(Volume 98/Number 5)

ARTnews  |  May 1999

In this Issue

The Century's 25 Most Influential Artists

An enlightening and controversial list of the most significant art makers of the last 100 years. The experts tell you who made the cut--and why

Concrete Poetry by Jane Burton

With her casts of household objects (not to mention a house), Rachel Whiteread transforms the everyday into the monumental

The Chagall File by Susan Josephs

A Yale professor has discovered that the FBI kept track of Marc Chagall, suspecting that he was too cozy with the Communists

 

Departments

Art Talk
Frida Kahlo, Salma Hayek, Madonna, Gala Dalí, Andy Warhol, Steve Perrault, Andrea Zittel

National News
New York: Dia on the Hudson; Houston: Menil Foundation shake-up; San Francisco: Parisian season

International News
Milan: The Last Supper: Restoration drama; International Bureaus: Restitution progress report; Havana: Cracking down on forgery

Art Market
Barney Ebsworth's latest buys; Giacometti's increase in stature

City Focus: Buenos Aires
"A Craving for Art": Exhibition spaces in the Argentine capital are flourishing, while the art market is expanding faster than ever

Looking at Art
Where Mailer met Rimbaud: In The Deer Park, Michael Andrews pictures a swinging '60s party--with Velázquez and Madame Pompadour among the guests

 

Reviews

Our far-flung critics assess exhibitions in New York; St. Louis; Santa Monica; San Francisco; Boston; Atlanta; Houston; Chicago; Minneapolis; London; Brussels; Paris; Barcelona; Düsseldorf; Lausanne