



From Rags to… Found Boots, Gloves and Soda Cans: The Richness of Thornton Dial
This dispatch from New Orleans in 2011 offered as a tribute to the artist who died recently

Paint the Town Red: Shephard Fairey takes Dallas
Street artist’s murals are bringing new audience to the Dallas Contemporary

Dreams and Desires from the Middle of Nowhere: Carolee Schneemann in Illinois
Legendary film and performance artist on view at the Krannert Art Museum

Working Space 1600: Shows in Rome of Guercino, Caravaggio and their Contemporaries
Reflections on Baroque painting and modernism.

Where Artists Are Richer Than Doctors: Report from Havana
The starving artist stereotype is, surprisingly, not the Cuban model

No Choice But To Trust The Senses: California Light and Space Revisited
“Phenomenal” at San Diego MoCA prompts rethink of West Coast minimalism

Forums in Motion: The Guangzhou Triennial
Conference helps put prosperous city on par with more sophisticated Chinese centers

Keeping Your Balance in the Windy City: Report from Chicago
Philip Pearlstein and Ellen Lanyon at Carberry, Ed Valentine at Warren, Matthew Woodward, Amy Casey

Quasi Una Fantasia: A Summer Trio From San Francisco
Paul Kos and Jim Melchert at Paule Anglim, Shahzia Sikander at the Art Institute

Interesting for No Good Reason: Lois Dodd in Maine
A 40 year survey of real and imagined scenes at the Calbeck Gallery, Rockland, this summer