Smithsonian: Just Put the Art Back
By Michael B. KeeganThe Smithsonian has made a mistake. The institution responsible for preserving and celebrating American history has chosen to selectively edit that history to appease the wishes of a cultural fringe movement.
Will the DOE Test for PCBs?
By Eleanor J. BaderYouve got to hand it to the public relations firm hired by the New York City Department of Education. The tag line theyve come up withChildren First. Always.is exactly what a school system should be championing.
QURRATULAIN HYDER: Voice of the South Asian Frontier
By Hirsh SawhneyHyders fiction reveals that the barriers separating seemingly distinct groupsChristians, Muslims, and Hindus; Europeans and Asiansare in fact hazy.
Art In Conversation
PETER SAUL with Irving Sandler and Phong Bui
On the occasion of his recent survey Fifty Years of Painting, at Haunch of Venison Gallery (November 5, 2010 January 8, 2011), the painter Peter Saul stopped by Art International Radio to talk with Rail Consulting Editor Irving Sandler and Publisher Phong Bui about his life and work.
Art In Conversation
JOE ZUCKER with Phong Bui
While preparing for his two one-person exhibits at the Mary Boone Gallery (A Unified Theory at 541 West 24th Street and Box Paintings at 745 Fifth Avenue, January 8 February 5, 2011), the artist Joe Zucker welcomed Rail publisher Phong Bui to his home and studio in East Hampton to talk about his life and work.
Art In Conversation
KENNETH FRAMPTON with Carlos Brillembourg
On the occasion of his recent 80th birthday celebration, Kenneth Frampton, the legendary architect, critic, historian, and Ware Professor of Architecture at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation at Columbia University, where he has taught since 1972, stopped by Carlos Brillembourgs SoHo studio to talk about his work.
KILLING IN THE NAME OF: Notes From the Chicago Indie Lit Scene
By Ben TanzerThe questions are as follows: what makes for an indie lit scene, and does Chicago have one? The first person I ask is Zach Dodson from Featherproof publishing, because this is Chicago, and you sort of have to start with Featherproof.
Diggin the Gaps: How Ahmad Jamal Re-Tooled Jazz
By Colin FlemingMiles Davis wasnt exactly the most appreciative guy, but if you like your bile served straight you might want to check out his autobiography, which snipes and broods like few other tell-alls have done.
Mothers Courage: Brooklyn Theater Mamas
Theater moms may be the most incredible group of cats you ever tried to herd into one place at one time, to use a phrase my own mother might.
Night Crime
By Emmanuel Bove, translated from the French by Alyson WatersIt was Christmas Eve. Henri Duchemin sat on a worn-out bench in a restaurant, waiting for the rain to stop. The holes in his trouser pockets and the long hair tickling his ears were constant reminders of his poverty.
Editor's Message
The Rail's PLAYER OF THE YEAR 2010
By Theodore HammAmerican politics has been a Grand Guignol stage in 2010. A horror show full of headless bodies, witches, and Mama Grizzlies ended with a shellacking, making one long for the sober docu-drama of a year ago.
ArtSeen
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PETER SAUL Fifty Years of Painting / SVEN LUKIN Paintings, 1960 1971
– By John Yau -
PAUL THEK Diver
– By Valery Oisteanu -
PAUL THEK Diver
– By Maxwell Heller -
JOHN LEHR Stet
– By Gail Victoria Braddock Quagliata -
Tumescent Follies, Inflated Money, and Kitschy Sex
– By Robert C. Morgan -
TRACKS: Stephanie Brody-Ledermans Art of Whispers, Traces, and Fleeting Bons Mots
– By Edward M. Gómez -
TRACKS: Reuben Kadish, The Anti-Hero of American Modern Art
– By Jill Conner -
The Crude and the Rare
– By Kara L. Rooney -
STANLEY LEWIS, HANS HARTUNG, MARGRIT LEWCZUK, and PETER ACHESON
– By Ben La Rocco -
ANSELM KIEFER Next Year in Jerusalem
– By Stephanie Buhmann -
JILL NATHANSON's Quiet Vision
– By Joan Waltemath -
FRANCIS CAPE The Other End of the Line
– By Charles Schultz -
Alternative Histories
– By Thomas Micchelli -
PAT STEIR The Nearly Endless Line
– By Sharon L. Butler -
BROOKLYN DISPATCHES: Those Damned Weeds
– By James Kalm -
GEDI SIBONY
– By Greg Lindquist -
Marksmen and the Palimpsests
– By Cora Fisher -
ART BOOKS IN REVIEW: How We Talk About Chuck Close
– By Benjamin Gottlieb -
MARCO BREUER The Nature of the Pencil
– By Shane McAdams -
179 Canal/Anyways
– By Anne Sherwood Pundyk -
Letter From PORTO
– By Sherman Sam -
JORGE QUEIROZ
– By Corina Larkin -
Letter From BERLIN
– By David Rhodes
Table of Contents
Editor's Message
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The Rail's PLAYER OF THE YEAR 2010
– By Theodore Hamm
Local
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Will the DOE Test for PCBs?
