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Photography has often been referred to as a pastime for observers. A solitary activity that preserves the people, places, and the moments in life we recognize as special. Israeli born and now New York City native Elinor Carucci has utilized photograp... 

When the lights dimmed in the packed-standing room only lecture hall at Marquette University on Wednesday night I don’t think anyone was prepared for the introspective and revealing story of photographer Tina Barney whose body of work, The Europeans ... 

Gathering inspiration from his dreams, found artifacts, and iconographic imagery, Fred Stonehouse- a Milwaukee native discussed his artwork and process to a packed room at the Tory Folliard Gallery this past Saturday on January 7th. Humorous and s... 

Powerful art is always comprised of many layers. These layers illuminate what is literal and then through intelligent and witty ways, elevate the audiences understanding of an artwork to a deeper level. I was reminded of this lesson while recentl... 

Sometime its best to take a step back, take a deep breath, refocus, trust your instincts, and then jump back in. At least that’s my advice to Charles Saatchi, a steady man and international art advocate who doesn’t need to hear my two cents. ... 

Whether it’s the current heat wave or something in the water, there has to be an explanation for what I experienced over this past weekend’s quarterly Gallery Night & Day events. Allowing it to fully sink in, it has taken me a few days to grasp what... 

One would think the combination of Snow, Rain, and Cold Temperatures would have had an effect on the turnout and temperament of this Aprils Gallery Day and Night events, but it didn’t. I was greeted warmly and kindly by every gallery I visited and... 

WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE ARTS? by Michael Kaiser, President of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts It is no surprise to most of us that the arts are in a parlous state. But contrary to popular belief, it isn't the fault of unions, the absence... 

IT'S A BIRD! IT'S A SPY! IT'S BOTH A pocket-size drone dubbed the Nano Hummingbird for the way it flaps its tiny robotic wings has been developed for the Pentagon by a Monrovia company as a mini-spy plane capable of maneuvering on the battlefield ... 

HOW HIGH CAN THE ART MARKET GO? The art industry, one of the glitzier pieces of the global economy, seems to have shrugged off the 2009 recession with nonchalance. In 2010, Christie's had the best year in its 245-year history. Growth came across t... 

SOTHEBY'S SALE DEFIES DEMONSTRATORS BY KELLY CROW Midway through Sotheby's strong sale of contemporary art on Tuesday, a dozen-odd demonstrators upended the bidding by unfurling a red banner that read, "Orgy of the Rich." As auctioneers gaped and... 

ARTISTS NEED TO SPECIALIZE TO BREAK OUT Daniel Grant's Huffington Post column focuses on artists who narrow their work to expand their market: " In most cases, the reason for choosing one style, medium or subject matter is money. One thinks of art... 

CONTEMPORARY ENTHUSIASM There's no love lost between Sarah Thornton and art historians in her ArtForum Diary entry for this Valentine's Day . She was at the US convention of academic art historians, the CAA, moderating a panel on Damien Hirst whe... 

HEAD IN THE CLOUDS Why was the painter John Constable so obsessed with clouds? By Christopher Benfey Posted Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011 During the summers of 1821 and 1822, while living at Hampstead, the English painter John Constable set... 

Issue 21 / Spring 2011 NOTHING WORKS Anna Dezeuze on the void Martin Creed, Work No. 878, 2008 Marcel Duchamp's phial of Paris air, Yves Klein's 'The Void' exhibition, Martin Creed's Work No.227: The lights going on and off, Gabriel ... 

LEONARDO WAS RIGHT ABOUT GREAT ART'S INSTANT MESSAGE by Jonathan Jones The fascination of art has to do with time. Visual art is the quickest of all serious cultural forms to make its full nature clear to the beholder. To know what is in a film yo... 

GALLERY CHRONICLE by James Panero On new media and the phenomenon of Loren Munkal Media Art" at Outpost gallery, Queens. The art world that most people hear about is a dystopian one of auction headlines. It's glossy features and gossip rep... 

PENCIL VS CAMERA Belgian artist Ben Heine seamlessly matches pencil sketches with real life settings Pics  

WHEN PLUTOCRATS COLLECT ARTISTS by Felix Salmon The 4th Davos Philanthropic Roundtable, held in Davos during the World Economic Forum, was one of the more surreal events to happen last week. Sponsored by Ukrainian oligarch Victor Pinchuk, it osten... 

THE EMDASH AWARD 2011 The EMDASH Award is a major opportunity for an emerging artist working outside the UK to realise a new work at Frieze Art Fair as part of the critically acclaimed Frieze Projects programme. Entrance to the award is by open su... 

THE WORK OF ART IN THE AGE OF GOOGLE by Roberta Smith The New York Times alludes to Walter Benjamin in its headline and Roberta Smith reminds readers of the practical limitations on Google Art Project when it bumps up against 20th Century copyrigh... 

REMBRANDT THICKENED PAINTS WITH FLOUR Amidst his palette of reds and browns, Rembrandt used wheat, according to a new state-of-the-art analysis of two of his works. It is the first study to identify wheat starch in any of Rembrandt's work, even th... 

INTERNATIONAL MUSEUMS ON HIGH ALERT FOR LOOTED ANCIENT EGYPTIAN ARTIFACTS DUE TO CRISIS International museums are on high alert for looted Egyptian artifacts and some archaeologists have even offered to fly to the country to help safeguard its anc... 

