Marilynmania
From photographs and Warhol paintings to the dress she wore to serenade JFK, objects associated with Marilyn Monroe are in high demand. Read More
Also in this Issue
Campaign 2000: How the Presidential Candidates Look at Art
Blazing a Trail into the Sunset
In sometimes heated debates, scholars are challenging traditional interpretations of American Western art
Deidre Stein Greben
Sunday in the Park
William Merritt Chase chose genteel subjects to make his avant-garde style more acceptable
Bonnie Barrett Stretch
A Long and Winding Road
An increasing presence in today’s art world, Yoko Ono is getting unprecedented recognition for her role in the formation of Fluxus and Conceptual art
Edith Newhall
Pollen Alert
With a palette of milk, rice, beeswax, and pollen, Wolfgang Laib creates a rich, spare language of forms
David Galloway
More than a Mistress & Muse
Known best as Picasso’s “weeping woman,” Dora Maar was a talented artist in her own right
Departments
Art Talk
Bella Freud, Lucian Freud, David Lynch, Chuck Close, Bill Clinton, Norman Rockwell, Richard Nixon, Laurie Simmons, Peter Wheelwright, Janet Cohen, David Wells, David Cone, Roger Angell, Allan McCollum, Christine Hill, David Hammons, Red Grooms, Willem de Kooning, Enrique Chagoya, Guillermo Gómez-Peña
National News
New York MoMA strike ends Fort Worth Disputed disbursements Sarasota Wrangling at the Ringling Commentary Ethics Guidelines: “Spineless” or “Severe”?
International News
Siem Reap, Cambodia Crackdown on smuggling Sydney Back in the black Belfast A project for peace Mexico City Munal’s makeover Vinci, Italy Reading between Leonardo’s lines
Art Market
New York Marian Goodman: A rigorous eye; Man Ray photograph breaks million-dollar barrier
City Focus
“It’s Not Your Old Boston”: Boston defies stereotypes with avant-garde offerings and heightened activity at museums and galleries
Sarah Bayliss
Looking at Art
The Portrait J. P. Morgan Hated: The financier tore the print to bits. But Edward Steichen kept a copy, which ended up in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Francine Prose
Reviews
New York “Drawings 2000″; David Smith; Martha Rosler; Hughie Lee-Smith; “Wunderkammer: Wonderworks”; Harvey Quaytman; Richard Purdy; Ilya and Emilia Kabakov; Rudy Burckhardt; Elena Climent; Whitfield Lovell; Jakob Tuggener; “Anywhere but Here”; Leemour Pelli; Theresa Bernstein Washington, D.C. Ed Ruscha Berkeley Doug Aitken San Francisco George Lloyd Los Angeles Roger Herman Santa Fe “20th Anniversary”; Greg Murr Scottsdale Wayne Rainey Dallas Al Souza Baltimore Jon Isherwood Paris “Picasso Sculpteur” Vienna “Pleasures” Prague “The End of the World?” London Hannah Starkey; “Ant Noises” Vienna Lisette Model Tokyo Kumi Sugai Ottawa Philip Guston São Paulo Rubens Gerchman