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Also in this Issue
Learning to Let Go of Your Art
While making sure that it will come back safely
Eileen Kinsella
Making the Ordinary Anything But
Mona Hatoum transforms domestic objects into unsettling sculptures that hit viewers in the gut
Pernilla Holmes
Damien Hirst Gets (Photo)Realistic
The artist got sick of “making Damien Hirsts.” He explains how he found the cure
Kelly Devine Thomas
The Training of the Guards
Even as antitheft technology becomes more sophisticated, museums are discovering that they rely more on their security personnel than ever before
Michelle Falkenstein
Departments
Letters
Art Talk
Haila Stoddard, Victor Navasky, David Levine, Henry Kissinger, Michal Rovner, Martin Postle, Marc Cherry, Toshio Hara, Ira Goldberg, Mary Kay Zuravleff, Carol Weston, Caroline Rhea, Abigail Booth Gerdts, Ira Spanierman, Bill Gates
National News
New York “You don’t look mouth of a gift horse” Philadelphia Barnes to court: hurry up, please Los Angeles Walter Hopps: A curator with quirks and curiosity
International News
Doha, Qatar The sheikh who stopped shopping Moscow Repercussions from a “monkey trial” Tel Aviv The professor’s new wings Jerusalem Reclaiming a legacy Paris Welcoming Claudel home
Art Market
New York Art Show: A more democratic cast; Armory Show: “An incredibly successful fair”; Rodgers rising
Studio
Stripe Tease: Taking a cue from clowns, neon signs, and buxom bodies, abstract painter Karin Davie taps into the expressive power of the curvy line
Barbara Pollack
Books
Eakins Revealed: The Secret Life of an American Artist By Henry Adams • Picasso: The Real Family Story By Olivier Widmaier Picasso • The Expert Versus the Object: Judging Fakes and False Attributions in the Visual Arts Edited by Ronald D. Spencer • Ancient Cuzco: Heartland of the Inca By Brian S. Bauer • Betye Saar By Jane H. Carpenter and Betye Saar • Objects of the Spirit: Ritual and the Art of Tobi Kahn By Emily D. Bilski
On the Edge
The Many Faces of Melhus: Bjørn Melhus writes, directs, and stars in his videos, playing a bizarre selection of characters
Lilly Wei
Reviews
New York “Greater New York 2005”; “Edge of Desire”; Fernand Léger; Marc Quinn; Sarah Lucas; John Walker; Jack Levine; “Contemporary Voices”; “ Creating Their Own Image”; Brian McKee; Oli Sihvonen; Antonio Murado; “The Next Generation”; Malick Sidibé and Emile Guebehi; “Goodbye 14th Street”; Moico Yaker; Elena Sisto; Kris Cox; Olive Ayhens Venice, California David Hockney Los Angeles Ronald Davis San Francisco Tim Bavington Chicago Miao Xiaochun Santa Fe “Small Works” Phoenix Group Show New Brunswick, New Jersey Will Barnet and Bob Blackburn Miami Howtan Coral Springs, Florida Grace Fishenfeld Washington, D.C. Tom Baril London Hamish Fulton; James Rielly Paris David Shrigley Berlin Lisa Ruyter Baden-Baden, Germany Frieder Burda Collection Madrid Victoria Civera Rome Françoise Pétrovitch
