BOOK REVIEW
Caravaggio: painter of miracles
by Francine Prose
(New York: HarperCollins, 2005)
Francine Prose’s short biography of Caravaggio (1571-1610) in the Eminent lives series is a delight to read. She vigorously evokes the beauty and mastery of the paintings, making them come alive. About halfway through, I got out my copy of an inexpensive illustrated paperback on Caravaggio to saturate the senses with a bit of visual confirmation of the verbal descriptions: not because I needed it but because the verbal enticement was strong.
At the same time, Prose provides a contextual setting and does it well, telling a solid story of teachers, patrons, and companions. Caravaggio was famous during his lifetime not only for his rambunctious life but also as an influence on other Italian and Flemish painters. His reputation was eclipsed for sev eral centuries before rising again in the 20th century; some of his great detractors have all put disappeared. One of these was Giovanni Baglione. Prose says “to contemplate the work of Giovanni Baglione alongside that of Caravaggio restores our faith in the hopeful clichés that promise that posterity will prove wiser and clearer-sighted than the myopic present. Time will separate the wheat from the chaff. Cream will rise to the top even if it takes centuries to complete its erratic and uncertain percolation” (p. 89).
Prose’s descriptions of Caravaggio’s interest in young men are also well put and matter-of-fact. She mentions rather casually the potential frisson between t he older aristocrat and a young page boy depicted in the “Portrait of Alof de Wignacourt” (Louvre, ca. 1608). Much has been written about the imposition of modern concepts of sexuality on artists from earlier times. Regardless, Prose winningly describes Caravaggio’s use of young male models including his roommate Mario Minniti and his relations with patrons, some of whom might now be said to be running a gay salon.
While this book is clearly aimed at the general reader without footnotes or other scholarly apparatus beyond a basic bibliography, it provides a good read about an artist we now claim for the homosexual canon.
Reviewed by Sherman Clarke sherman.clarke@nyu.edu
Angell, Callie. Andy Warhol screen tests: the films of Andy Warhol, a catalogue raisonné. New York: Abrams and Whitney Museum of American Art, 2006. v. 1: 320 p., with 780 photos ISBN 0-8109-5539-3 (v. 1)
Anreus, Alejandro, Diana L. Linden, and Jonathan Weinberg, ed. The social and the real: political art of the 1930s in the western hemisphere. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2006. 362 p. (Refiguring modernism, 4) ISBN 027102691X (hc)
Anspon, Catherine D., “Robert Gober [at] Menil Collection, Houston,” Art news, v. 105, no. 2 (Feb. 2006), p. 142
Arrañaga, Marc, “Peter Harvey at Risk Press Gallery,” The archive: the journal of the Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation, no. 19 (spring 2006), p. 16
Atkins, Robert, and Svetlana Mintcheva, eds. Censoring culture: contemporary threats to free expression. New York: New Press; distributed by Norton, 2006. 353 p. Published in conjunction with the National Coalition Against Censorship. ISBN 1595580972 (hc) ISBN 1595580506 (pb)
Atkins, Robert, “Gay pride,” Art in America, Feb. 2006, p. 43. Review of Male desire by Jonathan Weinberg (Abrams, 2004)
Badertscher, Amos. Baltimore portraits. Introd. by Tyler Curtain. Durham: Duke University Press, in association with Duke University Museum of Art, 1999. 96 p., chiefly illus. ISBN 0-8223-2334-6
Balluff, David, “Weddings of mass destruction [art project],” The journal of aesthetics & protest, v. 1, issue 4 (2005), p. 137
Beard, Mark, “‘Bruce Sargeant’,” Bloom, v. 2, issue 2 (fall 2005), p. 155-159. 4 illus. with short essay
Beaulieu , Brooks, “Girodet (1767-1824),” Nineteenth-century art worldwide, v. 5, issue 1 (spring 2006), available online at 19thc-artworldwide.org/spring_06/reviews/beau.html
Bell, Casey, “Lesbian artists to exhibit at ‘Forum’,” Philadelphia gay news, Apr. 28-May 4, 2006, p. 24-25. Photographers B. Proud and Maria Martinez-Cañas at 7th annual Equality Forum, Philadelphia
