Toshiko Takaezu in 1990 with some of her “closed form” works outside her studio in Quakertown, N.J.
Toshiko Takaezu, Ceramic Artist, Dies at 88
By WILLIAM GRIMES
Ms. Takaezu helped to move clay from a functional role to one of abstraction and creative expression.
Brian Lanker, Pulitzer-Winning Photojournalist, Dies at 63
By DAVID W. DUNLAP
Mr. Lanker, who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1973, focused on intimate portrayals of American lives.
INSIDE ART
Simultaneous Shows, One Indoors, One Out
By CAROL VOGEL
Robert Whitman’s “Passport” will have its premiere simultaneously at Dia:Beacon in the Hudson Valley and at Montclair State University in New Jersey.
March 18, 2011
Clark Art Institute Tries to Deaccession a Renoir at Maastricht Art Fair
In an unusual move, the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Mass., is trying to sell a Renoir from its collection at the European Fine Art Fair in Maastricht, the Netherlands.
March 18, 2011
Rockwell Group to Design Blue School Interiors
The Blue School is getting a permanent home in the former Seamen's Church Institute building, with interiors designed by the Rockwell Group.
March 17, 2011
Smithsonian Plan to Remove Murals From Los Angeles Lobby Is Criticized
The Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture is planning to buy and remove murals by the African-American painters Charles Alston and Hale Woodruff that now cover the lobby walls of a building in Los Angeles, over the objections of preservationists.
History’s Hands
By RANDY KENNEDY
For months, unknown to museumgoers, artisans from overseas have been at work high above the Greek and Roman galleries, effecting a transformation.
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SPOTLIGHT | GREAT NECK
3-D Glasses Are Not Just for Movies Anymore
By STEVEN McELROY
The work of two artists who paint complex images that gradually reveal additional layers to viewers who step to one side or dons 3-D glasses is being displayed at the Great Neck Arts Center.
‘Modigliani: A Life’
By MERYLE SECREST
Reviewed by HOLLAND COTTER
Meryle Secrest reassesses the painter Modigliani’s notoriously self-destructive life and his place in the modernist firmament.
ART REVIEW
Anxiety on the Fault Line
By HOLLAND COTTER
A new exhibition of 16 artists at Japan Society highlights recent Japanese works that reveal a mood of anxiety.
ART REVIEW
Big Continent, Much to See
By HOLLAND COTTER
A quick guide to the highlights of Asia Week at galleries around New York.
ART REVIEW
Swatches Illuminate a Painter’s Other Art
By ROBERTA SMITH
Fabric designs predominate in this exhibition of the work of Sonia Delaunay at the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum.
ART REVIEW
Dispatches From the Kvetchnyan Ambassador
By KEN JOHNSON
“Various Illuminations (of a Crazy World),” at the Jewish Museum, explores Maira Kalman’s typically wry, gently satiric take on the delights and discomfitures of metropolitan life.
Promising Exhibitions From Coast to Coast
By JUDITH H. DOBRZYNSKI
Museums are offering ambitious shows, including the first large-scale United States exhibition of Helmut Newton’s work and the only East Coast booking of a traveling showcase of Picasso’s career.
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The Spirit of Sharing
By CAROL VOGEL
Social media technology has created new opportunities for museums to create interactivity inside and outside of their walls.
Abu Dhabi Guggenheim Faces Protest
By NICOLAI OUROUSSOFF
More than 130 artists are demanding better conditions for workers building a Guggenheim museum in Abu Dhabi.
A Growing Use of Private Art in Public Spaces
By JUDITH H. DOBRZYNSKI
The artistic and ethical issues raised by single-collector exhibitions are being overshadowed by their convenience and cost savings.
A Curator With a Penchant for the Collective
By TED LOOS
Lisa Freiman, the commissioner of the American pavilion at this year’s Venice Biennale, has long held an interest in artistic duos.
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