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May 2012

Richard Serra’s illusions

by Eric Gibson

On “Richard Serra Drawing: A Retrospective” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

December 1983

A love of ruins: the art of Philip Pearlstein

by Dan Hofstadter

On realism and naturalism in Philip Pearlstein’s paintings.

October 1983

The return of the nativist

by Hilton Kramer

On Grant Wood at the Whitney.

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