THE BRAND GAME
"The Art Show" is where? Uh, "Skin Fruit"? What's with exhibition names that are unmemorable and uninviting? ... read more »
Different worlds, similar dreams
A show of photographs at Somerset House in London offers a century's worth of arresting images, writes Helena Douglas ... read more »
WILLIAM KENTRIDGE'S NOSE FOR FARCE
William Kentridge's unique staging of "The Nose", Shostakovich's take on Gogol's grimly absurd story, premieres at New York's Metropolitan Opera tonight. Vivien Schweitzer talks to the artist about his work ... read more »
THE CV: MARTIN SCORSESE
It’s been an immense career, but an uneven one. With "Shutter Island" now proving to be Martin Scorsese's biggest box-office hit, Tom Shone draws up a list of his eight best films ... read more »
BEAUTY AND THE (FAECES OF THE) BEAST
The art world no longer wonders what to make of Chris Ofili's dung-pocked canvasses. Instead, they wonder what he will make next. Melissa Goldstein surveys the work of a controversial artist in mid-career ... read more »
PORTRAIT OF A POP MASTER
Artists are rarely as expressive on the page as they are on canvas. James Rosenquist is a fine exception. Avis Berman reviews his memoir ... read more »
ERIC ROHMER'S (ALL TOO) HUMAN COMEDIES
Eric Rohmer populated his films with pretty people making silly mistakes. Andrew Stout considers some of his earliest work ... read more »
Comment of the moment
quote I am a believer and a Member of The Episcopal Church USA, but I have to say, in all of the virulent discussions among American church people of every stripe, that I feel more trust in atheists and agnostics, than I do my own fellow religious persons ...