The big picture.

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• Talk of the Town Critics love the painter John Currin. But why?
  Mia Fineman Dec. 30, 2003
  
• The Whistler Effect Remembering the liar, fop, and wit who was America's first international artist.
  Daniel Kunitz Dec. 19, 2003
  
• The Artful Dodger Philip Guston was misunderstood—but why?
  Lee Siegel Dec. 9, 2003
  
• The Pleasure Principle Richard Prince's post-pulp art takes a new step.
  Mia Fineman Oct. 30, 2003
  
• The Revolution That Wasn't Televised Ellsworth Kelly said he wasn't influenced by TV. A critic argues he was. Who's right?
  Lee Siegel Sept. 26, 2003
  
• Pedi-Cure The ambitious new Manet/Velázquez show is really a story about feet.
  Lee Siegel May 8, 2003
  
• Comeback Kid William Klein's paeans to New York and Muhammad Ali.
  Jim Lewis April 25, 2003
  
• Exile's Return Why you should know the name Jack Goldstein.
  Jim Lewis April 11, 2003
  
• Pictures at an Exhibition Do Vuillard's photographs belong on the walls of the National Gallery?
  Blake Gopnik March 24, 2003
  
• The Armchair Painter Strikes Back For many, Matisse's genius took second place to Picasso's. Should it have?
  Judith Shulevitz Feb. 18, 2003
  
• Kodachrome Moment How William Eggleston's revolutionary exhibition changed everything.
  Jim Lewis Feb. 10, 2003