March 2011 Issue

The master modele bronze of Edgar Degas’s Dancer Rubbing Her Knee, sculpted in wax circa 1884–85, cast posthumously. STEVEN OLIVER/NORTON SIMON ART FOUNDATION, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA

Books March 2011

The Collector Who Redefined Degas

By Patricia Failing Posted 03/01/11

Degas in the Norton Simon Museum
Edited by Sara Campbell;
Essays by Daphne Barbour,
Richard Kendall, and Shelley Sturman
Yale University Press, 576 pages, $95 Read More

Features March 2011

Building Pictures

By Rebecca Robertson Posted 03/01/11

Working everywhere from Photoshop to the woodshop, a growing number of photographers shoot, appropriate, manipulate, print, paint, and sculpt their works, making objects that stretch the traditional definition of the medium. Read More

News March 2011

‘Hope’ Against Hope

By Robin Cembalest Posted 03/01/11

As the legal saga around Shepard Fairey's Obama portrait draws to a close, the country has moved on . Read More

Features March 2011

The Top 10 Photo Collectors

By Milton Esterow Posted 03/01/11

David Dechman New York WEALTH MANAGEMENT 20th century Randi and Bob Fisher San Francisco APPAREL (GAP, INC.) 20th century; contemporary Sondra Gilman and Celso Gonzalez-Falla New York INHERITANCE; REAL-ESTATE DEVELOPMENT 20th century; contemporary Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser Los Angeles … Read More

News March 2011

Cute Overload?

By Stephanie Murg Posted 03/01/11

Some say Hello Kitty, and others say bye bye. Read More

Trends March 2011

Scents & Sensibility

By Barbara Pollack Posted 03/01/11

Gunpowder, grass, jasmine, pine, pollution, and patchouli are some of the odors wafting around galleries, museums, and studios these days as artists incorporate scent into the esthetic experience. Read More