"It is important to recognize that in our epoch, you can't do anything without the press."
Claude Monet to his dealer
Paul Durand-Ruel, March 6, 1883
Latest Stories
China Reach
Conde Nast Portfolio, Portfolio.com, July 30, 2008
This summer, two major New York galleries open Asian outposts. It's the latest sign of how mature - and lucrative - the Chinese art market is becoming.
Holding a Mirror to a Mirror of the Past
The New York Times, Arts & Leisure, June 8, 2008
Adam Cvijanovic recreates a monumental scene from ancient history, as envisioned through the lens of D. W. Griffith.
An Artist Breathes New Life Into Renaissance Ways
With Wood
The New York Times, News, May 27, 2008 • cover story
Unusually for a 35-year-old contemporary artist, Alison Elizabeth Taylor 's favored medium is wood marquetry.
Slide Show: Going With The Grain
How to Think Like a Surreal Cartoonist
The New York Times, Arts & Leisure, May 11, 2008
In her two-day writer's workshop, Lynda Barry sings, tells jokes, acts out characters and even dances a creditably sensual hula.
Audio Slide Show: Lynda Barry on Her Writing Process
"Better Than Nature"
catalog essay for "Marilla Palmer: Debauchee of Dew in a Concrete Landscape."
April 19 - May 17, 2008, Fringe Exhibitions, Los Angeles, Calif.
A Moment in History, Recaptured for a Second Time
The New York Times, Museums, March 12, 2008
Audio Slide Show: Eternal Frame, Recreated
Single-Artist Spaces Have Their Issues, Too
The New York Times, Museums, March 12, 2008
Multimedia: The Challenges of Single-Artist Museums
Protecting Treasures on a Shaky Planet
The New York Times, Museums, March 12, 2008
How the Getty Museum protects art from earthquakes.
Video: Keeping Art Safe from Earthquakes
Prelates and Rappers Strike a Pose
The New York Times, Arts & Leisure, March 9, 2008
Stalin and Lenin give way to Snoop Dogg and 50 Cent in Alexander Melamid's work.
Audio Slide Show: Hip-Hop Portraits
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Working All the Angles: Lee Miller
Town & Country ("Fashion" issue), March 2008
Photography's digital age has made images fast, cheap and disposable. It has also reminded us just how transcendent the medium can be.
"In 'The Art of Lee Miller,' one of the 20th century's most underrated American photographers finally gets her due. ... Mark Haworth-Booth, who curated the show for the V&A, discusses why Miller's life and work continue to resonate so powerfully today."
Are Clothes Modern?
T: The New York Times Style Magazine ("Women's Fashion" issue), February 24, 2008
Lessons from the designer Bernard Rudofsky
Hit Over the Head By a Chair
The New York Times, House & Home, February 21, 2008
Currents: Lucas Samaras - Chairs as Art and Artifacts
The Art Market's New Look: The Private Curator
Town & Country ("Luxury Redefined" issue), January 2008
Fine art, along with the scene that has grown up around it, is the showiest pony on the cultural carousel right now.
"Art, and the impulse to collect it, may be eternal, but the tools and support staff a collector wants at her disposal can vary from decade to decade. ... Today, the collector's new best friend is the private curator."
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