Also in this Issue
The Right Stuff
Fascinated by outer space and the minutiae of daily life, James Rosenquist has outlasted Pop to make bright paintings that are records of their time
Elisa Turner
American Art
American Impressions: The new shimmering lines and broken brushstrokes of the French Impressionists left marks on the minds and works of American artists
Ann Landi
Visions of Light: Sanford Robinson Gifford’s radiant style of Luminism is revealed in a major exhibition
Bonnie Barrett Stretch
The Odd Couple: What defined American Modernism? Friends and friendly competitors, Duchamp and Stieglitz had different ideas
Deidre Stein Greben
The Dahesh Enigma
The only museum in the United States devoted to 19th- and early-20th-century European academic art has just moved into new Madison Avenue quarters. Its exhibitions have been well received, but it continues to distance itself from the man for whom it was named—a Middle Eastern writer, philosopher, and art collector who founded a religion known as Daheshism
Kelly Devine Thomas
Departments
Art Talk
Sarah Jessica Parker, Marina Abramovic, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Sean Kelly, Futura, Stash, KAWS, Governor George Pataki, John Leguizamo, Barry Freedland, Vik Muniz, Anne-Marie Russell
National News
Dallas Sculpture oasis New York Portraits of Aaron Siskind Spotlight Kate Levin: Culture capitalist; A first for the Frick; Weinberg takes over Whitney
International News
Florence The trouble with David; Tokyo The towering museum Màlaga Celebrating a hometown hero Dumfries, Scotland Leonardo painting stolen from castle
Art Market
Sydney Aboriginal art goes international New York Sales down for major houses Miami James Rosenquist: Representing himself Cologne Goodrow leaves Christie’s for art fair
Looking at Art
Rembrandt’s Dark Beauty: Is this graceful reclining nude a personal, gently erotic interpretation of Night?
City Focus: Philadelphia
Strikingly Diverse: With its first-rate museums, thriving contemporary gallery scene, and rapidly growing community of artists, Philadelphia has emerged as a serious art destination
Reviews
New York Ursula von Rydingsvard; James Siena; Jules Olitski; “Moonlight and Twilight in American Art”; Rudy Burckhardt; “According with Nadelman”; Rudolf Bauer, Hilla Rebay, and Rolph Scarlett; Aleš Veselý; Richard Pettibone; “Summer Vistas and Dreams, 1872–2002”; John Marin; Lisa Dinhofer; “Physics of Spirituality”; Ralph Wickiser Houston James Rosenquist Pasadena “Galka Scheyer and the Avant-Garde” San Francisco Marc Chagall; Tucker Nichols Chicago Jean Perkins; Keiko Hara Santa Fe Kathleen Kinkopf; Olga de Amaral Kansas City, Missouri Greg Rose Louisville, Kentucky “Reverie: Works from the Collection of Douglas S. Cramer” Philadelphia Polly Apfelbaum Portland, Maine Fairfield Porter London Bridget Riley Paris René Magritte Riehen, Switzerland “Expressive!” Munich Isca Greenfield-Sanders St. Petersburg Jacob Baal-Teshuva