Self-Portrait I, 2009, Self-Portrait II, 2009–10, and Self-Portrait III, 2009, three of Close’s monumental oils. PRESTEL, 2010
Books

Ready for His Close-Up

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Chuck Close: Life
By Christopher Finch
Prestel, 352 pages, $34.95 Read More

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News

Holding His Brain in His Hand

By Posted 06/01/10

One of Japan's most well-known filmmakers puts his quirky artworks on display. Read More

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News

Mane Event

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A poem inspires Kiki Smith to let her hair down. Read More

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Features

Where the Art Happens

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Museums are finding ingenious ways to connect visitors with the artist’s interior world. Read More

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News

Mirror Mirror

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Josiah McElheny puts a new spin on the term "light reading". Read More

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News

Resurrecting Stalin?

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Russians debate the future of old monuments to the leader and their meaning for the present. Read More

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News

Look But Don’t Eat

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A retrospective serves up the pioneering food art of Antoni Miralda. Read More

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Profiles

Standing By His Bid—Unless He Sat

By Posted 06/01/10

Norton Simon's secret bidding signals were so convoluted that they often worked against him. Read More

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News

The Graduate

By Posted 06/01/10

Filmmaker Lena Dunham draws inspiration from a source close to home—her parents. Read More

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Profiles

The Other Americans

By Posted 06/01/10

Photographer Justine Kurland takes her camera on the road across the country to capture communes, hobos, and other subcultures that are often off the radar. Read More

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Investigations

Where the Pictures Don’t Always Match the Labels

By Posted 06/01/10

Experts say that many of the works attributed to Russian masters in a Venice exhibition are not what they're claimed to be. Read More