“Since 1977, when Cindy Sherman first exhibited her “untitled film Stills” of fictional B-movie starlets, she has surrendered herself to photographic portraits of nearly every female archetype imaginable. So completely does the artist disappear into her subjects—disheveled fashion victims, art-historical icons, tragic dowagers, manic clowns, Beverly Hills housewives—that it’s hard to believe they are all the same woman.” by Linda Yablonsky for the Wall Street Journal (2/26.2012)
As economy weighs on European collectors, confident Americans are big buyers
"Confident American bidders lifted the sales to a combined $713 million, with Christie's $457 million total topping Sotheby's roughly $256 million. Overall, the results easily topped the houses' low estimates of $413 million."
The Artist: He Pushes
A new documentary paints Ai Weiwei as both impish and serious.
Alison Klayman, a freelance reporter for National Public Radio, met the artist in 2008 and followed him around for the next three years gathering footage for the film. Initially, she said she was drawn to his irreverent photographs and conceptual sculptures—often made from porcelain, tea or temple wood—but her film also captures his awakening as an activist.