(Volume 102/Number 4)
ARTnews | April 2003
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Seventy years after the first degrees in art appeared, schools are wondering how to fit it all in: new technology, theory, marketing savvy, and a growing list of emerging forms
Teaching performance art involves sharpening some highly unusual skills as well as the more traditional ones
Also in this Issue
"Photography Is a Mania" Nicholas Fox Weber
With a retrospective and a foundation dedicated to his achievements opening this month in Paris, Henri Cartier-Bresson looks back at a lifetime of exploration and discovery
The Methodical Revolutionary George Stolz
Radical in his art, Joan Miró was conventional in his habits. He knew exactly how he wanted his legacy preserved. Thanks to his careful planning, his estate is a model of the harmony and efficiency he prized
From Little Men in Red Coats to "Boy with a Red Vest" Kelly Devine Thomas
David Rockefeller reflects on his life as a collector, banker, unofficial diplomat, and philanthropist
Departments
Art Talk
Art Talk
Web of Riches?: An artist's project morphs into a multimillion-dollar company
Carly Berwick
Art Talk
Ellen Harvey, Shamim Momin, Roger Benjamin, Joe Fig, Will Cotton, Chuck Close, Maciej Wisniewski, Christiane Paul, Franco Mondini-Ruiz, Paul Allen, Jenny Holzer, Jeremy Blake, Jean-David Levitte, Marie-Cécile Levitte, Marc Pachter, Anneli Rufus
National News
New York Arts funding under fire San Francisco Buddhas replace books Milwaukee Tangled up in blue Santa Fe Shake-up at New Mexico's museums Cleveland Museum unveils expansion plan Philadelphia Court curbs Barnes debate New York Arnheim, Esterow receive lifetime achievement awards
International News
London Saatchi's latest sensation; Courtauld wants to loan more Moscow Russia posts war loot online Buenos Aires "Knock on 400 doors" Vienna Linz returns Schiele painting
Art Market
New York Calder, Polke popular at art show; Vintage goes high, contemporary moves fast; Donations may pay off for artists Paris Model on the move
City Focus: Chicago
Cutting-Edge Hip to Blue Chip: From River North to West Loop, Chicago's lively scene keeps growing
Margaret Hawkins
Working Habits
More Than Just Windows: Historically used to illuminate churches, in the hands of Brian Clarke stained glass becomes monumental multicolored architecture
Dorothy Spears
Looking at Art
The Scribe and the Songstress: An ancient Egyptian sculpture depicts a prosperousand affectionatecouple
Sylvia Hochfield
Studio
Teen Tableaux: In Philemona Williamson's bright, sprawling paintings, boys and girls hang between innocence and adulthood
Jessica Dheere
Reviews
New York
"Matisse Picasso";
Matthew Barney;
Lucian Freud;
"Air";
"Italian Sculpture from the Gothic to the Baroque";
Shahzia Sikander;
Donald Sultan;
Old Master Paintings;
"Who? Me?";
Ed Ruscha;
Christian Marclay;
"Under Pressure: Prints from Two Palms Press";
"Samadhi" and "Shots in the Dark";
Ken Grimes;
DeWitt Godfrey and Lael Marshall;
Barbara Westman
West Hollywood, California
Lynn Chadwick
Bolinas, California
David Maisel
Philadelphia
"Post Flat: New Art From London"
Chicago
Jane Lackey
Santa Fe
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith
Naples, Florida
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Atlanta
Andrew Moore and Flor Garduño
Baltimore
Neil Meyerhoff
London
"Constable to Delacroix";
David Hockney
Paris
Ilya and Emilia Kabakov
Cologne
Panamarenko
Madrid
Guillermo Pérez Villalta