Countries
Afghanistan
Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
- Lygia Pape at the Serpentine, May 2012
- Serious Fun: Ernesto Neto & the Realm of the Senses, April 2012
- Remapping the Territory: Mari Carmen Ramírez and the Curating of Latin American Art, December 2006
Canada
- Child Soldiers, June 21, 2011
- A Potomac on the Potomac: National Museum of the American Indian, September 2004
- Fun, Freezing Winter in Ottawa (Abstract Only), February 4, 2001
Chile
China
Cuba
- Cuban Art on the Move: Queloides in Pittsburgh and New York, April 2011
- Gringo Iracundo: Roque Dalton and His Father, Spring 2011 (Vol. 46, No. 1)
- Gringo Iracundo: Roque Dalton and His Father, Resumen en español
- Following Their Sorollas, December 2009
- Enchanting Forests: A Profile of Tomás Sánchez, October 1999
Egypt
- Surveying the Damage in Egypt, June 2011
- Published or Be Punished: Israel Cracks Down (Abstract Only), March/April 2007
- Betraying a Mission? Africa Museum Ventures into the Contemporary, May 2001
El Salvador
- Un Brindis por Rodolfo Molina, April 1, 2013
- Danger Zone: Walterio Iraheta, February 2013
- 'Modernizing Minds in El Salvador', January 18, 2013
- Gringo Iracundo: Roque Dalton and His Father, Spring 2011 (Vol. 46, No. 1)
- Gringo Iracundo: Roque Dalton and His Father, Resumen en español
- Maya Roots (Abstract Only), July/August 2009
- El Salvador's Quiet Revolution, March 16, 2009
- El Salvador's Left Turn?, March 11, 2009
- Deconstructing a Maya Pyramid (Abstract), September/October 2006
- Deconstructing a Maya Pyramid (Full text in PDF file), September/October 2006
- Muriel Hasbun, February 2005
- Peace of Mind: El Salvador Diarist, March 22, 1999
France
- 'Cézanne: A Life' , December 7, 2012
- Jean-Marc Bustamante, September 2011
- Pierre Soulages, October 2010
- Amid War's Looted Art, April 18, 2009
Greece
Guatemala
- A Meddlesome Priest, September 16, 2007
- America the Bullyful, July 26, 2006
- Museums' Dirty Little Secret, August 1, 2004
- Straight Outta Brooklyn, May/June 2002
Iraq
- To Catch a Looter, October 13, 2009
- The Loot Route , June 2008
- Lost in the Shuffle, September 2007
- Archaeologist Held Hostage, December 2, 2005
- The Story of the Iraq Museum, August 2005
- Basra's Inventive Potters, March 1, 2005
- Stop, Thieves! Recovering Iraq's Looted Treasures, October 3, 2004
- Restoring Iraq's Cultural Legacy, Summer 2004
- Day of the Vulture, September/October 2003
- Weapons of Mass Diffusion, July 17, 2003
- Inside Iraq's National Museum, Summer 2003
- In the North of Iraq: Mosul, Hatra, and Nimrud, June 4, 2003
- The Disappearing Treasure of Iraq, April 23, 2003
Israel
- Fool's Gold, November 16, 2008
- Published or Be Punished: Israel Cracks Down (Abstract Only), March/April 2007
Italy
Japan
Kenya
Mexico
- High Rise of the Dead, November 2012
- Rural Protest and the Making of Democracy in Mexico, 1968-2000, by Dolores Trevizo (Pay-walled), November 4, 2011
- Kahlo's 'Archive', December 2009
- 'Expulsion' To Go Home, April 2005
- Rediscovering Latin American Art (Abstract Only), June 2003
Nigeria
- The Nok of Nigeria, July/August 2011
- Head of Its Time, March 2010
- Guardians of Antiquity: Roger on James Cuno, July/August 2008
Peru
- Past Glories: On Mario Vargas Llosa, November 16, 2012
- Artifacts and Fictions in Baltimore: On the Bourne Collection at the Walters, May 18, 2012
- Hidden Scenes of a Royal Court in Peru (Abstract Only), September/October 2011
- Top 10 Discoveries of 2010: Pyramids of Jaen, January/February 2011
- Top 10 Discoveries of 2009: Lord of Úcupe, Peru, January/February 2010
- To Catch a Looter, October 13, 2009
- Top 10 Discoveries of 2008: Wari Mask, January/February 2009
- Top 10 Discoveries of 2007: Solar Observatory at Chankillo, January/February 2008
- Mystery Circles of the Andes: Letter from Peru (Abstract Only), September/October 2007
- The Rape of Batan Grande (Abstract Only), July/August 2007
- Mummy Dogs of Ilo, Peru (Abstract Only), January/February 2007
- A Whole New World (Abstract Only), August 28, 2005
- A Monumental Feud: On Peru's Caral (Abstract Only), July 1, 2005
- Moico Yaker, December 2004
- Guardians of the Dead (Abstract Only), January/February 2003
- Squeezing the Squatters, July/August 2002
- Stealing History, May/June 2002
- Polishing a Reputation, April 18, 2002
