Dale Chihuly (b. 1941) is the most important contemporary artist working in glass. Largely due to his influence, the United States boasts the most creative and prolific art glass movement in the world. In this sumptuously produced volume, distinguished art critic Donald Kuspit offers the first full-scale study of Chihuly and his innovative, avidly sought-after work. Chihuly began to work in glass some 30 years ago, inspired by its unique ability to...

Clement Greenberg, the father of modern American art criticism, has always been a controversial figure among art critics and historians. Although the American artists of the 1940s that he singled out for attention have since achieved international recognition as the first generation of abstract expressionists, the "modernist" theory of criticism by which Greenberg justified his taste and specified the significance of such artists has often provoked...

"Unrepentant Ego: The Self-Portraits of Lucas Samaras, which accompanies the Whitney Museum of American Art exhibition of the same title, follows the development of Samaras's self-portrait leitmotif, from the late 1950s to the present. With an extended chronology by Whitney curator Marla Prather that traces the influences and artistic trajectory of Samaras's life: an essay by Donald Kuspit that provides an in-depth analysis of Samaras's self-portraiture...