Berwick, Carly, “Extreme makeover: from skate chick to socialite to schoolgirl, Nikki S. Lee reinvents herself for her art,” Art news, v. 105, no. 3 (Mar. 2006), p. 110-113
Bohan, Ruth L. Looking into Walt Whitman: American art, 1850-1920. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2006. 261 p. ISBN 0271027029 (hc)
Bright, Deborah, and Erica Rand, “Queer Plymouth,” GLQ, v. 12, no. 2 (2006), p. 259-277. As in Plymouth Rock
Brodsky, Judith K., and Ferris Olin, ed. How American women artists invented postmodernism, 1970-1975. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers Center for Innovative Print and Paper, and Margery Somers Foster Center, Mabel Smith Douglass Library, 2005. 28 p. Exhibition from Dec. 15, 2005-Jan. 27, 2006
Burkhart, Kathe. Bad girl: works 1983-2000. New York: Hanus Press, 2005. 64 p. Text in English and Dutch ISBN 0-9765443-0-X
Burkhart, Kathe. The double standard. NYC: Participant Press, 2005. 100 p. ISBN 0-9765443-1-8
Casid, Jill H. Sowing empire: landscape and colonization. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2005. 283 p. ISBN 0-8166-4095-5 (hc) ISBN 0-8166-4096-3 (paper)
Cavalieri, Joseph, “Stained glass as fine art,” The archive: the journal of the Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation, no. 19 (spring 2006), p. 18
Chaich, John A., “Liberar: to release,” A & u, issue 137 (Mar. 2006), p. 20-21. On “Release II” at the Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts, Brooklyn
Chiappini, Rudy, ed. Jean-Michel Basquiat. Milan: Skira; Lugano, Museo d’arte moderna, 2005. 196 p. ISBN 8876242643 Exhibition catalog
Chinn, Lenore, “Portfolio,” Bloom, v. 2, issue 2 (fall 2005), p. 160-165. 5 illus. with short essay
Christov-Bakargiev, Carolyn. Luigi Ontani: 1965-2001 GaneshamUSA. Long Island City, NY: P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, 2001. 111 p., with numerous illus. and bibliographical references. Exhibition catalog
Colman, David, “The scent of a man,” New York times, Mar. 5, 2006, p. ST11. Photographer Wolfgang Tillmans likes Speed Stick
“Collaboration Louise Bourgeois/Robert Gober,” Parkett, no. 27 (1991), including essays by Szeemann and Spector, listed here
Cotter, Holland, “Hernan Bas: dandies, pansies & prudes [at] Daniel Reich Gallery, Chelsea, 537A West 23rd Street, through April 8 [and] Christian Holstad, leather beach [at] Daniel Reich Temporary Space, 200 East 43rd Street, Manhattan, through May 1 [and] ‘Between the lines’ [at] Daniel Reich Gallery Temporary Space at the Chels ea Hotel ...,” New York times, Mar. 24, 2006, p. E31
Cotter, Holland, “Maria Elena González [at] Knoedler & Company, 19 East 70th Street, through March 4 [and] The Project, 37 West 57th Street, through Feb. 17,” New York times, Jan. 20, 2006, p. B34
Curuby, John, “Robert Bliss,” The archive: the journal of the Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation, no. 19 (spring 2006), p. 11-12
Daderko, Dean, “A mirrorball to liberation: black power, gay pride, and the hustle revisited,” Gay city news (NYC), Jan. 26-Feb. 1, 2006, p. 17, with illus. of work by Carrie Moyer. Review of “Do you think I’m disco” at the Longwood Art Gallery, Bronx, NY
D’Agostino, Stephen, “The irony of interpretation: group exhibit dedicated to Susan Sontag,” New York blade, Mar. 13, 2006, p. 20
D’Agostino, Stephen, “Man of the hour: an exhibit and documentary reveal more of ’70s icon Peter Berlin,” New York blade, Jan. 23, 2006, p. 22
Davis, Whitney, “‘Homosexualism,’ gay and lesbian studies, and queer theory in art history,” in The subjects of art history: historical objects in contemporary perspectives (Cambridge UP, 1998), p. 115-142
Deruytter, Wouter. Anachronism abroad: New York, transatlantic crossing, Europe 1993. Photographs of McDermott & McGough by Wouter Deruytter. Roeselare, Belgium: Double You Dee, 1994. 20 p. Resurfaced in conjunction with Deruytter shows in New York, 2005
Deruytter, Wouter. Knights of the impossible. Text by Willy Van den Bussche and Max Borka. Bruges, Belgium: Stichting Kunstboek, 1997. 143 p. ISBN 9074 377653 Exhibition at P.M.M.K.
