- June 20, 2005
- "All the Mighty World: the Photographs of Roger Fenton, 1852-1860"
It’s a potent reminder that the landscape of war is half-created and half-perceived.
- June 20, 2005
- Surrealism U.S.A.
The enormous Lee Friedlander retrospective shows us America in all its garish glee.
- June 6, 2005
- Bad Impression
A critic confesses: I hate Monet.
- May 23, 2005
- Neo Rauch: Renegaten
Neo Rauch has made old-school Socialist Realism accessible, and even palatable, to Western curators and collectors.
- May 23, 2005
- Jaded Beauty
Jack Goldstein and Gregory Crewdson continue dancing on the line between earnest and distanced.
- May 2, 2005
- The Interpretation of Dreams
Gritty and grounded, Max Ernst managed to dig out the more substantive side of Surrealism.
- April 18, 2005
- Toxic Cuteness
At the Japan Society’s �Little Boy,� Hiroshima leads directly to Hello Kitty.
- April 4, 2005
- Robert Gober
Robert Gober's first New York gallery show in eleven years is a heavily mannered, personal, and at times puzzling attempt to process a global event.
- April 4, 2005
- Has Damien Hirst Jumped the Shark?
The provocateur’s new paintings still can’t get much beyond his need to shock.
- March 28, 2005
- American Graffiti
�Basquiat� is a bit too reverent, but it catches the messy energy of the artist in his moment.