(Volume 109/Number 7)
ARTnews | Summer 2010
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For Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, self-criticism was anything but negative
A new book on the fine art of diplomacy
Chris Ofili's works pose some unusual problems for Tate conservators
How the Met and the Whitney came to share an iconic Warhol
A former FBI agent takes readers along on the hunt for stolen masterpieces
Everyone agrees that portion sizes in depictions of the Last Supper have grown. Not everyone agrees why
MoMA acquires a typographic symbol—but what does it mean?
Raw brutalism and gritty humor underlie
Huma Bhabha's antiheroic monuments
In an effort to connect with visitors who feel bored, overwhelmed, or confused, museums are using focus groups, comment boards, and even full-time evaluators to help rethink and rewrite texts in the galleries
The stodgy AAMD votes to reinvent itself with new initiatives on membership, deaccessioning, and other hot-button issues
The top ten collectors on our list
Our annual list of the world's top collectors
Dozens of victims of Lawrence Salander's fraud are fighting to recoup their losses of art and money, producing competing lawsuits and multiple claims for the same artworks
The visionary landscapes of Charles Burchfield come to the Hammer Museum in a major show curated by contemporary sculptor Robert Gober
Also in this Issue
Departments
Art Talk
Kristen Morgin, Scott Anderson, James Gobel, David Pagel, Leia Jervert, Yoko Ono, Thurston Moore, Eva Prinz, Justine Kurland, Raymond Pettibon, Kim Gordon, Chris Ofili, Natasha Walker, Hyun Ae Lee, Wendy Olsoff, Roger White, David Levine, Roger Hiorns, James Rondeau
News
VENICE An exhibition where the pictures don't always match the labels NEW YORK Insurance: It depends what the meaning of "risk" is; How do two museums share an iconic Warhol? BILBAO Following the money JERUSALEM Israel Museum: Let there be (less) light IN MEMORIAM Louise Bourgeois
Books
Priceless: How I Went Undercover to Rescue the World's Stolen Treasures By Robert K. Wittman with John Shiffman
Looking at Art
Food for Thought: Everyone agrees that portion sizes in depictions of the Last Supper have grown. Not everyone agrees why
Ann Landi
Working Habits
Where It's @: MoMA acquires a typographic symbol—but what does it mean?
Carly Berwick
Studio
From Drive-Ins to Palazzos: Michael Eastman's architectural photographs carry a trace of humanity
Ivy Cooper
Critic's Pick
Seton Smith: Spectacular Vernacular
Ann Landi
Reviews
NEW YORK Claude Monet; "Greater New York"; Mamma Andersson; Alison Elizabeth Taylor; Magdalena Abakanowicz; Ghada Amer; Jasper Johns; Ralston Crawford; Daniel Ludwig; Will Barnet; Frederick Kiesler; Patrick Faigenbaum; Irene Hardwicke Olivieri; David Goldblatt; Eric Zener; Tom Wesselmann; Jane Hammond; Alice Dalton Brown; Ernest Briggs and Seymour Boardman; Doug and Mike Starn; Victoria Burge
NATIONAL
Saint Louis
Gordon Matta-Clark
San Francisco
Elliott Erwitt
Los Angeles
Ross Bleckner
Kent, Connecticut
Warner Friedman
Boston
Todd McKie
New Orleans
Arturo Mallmann
Purchase, New York
Tania Bruguera
Santa Fe
"Modern Masters"; Ruth Duckworth; Joe Novak; David Henderson; Steve Schapiro; Mark Citret; John Randall Nelson; Timur Tsaku
INTERNATIONAL
Berlin
Rudolf Stingel
Cologne
Jochen Lempert
Paris
Shinique Smith and Jason Dodge; "C'est la vie!"
London
Amrit and Rabindra Singh
Bristol, England
"Art from the New World"
Zurich
Suzanne McClelland
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