Doyle, Jennifer. Sex objects: art and the dialectics of desire. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2006. 184 p.. with 28 illus., bibliographical notes, and index ISBN 0-8166-4525-6 (hc) ISBN 0-8166-4526-8 (pb)
Doyle, Jennifer, “Warhol’s women (one in particular),” The gay & lesbian review, v. 13, no. 3 (May-June 2006), p. 32-33. On Valerie Solanas, excerpted from Sex objects
Ebony, David, “The melancholy gang: Eugene Berman and his circle,” Art in America, Mar. 2006, p. 126-131
Fishman, Louise. Louise Fishman. Essay by David Deitcher. New York: Cheim & Read, 2006. 64 p., with color illus.
Fyfe, Joe, “The heart at midnight,” Art in America, Mar. 2006, p. 144-145. On Bill Rice exhibition at Mitchell Algus Gallery, New York
Garwood, Deboarh, “Tillmans’ photographic alchemies,” Gay city news (NYC), Mar. 16-22, 2006, p. 16. On show at P.S. 1, New York
“Gehängter Mann/schlafender Mann,” Parkett, no. 27 (1991), p. 90-93. German translation of “Hanging man/sleeping man: a conversation between Teresa Bush, Robert Gober, and Ned Rifkin”
Giersdorf, Jens Richard, “Why does Charlotte von Mahlsdorf curtsy?: representations of national queerness in a transvestite hero,” GLQ, v. 12, no. 2 (2006), p. 171-196
Gilbert & George: E1. Edited by Isabelle Baudino and Marie Gautheron, with essays by Benoît Auclerc and others. Lyon: Ens; Saint-Etienne: Musée d’art moderne de Saint-Etienne métropole, 2005. 191 p. (Collection signes)
Gober, Robert, “Robert Gober’s edition for Parkett,” Parkett, no. 27 (1991), p. 77-79
Goldman, Jason, “‘The golden age of porn’: nostalgia and the photography of Wilhelm von Gloeden,” GLQ, v. 12, no. 2 (2006), p. 237-258
González, Maria Elena. Maria Elena González: internal dupliCity. Essay by Eleanor Heartney. New York: Knoedler & Co., 2006. 29 p. ISBN 0976239566
Gonzalez-Torres, Felix, “All the time in the world,” Flash art (international ed.), v. 39 (Jan.-Feb. 2006), p. 90-93. Interview with Bob Nickas, reprinted from Nov.-Dec. 1991
Gonzalez-Torres, Felix. Felix Gonzalez-Torres: early impressions. Curated by Elvis Fuentes for the Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña; organized by Deborah Cullen. New York: El Museo del Barrio, 2006. 29 p.
Griffith, Kelly, “Where has the gay art gone?,” The advocate, #955 (Jan. 31, 2006), p. 38-41. The author and her partner “set out to buy a piece of lesbian-themed art [and] had a more difficult time than we imagined” (with photos and portrait of Charles Leslie and Wayne Snellen of Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation)
Hammond, Harmony, “How to change vandalism into art,” The gay & lesbian review, v. 13, no. 3 (May-June 2006), p. 19. On her pieces for the show on vandalized books at the San Francisco Public Library
“Hanging man/sleeping man: a conversation between Teresa Bush, Robert Gober, and Ned Rifkin,” Parkett, no. 27 (1991), p. 90-93
Heaney, Joe, “Renaissance man,” Gay times, no. 330 (Mar. 2006), p. 28-30. On the Michelangelo drawings show at the British Museum, accompanied by photos by Dylan Rosser of Petr in poses of M’s drawings
Herring, Scott, “Caravaggio’s rednecks,” GLQ, v. 12, no. 2 (2006), p. 217-236. On photographer Michael Meads
Hilderbrand, Lucas, “Retroactivism,” GLQ, v. 12, no. 2 (2006), p. 303-317. On ACT UP
Hirsch, Faye, “Ron Athey and Julianna Snapper, Judas Cradle, at Participant Inc.,” Art in America, Feb. 2006, p. 53. Part of reports on Performa 05, first biennial of visual art performance, New York City, Nov. 2005
Hockney, David, “Love is the only serious subject,” The gay & lesbian review, v. 13, no. 3 (May-June 2006), p. 21-24. Int erview with Lester Strong on Hockney’s portraits
