TABLE OF CONTENTS

February 2023

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Alex Katz, Ada’s Black Sandals (detail), 1987, oil on linen, 48 × 60 1⁄8". © Alex Katz/Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY.

February 2023, Vol. 61, No. 6

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COLUMNS

Jean-Marie Straub, France, 2002. Photo: Richard Dumas/Agence VU/Redux.

passages

J. Hoberman on Jean-Marie Straub

Gerhard Richter, Hofkirche, Dresden (Court Chapel, Dresden), 2000, oil on canvas, 31 1⁄2 × 36 5⁄8". © Gerhard Richter (0012).

books

Harmon Siegel on Benjamin H. D. Buchloh’s Gerhard Richter: Painting After the Subject of History

William Eggleston, Untitled, ca. 1970–73, ink-jet print, framed 45 1⁄4 × 63 1⁄2".

on site

Eric Banks on William Eggleston

Edward Hopper, Approaching a City, 1946, oil on canvas, 27 1⁄8 × 36". © Heirs of Josephine N. Hopper/Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

on site

Thomas Eggerer on Edward Hopper

Artist unknown, Law, als een tweede Don-Quichot, op Sanches Graauwtje zit ten spot (Law, Like Another Don Quixote, Sits on Sancho’s Ass, Being Everyone’s Fool), 1720, etching and engraving on paper, 8 3⁄8 × 11 1⁄8".

on site

Andrew Hultkrans on “Fortune and Folly in 1720”

Wadada Leo Smith, Sarhanna, 2011, mixed media, 8 3⁄4 × 12 1⁄2".

top ten

Renee Gladman shares her top ten

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Vivienne Westwood at Buckingham Palace, London, December 15, 1992. Photo: Martin Keene/Alamy.

VIVIENNE WESTWOOD (1941–2022)

Reflecting on Vivienne Westwood’s extraordinary achievements

VIVIENNE WESTWOOD (1941–2022)

Derek McCormack on Vivienne Westwood

Still from video documentation of Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren’s Spring/Summer 1983 “Punkature” collection.

VIVIENNE WESTWOOD (1941–2022)

Patric Dicaprio, Hillary Taymour, and Bárbara Sánchez-Kane on Vivienne Westwood

Vivienne Westwood in front of her and Malcolm McLaren’s shop Seditionaries, London, 1977. Photo: Elisa Leonelli/Shutterstock.

VIVIENNE WESTWOOD (1941–2022)

Andre Walker on Vivienne Westwood

Nicole Eisenman, Swimmers in the Lap Lane (detail), 1995, oil on canvas, 51 × 39".

HOW DO CRITERIA CHANGE?

Sarah Schulman on Nicole Eisenman in the 1990s

View of “Alex Katz: Gathering,” 2022–23, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. From left: Frank O’Hara, 1959–60; Paul Taylor, 1959. Photo: Midge Wattles.

MEDIUM COOL

Four Painters on Alex Katz

View of “Alex Katz: Gathering,” 2022–23, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. Foreground: Jack and D. D. Ryan, 1968. Photo: Ariel Ione Williams and Midge Wattles.

MEDIUM COOL

Sam McKinniss on Alex Katz

Paul Taylor, Scudorama, 1963. Performance view, David H. Koch Theater, New York, November 1, 2022. Center: Maria Ambrose. Photo: Whitney Browne.

MEDIUM COOL

Amy Sillman on Alex Katz

Alex Katz, Yellow Tree 1, 2020, oil on linen, 72 × 72". © Alex Katz/Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY.

MEDIUM COOL

David Salle on Alex Katz

Alex Katz, Picnic at the Beach, 1960, watercolor and colored-paper collage, 4 5⁄8 × 5 1⁄4". Photo: Colby College Museum of Art, Gift of the artist. © Alex Katz/Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY.

MEDIUM COOL

Jamian Juliano-Villani on Alex Katz

Joan Brown, Self-Portrait at Age 42, 1980, enamel on canvas, 71 3⁄4 × 60". © Estate of Joan Brown.

TRANSCENDENTAL FIGURATION

Dodie Bellamy on the art of Joan Brown

Annie Dorsen, Spokaoke, 2012. Performance view, French Institute Alliance Française, New York, September 21, 2013. Photo: Brittany Buogiorno.

PROCEDURAL DRAMA

Miriam Felton-Dansky on the theater of Annie Dorsen

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Grant Wallace, Rebirth on Earth, ca. 1919–25, watercolor, gouache, and ink on paper, 18 × 12".

New York

Benjamin Wigfall, Things My Father Told Me, Tall Man II, 1971, intaglio and relief print on paper, 271⁄2 × 391⁄2".

