Art in America
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Articles in Feb 2008 issue of Art in America
- Renzo Piano
- Parsing Picabia
by Jori Finkel - Greenwold's confessions: in his psychologically fraught, dreamlike paintings, Mark Greenwold transforms photographic sources by way of the Northern Renaissance and Baroque
by Faye Hirsch - Chris Ofili at David Zwirner
by David Humphrey - Christian Tomaszewski at the Sculpture Center
by David Coggins - Susan Wanklyn at A.M. Richard
by Joe Fyfe - Susan Silton at Solway Jones
by Christopher Bedford - Filmmaker Spike Lee is the winner of the Wexner Prize, given by the Wexner Center for the Arts
- Santa Barbara Museum of Art
- Godot in the Crescent City: Samuel Beckett's absurdist allegory of thwarted expectations and stubborn hope found a sympathetic audience among New Orleanians still stricken by the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
by Sally Heller - Walkabout: Francis Alys's peripatetic actions have won him acclaim on the global scene. A traveling exhibition surveys the career of this multifaceted artist, while a New York installation makes an artwork of his own unusual collection
by Gregory Volk - Steve Keister at feature
by Joe Fyfe - Jean-Pierre Roy at Rare
by Casey Ruble - Lisa Corinne Davis at June Kelly
by Lilly Wei - Connor Everts at Cardwell Jimmerson
by Michael Duncan - The 2007 Calder Prize, given by the Calder Foundation, was presented to New York-based Zilvinas Kempinas
- Allentown Art Museum
- Italy's Northern Lights: now in its 10th year, Luci d'Artista, a seasonal public art project in Turin, features large-scale light installations by prominent Italian and international artists
by David Ebony - After the hunt: energetically wrought banisters, door handles and chandeliers are among the fixtures created by Saint Clair Cemin for the renovated Musee de la Chasse et de la Nature in Paris
by Brooks Adams - Kukuli Velarde at Garth Clark
by Janet Koplos - Daniel Rich at Sunday
by P.C. Smith - Abby Leigh at Betty Cuningham
by Susan Rosenberg - Kelli Connell at Stephen Wirtz
by D.C. Murray - Obituaries
by Stephanie Cash - National Gallery of Victoria
- Latent history: a landmark survey of British calotypes from the mid-19th century reveals the pleasures and pitfalls of curating historical photography
by Geoffrey Batchen - Shipshape pictures: a traveling exhibition focuses on the early two-dimensional works of H. C. Westermann, their formally and emotionally compact construction anticipating his better known wooden sculptures
by Nancy Princenthal - Collier Schorr at 303
by Leigh Anne Miller - Peter Schuyff at Nicole Klagsbrun
by Edward Leffingwell - Carlos & Jason Sanchez at Caren Golden and Parisian Laundry
by Jean Dykstra - Phil Collins at Victoria Miro
by Ana Finel Honigman - N.C. Art Center's state makeover
by Stephanie Cash - Coleccion Patricia Phelps de Cisneros
- NYC Museums move to secure Picassos
- Sin city slickers: critic and curator Dave Hickey, long a luminary of the Las Vegas—and international—art scene, selected work by 26 former students for an exhibition at the city's only museum for contemporary art
by Kirsten Swenson - Sol LeWitt at PaceWildenstein and Paula Cooper
by Michael Amy - Keith Tyson at PaceWildenstein
by Matthew Guy Nichols - Olivo Barbieri at Yancey Richardson
by Stephanie Cash - Ilya and Emilia Kabakov at the Tufts Art Gallery
by Nancy Princenthal - Jeff Koons at Gagosian
by James F. Schlatter - CAA awards for 2008
- Arizona State University Art Museum
- Abramovic foundation for Hudson
by David Ebony - The Italian job: some works shone and a few fizzled—in P.S.1's recent survey of contemporary art from Italy. The beleaguered project opened on schedule, but not without compromise
by Marcia E. Vetrocq - Keith Sonnier at Castelli
by Stephen Maine - Morton Bartlett at Julie Saul
by Edward Leffingwell - Alejandra Icaza at Edward Tyler Nahem
by Jonathan Goodman - Elana Herzog and Michael Schumacher at the Aldrich Museum
by Nancy Princenthal - Cy Twombly at the Collection Lambert
by Michael Duncan - Met acquires Arbus archives
- BCAM debuts at LACMA
- Dia moves on
by Stephanie Cash - Op art on the street: Veteran painter Julian Stanczak's new public work is a metal relief a full block long
by Ruth K. Meyer - Antony Gormley at Sean Kelly
by Brian Boucher - Zoe Strauss at Silverstein Photography
by Debora Kuan - Thomas Lyon Mills at Luise Ross
by Michael Amy - Daniel Heyman at the Print Center
by Anne R. Fabbri - Pietro Roccasalva at Galleria Civica d'Arte Contemporanea
by Cornelia Lauf - Reina Sofia Museum
- Art camp at the Presidio?
by Stephanie Cash - NY galleries
- Natalie Frank at Mitchell-Innes & Nash
by Stephanie Gonzalez-Turner - Kohei Yoshiyuki at Yossi Milo
by Edward Leffingwell - Keith Morris Washington at Kenkeleba House
by Thomas McEvilley - Lorraine Peltz at Gosia Koscielak
by Victor M. Cassidy - MOMA
- John Elderfield, chief curator of painting and sculpture at New York's MOMA
- Lux residency for artists
- The unknown Rothko
by Sheldon Nodelman - Arlene Shechet at Elizabeth Harris
by Faye Hirsch - Steve Giovinco at Jim Kempner
by Edward Leffingwell - Charles Pollock at Jason McCoy
by Susan Rosenberg - Jon Rajkovich at Lisa Boyle
by Mark Staff Brandl - National Academy Museum
- National Academy Museum & School of Fine Arts
- Puryear's tall tales: a traveling survey of Martin Puryear's 30-year-long career as a sculptor highlights a narrative inclination that has become increasingly apparent in his recent work
by Nancy Princenthal - Newly energized Artissima
by David Ebony - John Armleder: slightly transformed or used verbatim
by Joe Fyfe - Martin Honert at Matthew Marks
by Brian Boucher - Carol Bove at Maccarone
by Brian Boucher