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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.