In this Issue
ARTnews¹s 95th Anniversary: Flash Back, Flash For
A Portfolio of Artists at Work
Off the Wall
Selected offbeat, naughty, and outrageous events in the international art world from 1902 through 1997
The Museum of the 21st Century Scott Heller
Creative Laboratory? Hi-tech cultural center? Multimedia circus? What will the art museum of the 21st century be? And will museums’ attempts to reach new audiences come at the expense of the old?
Who Will Be Remembered in the Year 2022? Paul Gardner
ARTnews asks 15 critics, curators, museum directors, and art historians to choose which artists they think will continue to be looked at, written about, and discussed in the year 2022
Material Developments Ann Landi
It¹s hard to say how technological innovation will affect art, but here are some prophecies from artists, curators, and manufacturers on what we might expect
The Self-Discovery Channel Hunter Drohojowska Philp
Video magician Bill Viola has succeeded in turning an avant-garde medium to the most traditional concerns: love, death, knowledge, and the spirit
The Dutch Dilemma: Is It Art? Is It Trash? Timothy W. Ryback
Holland¹s extraordinary announcement that it intends to destory 40 years¹ worth of state-subsidized art has produced an outcry and some pretty bizarre alternatives
Rodchenko¹s Revolution in Photography Alexander Lavrentiev
He believed that photography not only equaled painting but was a perfect method of exploring “the everyday life of modern man”
Departments
From the Editor and Publisher
Letters
Art Talk
A tail-breaking story in the Piazza Navona; men have body images too; a cozy Chelsea gallery-bookstore-salon, etcetera; X rays in the service of autobiography; another Tina Modotti wanna-be throws her hat in the ring; and much more
National News
Chicago: The Terra Foun- dation regroups; New York/ Washington, D.C.: Commission formed to find looted art; New York: From Bremen to Manhattan, by way of Baku; Forty years on, an artist¹s family sues; Lichtenstein remembered; Funding the forgotten; Milwaukee: A struggling museum goes “Kunsthalle”; In Brief; Spotlight: School¹s back in session at P.S. 1
City Focus: Washington, D.C.
A thriving local art scene vies for attention in a city dominated by powerhouse museums
International News
Mexico City: A major museum faces uncertainty; Valenciennes: Arguments over Arp continue; Paris: Architects debate competition procedures; Assisi: Quakes damage art; Cantabria, Spain: Ancient works revealed; London: A new shine on a small jewel; In Brief
On the Edge
Vicente Razo finds truth in myth
Looking at Art
Harry Rand traces the source of Arshile Gorky¹s Waterfalls
Artful Traveler
In Haarlem¹s Teyler Museum, you can find medals, minerals, and Michelangelo
Design
Architect Ralph Applebaum is transforming the way we see and use our cultural institutions
Studio
From Cairo to Siem Reap, photographer Isabel Muñoz captures the art of dance
Books
Our critics pick the highs and lows from the new season¹s books
Reviews
Robert Rauschenberg, Philip Guston, Sean Scully, William King, Martin Kippenberger, Steve Wheeler, Masayuki Nagare, Medardo Rosso, Li Huayi, Gregory Crewdson, Sam Durant, Andrea Modica, Thomas Nozkowski, Alexandra Tyng, “Image, Plate, Vessel”, “The Private Collec- tion of Edgar Degas”, Terry Winters, Richard Long, Sol LeWitt
“Sculpture of Angkor and Ancient Cambodia”
David Smith
Vernon Fisher
“Picasso: The Early Years, 18921906″, John Walker
David Levine, Jack Levine and Ruth Gikow
John Singer Sargent
Sheila Elias
Ana María Mazzei
Charles Burchfield
Edward Clark, “Contemporary Women Artists of China”
Fletcher Benton
“Amours”
“Brazil: New Proposals”, Rafael Bueno
Dürer, Holbein, and Grünewald
Pepijn Provily
Brice Marden
Jason Martin
László Moholy-Nagy
Art from Latin America
“Body”