Anthology of critical essays by André Breton. Artists, philosophers, and other figures mentioned in the text include André Breton, Corneille Agrippa, Guillaume Apollinaire, Apulee, Louis Aragon, Alexander Archipenko, Hans Arp, Gaston Bachelard, Honoré de Balzac, Hans Bellmer, Bleuler, Umberto Boccioni, Jérôme Bosch, Constantin Brancusi, Georges Braque, Victor Brauner, Bettina Brentano, Jean-Paul Brisset, Charles de Brosses, Robert Browning, Giordano Bruno, Alexander Calder, Leonora Carrington, Blaise Cendrars, Paul Cezanne, Marc Chagall, Giorgio de Chirico, Cimabue, Joseph Cornell, Piero di Cosimo, Georges Courteline, Charles Cros, Salvador Dali, Paul Delvaux, André Derain, Denis Diderot, Oscar Dominquez, Enrico Donati, Isidore Ducasse, Marcel Duchamp, Raymond Duchamp-Villon, Eckhardt, Albert Einstein, Paul Eluard, Max Ernst, Serge Essenine, Joachim de Flore, Théodore Flournoy, Jean Fouquet, Charles Fourier, Esteban Frances, James George Frazer, Sigmund Freud, von der Gabelentz, Alberto Giacometti, Giotto, Goethe, Arshile Gorky, Mathias Grunewald, Gutenberg, David Hare, S. ... [details]
Critical history of the art scene in San Francisco between 1945 and 1995 by Thomas Albright. Artists include Thomas Albright, George Abend, Arlo Acton, Ann Adair, Lee Adair, Mark Adams, Tom Akawie, James Alberson, Maxine Labro, Robert Alexander, William Allan, Boyd Allen, Gary Allen, Jesse Allen, John Almond, Alex Anderson, David Anderson, Jeremy Anderson, Steven Andresen, Ruth Armer, Victor Arnautoff, Robert Arneson, Ruth Asawa, Olive Ayhens, Heléne Aylon, Mowry Baden, Jennifer Badger, Martin Baer, Clayton Bailey, Jerrodl Ballaie, Joel Barletta, Carroll Barnes, Matthew Barnes, Raymond Barnhart, John Battenberg, John Baxter, Bruce Beasley, Paul Beattie, Mona Beaumont, Robert Bechtle, Scott Bell, Cleveland Bellow, Jordan Belson, Fletcher Benton, Elio Benvenuto, Richard Berger, Henrietta Berk, Wallace Berman, Roger Berry, David Best, Bernice Lee Bing, Elmer Bischoff, Sue Bitney, Ed Blackburn, Ronald Bladen, Dianne Blell, J. ... [details]
Issue edited by Jack Bankowsky. Essays "Culture Wars: Bell Hooks on Spike Lee's 'Malcolm X,'" by Bell Hooks; "Ecoculture: Andrew Ross' Weather Report," by Andrew Ross; "Glamour Wounds: Rhonda Lieberman on THe Fontainebleau Hotel," by Rhonda Lieberman; "Secret Vices: Jeanne Silverthorne on Face-Lifts," by Jeanne Silverthorne; "Real Life Rock: Greil Marcus' Top Ten," by Greil Marcus; "American Myths: J. ... [details]
Issue edited by Jack Bankowsky. Essays "Passages: Frederic Tuten on Roy Lichtenstein," by Frederic Tuten; "Books: James Surowiecki on The Baffler," by James Surowiecki; "Hot List: Mark Van de Walle on the News," by Mark Van de Walle; "Music: David Frankel on Harry Smith," by David Frankel; "Music: Glenn O'Brien on Bob Dylan," by Glenn O'Brien; "Real Life Rock: Greil Marcus' Top Ten," by Greil Marcus; "Regional Exhibitions: Forty Winter/Spring Shows Around the Globe"; "New in New York: William Harris on the New New Museum," by William Harris; "New in New York: Lawrence Levi on Traveling Exhibitions," by Lawrence Levi; "New in New York: Richard Shone on Rachel Whiteread's Water Tower Project," by Richard Shone; "International Shorts: Daniel Birnbaum on Steven Holl's Museum for Helsinki," by Daniel Birnbaum; "International Shorts: Elizabeth Janus on New Directors for Bern and Lucerne," by Elizabeth Janus; "International Shorts: Robert Leonard on Te Papa," by Robert Leonard; "Northern Highlights: Robin Cembalest on the Moderna Museet," by Robin Cembalest; "Northern Highlights: Daniel Birnbaum on Stockholm 1998," by Daniel Birnbaum; "Raid the Pillbox: Making Up Andy," by Wayne Koestenbaum; "A Slice of Light: Carol Squiers on James Welling," by Carol Squiers; "Jasper JohnsL 'Diver,' 1963," by John Elderfield; "Company Man: Diedrich Diedrichsen talks with Mayo Thompson"; "Openings: Liisa Roberts," by Margaret Sundell. ... [details]
