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Reviews the art exhibition 'About Paper,' several artists at the Kristen Frederickson Contemporary Art gallery in New York City.

This article features the project "50/50: Audience and Experts Curate the Paper Collection" of the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In the project, visitors of the center were asked about their preferred images of its paper collection. The museum displayed works of art on its website and in a kiosk. The art work "Break Point," by Fiona Banner earned the most votes.

The article discusses the exhibition of Françoise Pétrovitch’ s recent work on women’s legs in high heels dropped awkwardly from the top edges of large sheets watercolor paper pinned directly to the wall. Weightless and unbalanced, and invisibly suspended, the feminine arms floating away.

The article reviews the exhibition "Blood on Paper" at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, England.

Reviews an art exhibit featuring the work of Barbara Westman.

Focuses on the exhibition of works on paper by painter Jean-Michel Basquiat, at New York's Cheim and Read, from February 17 to March 26, 2005. Prices for paintings on canvas; Artworks exhibited in the show.

The article reviews the art exhibition "The Cuts," which featured various works on paper and other artworks by the contemporary artist Stephen Antonakos, held at the Lori Bookstein Fine Art gallery, located in New York City, from February 19th through March 21, 2015.

Presents a critique of an exhibition of Asian artist OK Kim's rice-paper constructions at the George Billis gallery in New York City. Details of Kim's work methods; Description of the featured works; Artist's attraction to the simplicity of the past.

The article reports on the mysterious packages received by the Israel Museum in Jerusalem from American artist Mark Dion. The package, as cited, were installations conceived by Dion for the museum's "Surrealism and Beyond" exhibition. It contained 27 secretive containers and X-rays of their contents, which suggest objects like crab claw, kitchen tools and a mask.

The article reviews the exhibition featuring the artworks of artist Stephen Antonakos at the Lori Bookstein Fine Art in New York.

Critiques an exhibition featuring David Yackerson's sculptures and works on paper, at the State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow. Images depicted by his sculptures; Subjects of his works on paper.

The article reports on the success of the first annual ArtPrize exhibition and competition held in Grand Rapids, Michigan in fall 2009. It describes some of the entries in the 2009 ArtPrize which include an Art Deco Loch Ness monster appearing in the river, the launch of 100,000 paper airplanes from rooftops of downtown buildings and a tiger shark sculpted of colored ice. Artist Ran Ortner won the competition for his painting "Open Water No. 24." The 2nd ArtPrize will be held from September 22 through October 10, 2010.

Evaluates the exhibit of the works of Peter Reichenberger at the Seippel gallery in Cologne, Germany. Mini-retrospective of paintings and works on paper; Idiosyncratic painterly technique; Kind of serial painting that was methodical and disciplined; Improbable, neo-baroque richness; Masterly use of color.

Evaluates the exhibit of the works of William Scott at the Denise Bibro gallery in New York City. Two rather distinct approaches to Scott's work; Celtic artist who was a key member of the mid-20th-century British art pantheon; Show of 30 works on paper; Still-life artist; Experimentation with simplified abstractions.

Features the exhibition of Erika Wanenmacher's art works at the Linda Durham Contemporary Art Gallery in Galisteo, New Mexico. Wanenmacher's depiction of Kali, the Hindu goddess of creation and annihilation in her `Terrible Beauty' installation; Gouache-on-paper works.

Focuses on exhibitions in the United States which showed the importance of artist Sigmar Polke's work in the history of contemporary art. `Sigmar Polke: Works on Paper, 1963-1974' at the Museum of Modern Art; Retrospective of the artist's drawings at Michael Werner Gallery Exhibition of large-scale works on paper at Knoedler & Co.

Reports on `Twentieth Century Art: Selections for the Tenth Anniversary of the East Building', and exhibition of some 200 paintings, sculptures, and works of paper that focus attention on I.M. Pei's architectural landmark, the National Galley's East Building in Washington D.C.

The article reviews an exhibition featuring large format oil paintings and small works on paper by the American artist Abby Leigh, on view at the Meridian gallery in San Francisco, California.

The article reviews an untitled retrospective art exhibition that featured various collages, drawings, India ink on paper works and sculptures by the contemporary artist Pierrette Bloch, held at the Musée Jenisch Vevey, located in Vevey, Switzerland, in 2014.

The article briefly discusses "Park Avenue Paper Chase," a series of large-scale, outdoor sculptures by the American artist Alice Aycock that will be on view along a stretch of New York City's Park Avenue beginning in March 2014.

