(Volume 100/Number 11)

ARTnews  |  December 2001

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From Slot Machines to the Sublime Milton Esterow

In an unlikely pairing of capitalist innovation and socialist sensibility, the Guggenheim and the Hermitage team up to dazzle the masses in a Las Vegas hotel

Also in this Issue

The Next Wave: Ten Trendsetters to Watch

Janet Cardiff: Sonic Boom
Ann Landi

Okwui Enwezor: Recharting Borders
Barbara Pollack

Elizabeth Diller and Ricardo Scofidio: Climate Changers
Jessica Dheere

Neo Rauch: The New Look of Neo
David Galloway

Jorge Pardo: A House, a Boat, a Bar
Carly Berwick

Li Xianting: A Fighter for Artists
Lilly Wei

Christian Haye: Making Uptown the New Downtown
Linda Yablonsky

Olafur Eliasson: Magic Kingdom
Hugh Eakin

Eduardo Kac: Building the Bioluminescent Bunny
Blake Eskin

Laura Hoptman: How Do You Get to the Carnegie International?
Hilarie M. Sheets

The Quiet Power of Richard Manoogian Edgar Allen Beem

The Detroit CEO has amassed one of the largest private collections of 19th- and early-20th-century American art—and has had a major impact on the market

 

Departments

Art Talk
John Fleck, Andrea Zittel, Grenville Davey, Raymond Pettibone, Natalie Bookchin, Xu Bing, Simon Doonan, Umberto Eco, Geo Darder

National News
New York The road ahead; Larry Aldrich: Contemporary champion; Elaine Dannheisser: Modern benefactor Baltimore The Walters brings out the old

International News
New York Mikhail Shvydkoi: Russia’s cultural ambassador Paris Daniel Wildenstein: A legendary dealer Vigo, Spain Jailhouse conversion Prague Czech art quarantine Vilnius, Lithuania Survivor returns Mexico City Rivera rivalry

Art Market
London German Expressionism: "A truly international market" Paris "Spaceship over the Seine" New York Gerhard Richter: Heavy buying

City Focus
Pacific Heights: Portland adds distinction with a museum expansion, a growing gallery district, an innovative outdoor-art program, and new talents
By Michaela Bancud

Studio
Unlocking the Unconscious: For more than 50 years, painter Wolf Kahn has relied on the unpredictability of his "restless brush"
By Lucinda Franks

Prints
Making the Cut: An age-old medium of creating multiples gets a contemporary twist
By Ann Landi

Looking at Art
Brunhilde Stripped Bare: In his latticework structure, Martin Puryear gives his diva full body and full voice
By Lilly Wei

Books
Art Adventures for Children
Books

New releases range from traditional picture books to hands-on, do-it-yourself kits
By Bonnie Barrett Stretch

 

Reviews

New York "Brazil: Body and Soul"; Alberto Giacometti; John Koch; "Telling Tales II: Religious Images in 19th-Century Academic Art"; "Caspar David Friedrich: Moonwatchers"; James Siena; Alma Thomas; John Berger; "Netsuke as Art"; John Riddy; Holly Lane; Jan Aronson; Ryan Humphrey; Christina Ramberg Philadelphia "Thomas Eakins: American Realist" Chicago "Abstract Expressionism: Second to None" San Francisco Robert Schwartz; Rockwell Kent West Hollywood, Calif. Jacques Villeglé Miami Robert Thiele Santa Fe David Scheinbaum Yokohama, Japan Yokohama Triennale 2001 London Frank Auerbach; Ben Nicholson Paris Aziz + Cucher; Geneva Bertrand Lavier Zurich Rebecca Horn Mexico City Xawery Wolski São Paulo Efrain Almeida