Also in this Issue
Extreme Makeover
From skate chick to socialite to schoolgirl, Nikki S. Lee reinvents herself for her art
Carly Berwick
De Kooning’s Hidden Legacy
Behind the curtain of secrecy that descended over Willem de Kooning’s tragic last years, his estate has been settled, his art holdings partially liquidated, and market demand created for his controversial late works
Kelly Devine Thomas
Turning the Tables
The frequent mixing of fine and decorative arts has led to a growing appreciation for postwar and contemporary design, fueling the market and sending auction prices into the millions
Jeannie Rosenfeld
Departments
Art Talk
Dennis “Boog” Highberger, Eric Farnsworth, Jay-Z, Lucy Liu, David Stark, Jun Kaneko, Christopher Williams, Graziella Magherini, Piero Cannata, Chris Isaak, Pipilotti Rist, Rafael Doctor Roncero, Marta Gerveno, Marat Guelman, Illya Chichkan, Dennis Hopper, Julie Cline, Ed Ruscha, Joe Goode, Claes Oldenburg, Ed Moses, George Herms, William Claxton, Julian Wasser, Jeffrey Archer, Takashi Nakamura, Mark Poltimore
National News
New York William S. Rubin: The great persuader; Metropolitan offers to return treasures to Italy; Nam June Paik: Pioneer of video art Los Angeles Govan heads west Detroit Museums sue to keep art Cleveland Rub to replace Reid Miami New role for Riley New Orleans “A lot of optimism”
International News
Nottingham/New York Stolen sculpture: If you can’t sell it, melt it Vienna Arbitration panel rules to restitute Klimts; Austria debates the consequences Berlin University to return Parthenon fragment to Greece Copenhagen Deauthenticated Rembrandts real after all
Art Market
New York Fractional donations: The gift that keeps on giving; Museum acquisitions jump Los Angeles Eli Broad: Collecting in depth, buying in bulk
Living with Art
“Life, love, death, jealousy, melancholy”: For Nelson Blitz Jr. and Catherine Woodard, collecting prints by Munch, Picasso, and Johns is all about emotion
Hilarie M. Sheets
Critic’s Pick: Brian Dewan
Rebecca Spence
Reviews
NEW YORK “Robert Rauschenberg: Combines”; Cy Twombly; Polly Apfelbaum; Laurie Simmons; Mary Ellen Mark; Sigmar Polke; Rebecca Warren; Mark Bradford; “Russia 2: Bad News from Russia”; Lisa Sigal; Mel Leipzig; John Ferren; Lise Sarfati; Walter Anderson; Alexander Zhitomirsky; Mark Dion; Roe Ethridge; Maria Lassnig; Brigid Berlin; Silvia Gruner
NATIONAL Boston Thomas Hirschhorn; Christian Jankowski; Rhona Bitner; Jon Imber; Heide Fasnacht; “Pioneers of Modernism” Montclair, New Jersey “Roy Lichtenstein: American Indian Encounters” Minneapolis Siah Armajani Milwaukee “Rembrandt and His Time” Los Angeles Hunt Slonem; Marnie Weber Laguna Beach, California “McCaw Family Tradition” San Francisco “Out of Doors” Santa Fe Dana Schutz, Charles Long, Don Ritter Palm Beach Alexander Calder New Orleans Lin Emery
INTERNATIONAL London “Self-Portrait: Renaissance to Contemporary”; Stephen Chambers Milan “Italian Sculpture of the 20th Century” Madrid Juan Ugalde Paris Jannis Kounellis
