Respect in a Box: Giving John Ford the Major American Artist Treatment
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âFord at Foxâ is a gargantuan boxed set that assembles 24 of the 50-some films John Ford made for the studio that was his most consistent home.
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The National Film Preservation Foundation has released a DVD collection which covers the evolution of American film. Also, a box set of Alfred Hitchcock's signature films.
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Dozens of Irving Pennâs portraits of artists, writers and musicians are on view in âClose Encounters: Irving Penn Portraits of Artists and Writersâ.
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A landmark exhibition at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York tackles surprising contemporary issues.
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There is art, and there is money. The twain seldom meet. Or, to steal a line from David Thomson, author of the eminently useful reference work "The New Biographical Dictionary of Film" (Knopf, 1,008 pages, &#36;22.95), just out in paperback, there is "Chinatown," and then there are "umpteen possible future 'Mission: Impossibles."'
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âDoc,â a nonfiction feature about the life of the novelist, inventor and cult figure Harold Louis Humes, is one part cultural analysis, three parts home movie.
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A long-lost manuscript by Mark Rothko helps illuminate the philosophical underpinnings of Color Field paintings, the artist's greatest breakthrough.
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A lovely new show at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum introduces us to the full sweep of this Venetian artistâs career, from the early etchings of antiquities to his eccentric furniture designs.
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A sampling of Allan Stoneâs legendary collection, which ranged from Abstract Expressionists to sculptures by John Chamberlain, will go on the block at Christieâs in November.
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The videocassette in film: an unsettling innovation, a romanticized artifact, an LP in an MP3 world.
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As director of photography at the Museum of Modern Art, John Szarkowski made America's most famous lensmen. Then he became one.
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Otto Preminger became one of Hollywoodâs first and most successful producer-directors. A retrospective at Film Forum celebrates his work.
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Arts & entertainment: Jonathan Jones ponders the meaning of  Marcel Duchamp's Fountain
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New high-resolution images of Leonardo's biblical painting show the artist's techniques in detail.
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How Lawrence Weiner transforms text into works of art.
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Scratch Code shows that 'new media' art isn't so 21st-century -- many of the works were done decades ago. By Rachel Metz.
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The Web site Artfacts.net, a guide to modern and contemporary art, has developed a ranking scale for artists based on their popularity.