October 2010 Issue

Trends October 2010

Remaking the Map

By Carly Berwick Posted 10/01/10

Blending fact, fantasy, and a dose of social commentary, artists are charting the world in new and unusual ways. Read More

News October 2010

Big-Screen Bruegel

By Steve Barnes Posted 10/01/10

A new film applies 21st-century technology to an Old Master. Read More

Profiles October 2010

Before the Kanye Kerfuffle Was the Queen Brouhaha

By Peter Plagens Posted 10/01/10

In 2007 we profiled George Condo, creator of that controversial Kanye West album cover that does not seem destined for a store near you. Read about his punk-rock past, how his portrait of Queen Elizabeth freaked out the English, and why his depictions of women are so ferocious. Read More

Features October 2010

‘A False Sense of Security’

By Suzanne Muchnic Posted 10/01/10

Even as artists embrace environmental practices, they ignore or remain uninformed about the toxic materials in their own studios. Read More

News October 2010

Claims Conflict

By Robin Cembalest Posted 10/01/10

Tensions are rising between the restitution community and U.S. museums over the proper way to handle Holocaust art claims. Read More

News October 2010

New Orleans Holds Off on Degas Show

By Milton Esterow Posted 10/01/10

The New Orleans Museum of Art has decided to postpone an exhibition of 74 controversial bronze sculptures cast from “recently discovered” plasters said to have been made by Edgar Degas. The show was scheduled to open at the museum in … Read More