Art in America
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Articles in May 2008 issue of Art in America
- Art Now
by Brian Boucher - Like life: as seen through the work of Chinese artist Cao Fei, the virtual universe of Second Life is more glamorous and seductive, and no less melancholy, than the world from which it offers escape
by Eleanor Heartney - Shirley Kaneda at Danese
by Michael Amy - Stephen Pace at Katharina Rich Perlow
by Edward Leffingwell - Walead Beshty at China Art Objects
by Christopher Bedford - The Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami recently announced a $5-million gift from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
- Joyce Kozloff at DC Moore and Solo Impression
by Elisa Decker - The Judith Rothschild Foundation has given 15 grants totaling $150,000 for 2008 to advance the reputations of recently deceased under-known artists
- Thomas Demand at 303
by Paul Mattick - Maya Lin: building nature: the artist unveils several permanent public projects this year, and a traveling exhibition of her recent studio work is now on view in San Diego
by Cathy Lebowitz - The erotic eye
by Sue Taylor - If walls could peak: in a mazelike installation, renowned Conceptualist Michael Asher re-created the framing for every temporary exhibition wall built at the Santa Monica Museum of Art
by Kirsten Swenson - Thomas Downing at Gary Snyder/ProjectSpace
by Saul Ostrow - John Stephan at Washburn
by Michael Amy - Jonathan Hernandez at MC
by Christopher Bedford - Steven Holl Architects was recently selected by Princeton University to design a 135,000-square-foot complex on its New Jersey campus, to be known as the Design Arts Buildings
- Dirk Bell at Gavin Brown
by Susan Harris - Obituaries
- Jennifer Bolande at Alexander and Bonin
by Tim Maul - Rothko: ethnographic or classical?
by Noah G. Hoffman - LACMA sizes up: though LACMA's new Broad Contemporary Art Museum lacks a clear mission, its promise is rich—as is its context, a thriving L.A. art community
by Michael Duncan - Glimpses beyond the edge: in the large, colorful paintings of his two-decade survey, Peter Doig dissolves boundaries between figure and landscape, surface and image
by Barry Schwabsky - James Rosenquist at Acquavella
by David Ebony - Gary Komarin at Spanierman Modern
by Carol Diehl - Paul Winstanley at 1301PE
by Christopher Bedford - Dia Art Foundation
- Volta
by E. Baker - Paul Brach at Flomenhaft
by Lilly Wei - Jean Nouvel wins Pritzker
- Rifka Milder at Merge
by Joe Lewis - A postmodernist prince
by Mark Cameron Boyd - The anarchive: an assembly of mostly photographic and filmic works, "Archive Fever" provides an occasion to consider the institutional uses of visual information
by Tom McDonough - Putrih's play stations: a recent survey reveals that in his short but much-acclaimed career to date, Tobias Putrih has moved from futuristic fantasies to quasi-functional constructions that mix formal sophistication with practicability
by Matthew Guy Nichols - Adam Parker Smith at Priska C. Juschka
by Michael Harvey - Dean Byington at Leslie Tonkonow
by Stephanie Cash - Carole Caroompas at western project
by Michael Duncan - Henry Art Gallery
- Bridge
by Leigh Anne Miller - Kati Heck at Mary Boone
by Edward Leffingwell - Fisk to keep Stieglitz Collection
by Stephanie Cash - Leon Berkowitz at Edison Place
by Sidney Lawrence - Kaprow's Hansa connection
by Ivan C. Karp - Julian Schnabel: the eye of the mind: in his film about a man completely paralyzed but for one eye, Schnabel has skillfully interwoven his character's memories with a phantasmagoria of art-historical references and imagery
by Brooks Adams - Light maneuvers: with a traveling retrospective in Europe and works in American group shows re-igniting interest in his projections and performances, Anthony McCall is enjoying a renaissance
by Lynn MacRitchie - Judy Rifka at the Chocolate Factory
by Lilly Wei - Nancy Wolf at Marsha Mateyka
by Sidney Lawrence - Kate Eric at Frey Norris
by Carl Little - National Museum of Women
- L.A. Art in New York
by Stephanie Gonzalez-Turner - Diana Puntar at Oliver Kamm/5BE
by Gary Indiana - Drawing Center cancels move
- Armory Show
by Stephanie Cash - In the galleries
- Two by two: British duo Noble & Webster shared private obsessions in a SoHo gallery and erected a public sculpture in Rockefeller Center
by Peter Plagens - Lisa Sigal at Frederieke Taylor and P.S.1
by Nancy Princenthal - Jiha Moon at Saltworks
by Rebecca Dimling Cochran - Darren Waterston at the Hoffman Gallery, Lewis & Clark College.
by Sue Taylor - Asian Art Museum
- Dark Fair
- John Anderson at Allan Stone
by Deborah Everett - Changes at the Smithsonian
- Pulse
by Janet Koplos - A citizens' museum: following a seven-year renovation, the Detroit Institute of Arts has a pragmatic new philosophy
by Ruth K. Meyer - Harun Farocki at Greene Naftali
by Tom McDonough - Bharti Kher at Jack Shainman
by Janet Koplos - Calvin Burton at Branch
by David Coggins - Francoise Petrovitch at Galerie RX.
by Paul B. Franklin - DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park
- Paint it white
by Richard Prince - Art Institute of Chicago
- NYU opens ancient art institute
- Scope
by Faye Hirsch - NY galleries
- Guy Ben-Ner at Postmasters
by Stephanie Cash - Christopher K. Ho at Winkleman
by Gary Indiana - Scott Turri at the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts
by Kristina Olson - Darren Almond at parasol Unit
by Jane Neal - Frick Collection
- To a different drum: in the 50 years since the Color School drew international notice, D. C.'s artists have mostly worked at a slight remove from the contemporary art world at large
by J.W. Mahoney - Catherine David, independent curator and artistic director of the 1997 Documenta, was recently honored with the 2008 Award for Curatorial Excellence