Issue edited by Jack Bankowsky. Essays "Books: Brooks Adams on James Fenton," by Brook Adams; "Film: Mayer Rus on Larry Clark's 'Another Day in Paradise,'" by Mayer Rus; "Curators: Ralph Rugoff talks with Lisa Corrin," by Ralph Rugoff; "Hot List," by Jeremy Blake; "Hot List: David Frankel on the Virtual Collection at www. ... [details]
Issue edited by Tim Griffin. Essays "Editor's Letter: Social Realities," by Tim Griffin; "Books: Barrett Watten on Lytle Shaw's 'Frank O'Hara: The Poetics of Coterie,'" by Barrett Watten; "Film: James quandt on Alexander Sokurov's 'Alexandra,'" by James Quandt; "Film: Amy Taubin on Alexander Sokurov's 'Alexandra,'" by Amy Taubin; "Film: Sven Lütticken on Werner Herzog," by Sven Lütticken; "Sound: Damon Krukowski on Kenneth Goldsmith and UbuWeb," by Damon Krukowski; "On Site: Brian Sholis on Regional Nonprofits," by Brian Sholis; "Slant: Virginia Rutledge on Christoph Büchel and Mass MoCA," by Virginia Rutledge; "Top Ten," by Nick Mauss and Ken Okiishi; "Mirror Displacements: The Art of Zoe Leonard," by Mark Godfrey; "Music of the Spheres: Reflections on Karlheinz Stockhausen," by Robin Maconie and La Monte Young, with Irvine Arditti, Morton Subotnick, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Maryanne Amacher, and Björk; "Jeroen de Rijke/Willem de Rooij: A Portfolio," by Pamela M. ... [details]
Issue edited by Michelle Kuo. Essays "Film: Best of 2011," by John Waters, Amy Taubin, James Quandt, Regina Schlagnitweit, Ed Halter; "Music: Best of 2011," by Mark Mothersbaugh, George Lewis, Venus X, Nick Relph, Tobi Vail; "Dance: Best of 2011," by David Velasco; "Books: Best of 2011," by Svetlana Alpers, Anthony Vidler, Michael Fried, Dawn Ades, J. ... [details]
Issue edited by Michelle Kuo. Essays "Passages: Claes Oldenburg, Paul Kaiser, and Robert Whitman on Robert Breer," by Claes Oldenburg, Paul Kaiser, and Robert Whitman; "Books: Malcolm Bull on Jacques Derrida's 'The Beast & The Sovereign,'" by Malcolm Bull; "Film: James Quandt on Steve McQueen's 'Shame,'" by James Quandt; "Film: Amy Taubin on Nuri Bilge Ceylan's 'Once Upon a Time in Anatolia,'" by Amy Taubin; "Film: Tony Pipolo on Jean-Marie Straub," by Tony Pipolo; "Vault: Martin Kemp on Leonardo da Vinci's 'The Virgin of the Rocks,'" by Martin Kemp; "Slant: Nasser Rabbat on the New Islamic Art Galleries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art," by Nasser Rabbat; "Slant: Saskia Sassen and Hans Haacke on the Spaces of Occupation," by Saskia Sassen and Hans Haacke; "Slant: Annie Ochmanek on Christopher D'Arcangelo," by Annie Ochmanek; "Top Ten," by Uri Aran; "Winter 2012 Exhibitions: 45 Shows Worldwide"; "Julia Robinson on 'Claes Oldenburg: The Sixties,'" by Julia Robinson; "Dark Matter: The Art of Liu Wei," by Pauline J. ... [details]
April 1973 issue of Arts Magazine. Cover features Richard Serra's "Shift." Contributors include Andrei Boris Nakov, Jean-Claude Bonne, Willis Domingo, William C. Lipke, Cindy Nemser, Richard Serra, Rosalind Krauss, Jack Burnham, Howard Fried, Dan Graham, Bruce Boice, John Loring, Cara Montgomery, Paul Stitleman, Rosemary Mayer, Robert Pancoast Smith, Jane Bell, Ellen Lubell, Bill Dykes, Nancy Murray, Judith Tannenbaum, Andre Mikotajuk, and Gordon Brown. ... [details]
"In this new book, America's most interesting and controversial writer on art clarifies the mysteries and conflicts of contemporary painting, sculpture, Happenings, kinetics, etc., and illuminates their relevance for our time. ... [details]
