A New Look at an Edgy Realist
The visionary landscapes of Charles Burchfield come to the Hammer Museum in a major show curated by contemporary sculptor Robert Gober. Read More
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Hitting a Different Note
A recent exhibition highlighted two of photographer William Eggleston’s less-known talents—drawing and playing the piano
Ann Landi
Departments
Art Talk
Joe Fig, Ryan McGinness, Inka Essenhigh, Dana Schutz, Jasper Johns, Will Cotton, Chuck Close, John and Mary Shirley, Jonathan Demme, Ferran Adrià, Richard Hamilton, Vicente Todolí, Roger M. Buergel, Ruth Noack, Heston Blumenthal, Jerry Saltz, Bill Buford, Russell Storer
News
SPOTLIGHT William Wallace: Revealing the unknown Michelangelo PHILADELPHIA Arshile Gorky revisited
Looking At Art
“A Risky Proposition”: The director of Houston’s Museum of Fine Arts, which owns 58,000 artworks, selects 100 of his favorites—and explains how he did it
Peter Marzio
Critic’s Pick
Hayv Kahraman: Desperate Housewives?
Carly Berwick
Reviews
NEW YORK “As Long As It Lasts”; “Young Curators, New Ideas II”; John Currin; Michael Scott; “Self-Portraits”; “White Noise”; James Little; Ross Chisholm; Liao Yibai; “Suddenly This Summer”; Finnbogi Pétursson; Scott Reeder; “Sip the Kool-Aid”; Adriana Varejão; “Elements of Wonder”; “Selseleh/Zelzeleh”; Robert C. Morgan; Judit Reigl
NATIONAL Washington, D.C. Walead Beshty Santa Fe Milton Avery; “Inaugural Show” Los Angeles Marco Rios, Aaron Sandnes, and Rosha Yaghmai San Francisco “5 x 5 Pluralism” Chicago Clare E. Rojas Kent, Connecticut Jonathan Perlowsky Portland, Maine Sarah Knock Houston Danny Rolph
INTERNATIONAL London Richard Long; Gilbert and George; Robert Motherwell; “Works on Paper”; Bob Dylan; “Summer Exhibition”; “Meltdown”; Winifred Nicholson Paris Martin Parr; Eduardo Sarabia Berlin “Source Codes” Toronto “Mayhem” Stockholm Clay Ketter Vienna Thomas Ruff Madrid Ignacio Uriarte