The Gates may be a minor Christo work, pooh-poohed by the art Establishment. But as event, as spectacle, as public gesture—whoah!

An exhibit of Lucian Freud’s recent work includes a couple of masterpieces, and some surprising glimpses of the painter himself.

The Guggenheim’s overview of the big, blaring canvases of James Rosenquist reveals the subtlety amid the spaghetti and mushroom clouds.

Lucas Samaras’s favorite subject is himself—but as the Whitney’s huge retrospective reveals, he sees things you might not expect in a narcissist.

Shows on two icons of artistic kitsch suggest that though their styles couldn’t be more different, they share some emotional ground.

“Ellen Gallagher: DeLuxe” confronts issues of race not with hectoring but with clever, even antic, satire.

In his deeply layered works on paper, Anselm Kiefer stares down Germany's dark past.

Artist of the moment Matthew Barney takes over and transforms the Guggenheim, creating his own, unforgettable mythic world.

John D. Graham
Claes Oldenburg
Ellsworth Kelly