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Jean-Marie Straub, France, 2002. Photo: Richard Dumas/Agence VU/Redux.
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Jean-Marie Straub (1933–2022)
J. Hoberman on Jean-Marie Straub
Gerhard Richter, Hofkirche, Dresden (Court Chapel, Dresden), 2000, oil on canvas, 31 1⁄2 × 36 5⁄8". © Gerhard Richter (0012).
Books
QUONDAM THEORY
Harmon Siegel on Benjamin H. D. Buchloh’s Gerhard Richter: Painting After the Subject of History
Artist unknown, Law, als een tweede Don-Quichot, op Sanches Graauwtje zit ten spot (Law, Like Another Don Quixote, Sits on Sancho’s Ass, Being Everyone’s Fool), 1720, etching and engraving on paper, 8 3⁄8 × 11 1⁄8".
On Site
ARREARS VIEW MIRROR
Andrew Hultkrans on “Fortune and Folly in 1720”
Edward Hopper, Approaching a City, 1946, oil on canvas, 27 1⁄8 × 36". © Heirs of Josephine N. Hopper/Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
On Site
CITY LIMITS
Thomas Eggerer on Edward Hopper
William Eggleston, Untitled, ca. 1970–73, ink-jet print, framed 45 1⁄4 × 63 1⁄2".
On Site
LOCAL COLOR
Eric Banks on William Eggleston
Wadada Leo Smith, Sarhanna, 2011, mixed media, 8 3⁄4 × 12 1⁄2".
Top Ten
RENEE GLADMAN
Renee Gladman shares her top ten
Vivienne Westwood at Buckingham Palace, London, December 15, 1992. Photo: Martin Keene/Alamy.
Features
VIVIENNE WESTWOOD (1941–2022)
Reflecting on Vivienne Westwood’s extraordinary achievements
February 2023
Features
VIVIENNE WESTWOOD (1941–2022)
Derek McCormack on Vivienne Westwood
Still from video documentation of Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren’s Spring/Summer 1983 “Punkature” collection.
Features
VIVIENNE WESTWOOD (1941–2022)
Patric Dicaprio, Hillary Taymour, and Bárbara Sánchez-Kane on Vivienne Westwood
Vivienne Westwood in front of her and Malcolm McLaren’s shop Seditionaries, London, 1977. Photo: Elisa Leonelli/Shutterstock.
Features
VIVIENNE WESTWOOD (1941–2022)
Andre Walker on Vivienne Westwood
Nicole Eisenman, Swimmers in the Lap Lane (detail), 1995, oil on canvas, 51 × 39".
Features
HOW DO CRITERIA CHANGE?
Sarah Schulman on Nicole Eisenman in the 1990s
View of “Alex Katz: Gathering,” 2022–23, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. From left: Frank O’Hara, 1959–60; Paul Taylor, 1959. Photo: Midge Wattles.
Features
MEDIUM COOL
Four Painters on Alex Katz
View of “Alex Katz: Gathering,” 2022–23, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. Foreground: Jack and D. D. Ryan, 1968. Photo: Ariel Ione Williams and Midge Wattles.
Features
MEDIUM COOL
Sam McKinniss on Alex Katz
Paul Taylor, Scudorama, 1963. Performance view, David H. Koch Theater, New York, November 1, 2022. Center: Maria Ambrose. Photo: Whitney Browne.
Features
MEDIUM COOL
Amy Sillman on Alex Katz
Alex Katz, Yellow Tree 1, 2020, oil on linen, 72 × 72". © Alex Katz/Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY.
Features
MEDIUM COOL
David Salle on Alex Katz
Alex Katz, Picnic at the Beach, 1960, watercolor and colored-paper collage, 4 5⁄8 × 5 1⁄4". Photo: Colby College Museum of Art, Gift of the artist. © Alex Katz/Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY.
Features
MEDIUM COOL
Jamian Juliano-Villani on Alex Katz
Joan Brown, Self-Portrait at Age 42, 1980, enamel on canvas, 71 3⁄4 × 60". © Estate of Joan Brown.
Features
TRANSCENDENTAL FIGURATION
Dodie Bellamy on the art of Joan Brown
Annie Dorsen, Spokaoke, 2012. Performance view, French Institute Alliance Française, New York, September 21, 2013. Photo: Brittany Buogiorno.
Features
PROCEDURAL DRAMA
Miriam Felton-Dansky on the theater of Annie Dorsen
Alex Katz, Ada’s Black Sandals (detail), 1987, oil on linen, 48 × 60 1⁄8". © Alex Katz/Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY.
Alex Katz, Ada’s Black Sandals (detail), 1987, oil on linen, 48 × 60 1⁄8". © Alex Katz/Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY.
February 2023
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