- It's Official: Caral is Very Old, April 2002
- Democratic Dictators: Authoritarian Politics in Peru from Leguia to Fujimori (Abstract Only), Summer/Fall 2001
- Just Old Things in the Ground, July 23, 2000
- Fujimori's 'Victory', June 19, 2000
- Standing Up to the Smugglers (as summarized in Utne Reader), June 2000
- Creeping Coup: Lima Dispatch, October 6, 1997
- The End of the Shining Path, October 23, 1994
Romania
Senegal
Spain
- Angela de la Cruz, October 2010
- Bilbao's Big Deals, Summer 2010
- Past Imperfect: Francesc Torres, May 2010
- Following Their Sorollas, December 2009
- Teo González, January 2007
- Met Seeks Sunken Treasure, October 2004
United Kingdom
- Past Glories: On Mario Vargas Llosa, November 16, 2012
- Alberto Burri, June 2012
- Jeremy Deller at the Hayward, June 2012
- Lygia Pape at the Serpentine, May 2012
- Gert & Uwe Tobias, April 2012
- Paul Noble at Gagosian, London, February 2012
- Lee Friedlander, December 2011
- Objet Dada, October 2011
- Tom Price, October 2011
- Jean-Marc Bustamante, September 2011
- John Stezaker, Summer 2011
- Britain's Curator of Garbage: Mike Nelson, April 2011
- 'Newspeak: Part II', April 2011
- Rirkrit Tiravanija, March 2011
- Mat Collishaw, March 2011
- William Feaver, February 2011
- Head Won, Tales Lost, January/February 2011
- On Joseph Grimaldi, December 31, 2010
- Love at First Bite: Picasso and Penrose, December 2010
- Stonehenge's Ring of Hype (Abstract Only), November/December 2010
- Angela de la Cruz, October 2010
- Pierre Soulages, October 2010
- Erwin Olaf, September 2010
- Fake Ofili, Real Dung, Summer 2010
- 'Art from the New World', Summer 2010
- The Art of Destruction, May 2010
- Head of Its Time, March 2010
- Seb Patane, March 2010
- Stealing Beauty, February 2, 2006
- Tracking the Trade, April 21, 2005
- Culture Clash: An Interview with Neil MacGregor, April 2003
United States
- Artifacts and Fictions in Baltimore: On the Bourne Collection at the Walters, May 18, 2012
- Lee Friedlander, December 2011
- Cuban Art on the Move: Queloides in Pittsburgh and New York, April 2011
- 10,000 Documents and Counting: Houston's Bid for Latin American Art, December 2010
- 'Art from the New World', Summer 2010
- 'Economy of Scale', February 2010
- Anne Truitt, January 2010
- One With the World, September 20, 2009
- From the Trenches: Fire in the Lab, March/April 2009
- Fritz Scholder, January 2009
- Iván Navarro and Courtney Smith, November 2008
- Betty Rosen: Wishes, January 2008
- Lost in the Shuffle, September 2007
- Senators Scrutinize Smithsonian, June 2007
- Smithsonian in Crisis, May 2007
- A Critical Look at U.S. Media Coverage of Antiquities Issues, April 14, 2007
- Teo González, January 2007
- Remapping the Territory: Mari Carmen Ramírez and the Curating of Latin American Art, December 2006
- Steven Cushner, October 2006
- America the Bullyful, July 26, 2006
- Common History, May 1, 2006
- Sam Gilliam, January 2006
- A Whole New World (Abstract Only), August 28, 2005
- Tom Baril, May 2005
- Tracking the Trade, April 21, 2005
- Martin Kotler, April 2005
- Curator who Nixed Panda Art is Axed, January 2005
- Met Seeks Sunken Treasure, October 2004
- A Potomac on the Potomac: National Museum of the American Indian, September 2004
- Stress at the Smithsonian, April 2004
- Day of the Vulture, September/October 2003
- Weapons of Mass Diffusion, July 17, 2003
- A Public Disservice? Museum Directors and Repatriation, February 2003
- Straight Outta Brooklyn, May/June 2002
- "Tightening Belts" at Smithsonian, April 2002
- Betraying a Mission? Africa Museum Ventures into the Contemporary, May 2001
Venezuela
- Suprasensorial, Summer 2012
- King of Kinetics: 'Jesús Soto in Conversation', June 2012
- 10,000 Documents and Counting: Houston's Bid for Latin American Art, December 2010
- Carlos Cruz-Diez & the Venezuelan Kinetic, November 2010
- Making Color 3D: Carlos Cruz-Diez and the Venezuelan Kinetic (PDF Format), November 2010
- Media Crackdown: Chávez and Censorship (Abstract Only), Winter/Spring 2006
- Media Crackdown: Chávez and Censorship (Full Text), Winter/Spring 2006
- Caracas Fracas, August 29, 2005
Roger Atwood is an independent journalist and author who writes about art, culture and politics. Read more about him here.
To contact him, Email roger@rogeratwood.com