Richard Prince at the Guggenheim Museum - Fall Preview 2007 -- New York Magazine

The Artist Known As Prince

By Karen Rosenberg
Published Aug 24, 2007

Richard Prince's Untitled (cowboy) (1989), at the Guggenheim.

(Photo: © Richard Prince/Courtesy of Guggenheim Museum)

“Richard Prince: Spiritual America” is the most comprehensive look yet at the man who was on to the louche-celebrity cult long before the tabs. His tawdry nurses and Marlboro Men give form to our not-so-spiritual American desires.

Next: The best of the rest.

Richard Prince: Spiritual America
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; September 28 through January 9.

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Articles by Karen Rosenberg
Table of Contents: September 3, 2007 issue of New York | Subscribe!

Art

Kara Walker Brings Racial History Into High Contrast
The New Museum Hits the Booming Bowery Scene
A Guide to the Lower East Side Art Scene
The Old Met vs. the New Met
Rembrandt and His Dutch Peers
Images From Tokyo’s Furtive Sex Life
Richard Prince's Tawdry Nurses and Marlboro Men
The Best of the Rest in Art

Books

Junot Díaz Karate-Chops His Writer’s Block
Tom Perrotta’s Sex-Ed Book
Edmund White Imagines Stephen Crane's Deathbed Confessions
Shalom Auslander’s Beef With the Lord
Philip Roth Will Not Go Gentle Into the Night
Alice Sebold's Latest Pretty Tale of Death in Suburbia
A Guide to the Season's Biggest Political Tomes
The Anticipation Index: A Mathematical Breakdown
The Best of the Rest in Books

Classical & Dance

German Highlights at Carnegie Hall
YouTube Compositions at BAM
Classical and Dance Darlings Join Forces at ABT
An Acting Philharmonic Conductor in Brooklyn
A 42-Year-Old Rookie Takes Center Stage at the Met
The Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela
The Universe of Brit Choreographer Christopher Wheeldon
Can Vanessa Make Up for the Barber Debacle of '66?
The Best of the Rest in Classical & Dance

Movies

Christian Bale Tussles With Russell Crowe
New York Film Festival: A Mini-Preview
Josh Brolin and Javier Bardem on the Coen Brothers
Viggo Mortensen and David Cronenberg’s Violent Streak
Nicole Kidman on Working With Jennifer Jason Leigh
Political Films Attempt to Influence the National Debate
Jodi Foster Takes on Post-9/11 New York
Renée Zellweger Hooks Up With Jerry Seinfeld
Video Games: Hard-Core Gamers vs. Everyone Else
The Anticipation Index: A Mathematical Breakdown
The Best of the Rest in Movies

Music

Alicia Keys Confronts Her Demons
Folk-Country Icon Steve Earle Finds a New Home
The Next Generation of Hair Bands
Nonconformist Animal Collective Takes New York
Herbie Hancock Reimagines Joni Mitchell
A Temperamental Index of the Season's Debutantes
The Anticipation Index: A Mathematical Breakdown
The Best of the Rest in Music

Real Estate

The Season's Next Big Trends
Bumper Crops of Condos in Four Neighborhoods
Jumbo Home Loans Soar Out of Reach

Restaurants & Food

Wine Bars à la Boulud and Ducasse
Bouley Protégé César Ramirez Lands in Greenwich Village
Where the Underground Gourmet Will Be Eating
Jim Lahey of Sullivan St Bakery's New Pizza Joint
David Chang Shuffles Around His Momofuku Empire
The Best of the Rest in Food & Restaurants

Shopping

A Calendar of Material Delights
Stores and Services Worth Investigating

Television

Lucy Liu Returns to the Small Screen
Will Hugh Jackman’s Huge Gamble Pay Off?
Ken Burns Returns With Fifteen Hours on WWII
The Big Bang Theory on CBS
The O.C.'s Josh Schwartz, Take Two
The Most Graphic Sex Ever Seen on Television
Two Geek-tastic New Shows
The Triumphant Return of 30 Rock
The Anticipation Index: A Mathematical Breakdown
The Best of the Rest in Television

Theater

Mel Brooks Just Wants a Little Love
Catching Up With Director Trevor Nunn
Alison Pill on Telling Off F. Murray Abraham
Hank Azaria Hooks Up With Aaron Sorkin
What Claire Danes Learned From Jefferson Mays
How Albee’s Zoo Story Birthed Peter and Jerry
I Am My Own Wife Writer Doug Wright Does Disney
The Anticipation Index: A Mathematical Breakdown
The Best of the Rest in Theater

Plus: The Three-Month Culture Orgy Calendar

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