ART

Artifacts From the Future
Star Wars: The Magic of Myth at the Brooklyn Museum of Art
By Morgan Beatty
05-06-02


Shrieking Ugly Ongeries

Frank Stella and art criticism
By Joan Altabe
04-29-02


The Russian Avant-Garde Book: 1910-1934

By Alan Bisbort
04-22-02

Francis Bacon and the Death of Art
By Joan Altabe
04-22-02

Vernacular Drawings
Sketchbooks of the cartoonist "Seth"
By Alan Bisbort
04-08-02

You Can Tell by the Way She Smiles
Does anyone understand the Mona Lisa?
By Joan Altabe
04-08-02

The Importance of Fine Art
An e-mail conversation with artist Bryten Goss
By Jonathan Whitehead
03-25-02

Wood Be Master
The sculptures of William Kent, a carving artist
By Alan Bisbort
03-04-02

Everything I Hate Now Is Different
A conversation with the Academy Award-nominated cartoonist Dan Clowes about Ghost World, Terry Zwigoff, and the world of comics.
By Dan Epstein
02-18-02

Old Masters:
Overlooked women artists
By Joan Altabe
01-14-02

Bacon's Eye
Works on paper attributed to Francis Bacon
By John W. Whitehead
11-05-01

Fragile Horizon
Daniel Kohn talks about a series of paintings he completed from the 91st floor of the World Trade Center.
10-22-01

Found Art in the Smoke
The World Trade Center devil photo.
By Nick Mamatas
10-8-01

The Art of John Dos Passos
A current exhibition showcases the literary figure's artistic inclinations.
By Tanya Stanciu
9-10-01

I Make Therefore I Am
A profile of folklorist Henry Glassie
By Coy Barefoot
8-20-01

No Girls Allowed
Casey Franklin documents women's fight for a place in the comic book nation.
8-13-01

Anais Nin
Writer or perfume?
By Judy Chicago
7-30-01

Anchors Away!
Under the Big Top of the 49th Venice Biennale
By Christina Ball
6-13-01

The Musical Photography of Elliott Landy
By Jayson Whitehead
5-2-01



ART COMMENT by Joan Altabe



The Dinner Party and Pop Culture
06-10-02


I Could Cry
Art and its dollar value
05-27-02

The Clever Humbug of Kiosks
05-13-02

The Passive Nudes of History

Irving Penn at the Met
04-15-02

Museums Get Away with Murder
04-01-02

Blinders to History
John Ashcroft and "The Spirit of Justice"
03-18-02

Fallingwater Is Falling Apart
02-18-02

A "Soaring Monumental Memorial"
02-04-02

Don't Say That Art Is Good for the Soul:
An open letter to the chairman of the NEA
01-21-02

Just a Capitalist Illusion:
Commemorating Warhol
01-07-02

In Spite of Everything
The life of French surrealist Jacqueline Lamba
11-26-01

No Explanation Needed:
The art of Howard Finster
11-12-01

"We know the story.We need an illustration for it."
10-29-01

Guggenheim Vegas
"Art has taken some hits in its time, but this one feels like a wallop."
10-22-01