ARTINFO: From Modern Painters

Table of Contents: November 2009 Table of Contents

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:21:00 GMT

Tim Burton, Paul McCarthy, Shirin Neshat,

Books: Two New Books Offer Insight and Background On Middle Eastern Contemporary Art

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Presenting a total of 180 artists relatively unknown in the West, these two volumes are substantial, beautiful, and important.

Field Guide: Robin Rhode and Leif Ove Andsnes

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

The visual artist and pianist present a transcendental, sensory adaptation of Modest Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition" at Lincoln Center.

Field Guide: James Turrell / The Wolfsburg Project

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

For several decades the American installation artist James Turrell has been bringing his fresh vision and perspective to the contemporary-art world, mostly in the form (or nonform) of light and space.

Field Guide: Omer Fast

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Fast continues his exploration of Hollywood and the themes of recollection, displacement, and loss in "Nostalgia," on view at South London Gallery.

Field Guide: Bill Viola

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Light reigns and time stands still in Bill Viola's latest solo show.

Field Guide: Federico Fellini

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Federico Fellini may be one of the most studied names in cinema, but now the Jeu de Paume introduces a new context in which to interpret his extensive body of work.

Field Guide: Alfred Leslie: Cool Man in a Golden Age

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

A new DVD unites some of the acclaimed artist and cineast's most pivotal works.

Meeting of Minds: Minimalist Architect Michael Gabellini Puts Five Questions to Minimalist Artist Roni Horn

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

The two thinkers discuss site specificity and source material.

Reviews: Target Practice: Painting Under Attack 1949�78

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

This Seattle Art Museum show focused on artists who saw painting as a closed world and attempted to pry it open.

Reviews: The Audio Show

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Featuring seven hours' worth of audio clips, this show included only a few serious experiments with sound.

Reviews: Dorothy Iannone

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

The physical and psychological aspects of sexual freedom are still at the forefront of Iannone�s work.

Reviews: Anton Vidokle

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Anton Vidokle�s "Exhibition as School" was really an exhibition as exhibition.

Reviews: Walid Raad

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

How could anyone forget Raad�s very real photographs, taken when he was 15, of Israeli forces assaulting Beirut by land, sea, and air?

Features: McCarthyism

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

A sneak peek at McCarthy's rousingly raw series of monumental collage drawings.

Reviews: Rirkrit Tiravanija

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

"Chew the Fat" resembles a well-made promotional video advertising international art stars, but it's hard to dislike.

Reviews: Richard Long

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

"Heaven and Earth," at the Tate Britain last summer, was a slow, meditative amble through a career that has spanned four decades.

Reviews: Song Dong

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

At showings in China and Germany, where rationing and frugality have more immediate resonance, audiences have reportedly wept before Song Dong's mass of stuff.

Field Guide: The State of Things: Brussels/Beijing / Center for Fine Arts

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

In 1961, Queen Elisabeth of Belgium visited China, cementing a friendship between the small European country and the Asian behemoth.

Art & Science: Body Image

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

A Tokyo exhibition examines the human form, physically and philosophically.

Introducing: Love Hurts

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Canadians Nicholas and Shiela Pye expose the painful parts of romance.

Matthew Collings's Diary: From Raging Bulls to Miserable Drips

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Art in the movies reflects society's changing perceptions of art-world morality.

Working Practice: Snapshot of a Song

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Shirin Neshat refocuses her lens on the legacy of Laos.

Performance: Dreaming the Future

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:06:00 GMT

Modern Painters talks to RoseLee Goldberg, founder of Performa, the performance-art biennial whose highly anticipated third edition opens this weekend.

Field Guide: Oleg Kulik

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Performance artist, sculptor, and curator Oleg Kulik on the "Kandinsky Prize in London" exhibition, opening Oct. 17 at the Louise Blouin Foundation.