News

Shades of Gris

Posted on June 1, 2009 by Rachel Wolff
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In Jim Jarmusch's new film, four Spanish paintings play as much of a role as the actors do. Read More

Trends

You Had to Be There

Posted on June 1, 2009 by Linda Yablonsky
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More and more artworks exist not as objects but as ephemeral events—a conversation, a thunderclap, a slow-motion kiss—that insist viewers take part. Read More

Features

Reshaping the Art Museum

Posted on June 1, 2009 by Robin Cembalest
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Confronted with urgent demographic realities, art-museum directors are drawing on game theory, interactive technology, and a host of other new strategies to help people feel welcome, engaged, and emotionally fulfilled. Read More

Profiles

Spero’s Heroes

Posted on June 1, 2009 by Phoebe Hoban
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Often using mere paper as a medium and a powerful pictorial vocabulary of her own invention, Nancy Spero spins tales of ferocious, heroic women. Read More

News

Bringing the Sky to Earth

Posted on June 1, 2009 by George Stolz
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In his new installation in southern Spain, James Turrell makes the color— and position—of the sky a mere matter of perception. Read More