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Tag Archives: Barbara Pollack
Taking Center Stage
Looking for new ways to interpret familiar works—and attract new audiences to see them—opera companies are hiring artists to transform classic productions into multimedia spectacles. Read More
Clothes Connections
Shinique Smith transforms piles of garments destined for export into eye– and thought–provoking installations. Read More
Hope, Glory, Manet, and McDonald’s
Wang Qingsong's elaborate, often parodic staged photographs riff on everything from art history to corporate logos to Communist propaganda. Read More
The Chinese Art Explosion
As works by Chinese artists fetch multimillion-dollar prices, the international art world is waking to the power of the Asian market. China has spawned hundreds of new galleries, 1,600 auction houses, art fairs, and growing numbers of contemporary-art collectors, while accusations surface that some are engaging in widespread speculation. Read More
Making 1,200 Museums Bloom
China, where the term “curator” did not exist ten years ago, is in the midst of a museum boom. But its fledgling institutions face many challenges—not least establishing an infrastructure for cultural activities, raising funds, battling bureaucracy, and challenging censorship. Read More
Chinese Photography: Beyond Stereotypes
With the introduction of digital photography and high-tech printing facilities in China in the 1990s, a new generation of artists immediately embraced photo-based media as the perfect means for expressing the changes taking place around them. Read More
The New Visionaries
Contemporary artists are picking up where self-taught artists left off—with rough-hewn, unguarded styles some call faux naïve. Read More
MoMA Makes Its Move
The Demoiselles d’Avignon and a host of other masterpieces take up residence in Queens. Read More
Lights, Action, Camera!
Taking its cue from movie directors, a generation of photographers is creating staged pictures to depict suburban nightmares, adolescent fantasies, and futuristic daydreams. Read More
