The Italian Avant-Garde in the Mid-20th Century  by Adrian Kohn Italians have done more of their fair share for the history of art. This has been true not only during the Renaissance, but in the 20th century as well. It was new ideas of what else might constitute art- besides painting and sculpture that led to Spatialism, Atre Povera, and Conceptualism. >> Read the full article...		6/1/2004
		Art Review: Open House  by William Powhida As a Brooklyn-based critic I had high expectations for Open House: Working in Brooklyn. The sprawling exhibit features over three hundred works by two hundred artists who happen to have a studio in Brooklyn. It is an overwhelming exhibit that demonstrates little curatorial responsibility. >> Read the full article...		6/1/2004
		Art Review: The Eighth Bienal  by Monroe Denton The coup of the Eighth Bienal of Contemporary Art in Havana was Wilfredo Prieto’s installation, outside the 18th century fortifications which had originally been erected to defend the city’s harbor and have been remodeled to serve as the primary exhibition venue for this survey. The Bienal included nearly 150 national representatives. Unsurprisingly, the largest national representation was Cuba, which featured twenty artists. Also unsurprisingly, there was only limited U.S. participation, none of which was official. >> Read the full article...		6/1/2004
		Storm King  by Eileen Costello Many names such as Henry Moore, Alexander Calder, Roy Lichtenstein, and Richard Serra are familiar to all, but the collection also represents perhaps less familiar, albeit just as important artists, including Kenneth Snelson, Menashe Kadshman, and Siah Armajani. The more intrepid visitors walk upon the paths (there are over five miles of roads and paths), but if one opts for the tram tour the adventure can be just as rousing.  >> Read the full article...		4/1/2004
		Creative Time  by William Powhida Over the last few years Creative Time has arguably been the most visible public arts organization in New York City. It hasn’t been the quantity of projects but the quality and diversity of them. As an arts organization, Creative Time produces, curates, and organizes public arts projects themselves and in collaboration with sponsors and other partnerships. >> Read the full article...		4/1/2004
		The Sacro Bosco of Bomarzo  by Lorenzo G. Buonanno The Sacro Bosco or Sacred Grove (as it would later be called) was been commissioned, and for the most part designed, by Pier Francesco Orsini (1528-1588), The Duke of Bomarzo, in 1552. The design of its architectural elements has been inconclusively attributed to several architects of the period, such as Vignola, Jacopo del Duca, Ammanati, and Pirro Ligorio. >> Read the full article...		4/1/2004
		Gravestones of Early New England  by Lorenzo Buonanno The first colonists came from the middle class and among them were craftsmen and laborers, but no professional artists. To commission a gravestone one naturally asked the craftsman whose trade was the most applicable to the labor. Stonecutters and carpenters were therefore the first gravestone sculptors, much as the first portraitists were often painters of shop signs. >> Read the full article...		1/1/2004
		Uses of Americana in Contemporary Art  by William Powhida It is no surprise that Americana shows up in contemporary art in many different ways. Artists make use of Americana historically and thematically by appropriating imagery and objects as both the subject and form of their work, thereby reinvigorating traditional forms. >> Read the full article...		1/1/2004