- April 10, 2006
- MoMA in Middle Age
Critical opinion has jelled: The new Modern is too safe. Can it become more than just a museum again? Should it?
- April 10, 2006
- City Slicker: Fernando Meirelles
Director Fernando Meirelles' invigorating Brazilian TV series, City of Men, based on City of God (sort of), is premiering this week.
- April 3, 2006
- Influences: Matthew Barney
Drawing Restraint 9 artist Matthew Barney discusses his influences.
- March 27, 2006
- The Ex�Prince of Condé Nast
James Truman, no longer feeling Lucky, joins the art world.
- March 13, 2006
- Show and Tell: Bruno Rosier
In Bruno Rosier’s show at Aperture gallery and the accompanying book, the original, selfish reason for taking the picture�capturing that �I was here� moment�is elevated to a collective memory.
- February 27, 2006
- The Whitney Biennial 2006
A guide to the Whitney Museum's signature survey of contemporary art (March 2-May 28).
- February 20, 2006
- Moral Minority
Why is the art world so drawn to William Kentridge? Because he’s the rarest of political artists: a subtle, funny one.
- February 13, 2006
- Show and Tell: Tim Davis
In photographer Tim Davis' latest series, �Illilluminations,� light doesn’t reveal so much as strip, desensitize, and ultimately obscure
- January 9, 2006
- Show and Tell: Helen Levitt
�It’s not interesting to take pictures of people going places. You have to go to neighborhoods where they’re standing still or sitting.�
- December 19, 2005
- Art
In 2005, the bubble didn’t burst, and the Chelsea gallery scene kept expanding�while heavies like Matthew Marks and Damien Hirst called attention to themselves (yet again). The Met reestablished its stellar reputation. Digital art took a small step forward. Oh, and someone put a bunch of saffron fabric in the park.