In this Issue
The Empire’s New Clothes
In his richly hybrid art, Yinka Shonibare joins together African cloth and rococo painting, politics and parody, estheticism and humor
Pernilla Holmes
Out of the Attic
American folk art is coming into its own. Collectors are paying high prices for beauty, individuality, and technical virtuosity
Anneli Rufus
Looted Antiquities?
Italy challenges U.S. museums
Hugh Eakin
Parrots, Profiles, and the Picturesque
Works on paper from the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s collection chronicle American artistic obsessions from the colonial era to the confident nation-building of the late 19th century
Deidre Stein Greben
Portrait of the Art World
An exhibition celebrates the ARTnews centenary
“Getting Creative About Survival”
Director Kimberly Camp has stabilized the Barnes Foundation after a period of turmoil and made it more visitor-friendly. But it’s also broke
Ernest Beck
Departments
Art Talk
Kenny Schachter, Vito Acconci, Donna Karan, Peter Lindbergh, Malcolm Liepke, Anjelica Huston, Laurent de Brunhoff, Fred Wilson, Elizabeth Murray, William Wegman, Susan Orlean, Susan Rothenberg, Anthony Caro, Thomas Sokolowksi, Joel Wachs
National News
Miami Money-laundering with art New York “A mind-boggling gift”; Remembering Larry Rivers North Adams, Massachusetts Thinking big
International News
Berlin Dadaist details London Greek statue stolen from British Museum Prague The icon and the axe Rome Italy to return looted obelisk Jerusalem Bergman’s bequest Madrid Chillida: A master steel worker
Art Market
Tokyo Modern art in the mountains São Paulo Brazil’s power buyer Santa Fe Artist records at Coeur d’Alene Buenos Aires The Argentine art fair: impressive
City Focus: Boston
Soaring, Not Slumping: With galleries doing brisk business, the Museum of Fine Arts expanding, and arts venues springing up all over, Boston’s visual arts are as vibrant as ever
Looking at Art
Master of the Sacred and the Profane: In his self-portrait, Michael Sweerts advertises his intellect and his dignity as well as his skill as a painter
Books
On European Ground By Alan Cohen • Twilight By Gregory Crewdson • Alberto Giacometti in Postwar Paris By Michael Peppiatt • Reflections and Shadows By Saul Steinberg with Aldo Buzzi • Robert Irwin Getty Garden By Lawrence Weschler • Hamptons Bohemia: Two Centuries of Artists and Writers on the Beach By Helen A. Harrison and Constance Ayers Denne • Taking Positions: On the Erotic in Renaissance Culture By Bette Talvacchia • Scottsboro, Alabama: A Story in Linoleum Cuts By Lin Shi Khan and Tony Perez • Photography Past/Forward: Aperture at 50
Reviews
New York Joan Mitchell; Michal Rovner; “The Yochelson Collection”; Dan Graham, Mark Dion, Dalziel + Scullion; Patrick Henry Bruce; “Remarks on Color”; Winifred Lutz, Junko Yoda; Yousuf Karsh; Ruven Afanador; Charles Matton; Sheila Elias, Paul Critchley, Massimo Barzagli; Six American Masters; Charles Yoder; “3000 Degrees”; Akim Monet; Hobbypop Museum Los Angeles John Currin Beverly Hills James Casebere Santa Barbara William Tucker Washington, D.C. “The Quest for Immortality: Treasures of Ancient Egypt”; “Secret Gardens”; Houston Alighiero e Boetti Portland, Ore. Robert Gamblin Santa Fe Esteban Vicente London Gilbert & George; “Masters of Colour: Derain to Kandinsky” Newcastle “B.OPEN” Paris Vincent Corpet Zurich Eija-Liisa Ahtila; Robert Ryman Santiago de Compostela, Spain; Porto, Portugal Richard Tuttle Toronto “Images of Salvation”