Johnson, Ken, “After a half-century, taking a census of Hockney’s people,” New York times, Mar. 17, 2006, p. E40. On the Hockney portraits show at MFA Boston
Juhasz, Alexandra, “Video remains: nostalgia, technology, and queer archive activism,” GLQ, v. 12, no. 2 (2006), p. 319-328
Kirkpatrick, Sidney D. The revenge of Thomas Eakins. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006. 565 p., with illus. (The Henry McBride series in modernism and modernity) ISBN 0-300-10855-2
Landi, Ann, “‘Robert Rauschenberg: Combines’ [at] Metropolitan Museum of Art, through April 2, 2006,” Art news, v. 105, no. 3 (Mar. 2006), p. 130
Latimer, Tirza True, “Entre nous: between Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore,” GLQ, v. 12, no. 2 (200 6), p. 197-216
Lee, Nikki S. Nikki S. Lee: parts. Text by RoseLee Goldberg. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz, 2005 (distr. by D.A.P.) 85 p. ISBN 3775716726 (hc)
Leslie, Charles W., “Dr. Fritz André Kracht, 1926-2005,” The archive: the journal of the Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation, no. 19 (spring 2006), p. 17
“Leslie/Lohman: a tribute,” The archive: the journal of the Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation, no. 19 (spring 2006), p. 5-8, 15. Tributes by Stephen Greco, Robert W. Richards, Lester Strong, Joseph Radoccia, Jim Eigo, Delmas Howe, Peter Flinsch, Reed Massengill, George E. Jordan, James M. Saslow, Patrick Webb, Kendall Shaw, Greenwich Street Dandies (Hendricks, Sur, Shoshan), and Marion Pinto
Liberman, Rachael, “Billyburg queer interiors: there’s no place like homohome,” Gay city news (NYC), Feb. 23-Mar. 1, 2006, p. 15. On “Prototype for a homohome catalogue” at Cinders Gallery, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
Liberman, Rachael, “Identity & anonymity,” Gay city news (NYC), Mar. 9-15, 2006, p. 24. On “(Un)masked” at Envoy Gallery, New York
Lorenzi, Rossella, “The agony and the ecstasy,” Art news, v. 105, no. 3 (Mar. 2006), p. 38. On sweating and fainting before Michelangelo’s “David”
Lovett/Codagnone. Texts by Lia Gangitano and Octavio Zaya. Milano: Charta, 2006. 140 p. Text in Italian and English. ISBN 8881585626 (John Lovett, 1962- and Alessandro Codagnone, 1967-)
Maine, Stephen, “Lari Pittman at Barbara Gladstone, New York,” Art in America, Apr. 2006, p. 156-157
Mann, Will iam J., “Between the sheets with Tim Miller and his 1,001 beds,” Gay Chicago magazine, v. 30, no. 11 (Mar. 16, 2006), p. 22-24. Interview with Tim Miller on the occasion of publication of 1001 beds
Marzullo, Greg, “No splashing, please: resurrected David Hockney film belly flops,” New York blade, Apr. 17, 2006, p. 20. “A bigger splash” now out on DVD
Mattick, Paul, “Robert Rauschenberg Combines, organized by Paul Schimmel [at] Metropolitan Museum of Art, December 20, 2005-April 2, 2006,” The Brooklyn rail, Apr. 2006, p. 25-26
Mein schwules Auge, Edited by Anja Müller and Mathias Trostdorf. Tübingen: Konkursbuch Verlag Claudia Gehrke. Nr. 2 (2004) with illus. of works by Rinaldo Hopf, Jonathan Weinberg, and many others, and with essays and stories
Merkin, Daphne, “Gender trouble,” T: the New York times style magazine. Men’s fashion, spring 2006, p. 129-133. Text by Daphne Merkin, photos by Jean-Baptiste Mondino
Meyer, Richard, and David Román, editors, “Art works, part 1,” GLQ: a journal of lesbian 2and gay studies, v. 12, no. 2 (2006). Essays are also noted here individually
Meyer, Richard, “Who needs civil liberties?” Potentially harmful: the art of American censorship (2006), p. 66-73
Micchelli, Thomas, “Maria Elena González: internal dupliCity [at] Knoedler & Company, January 12-March 4, 2006,” The Brooklyn rail, Mar. 2006, p. 29
