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Picasso’s Party Line
A new book suggests that Picasso’s commitment to the Communist Party—and the Soviet cause—was much greater than previously thought
Hugh Eakin
Close Those Drapes!
And other tips on how to insure, protect, and enhance the art in your home
Michelle Falkenstein
Double Feature
The Hunk and Moo Anderson collection of modern and contemporary art is highlighted in two San Francisco museums this season
Penelope Rowlands
Showstopper
Former TV producer Douglas Cramer’s collection takes center stage in his New York apartment and Connecticut farmhouse
Ann Landi
A New Incarnation
The International Center of Photography is reinventing itself as it moves from an uptown mansion to high–tech midtown galleries
Hilarie M. Sheets
But Seriously, Folks
With a talent for capturing life’s comic moments, Elliott Erwitt can make the viewer laugh and cry
Blake Eskin
Making DeMille Dance
Whether messing with Muhammad Ali or staging a scene from The Exorcist, Paul Pfeiffer uses digital tricks to make his subjects do his bidding
Hilarie M. Sheets
Departments
Art Talk
Swip Stolk, Barbara Pollack, the Art Guys, Rubén Ortiz Torres, Michael Douglas, Leonardo DiCaprio, Margaret Keane, Tim Burton, Marilyn Manson, Eric Fischl, John McEnroe, Georg Baselitz, A. R. Penck, Donald Sultan, Philippe Starck
National News
Merion, Pa. Barnes going broke Spotlight Anne and John Marion: Shaking up the Southwest Austin Capital campaigns Detroit A “bold step” for African American Art
International News
London/New York The price–fixing conspiracy Florence Giotto’s skeleton key Bilbao Gehry’s Guggenheim gets dirty Paris The other side of Hugo Johannesburg A Chagall first Santiago Chilly reception for Chilean retrospective
Art Market
New York Banking on art; the market for Alice Neel London A rubbish–to–riches story
City Focus: Vienna
Picking Up Speed: Vienna’s art community is updating its Old World image
Susan Ladika
Studio
Tackling Taboos: Alfred Hrdlicka, one of the first Austrian artists to address the Holocaust, has concentrated on depicting the power of prejudice
Susan Ladika
Design
Pitching Curves: Architect Peter Eisenman, once best known as a theoretician, is making waves with commissions abroad and at home
Joseph Giovannini
Artful Traveler
The Accidental Gallery: How a collection amassed for a Polish king ended up in a London suburb
Michael Glover
Looking at Art
The Philosopher and the Butterfly: It’s not clear, in this Taoist painting, which is the dreamer
Lilly Wei
Books
The Idea of Louis Sullivan by John Szarkowski, reviewed by Blake Eskin; The Madonna of the Future: Essays in a Pluralistic Art World by Arthur C. Danto, reviewed by Kenneth Baker; Looking Back at Francis Bacon by David Sylvester, reviewed by Barbara A. MacAdam; The Painted City by Grace Glueck, reviewed by Sylvia Hochfield; Valley of the Golden Mummies by Zahi Hawass, reviewed by Sylvia Hochfield; Modern Art by Evelyn Toynton, reviewed by Ann Landi
On the Edge
Power Spins: Break–dancing B–boys and Buddhist mandalas find common ground on Sanford Biggers’s floors
Carly Berwick
Reviews
New York: Mark di Suvero; Mary Cassatt; Jorge Pardo; Robert Adams; “Art and the Empire City”; Nicole Eisenman; April Gornik; Udomsak Krisanamis; “Five”; Gaston Chaissac; Michael Kenna; Jonathan Callan; Pia Stadtbäumer; Leslie Wayne; W. C. Richardson Montclair, N.J.: Will Barnet Venice, Calif.: Joe Goode San Francisco: Stephanie J. Frostad Washington, D.C.: Rex Weil Chicago: Irwin Kremen Coral Gables, Fla.: Pancho Luna Southhampton, N.Y.: “Frank O’Hara and American Art” Miami: “Levity and Gravity” Bridgehampton, N.Y.: Racelle Strick Sydney: “Biennale of Sydney 2000″ Moscow: David Yackerson London: “Protest & Survive”; Boris Mikhailov Paris: James Turrell Amsterdam: Karel Appel; Alexandra Rouppe van der Voort Düsseldorf: Edward Chell Munich: Dieter Detzner and Cordy Ryman Prague: Atelier Langhans