With a dual-venue exhibition in Los Angeles, comics by masters such as Winsor McCay, Chris Ware, and Charles Schulz have been elevated from pop culture to fine art. But as these artists receive their due, the show has sparked debate over the rightful place of women in the comic canon. Read More
The Mystery of Pariti: A new museum on an island in Lake Titicaca raises tantalizing questions about who buried a cache of thousand-year-old ceramics there—and why. Read More
From Whistler prints to Warhol sculpture to contemporary photography, experts recommend “under-the-radar” works that remain great values in today’s market
Eileen Kinsella
Panamarenko has built motorized bobsleds, pneumatic cars, and propeller-driven backpacks. But his real dream is to craft a contraption for the next frontier
Brigid Grauman
Artists use titles to illuminate, explicate, confound, frustrate—or justify a tax deduction. Even Untitled suggests a meaning
KellyDevine Thomas
RoseLee Goldberg, Jesper Just, Francis Alÿs, Coco Fusco, Marina Abramovic, Laurie Simmons, Christian Marclay, Richard Tuttle, Paul Gardner, Christopher Mount, Deborah Marton, Santiago Calatrava, Gary Tinterow, Lisa Dinhofer, Ricky Jay, Chip Kidd, John Updike, Tom Otterness, Valérie Belin, Michael Jackson
New Orleans “It could have been a lot worse” Boston Malcolm Rogers: Making waves New York Dennison is promoted; Claiming a collection; MoMA: A work in progress Philadelphia Calder museum called off Los Angeles Getty curator steps down Seattle Lisa Corrin: Back to school Durham, North Carolina An austere showcase
Tehran Changing times for Iranian-British exchanges Czech Republic The shame of Ostrava London The Tate expands (inside); Trading mummies for jade; Saatchi to cross Thames Brühl, Germany Celebrating a Surrealist Zurich A more modern Kunsthaus
New York Auction houses look East; Middle market goes upscale; Sotheby’s: One share, one vote; Red Elvis case resolved
“An Enormous Leap”: Growing, wealthy communities energize the art scene in southern Florida
Gary Schwan
Self-Portrait as a Great Artist: In his “portrait-landscape,” Rousseau painted himself towering over modern Paris
Frances Morris
Matisse the Master. A Life of Henri Matisse: The Conquest of Colour, 1909–1954 By Hilary Spurling • Ansel Adams in the Lane Collection By Karen E. Haas and Rebecca A. Senf • Wide Angle: National Geographic Greatest Places By Ferdinand Protzman • How to Look at Outsider Art By Lyle Rexer • Marsden Hartley: Race, Region, and Nation By Donna M. Cassidy • Augustus F. Sherman: Ellis Island Portraits, 1905–1920 Essay by Peter Mesenhöller
Katrin Sigurdardóttir
Marc Spiegler
New York “Russia!”; “Take Two. Worlds and Views: Contemporary Art from the Collection”; Barry Le Va; Neil Welliver; Philip Pearlstein; Cristina Iglesias; Lynda Benglis and Monique Prieto; Mike Disfarmer; Orlan; “The Art of 9/11”; Bruce Yonemoto; Ann Agee; Sally Gall; Danica Phelps; Judith Schaechter; Robert Bordo; Mark Beard; “Body and Objects”; Ayse Erkmen
NATIONAL San Francisco Judy Pfaff and Jane Rosen; Peter Hujar Los Angeles “Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs” Chicago James Drake Santa Fe Honda Syoryu; Michael Kessler Boston Aurora Cañero Indianapolis Indianapolis Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale Susan May Tell Peekskill, New York “Figure It Out”
INTERNATIONAL London Anselm Kiefer; Frida Kahlo Paris Yi Zhou Zurich Pablo Picasso Berlin “The New Hebrews” Rome Manfredi Beninati Tel Aviv Yigal Ozeri