Miller, Donald, “Linda Stein and Mark Chatterley [at] Longstreth Goldberg Art, Naples, Florida,” Art news, v. 105, no. 5 (May 2006), p. 171-172
Miller, Keith, “Fight paintings,” Bloom, v. 2, issue 2 (fall 2005), p. 1 66-170. 4 illus. with short essay
Miller, Tim. 1001 beds: performances, essays, and travels. Edited by Glen Johnson. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2006. 277 p., with some illus. (Living out: gay and lesbian autobiographies) ISBN-13 978-0-299-21690-0 (hc) ISBN-13 978-0-299-21694-8 (pb)
Milosch, Jane C., editor. Grant Wood’s studio: birthplace of American Gothic. Cedar Rapids, Iowa: Cedar Rapids Museum of Art; Munich and New York: Prestel, 2005. 143 p., with 128 illus., bibliography and index. ISBN 3-7913-3325-9 (hc) ISBN 3-7913-6048-5 (pb)
Moyer, Carrie, “Luscious and eccentric: Karen Heagle’s lesbian camp and also a new departure in poignancy,” Gay city news (NYC), Mar. 2-8, 2006, p. 43
Mueller, Stephen, “Eyelashes and all,” Gay city news (NYC), Apr. 27-May 3, 2006, p. 23. On Billy Sullivan show at Nicole Klagsbrun, New York
Myrone, Martin. Bodybuilding: reforming masculinities in British art 1750-1810. New Haven: Yale University Press for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, 2005. 384 p. ISBN 0300110057 (hc)
Nickas, Bob. Collection diary. Zurich: JRP/Ringier Kunstverlag, 2004. 61 p., with numerous illus. ISBN 2-940271-68-2
Northcross, Wayne, “Perverse nostalgia: the lost world of gay sex clubs,” Gay city news (NYC), Apr. 27-May 3, 2006, p. 32-33. On Christian Holstad show “Leather beach” in vacant deli, produced by Daniel Reich Gallery, New York
Northcross, Wayne, “Young punk seductions,” Gay city news (NYC), Mar. 9-15, 2006, p. 16, 31. On Scott Treleaven s how at John Connelly Presents, New York
Ocean, Justin, “The Kidd stays in the picture,” Next magazine, issue 13.37 (Mar. 17, 2006), p. 18. On Chip Kidd, work 1986-2006: book one
Orr, Joey, “Larry Jens Anderson’s gay merit badges,” The gay & lesbian review, v. 13, no. 3 (May-June 2006), p. 34
Pepe, Sheila, “The operation of collage,” Gay city news (NYC), Jan. 19-25, 2006, p. 14. On Geoff Hendricks and Berty Skuber show at Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York
Pepe, Sheila, “Painter, lesbian, feminist,” Gay city news (NYC), Feb. 23-Mar. 1, 2006, p. 14. On Louise Fishman show at Cheim & Read
Phelps, Danica. A book of D’s. New York: Zach Feuer Gallery / Volume Editions, 2006. (distr. by D.A.P.) 106 p. ISBN 0976853337 ($25)
Polchin, James, “The afterlife of George Platt Lynes,” The gay & lesbian review, v. 13, no. 3 (May-June 2006), p. 16-18
Pollack, Barbara, “‘Jack Pierson: early works’ [at] Daniel Reich, New York,” Art news, v. 105, no. 5 (May 2006), p. 162
Potentially harmful: the art of American cens orship. Curated by Cathy Byrd, with Susan Richmond. Atlanta: Ernest G. Welch School of Art & Design Gallery, Georgia State University, 2006. 127 p., with numerous illus. Includes essay by Richard Meyer
Queer eye. Essay by David S. Areford. Boston: Harbor Gallery, U Mass Boston, 2006. 16 p., with 30 illus. Catalog of the exhibition from Jan. 23-Feb. 26, 2006
Rechy, John, “Tom of Finland: sexual liberator?,” The gay & lesbian review, v. 13, no. 2 (Mar.-Apr. 2006), p. 31-33
Riding, Alan, “Michelangel o’s secrets are no longer secret,” New York times, Mar. 29, 2006, p. E3. Review of Michelangelo drawings show at British Museum
Rinder, Robert. Art life: selected writings, 1991-2005. New York: G.R. Miller & Co., 2005 (dist. D.A.P.) 160 p. ISBN 0974364827
Risemberg, Rafael, “Art-ifacts,” New York blade, Apr. 24, 2006, p. 28. On Felix Gonzalez-Torres show at El Museo del Barrio, New York