This article presents a profile of U.S. artist Gendron Jensen. Born in Wisconsin in 1939, Jensen was the second of nine children. For 45 years, Jensen focused on drawing animal bones. He works in graphite on sheets of paper. He started drawing at the age of 26 after re-entering a monastery in the state. Jensen exhibited his drawings across the country.

The article reviews "The Body Electric," a selection of paintings and works on paper by Elizabeth Silver, on view at Art Sites in Riverhead, New York.

The article profiles artist Birgit Brenner, who favors cardboard for ramshackle installations. She pierces together her texts and pictures with plywood and yarn. Carboard is one of her favorite materials because it is inexpensive and replaceable. In her installation "Beten hilft," shown in a solo exhibition at the Kunstverein Paderborn, Brenner created giant cardboard frames for enlarged photographs of an elderly couple.

Reports on the artworks by artists Marietta Ganapin and Vik Muniz which are based on Paul Gauguin's 1888 painting "Still Life With Three Puppies." Ganapin's assembly of hole-punched museum brochures into kaleidoscopic patterns; Muniz's use of dots of paper hole-punched from magazines; Exhibition of Ganapin's work in a group show about mandalas at McKenzie Fine Art in New York City.

Critiques the exhibition, titled 'How Modern Art Escaped Hitler,' featuring paintings, works on paper and photographs by artists who were condemned by Hitler, at the Holocaust Museum in Houston, Texas. Update on the Third Reich's 1937 'Entartete Kunst' exhibition; Kandinsky's oil painting 'La Gocce Cuffure'; Rudolph Grossman's 'Hussar's Ball'.

Critiques an exhibition, titled 'OnLine,' featuring works by various artists at the Feigen Contemporary in New York City. Show curators; Drawings of Christian Garnett, Marsha Cottrell and Daniel Zeller; Ink and charcoal artworks; Karin Davie's 'Separations in Deep Yellow,' a tangle of yellow paper edged in black zippers punctuating folds and curves of the material.

Critiques an exhibition featuring artworks by Lygia Pape and Geraldo de Barros at the Americas Society gallery in New York. Pape's woodcuts on Japanese paper; Presentation of Pape's books, `Books of Creation' and `Book of Architecture'; Cut-out and collaged negatives and photograms of De Barros.

Focuses on the third Shanghai Biennale 2000, the first exhibition in Shanghai, China to feature avant-garde work by interational artists. Huang Yong ping's `Capped Lampshade,' a sculpture in the shape of an oversize pith helmet; Cai Guo-Qiang's video of his pyrotechnic events and an image of a giant dark dragon created by markings of exploded gunpowder on paper.

Critiques an exhibition featuring Alan Shields' artworks at the Paula Cooper and Nicholas Davies in New York City. Watercolor splashes on paper-soaked wire mesh; Titles and descriptions of several of his artworks on the show.

Critiques an exhibition featuring unseen works on paper by Impressionist artist, Mary Cassatt at the Adelson in New York City. Subjects of her art works; Descriptions of her most notable works; Quality of her prints and drawings.

Highlights the art exhibition of Igael Tumarkin at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. Featured sculptures, paintings, computer prints on canvas and on paper; Ability to wed castings of body parts, weapons and other battlefield scrap into ironic war memorials; Building of installations incorporating railways cars that refer to the Holocaust.

Evaluates an exhibition featuring the works of artist Robert Kushner at the Bellas Artes in Santa Fe. Floral paintings on silk and paper; Focus on elevating the decorative arts from craft to fine art; Notable artworks.

Presents a critique of an exhibition of artist May Stevens' acrylics on paper at the Mary Ryan gallery in New York City. Incorporation of lines of text from the writings of Virginia Woolf and feminist theorist Julia Kristeva in the paintings; Color as binding element of the featured paintings.

Evaluates a Santa Fe, New Mexico, exhibition of artist Stephen Duren's untitled series of large oils on paper. Mood captured by the artist; Color palette used.

Evaluates an exhibition of artist Alfredo Castaneda's works at the Mary-Anne Martin Fine Art gallery in New York City. Castaneda's style of painting; Works on paper.

Evaluates the 48th Venice Biennale art show. Open-ended multiplicity as the show's theme; Video dream sequences devised by Rosemarie Trockel; Serge Spitzer's installation of glass tumblers to resemble the massed protagonists in the last shot of `The Birds'; Thomas Hirschhorn's paper airport.