COPY CATS Where does modern art end and plagiarism begin? Jed Perl February 2, 2011 I thought I had made my peace with the death of originality. Personally, I do not believe that originality has died, but I recognize that the obituari... 

HACK YOURSELF A MOMA PASS Apparently, MoMA only gives out artist passes if you can prove you've had a show off-line. To hack these internet art discriminating practices, artist Aram Bartholl made this step-by-step guide to creating your own one ye... 

MERCEDES SCULPTURE PREVIEWS NEW DESIGN LANGUAGE Mercedes is celebrating the 125th anniversary of Karl Benz's patent for the first "vehicle with gas-engine drive." And as well as acknowledging its history, the German brand is looking to the future... 

GOOGLE UNVEILS ONLINE 'ART PROJECT' BUT BESTOWS NEW TECHNOLOGY MAINLY ON OLD WORLD MUSEUMS Aiming to open the world's art collections to online viewers, Google today unveiled the Google Art Project, a website that allows visitors to see more than ... 

JACKSON POLLOCK, ROCK'N'ROLL MASTER by Jonathan Jones Jackson Pollock painting at the Museum of Modern Art, New York Paintings to move in ... Jackson Pollock paintings at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Photograph: Mary Altaffer/AP Jackson Po... 

On Feb. 6, 2011, the Pittsburgh Steelers meet the Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl XLV -- and the local art lovers are getting in on the action with a wager of their own. Up for grabs is. . . the temporary loan of a major artwork. The Carnegie Museum ... 

LEGAL ASSISTANCE FOR NEW ARTISTS Pierre Matisse and Tana Spreti Matisse spent their lives immersed in New York's art world. Now their foundation has donated $20,000 to help emerging artists get the legal resources they need to succeed. The Matisse... 

USA Today makes a case for the Baby Boomers having a transformative effect on the art market and what is considered art: "Boomers also helped democratize art: They grew up believing anyone could become an artist, anyone could buy art or deal in art. ... 

Fourteen teenagers on probation for graffiti offenses got to show off what they could do with their painting skills -- legally. The teens displayed their artwork Tuesday in an appropriate setting too -- a Brooklyn courtroom. They were part of a progr... 

An artist who used a video camera to record being arrested by police is facing up to 15 years in prison. Chris Drew has been charged with Class 1 felony under the Eavesdropping Act in Chicago, Illinois. The bemused activist said he did not know anyth... 

I just returned from the photographer Alec Soth lecture titled: The Paralyzed Cyclops, hosted at Marquette University. To a room of about 75 people Mr Soth made his pitch to the audience to save the essence of photography and remain honest in toda... 

ArtReview has been back at the VIP Art Fair today, and has had a jolly old time looking at the different booths. An interesting element of the fair is that it reveals how many languages are spoken by individuals at each gallery, revealing that many g... 

Ray Johnson, Damien Hirst, Gilbert & George and Sarah Lucas are among artists represented in online innovation Jonathan Jones Friday 21 January 2011 Ray Johnson has a good claim to be called the godfather of virtual art. In 1962, this... 

CONVERSATION: CHRISTIAN MARCLAY The Observer: How did The Clock come about? Christian Marclay: I've been thinking about this piece since 2005. I started collecting clocks from films and thinking it might be possible to find every minute of the da... 

ON THE APARTHEID BETWEEN "ART" AND CRAFT." by Jerry Saltz - The differences between what is called "art" and what is called "craft" are 100% totally bogus. They are maintained to keep things simple, stupid, and limited. There is no distinction b... 

HIRST'S TOP 5 ART MOMENTS We asked Mr. Hirst, who in 1995 won the Turner Prize - given every year to a British artist under 50 - for his list of the five most important moments for contemporary art. 1. Jackson Pollock's fling: "Jackson Pollock... 

SPANISH ISLAND ALLOWS MASSIVE CAVE TO BE BORED INTO 'MAGIC' MOUNTAIN A controversial artificial cave is to be bored into a "magic" mountain on Fuerteventura, one of the Canary Islands, after authorities decided to go ahead with a project by the la... 

SURELY YOU JEST, GALLERY TELLS JEFF KOONS "As virtually any clown can attest, no one owns the idea of making a balloon dog, and the shape created by twisting a balloon into a dog-like form is part of the public domain," a gallery says in trying to... 

FRANK GEHRY NAMED PROFESSOR OF ARCHITECTURE AT USC Frank Gehry -- whose architectural marvels include Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, and the IAC Building in New York -- has been named a professor o... 

US TRUST PUSHES ART LOANS; UBS LIKES ART AS INFLATION HEDGE Financial adviser Gail Liberman talks about Art investment in her Palm Beach Daily News column: * An art loan may prove less volatile than a margin loan, suggests John Arena, senior vice... 

J. HENRY FAIR: 'ABSTRACTION OF DESTRUCTION' Roberta Smith writes: "The vivid color photographs of J. Henry Fair lead an uneasy double life as potent records of environmental pollution and as ersatz evocations of abstract painting." Pics  

PAINTINGS FOR PITCHERS-A BOLD IDEA Humorist Joe Queenan in ther Wall Street Journal may have come up with the perfect solution for the De-Accessioning debate and it involves using art assets to shore up a town's fading sports franchises, "what's wro...