Risemberg, Rafael, “Dandies & pansies & prudes -- oh, my!: Cuban-American artist paints all manners of queer boys,” New York blade, Mar. 13, 2006, p. 18. On Hernan Bas show at Daniel Reich Gallery, New York
Risemberg, Rafael, “Earning her place in the boys’ club,” New York blade, Feb. 27, 2006, p. 22. On Louise Fishman show at Cheim & Read, New York
Risemberg, Rafael, “Fun in the sun: gay Puerto Rican artist builds sand castles in the sky,” New York blade, Mar. 20, 2006, p. 18. On Carlos Betancourt show at Remy Toledo Gallery, New York
Risemberg, Rafael, “Happy days: 1950s homoerotic impulses come to light in David McDermott and Peter McGough’s exhibit [at Cheim & Read],” New York blade, Jan 23, 2006, p. 23
Risemberg, Rafael, “Lavender majesty: artist Billy Sullivan shines in two new exhibits,” New York blade, Apr. 17, 2006, p. 17
Risemberg, Rafael, “Res-erection,” New York blade, Mar. 6, 2006, p. 18. On Scott Treleaven show at John Connelly Presents, New York
Risemberg, Rafael, “A weekend in the country,” New York blade, Apr. 3, 2006, p. 16. On Paolo Arao show at Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York
Román, David. Performance in America: contemporary U.S. culture and the performing arts. Durham: Duke University Press, 2005. 353 p., with illus., bibliography and index. ISBN 0-8223-3675-8 (hc) ISBN 0-8223-3663-4 (pb)
Román, David, “Remembering AIDS: a reconsideration of Longtime companion,” GLQ, v. 12, no. 2 (2006), p. 281-301
Roos, Bonnie, “Brassai’s Minotaure nudes: woman, homosexuality and the involuntary nation,” Aurora, v. 2 (2001), p. 114-135
Saettel, Tom, “Lesbian artists at Leslie/Lohman,” The archive: the journal of the Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation, no. 19 (spring 2006), p. 15
Saltz, Jerry, “Interrogation nation,” Village voice, Feb. 15-21, 2006, p. 69. On Walid Raad/Atlas Project exhibit at the Kitchen, New York
Saltz, Jerry, “The seventh circle,” Village voice, Apr. 12-18, 2006, p. 92. On Nan Goldin show at Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
Schwenk, Bernhart, and Michael Senff, eds. P.P.P. Pier Paolo Pasolini: Pier Paolo Pasolini and death. Texts by Roberto Chiesi and others. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz, 2005 (distributed by D.A.P.) 208 p. ISBN 3775716335 (English ed., hc)
Seliger, Charles, “In conversation,” The Brooklyn rail, Apr. 2006, p. 16-18. Conversation with Phong Bui and John Yau, including discussion of Mark Tobey, Bradley Walker Tomlin, and homophobia (and not) among abstract expressionists
Silver, Joanne, “David Hockney [at] Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, through May 14,” Art news, v. 105, no. 5 (May 2006), p. 170
Smalls, James. The homoerotic photography of Carl Van Vechten: public face, private thoughts. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2006. 198 p., with 60 illus., bibliography and index. ISBN 1-59213-305-3
Smalls, James, “Van Vechten’s secret,” The gay & lesbian review, v. 13, no. 3 (May-June 2006), p. 25, 28-29
Smith, Roberta, “Andy Warhol: Warhol’s world: photography and television [at] Zwirner & Wirth, 32 East 69th Street, through April 29,” New York times, Apr. 21, 2006, p. E33
Smith, Roberta, “Agnes Martin: closing the circle, early and late [at] PaceWildenstein, 32 East 57th Street, Manhattan, through March 4,” New York times, Feb. 17, 2006, p. E40
Smith, Roberta, “Geoffrey Hendric ks: continuing sky dialogues [and] Berty Skuber: labels [at] Pavel Zoubok Gallery, 533 West 23rd Street, Chelsea, through tomorrow,” New York times, Feb. 3, 2006, p. E37
Smith, Roberta, “Jack Pierson: early works and beyond [at] Daniel Reich Gallery, 537 West 23rd Street, Chelsea, through Jan. 28,” New York times, Jan. 20, 2006, p. B34
