaver
Reviews
New York “Byzantium: Faith and Power (1261–1557)”; “An Enduring Vision”; “MoMA at El Museo”; Lynda Benglis; Jorge Pardo; Nancy Davenport; Laurie Simmons; Gregory Crane; Katarzyna Kozyra; Anton Vidokle; Steven Montgomery; Keith Sonnier; Zhang Hong; Robert Natkin; Leo Villareal; “harlemworld: metropolis as metaphor”; Woong Kim; Milan Klic; Jean Moral; Christian Holstad; Jane South Los Angeles “A Minimal Future? Art as Object 1958–1968”; Zhi Lin Santa Monica Mitchell Johnson San Francisco Simen Johan Chicago Robert Moskowitz Phoenix Inaugural Exhibition Santa Fe Santa Fe Editions Miami Gunther GerzsoNew Orleans Carrie Mae Weems Roche Court, East Winterslow, Salisbury, England “Lead Astray” London “Masterworks” Amsterdam Dante Gabriel Rossetti Berlin Torben Giehler Paris Cristina Iglesias; Jesús-Rafael Soto Duisburg Medardo Rosso