New Paltz

Lauren O’Neill-Butler on “Benjamin Wigfall & Communications Village”

Al-An deSouza, September, 1991, digital print on Baryta paper, 23 3⁄4 × 31 5⁄8". From the series “Elegies of Futures Past (and Other Fugue States),” 2018–19.

Ithaca

Marcus Civin on Al-An deSouza

Nour Mobarak, Reproductive Logistics, 2020, Trametes versicolor, apple-wood pellets, kraft paper, watercolor, hair, sperm, acrylic, resin, 651⁄2 × 75 × 12 1⁄2". From “Symbionts: Contemporary Artists and the Biosphere.”

Boston

Cassie Packard on “Symbionts: Contemporary Artists and the Biosphere”

Katharina Grosse, Untitled, 1991, oil on canvas, 23 3⁄4 × 31 5⁄8".

St. Louis

Karen Butler on Katharina Grosse

Helen Lundeberg, Selma, 1957, oil on canvas, 30 × 24".

Los Angeles

Roberto Gil de Montes, Boca Chica, 2022, oil on linen, 70 7⁄8 × 98 3⁄8".

Mexico City

Silvia Benedetti on Roberto Gil de Montes

Clemencia Echeverri, Deserere, 2022, thirteen-channel video installation, color, sound, 23 minutes 19 seconds.

Bogotá

Eugenio Viola on Clemencia Echeverri

Adriano Amaral, Untitled, 2022, compacted earth, water, nitrogen fertilizer, ammonia, living organisms, acrylic, plastic, aluminum, ultrasonic humidifiers, candles, 14 1⁄8 × 43 1⁄4 × 86 5⁄8".

São Paulo

Camila Belchior on Adriano Amaral

Martyn Cross, A Tomb for Immortal Ascension, 2022, oil on unstretched canvas, 6' 11 3⁄4" × 10' 2 5⁄8".

London

Lawrence Abu Hamdan, 45th Parallel, 2022, still from the HD video component (color, sound, 15 minutes) of a mixed-media installation additionally comprising two painted backdrops.

Bristol

Jonah Goldman Kay on Lawrence Abu Hamdan

View of “Cerith Wyn Evans,” 2022–23. Photo: Rob Battersby.

Llandudno

Dylan Huw on Cerith Wyn Evans

Ad Minoliti, Mesa 3, 2022, acrylic and ink on canvas, 31 1⁄2 × 31 1⁄2". From the series “Mesas,” 2022–.

Paris

Lillian Davies on Ad Minoliti

Miriam Laura Leonardi, Hypocritical One Percent – Club, 2021, circuit-breaker panels, LED lights, Arduino, cables, cable ties, powder-coated aluminum, 107 1⁄8 × 48 × 4". From “Barbe à Papa.” Photo: Arthur Pequin.

Bordeaux

Sabrina Tarasoff on “Barbe à Papa”

Carmen Calvo, Queridas mías (My Dears), 2020, digital print, paint, collage, 37 3⁄8 × 54 3⁄8 × 7 5⁄8".

Valencia

Camila McHugh on Carmen Calvo

Sammy Baloji, Gnosis, 2022, fiberglass, 102 3⁄8 × 102 3⁄8 × 102 3⁄8". Photo: Andrea Biotti.

Florence

Agnieszka Gratza on Sammy Baloji

Milena Büsch, Freizeit, 2022, oil on magazine pages mounted on cardboard, 57 × 43 7⁄8".

Vienna

Vanessa Joan Müller on Milena Büsch

View of “Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster,” 2022. Photo: Andrea Rossetti.

Berlin

Mehmet Güleryüz, untitled, 1989. Performance view, Seretonin I, Feshane building, Istanbul, 1989. From “The 90s Onstage.”

Istanbul

Kaya Genç on “The 90s Onstage”

Tamuna Sirbiladze, untitled, 2005–2006, gouache and oil pastel on paper, 24 × 33 1⁄2".

Tbilisi

Kim Córdova on Tamuna Sirbiladze

Munem Wasif, Kheyal, 2015–18, HD video, black-and-white, sound, 23 minutes, 34 seconds.

Mumbai

Mario D’Souza on Munem Wasif

View of “Gozo Yoshimasu,” 2022. Photo: Kei Okano.

Tokyo

Yuki Higashino on Gozo Yoshimasu

Pan Daijing, Uncut, 2022. Performance view, Ghost 2565, Bangkok Dock, Bangkok, October 29, 2022. Alin Charuamonchit. Photo: Kanrapee Chokpaiboon.

Bangkok

Brian Curtin on Ghost 2565: “Live Without Dead Time”

Daniel Boyd, Untitled (PAITA), 2022, oil, acrylic, charcoal, pastel, and glue on linen, 53 × 79 1⁄8".

Sydney

Toni Ross on Daniel Boyd