(Volume 108/Number 10)

ARTnews  |  November 2009

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Costume Dramas Amanda Gordon

E. V. Day dresses for excess at New York City Opera

Gehry's Set and Match Amanda Gordon

Frank Gehry, Tiffany, and Maria Sharapova

Critics Nix Obamas' Pix Mix Robin Cembalest

Searching for meaning in the art selected for the presidential residence

Slikwiks, Pennyworts, and Sea Urchins Deidre Stein Greben

Phoebe Washburn transforms humble materials into something unexpected and extraordinary

Bilbao Treatment for Baku? Robin Cembalest

Thomas Krens has plans for Azerbaijan

A Gothic Pop Surrealist Jenny Brown

An upcoming retrospective at MoMA highlights filmmaker Tim Burton's private artwork—and his humorous side

Warhol Inc. Eileen Kinsella

Two decades after the artist’s death, the Andy Warhol brand is stronger than ever, as collectors continue to pay top prices for his work, curators study obscure aspects of his career, and consumers snap up products—from candy to condoms—plastered with his imagery

The Brillo-Box Scandal Eileen Kinsella

The discovery that a respected curator produced a set of Andy Warhol Brillo boxes after the artist’s death, passing them off as originals, has created a quandary for dealers, collectors, and scholars—including the experts in charge of authenticating the artist’s work

In Memoriam: Nancy Spero Phoebe Hoban

Often using mere paper as a medium and a powerful pictorial vocabulary of her own invention, Nancy Spero spun tales of ferocious, heroic women

Also in this Issue

22 Stories Above Times Square Milton Esterow

In a new memoir, James Rosenquist reflects on realism, billboards, why he paints, how he comes up with his titles, and what he thinks about Pop art

 

Departments

Art Talk
Frank Gehry, Priya Jain, Jennifer Stockman, Maria Sharapova, E. V. Day, George Steel, RoseLee Goldberg, Yeondoo Jung, Eungyeol Lee, Glenn Kaino, Ryan Majestic

News
DOHA, QATAR Roger Mandle: Pioneer in the desert MADRID Justice for some BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA Crossing the line? JERUSALEM Remembering Mike Ronnen

Books
Art of Two Germanys/Cold War Cultures By Stephanie Barron, Sabine Eckmann, and Eckhart Gillen • Conversations with Frank Gehry By Barbara Isenberg • Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese: Rivals in Renaissance Venice Edited by Frederick Ilchman • Unseen Mendieta: The Unpublished Works of Ana Mendieta By Olga Viso • Abstract Expressionism and the American Experience: A Reevaluation By Irving Sandler

Critic's Pick
Brian Donnelly: Being KAWS

 

Reviews

NEW YORK Vasily Kandinsky; Georgia O’Keeffe; “Icons of the Desert”; “All in this Together”; Rebecca Warren; David Novros; Simone Lucas; Conrad Marca-Relli; Andrew Lenaghan; Richard Hambleton; Claudia DeMonte; “Polaroids”; Dennis Hopper; Katerina Kaloudi; “Re-Accession: For Sale by Owner”; Tim Davis; Nick Brandt; Alcopley

NATIONAL Minneapolis Tomás Saraceno Philadelphia Tavares Strachan Los Angeles Chris Vasell San Francisco Nicholas Nixon Santa Fe Raïssa Venables Washington, D.C. Manon Cleary Chicago H. C. Westermann Aspen, Colorado Fred Tomaselli Boston “A New Perspective”

INTERNATIONAL London Richard Wright David Harrison Zürich Sascha Weidner Paris “Vraoum!” Toronto “Feelers”