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The So-Called Van Goghs
Suspicions about van Gogh fakes have tainted works in some of the world’s top museums—and sparked heated debates among experts. But hardly anyone seems to agree on how many forgeries are out there—or who painted them
Timothy W. Ryback
Artists Collect
What creators keep at home
Souvenirs of a Career
Photographer Mary Ellen Mark amasses objects by the eminent as well as the anonymous
Katie Clifford
A Passion for Pachyderms
It’s the “marvelous and mysterious” that draw Howard Hodgkin to Indian art
Michael Glover
From Khmer to Kiki Smith
He admires strength. She favors beauty. But Joel Shapiro and Ellen Phelan usually agree on the art they acquire
Valerie Steiker
Behind the Masks
José Bedia studies firsthand the tribes whose artifacts he collects
Elisa Turner
Chic to Cheek
Tom Sachs makes meticulously crafted objects that toy with the glamour of status symbols like Tiffany, Evian, and guns
Hilarie M. Sheets
Departments
Art Talk
Marcia Tucker; Lucian Freud; Jan Fabre; Tom Cruise; Jim Dine; Sharon Stone; Robert Capa; Clement Greenberg; Dennis Oppenheim; Robert Rauschenberg; Mike Wallace; Chuck Close; Morley Safer; Tibor Kalman
National News
Miami Historic reservations Spotlight Marian Godfrey: Dollars and change Albany Seizure law enacted Boston Gardner mystery continues Marfa, Texas Finishing the fort New York Union strikes back; Chanel show canceled
International News
Varese, Italy Up at the villa Commentary Moscow’s art czar gets his museum St. Petersburg Danse drama Paris Chirac’s Louvre maneuver; Tasca takes over; Wildensteins appeal again Spotlight Agnès b.: b.-watch Bilbao Terror in the trees Madrid Spanish museum reshuffle Berlin Bust makeover busted São Paulo Structural tensions Monterrey Sponsor shutdown Beijing Bronze buyback
Art Market
New York Auction houses’ distinct strategies; The flea-market Heade
Design
Tracking the Hybrid: The Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum’s first Triennial reveals the present and future of American design
Studio
Ghostly Visions: Apparitions of humans, birds, and insects materialize in Michal Rovner’s disturbing yet beautiful imagery
Looking at Art
Going with the Flow: In Curtain Waterfall, Pat Steir lets the paint find its own way—and reflects on abstraction in the process
Living with Art
Instinct and Intuition: Her taste has gone in many directions, says 95-year-old Phyllis Wattis, but never backward
Perspective
Debunking the Myth of Van Gogh: Far from being a mad genius, scholars say, the artist was ambitious and articulate
Reviews
New York Pipilotti Rist; “The Collector as Patron in the 20th Century”; “The First Decade”; Chuck Close; Tim Noble and Sue Webster; Jane Freilicher; Anselm Kiefer; Caio Fonseca; Mark Dion; “Philadelphia: A Crossroads for American Art”; Philemona Williamson; Raúl Cordero; Jackie Ferrara; Enrique Chagoya; Stephen Pace; Robert Glenn Ketchum; Jonathan Horowitz; Jennifer Bartlett; Rackstraw Downes; Richard Long Philadelphia George Segal Washington, D.C. Remedios Varo Boston Michael Mazur; Harvey Quaytman Sewickley, Pa. Noi Volkov Chicago “Objects of Passion” Atlanta Jack Spencer Boca Raton, Fla. Larry Poons Coral Gables, Fla. Ramón Oviedo San Francisco “Alienation and Assimilation” Chicago David Shapiro Seattle Lino Tagliapietra Los Angeles Marcos Ramírez London “Inaugural Exhibitions”; Inka Essenhigh Paris Alicia Paz Madrid María Zárraga Zurich Angela Bulloch Vienna “Samuel Beckett/Bruce Nauman” Buenos Aires Sergio Bazán Mougins, France Gideon Lewin