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Presents the explanation of artists on determining the completion of works. Use of intuition; Importance of arrangement and color; Description of specific sensations felt during completion.

Profiles artist David Deutsch. Influence of the Planetarium in Los Angeles on his paintings; Reflection of his perception of the world in his aerial photographs of landscapes; Comments of collector Dean Valentine, president of the United Paramount Network, on Deutsch's appeal.

Relates the creative process and the first steps taken by various artists to construct their work. Comments from artist, Emma Amos on her work; Information on photographs taken by photographer, Chuck Close; How artist, Richard Burton, is inspired to paint; Additional information on artists and how they are inspired to their art work. INSETS: Donald Sultan;Joan Snyder;Lari Pittman.

Highlights the best in the artworld for the year 1997, as outlined by curators, artists, collectors, and others in various categories. Best museum exhibitions and gallery shows; Best new spaces and installation art; Other categories.

Provides several dialogues on the option of artists on the visiting of the studios of other artists. Danger involved in allowing these visits; Details on the artists' options.

Presents favorite movies of several artists. Dennis Oppenheim; Douglas Blau; Ursula von Rydingsvard; David Deutsch; Barbara Kruger; Gary Simmons; Emma Amos; Richmond Burton; Laurie Simmons; Caio Fonseca; April Gornik; Maura Sheehan; Lari Pittman; Joan Snyder and Chuck Close.

Focuses on painter Brice Marden's shift from Minimalist art to abstract painting. Marden's assertion that his decision to change his painting style is a mid-life crisis; Explorations with calligraphic strokes and webs of lines; Marden's visit to the Museum of Modern Art in New York City that changed his life; Views about paintings; Description of Marden's studio; Fascination with Oriental calligraphy.

Presents opinions of people in different fields about what they feel when they look at art. Alan Garganus; Judith Jamison; Leon Botstein; Philip Glass; Jon Robin Baitz; Jane Alexander; Anna Deavere Smith; Nancy Milford; Faith Hubley; George Plimpton; Richie Havens; Nina Totenberg; David Ansen; Billy Wilder; Richard Price; Gordon Davidson; Denise Scott Brown.

Features the responses to `ArtNews' magazine's survey of critics, curators, art historians, and writers about artist ratings. Mark Stevens; Martin Weil; Terrie Sultan; Nan Rosenthal; Andy Grundberg; Christopher Knight; Jonathan Brown; Michael Auping; Ida Gianelli; Andrew Graham-Dixon; Gary Garrels; Linda Nochlin; Robert Rosenblum; France Morin; Hayden Herrera; Stephanie Barron; Other responders.

Invites a diverse group of art historians, museum curators, artists and writers to reflect on the status of Pablo Picasso. William Rubin, director emeritus of the Department of Painting and Sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art; Camille Paglia, cultural critic; Peter Halley, artist; John Richardson, Picasso biographer; Elizabeth Murray, artist; Jack Flam, art historian at Brooklyn College and Graduate Center; Anita Brookner, art historian and novelist; Chuck Close, artist; More.

Applauds the efforts of museum directors around the world, who have turned with a passion to reconceiving and reinstalling their permanent collections. The sudden wave of hangings and rehangings of permanent collections, which not only reflect the new ways that museums perceive their holdings but also the way the public understands art; Reasons why new directors usually rehang the permanent collections; The rehang at the Museum Ludwig and the Walker; Details.

Listens to what visual artists do before facing the bare canvas, the pristine block of marble or the empty studio. Those who rearrange paint cans and brushes, read quietly or sweep studio floors; Joel Shapiro; Mary Miss; Joan Nelson; Ed Paschke; Dennis Oppenheim; Chris Burden; Dorothea Rockburne; Richard Tuttle; Robert Moskowitz; Cindy Sherman; Donald Baechler; Sean Scully; Vija Celmins; Susan Rothenberg; Terry Winters; Donald Sultan; Louise Bourgeois; Mike Bidlo; More.

The article highlights the creative ability of Jane Wilson. It is underlined that the weekly outings which she has experienced in her childhood is pivotal in the development of her skill in painting. Her exceptional talent in this field resulted to her receipt of awards from the American Academy in New York and the Institute of Arts and Letters in 1981.

The article focuses on Robert Longo, a multimedia artist based in New York City. Longo first impressed the art world in 1981 with "Men in the Cities" series and solidified his reputation in 1983 with his "Corporate War" series. Longo believes that his environment on South Street has affected or influenced his work.

The article profiles Elizabeth Murray, an artist. A description of her painting style is given. She presented her first works in the 1972 annual painting show at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City. Her works were chosen for inclusion in the Whitney exhibition "Five Painters in New York." Her works were featured in the opening of the Broida Museum in SoHo.

Focuses on the proper etiquette and language during gallery openings. Rule on how to gain acceptance; Functions of an art opening; Insights on openings as a social event.