Smith, Roberta, “Nan Goldin: chasing a ghost [at] Matthew Marks Gallery, 522 West 22nd Street, Chelsea, through April 22,” New York times, Apr. 7, 2006, p. E34
Snellen, Wayne, “About face: portraits from the permanent collection,” The archive: the journal of the Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation, no. 19 (spring 2006), p. 13-14
Solomon, Deb orah, “A life in somber tones,” New York times book review, Apr. 2, 2006, p. 18. Review of The revenge of Thomas Eakins by Sidney D. Kirkpatrick (Yale)
Spector, Nancy, “Robert Gober: auf der Heimreise” Parkett, no. 27 (1991), p. 85-89
Spector, Nancy, “Robert Gober: homeward bound,” Parkett, no. 27 (1991), p. 80-84
Spiher, David, “Rauschenberg is gay: glossing over relevant truth, once again, at the Met,” Gay city news (NYC), Feb. 9-15, 2006, p. 14, 23
Stein, Linda, “Linda Stein: sculptor of the ‘warrior woman’,” The gay & lesbi an review, v. 13, no. 3 (May-June 2006), p. 30-31. Interview with Helen Hardacre
Szeemann, Harald, “The fount of youth: Gober la Bourgeoisie!” Parkett, no. 27 (1991), p. 74-76
Szeemann, Harald, “Der Born der Judend: Gober la Bourgeoisie!” Parkett, no. 27 (1991), p. 71-73
Takahashi, Ginger Brooks, and Onya Hogan Finlay and Logan MacDonald. The third leg presents glorious holes. Brooklyn, 2005. artists’ book available at Participant Inc., New York
Tallmer, Jerry, “He called it art,” The villager (NYC), Feb. 8-14, 2006, p. 32. On “Who gets to call it art?” (film about Henry Geldzahler)
Treleaven, Scott. The Salivation Army black book (1996-2006). Texts and collages by Scott Treleaven; preface by Genesis Breyer P-Orridge. New York: Printed Matter and Toronto: Art Metropole, 2006. 343 p. ISBN 0-89439-021-X
Turnbaugh, Douglas, “Queer culture,” The archive: the journal of the Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation, no. 19 (spring 2006), p . 9-10
Varble, Bill, “Lessons,” Mail tribune (Grants Pass, Or.), available online at www.mailtribune.com - profile of Tee Corinne
Varnell, Paul, “‘Pop art’ alive and well,” Philadelphia gay news, Mar. 31-Apr. 6, 2006, p. 94, 91. Warhol
Vilanch, Bruce, “Brokeback pyramid,” The advocate, #956 (Feb. 14, 2006), p. 63. On an Egyptian relief in Saqqâra and other “notes from a blond”
Wadewitz, Mikel, “Impressive instant: John Arsenault’s photography balances humor, sex, and the beauty of the mundane,” Frontiers, Apr. 27-May 10, 2005, p. 48+
Walsh, Richard, “Fallen leaves,” Metrosource, Feb./Mar. 2006, p. 48-49. On Eric Rhein’s “Leaf project” [this citation was listed in the January issue with a typo in the journal name]
Warhol, Andy. Warhol’s world. Picture selection by Anthony d’Offay, Gregor Muir and Timothy Hunt. London: Hauser & Wirth/Steidl, 2006. 317 p., chiefly illus. ISBN 3865212417 Exhibition catalog
Weinberg, Jonathan. Nan Goldin: the photography of Nan Goldin. For –eword by Joyce Henri Robinson. University Park: Palmer Museum of Art, in association with Pennsylvania State University Press, 2005. 91 p., with col. illus. and bibliographical references. ISBN 0911209638
Wolf, Matt, with Allison Smith, “Re-enacting Stonewall, Jackson that is,” The journal of aesthetics & protest, v. 1, issue 4 (2005), p. 222-233
Note about book reviews and listings: If you are interested in reviewing any of the books or websites listed above, please contact the editors. Photocopies of many of the articles listed here are available from the editors for a month or two after the date of this issue. Send your request for a photocopy, with street mailing address, to Sherman Clarke at the address in the listing of officers on page two.