– By Eleanor J. Bader -
A Note from Dore Ashton
– By Dore Ashton -
Brooklyns Comic Book Stores: A Pilgrimage
– By E. Tammy Kim -
Return of a Palace
– By T. K. Danovich -
Rebound
– By M. J. Corey -
The Hard Nut and a Stiff Body
– By E. Tammy Kim
Express
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Smithsonian: Just Put the Art Back
– By Michael B. Keegan -
QURRATULAIN HYDER: Voice of the South Asian Frontier
– By Hirsh Sawhney -
REPORT FROM INDONESIA: Frontline in the Fight Against Climate Change
– By Robert S. Eshelman -
MACEDONIAN MYTHMAKING: MILČO MANČEVSKI with Conor McGrady & Dario olman
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A Holiday Letter From Santa Fe
– By Jason Flores-Williams -
Taibbis Shark Hunt
– By Michael Terry -
More Than a National Pastime
– By Sara Versluis -
In the Manor of Lord Bryson
– By Allen Wilcox
Art
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PETER SAUL with Irving Sandler and Phong Bui
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JOE ZUCKER with Phong Bui
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KENNETH FRAMPTON with Carlos Brillembourg
ArtSeen
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PETER SAUL Fifty Years of Painting / SVEN LUKIN Paintings, 1960 1971
– By John Yau -
PAUL THEK Diver
– By Valery Oisteanu -
PAUL THEK Diver
– By Maxwell Heller -
JOHN LEHR Stet
– By Gail Victoria Braddock Quagliata -
Tumescent Follies, Inflated Money, and Kitschy Sex
– By Robert C. Morgan -
TRACKS: Stephanie Brody-Ledermans Art of Whispers, Traces, and Fleeting Bons Mots
– By Edward M. Gómez -
TRACKS: Reuben Kadish, The Anti-Hero of American Modern Art
– By Jill Conner -
The Crude and the Rare
– By Kara L. Rooney -
STANLEY LEWIS, HANS HARTUNG, MARGRIT LEWCZUK, and PETER ACHESON
– By Ben La Rocco -
ANSELM KIEFER Next Year in Jerusalem
– By Stephanie Buhmann -
JILL NATHANSON's Quiet Vision
– By Joan Waltemath -
FRANCIS CAPE The Other End of the Line
– By Charles Schultz -
Alternative Histories
– By Thomas Micchelli -
PAT STEIR The Nearly Endless Line
– By Sharon L. Butler -
BROOKLYN DISPATCHES: Those Damned Weeds
– By James Kalm -
GEDI SIBONY
– By Greg Lindquist -
Marksmen and the Palimpsests
– By Cora Fisher -
ART BOOKS IN REVIEW: How We Talk About Chuck Close
– By Benjamin Gottlieb -
MARCO BREUER The Nature of the Pencil
– By Shane McAdams -
179 Canal/Anyways
– By Anne Sherwood Pundyk -
Letter From PORTO
– By Sherman Sam -
JORGE QUEIROZ
– By Corina Larkin -
Letter From BERLIN
– By David Rhodes
Books
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KILLING IN THE NAME OF: Notes From the Chicago Indie Lit Scene
– By Ben Tanzer -
SUSAN SHAPIRO with Nicolle Elizabeth
– By Nicolle Elizabeth -
A NOBLE GESTURE How and Why We Read and Write: DAVID ULIN with Audrey Gray
– By Audrey Gray -
Hushmoney Presents Rock Nostradamus: NICK KENT
– By Dr. Shathley Q -
Out From Under Don
– By Mac Barrett -
Unfettered
– By Blake Butler -
BEN MIROV'S Ghost Machine
– By B.C. Edwards -
Hear No, See No, Read No Evil
– By Christopher Vola -
To Air Is Human
– By Rayyan Al-Shawaf -
RAPID TRANSIT
– By Jeffrey Cyphers Wright -
A World to Lose
– By Ida Chung
Music
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Diggin the Gaps: How Ahmad Jamal Re-Tooled Jazz
– By Colin Fleming -
Read This
– By George Grella -
New! Improved! Mainstream! Conservative!
– By David St.-Lascaux -
Environmental Studies
– By Dominic Umile -
Outtakes
– By Steve Dalachinsky -
The End of the End-of-Year List
– By Katy Henriksen
Dance
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Collaborative Beginnings
– By Christine Hou -
Garth Fagan Dance Turns Forty
– By Michelle Vellucci -
Existence and the Body, Three Ways
– By Patricia Milder -
Dancing Dulce Et Decorum Est
– By David St.-Lascaux -
REBECCA DAVISs What Im Saying Is Born From The Weather
– By Thom Donovan
Film
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Im sorry, the screening starts when? The 2010 New York Film Festival
– By David N. Meyer -
Nocturnal Epic For a Dark Era
– By Lu Chen -
Revolutionary Homicide
– By Sarahjane Blum
Theater
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Mothers Courage: Brooklyn Theater Mamas
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The Everyday Art of Staying Alive: Honey Brown Eyes at The Working Theater
– By Andi Stover -
The Broken Lines of Tommy Smith
– By Matthew Paul Olmos
Fiction
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Character and Fitness: a serial novel
– By Jason Flores-Williams -
Night Crime
– By Emmanuel Bove, translated from the French by Alyson Waters -
Shitty Micky
– By Michele Witchipoo and John Reed -
Tragic Strip
– By T. Motley
Poetry
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Two
– By David Mills -
Vitale in School
– By Anna Vitale -
Depictions of a Screen Door, after James Castle
– By Thomas Devaney