Focuses on the challenge of properly seating the guests at museum dinner parties. Association of seating arrangements with contributions to the museum; Avoidance of conversation about art; Presentation of several anecdotes.

Profiles artist Neil Jenney and his art. Realism as scary territory; Jenney's concentration on vistas of solitude and silence; Idealized lines and accurate color as the pinnacle of realist expression; Family background and childhood; Use of sculptural frames.

Features the works of Nam June Paik, the first artist in the early 1960s to use television as a new medium and in the 1970s coined the phrase `electronic superhighway.' Collection of his works in Moderna Museet in Stockholm and the Pompidou Center in Paris; Plans of Paik.

Profiles artist Eric Fischl. Controversy surrounding Fischl; Nudity as a problem for Americans; Shift from abstraction to narrative art; Images reflective of Fischl's his interest in provocative themes; Childhood as basis for imagery of Fischl's early paintings; View of art as opposed to abstraction.

Profiles artist and sculptor, Richard Tuttle. Reputation and popularity in the arts; Use of various materials such as paper, rope, string, cloth, wire, cardboard and others for his sculptors and art works; Contributions to contemporary American art; Achievements in art.

Profiles New York City-based artist Julian Schnabel. Schnabel's description of his artwork; Publications; Music recordings; Views on art star Jean-Michel Basquiat; Personal background.

Reviews the painting of Rob Wynne called `Ophidia.'

Presents the author's experiences as a museum guard for a single day at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City. Guard requirements; Duties; Interviews with real museum guards.

Presents an excerpt of an article which appeared in the March 1979 issue of `Art News' discussing the appearance of the Vogels at gallery exhibitions. How they view a show; How their status increased after an exhibition of works from their collection; More.

Focuses on the exhibition of Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Display of marble and bronze sculptures during the exhibit; Organizer of the show; Comments about the works of Calatrava.

Evaluates the exhibit of works by Jasper Johns at the Matthew Marks gallery in New York City. Avant-garde art; Show entitled "Catenary"; Show composed mostly of constructions with actual pieces of rope affixed to frames; Representation of a moment, or the trajectory of a dramatic episode.

Explains that sculptress Louise Bourgeois's work "The Institution," reflects influences of Surrealism, Abstraction, Minimalism and Post-Minimalism. Replica of James B. Duke House in Manhattan, which houses the Institute of Fine Arts of New York University; Bourgeois married for 35 years to art historian Robert Goldwater.

Reports that the book "DeKooning: An American Master," by husband-and-wife Mark Stevens and Annalyn Swan, has won a 2005 Pulitzer Prize. Background on the life of artist Willem de Kooning, which was cited in the book; Stevens' admiration of de Kooning.

Comments on the exhibition featuring art works by John Perrault at the Gallery 473 in New York City. Description of installations and other art works included in the exhibition; Focus on the sea and sand; Materials and techniques used by the artist; Description of how the artist expresses his ideas; Contact information; Dates of the exhibition.

Comments on the exhibition featuring art works by photographer Jem Southam at the Robert Mann in New York City. Description of photographs and other art works included in the exhibition; Materials and techniques used by the artist; Description of how the artist expresses his ideas; Contact information; Dates of the exhibition; Focus on landscape in the English countryside.

Reviews the art exhibition by Jules Olitski at the Ameringer Yohe gallery in New York City.

Critiques the exhibition, titled 'Nevelson: Vari: A Dialogue,' featuring artworks by Louise Nevelson and Sophia Vari at the Nohra Haime in New York City. Presentation of Nevelson's works from the 1960s; Descriptions of Nevelson and Vari's sculpture.

Reviews the stamp collection exhibition by Donald Evans in New York City.

Reviews an art exhibit featuring the work of Ed Ruscha.

Focuses on codes and signals used in auctions. Description of several signals used; Simplicity of these signals; Observations made by an executive vice-president at Sotheby's David Redden; Requirements of secret signals; Information regarding telephone bidding.

Presents information on Dorothy and Herbert Vogel and their art. What is so special about it; Details on why they are so well received by the art world; Reference to Ursula von Rydingsvard.

Features the exhibition `Roadworks,' by photographer Linda McCartney at the Butler Institute of American Art in Ohio. Themes of photographs included in the exhibit; McCartney's background on photography.

Details the successful relationship between Jasper Johns and Leo Castelli. The 15 works appearing in the mini-survey `Jasper Johns--35 years with Leo Castelli' at the Castelli Gallery from January 9-February 9, 1993; The soaring prices being paid for Johns' works; Johns' history of shows at the Castelli Gallery; Johns' comments of the label of Pop artist; More.

Presents new items relating to art, compiled as of June 2004. Messrs. M. Knoedler and Co.'s acquisition of Rosa Bonheur's painting "The Stag"; Sale of Baron Fujita's collection of Chinese and Japanese works of art.