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The New "Art in America": Vetrocq Vets the Masthead Masthead watchers will be interested to see who's in, who's out, in the magazine's revamped roster of contributing editors....
Five favorite summer sights Some random summer faves in Akron, Berkeley, Cleveland and Chadds Ford...
More on Hollein: Another U.S. Museum Connection; "Too American"? He's a Neue Galerie trustee and subject of a recent documentary that shadows him in Frankfurt and New York....
Name That Met Director: The Game Show's Final Round This major artworld tournament is said to be down to the Final Four. The possible frontrunner is a wild card....
Weekend roundup Olympic painting (really!), a lost Leger, and...
Hirst Skull in Rijksmuseum Exhibition, Curated by Diamond Damien Is it an art show or an investment syndicate's showcase? Diamonds will sparkle amidst riches from the Dutch Golden Age....
It wasn't me; it was the one-eyed man Dale Chihuly speaks before his show at the Columbia (S.C.) Museum of Art dedicated to "seaforms."...
Hey, they's nekkid An art form that we could all used a little bit more of....
Diebenkorn revisits Picasso (and others) A second New Mexico visit to Bust, Bowl and Palette...
Obama Drama: Tax Fairness for Artists, Impact Film Festival Democrats' arts platform supports fair market value deductions for artists' donations. A documentary film festival attempt to influence the politicos....
Hirstians vs. Koonsians: Two Warring Camps? Can a fan of the fatalist also admire the hedonist? The Times' Roberta Smith appears to align with Koons' camp....
Weekend roundup How can something be public art when it's not, well, public?...
John Russell, 89: The Kinder, Gentler Critic Good cop to Hilton Kramer's bad cop, the erudite late NY Times critic warmly encouraged artistic endeavors and audience interest....
Chartres Bleu On stepping out of the hot Napa Valley sun into the meditative cool of Paul Kos' iconic video installation...
Iowa Brouhaha: WSJ's Eric Gibson Calls for Enforcement of Deaccession Standards Should NEA and NEH stop funding museums selling art for operating needs? Also, a local sportswriter gets the last word....
LACMA's new Kienholz The leading candidate for 2008 museo-acquisition of the year...
Crystal Bridges: Alice Walton's $488-Million Museum Lots of money for 32,000 square feet of galleries. And a coy answer to the question of when it opens....
Three links Time on the Iowa Pollock, a major LACMA acquisition, and a non-major AIC acquisition...
A Brief that Strains Belief: Fisk's Legal Flip-Flop Does Fisk have resources to care for its collection, or not? Mixed messages undermine legal arguments for the Walton deal....
Diebenkorn in New Mexico at the Phillips The show reveals that Diebenkorn's major Albuquerque-period influence wasn't the NM landscape, but instead...
Hoving's Ravings: Been to the Met Lately? Trying to rehabilitate his reputation as a Met Museum-ologist, its former director shows a weak grasp of current realities....
Andy Warhol Chocolates? Licensing Goes Gooey The tasty and the tasteless: Another round of licentious licensing authorized by the Andy Warhol Foundation....
PA Attorney General Candidate Joins the Battle of the Barnes John Morganelli, blasting the positions of the present and prior attorneys general, pledges to try to reopen the Barnes case....
Fisk Files Appeals Brief for Collection-Sharing Deal with Alice Walton Time for another AAMD statement, reiterating what it proclaimed about Iowa's Pollock: No art sales to support non-art expenditures....
FOGSL: Temporary Spiral Jetty victory achieved One attempt to drill, one denial...