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Back in the Spotlight
One year they’re in. The next they’re out. And then there’s a surge of attention and new market demand. What’s behind the phenomenon of the artist comeback?
Eileen Kinsella
‘I Expect to Be Surprised Every Day’
Thomas P. Campbell, the next director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, talks about how he got where he is and what he expects in the future
Ann Landi
Wall Power
With trompe l’oeil water stains painted on dirty Sheetrock from her demolished studio or a green stripe extending from building to building on a downtown block, Lisa Sigal plays with notions of space
Ann Landi
Boarder Crossing
Skateboarder-designer-photographer Florian Böhm captures anonymous dramas on city streets and delves into the poetry of the commonplace
David Galloway
Departments
Art Talk
Philippe de Montebello, Isabella Rossellini, Thomas P. Campbell, Tom Marioni, Rudolf Frieling, Francesco Clemente, Deborah Voigt, Renée Fleming, Susan Graham, Arthur Danto, Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, Sean Combs, Toni Morrison, Elvis Mitchell, Lorna Simpson, Faye Wattleton, Colin Powell, Chris Rock, Thelma Golden, Dianne Sachko Macleod, Jessica Lange, Carsten Höller, Nancy Spector, Damien Hirst, Dakis Joannou, Ivana Porfiri, Jeff Koons, Iggy Pop, Anish Kapoor
National News
NEW YORK Giving MoMA a richer story; Helen Frankenthaler: Sheer AbEx; Decision in Schiele loot case SPOTLIGHT Gary Garrels: The sardine factor MIAMI Using Florida as a canvas
International News
VERSAILLES Where Michael Jackson meets Louis XIV
Working Habits
Single Black-and-White Feline Finds Love at Biennial: With wacky videos and performances riffing on sitcoms, personal ads, and class lectures, Ben Coonley has won over YouTube and art audiences alike
Lamar Clarkson
Books
Loot: The Battle over the Stolen Treasures of the Ancient World By Sharon Waxman • One Hundred Details from the National Gallery By Kenneth Clark • Seven Days in the Art World By Sarah Thornton • Lives of the Artists By Calvin Tomkins • Impressionism and the Modern Landscape: Productivity, Technology, and Urbanization from Manet to van Gogh By James H. Rubin
Critic’s Pick
Mark Handforth: Lamp It Up
Hilarie M. Sheets
Reviews
NEW YORK Giorgio Morandi; Cornell Capa; “Art and China’s Revolution”; Mary Heilmann; Martha Rosler; Josef Koudelka; Robert Indiana; Medardo Rosso; Trevor Winkfield; “Silverstein Photography Annual”; Betty Parsons; Susan Breen; Judy Glantzman; Phoebe Washburn; Dan Flavin; Andres Serrano; Aaron Johnson; Mark Podwal; Jennifer Coates; Marlene Tseng Yu
NATIONAL East Hampton, New York Lee Krasner Santa Fe Jenny Holzer; Masaru Tatsuki Miami “Shadows, Disappearances, and Illusions” Washington, D.C. Kenro Izu; Iván Navarro and Courtney Smith Chicago “18th Anniversary Exhibition” Scottsdale Enrique Montenegro Denver Semyon Fridlyand Los Angeles “Bernini and the Birth of Baroque Portrait Sculpture”; “Phantom Sightings”; Hans Burkhardt; Subhankar Banerjee; Kristen Morgin; Marlene Dumas; Wangechi Mutu
INTERNATIONAL Venice “Coming of Age” Paris Bettina Rheims; Jörg Lozek Frankfurt “Total Enlightenment” London Jack Smith Rome Elina Brotherus Tokyo Choe U Ram