From The Economist, a special report on the art market. From The New Criterion, an article on the art world vs. the world of art; and the art market explained: Why the bubble won't pop for Pop. A look at how Warhol is soooo overrated. J. C. Gabel reviews Pop: The Genius of Andy Warhol by Tony Scherman and David Dalton (and more and more). Whether making work with moldy bread, melting wax, or Froot Loops screenprinted on massive mirrored boxes, Urs Fischer probes the inner workings of embodied experience and cultural production — reframing both process art and kitsch in turn. It is only through the experience of working that answers may be discovered within the inner logic of an invented reality such as the art of painting. America is re-discovering one of its most underappreciated and misunderstood artists: Norman

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