(Volume 108/Number 2)

ARTnews  |  February 2009

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Shooting Gallery Rachel Wolff

We talk to the production team that built an exact replica of the Guggenheim in Germany–all for the purpose of wrecking it in the new banking thriller, The International.

From Breakdowns to Breakthroughs Robin Cembalest

Art Spiegelman on storytelling, modernism, wormholes, loopholes, and the boundaries that still separate high and low

‘An Oasis in the Desert’ Sharon Waxman

Governments in the United Arab Emirates are spending billions of dollars in an ambitious, unprecedented effort to create cultural districts with world-class museums—along with a support system of creators, dealers, and collectors. But many Western art professionals wonder if this massive undertaking, launched at a dizzying scale and pace, can be successful

The Mauerbach Scandal Konstantin Akinsha

An exhibition in Vienna brings to light new evidence of Austria’s reluctance to return art looted by the Nazis

Also in this Issue

How Do You Like Them Apples? Ann Landi

Cézanne was a major influence on modern and contemporary artists. A new exhibition explores his impact on figures ranging from Max Beckmann to Jeff Wall and Francis Alÿs and everyone in between

Clip Art Hilarie M. Sheets

In Candice Breitz’s kaleidoscopic video installations, movie stars and everyday people get caught up in a sea of competing voices

 

Departments

Art Talk
Clive Owen, Naomi Watts, Tom Tykwer, Uli Hanisch, Julian Rosefeldt, Elijah Gowin, Margaret Ennis Booher Cooper, Emmet Gowin, Hans Ulrich Obrist, John Baldessari, Lawrence Weiner, Marina Abramovic, Anton Zeilinger, Gilbert & George, Dara Birnbaum, Louise Bourgeois, Lil’ Kim, Mike Thompson, Cey Adams, Bill Adler, Shepard Fairey, Flavor Flav, LL Cool J, David Ellis, Kehinde Wiley, Big Daddy Kane, Franklin Sirmans, Klara Hobza, Andrew Graham-Dixon

National News
NEW YORK National Academy: The hard sell; Philippe de Montebello: A director’s new directions WATERVILLE, MAINE Colby College collects

International News
COMMENTARY Politics and the Kandinsky prize MADRID Trouble overhead MOSCOW A factory’s new function LIMA Peru sues Yale MONTREAL Historic war-loot ruling upheld

Critic's Pick
Ibon Aranberri: Water Works
George Stolz

 

Reviews

NEW YORK Pipilotti Rist; “Worshiping Women”; Zoe Leonard; George Tooker; Max Weber; Cecily Brown; Mia Westerlund Roosen; Balcomb Greene; Sue Coe; Glen Holland; Harry Benson; Sam Glankoff; John Marin; Meghan Boody; Katia Santibañez; Ralston Crawford; David Schorr and Andrew Raftery; Brice Marden and Nagakura Kenichi; Jon Kessler; Tabboo!

NATIONAL La Jolla, California “The Sculptor’s Hand” Los Angeles Martin Kippenberger San Francisco Eric Zener Chicago Suzanne Caporael Charlotte, North Carolina “25/25” Lincoln, Massachusetts Sharon Kaitz Portland, Oregon Jessica Curtaz Annapolis, Maryland “Emerging Forces” Riverhead, New York Elizabeth Silver New Orleans Margaret Evangeline; Jim Richard; Jeffrey Forsythe; Randy Asprodites; Milton Rosa-Ortiz; David Borgerding, Luc Leestemaker, Steven Seinberg

INTERNATIONAL Paris Andrea Mantegna Toronto “Transformation AGO” London Al Held; Anthony Goicolea Zurich Urs Fischer Düsseldorf Stephan Kaluza Milan Alfredo Jaar