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In this Issue
Pei Goes Underground Carol Lutfy
Built into a mountainside in a remote area of Japan, I. M. Pei¹s Miho Museum may be his finest building yet. The museum¹s collection of ancient Asian and Near Eastern art privately owned by a religious organization is also attracting considerable interest. And scrutiny
China Comes to the Guggenheim Carol Lutfy
Concurrent with the expansion of its empire from New York and Venice to Bilbao and Berlin the Guggenheim is extending its mission. Once exclusively a venue for 20th-century art, the museum spans the centuries in its current “China: 5,000 Years,” tackling both ancient and modern art
Gaining Momentum Sundaram Tagore
Having just celebrated the 50th anniversary of its independence, India is poised to take its place in the mainstream of contemporary art
The Proof Is in the Bidding Scarlet Cheng
In the first post-handover season for Hong Kong auction houses and galleries, the business of art was largely business as usual
Heaven in Earth Rex Weil
In the tradition of George Inness, a new generation of painters is depicting landscape with a heightened sensuousness. “Painting is not an intellectual act,” says one artist. “It is primal”
“Stuff Your Eyes with Wonder” Garrett Holg
“Everything I see can potentially become part of something I do later on,” says Kerry James Marshall, who packs his canvases with allegorical depictions of African American life
A Kinder, Gentler Koons Laurie Attias
Still strutting his 1980s superstar status, Jeff Koons has turned his attention from social excess to the wonder and dread of childhood
Where the Dinosaurs Are the Old Masters Barbara A. MacAdam
While many artists trace their inspiration to the great halls of art, others credit the dinosaurs, trees, and stars at the American Museum of Natural History
Departments
Art Talk
Sex researcher Dr. Albert Kinsey likes his art erotic, too; A Dalí vision uncomfortable in New Jersey; Bookish homage to a great chair man; Here¹s the scene, where¹s the crime? Two Ernsts for the price of one; Creative repair work; and more
Museum Roundup
On view this month
National News
New York: The Schiele case and its repercussions; Boston: Museum of Fine Arts criticized over artifacts; Chicago: A big pledge falls past due; Houston: Dominique de Menil remembered; San Francisco: Friends of Photography dodges bankruptcy; De Young site debate comes full circle; Detroit: Founders to run museum; In Brief; Spotlight: Art historian Julius Held
City Focus: Mexico City
Important museums, a burgeoning gallery scene, and increasing international contact are beginning to change ideas about Mexican art
International News
Sydney: Biennials blossom “down under”; Pisa: Propping up a famous landmark; Livorno: Head case; Spotlight: Baroness Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza brings her treasures to New York, and the world; Art Market; In Brief; Opinion: Tom Freudenheim on the Schiele controversy
Living with Art
Collectors Steven and Nancy Oliver commission artists to create works for their sprawling sheep ranch in northern California
Artful Traveler
Las Pozas, a millionaire¹s tropical Garden of Eden, complete with serpents
Perspective
Museum of Modern Art director Glenn D. Lowry says American museums can¹t continue to collect indefinitely
Reviews
Anselm Kiefer, Larry Rivers, Burgoyne Diller, Man Ray, Jane Schneider, William Gropper, Helen Frankenthaler, Janet Fish, Enrico Donati, Carlo Maria Mariani, Marina Abramovic, Mark Leithauser, Tom Baril, Ed Baynard, Jacqueline Humphries, Mick Rock, Regina Saura, Joan Witek, Anna Gaskell
Joan Snyder
Carlos Alfonzo
Margaret Nielsen
Robert Motherwell
Matthew McCaslin, Wade Hoefer
Patti Heid
“Crowning Glory”
Grace Hartigan
Peter Shelton
Mariele Neudecker, Mimmo Paladino
George Segal
Simeon Posen
Diego Giacometti
Dan Graham, Andreas Hofer
José G. Solana