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Art Basel and beyond.(FRONT PAGE)(art exhibitions)(Calendar)
June 1, 2009... While many in the art world are sitting out or cutting back on this summer's round of international events because of slashed travel budgets, fair organizers and art dealers are still banking on Basel. Some collectors, however, citing the global downturn, have observed that it feels unseemly...

The earth sublime.(FRONT PAGE)(exhibition of earth art)
June 1, 2009... The terms environmental, earth and land art still powerfully conjure Michael Heizer's Double Negative, Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty, Nancy Holt's Sun Tunnels and other emblematic site-specific works from the '60s and '70s. Since then, the genre has radically evolved in its means and...

A transformative experience?(FRONT PAGE)(Prada Transformer )
June 1, 2009... At a time when fashion uses art to transform itself into high cultural statement, and art uses fashion to insert itself into the broader commercial world, the Prada Transformer in Seoul perfectly captures the convergence of the two. It is a tetrahedral event space, a cross-shaped gallery, a...

Hermitage on the Amstel.(FRONT PAGE)(renovation of Hermitage Amsterdam )(Brief article)
June 1, 2009... The Hermitage Amsterdam is set to reopen in much expanded and renovated quarters in the 17th century Amstelhof, a former home for the elderly located on the Amstel River. The museum took up residence in a smaller part of the facility in 2004, but the approximately $50 million renovation...

Seeing beauty in Venice's pollution.(FRONT PAGE)
June 1, 2009... While most visitors to Venice simply gape at the dazzling array of Byzantine, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque architecture, architect Jorge Otero-Pailos sees something more: the layers of history that have accrued on the buildings' surfaces. His project, The Ethics of Dust: Doge's Palace,...