Article: Sin city sampler: in a kind of postscript to Site Santa Fe, critic and curator Dave Hickey chose 14 works by his former students for a show keyed to the art and artifice of Las Vegas. (Report From Santa Fe).

Critic and curator Dave Hickey has devoted a lot of time to the subjects of beauty and pleasure, their repercussions, and related musings specific to Las Vegas, where he lives. In recent years, that city (the fastest growing in the U.S.) has developed a substantial art-world presence, with commercial galleries continuing to open, casinos numbering serious art exhibitions among their entertainment's and the Guggenheim Las Vegas (with its Rem Koolhaas-designed building) becoming an attraction in itself [see A.i.A., Dec. '01].

Fresh from curating the widely praised 2001 edition of the SITE Santa Fe biennial [see A.i.A., Nov. '01], Hickey narrowed his focus last ...

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:

 
 
Newsweek Harper's Magazine The Washington Post Chicago Tribune Crain's Chicago Business PRNewswire Pediatric News The Nation Advertising Age The Economist (US) A FREE trial gives you access to over 80 million articles! Access over 6,500 publications with a FREE trial!