What does it say about our culture that two of its most influential painters, John Currin and Lisa Yuskavage, both represented here by substantial works, have specialized in bizarrely sexualized images of women?
The avant-garde performance artist has specialized in works of self-styled minimalism (Philip Glass is a role model) which is often played on prerecorded tapes, while lip-synching performers offer movement: anti-opera to purists, good theater to many on the downtown scene.
Dr. Patrick M. Duffy, Jr., a licensed clinical psychologist, has specialized in working with children and families with significant behavioral issues since 1993.
"A lot of bad stuff is going on," said Tom Anderson, a mechanical engineer who has specialized in seismic work for 22 years.
Working with Colman Andrews, a writer who has specialized in Spain, he will develop a Spanish curriculum, to start next year.
It is the subject of "The Lost Michelangelos," a book just published in English by a respected Italian conservator, Antonio Forcellino, who has specialized in Michelangelo works and is convinced the painting is authentic.
For instance, the Dalkey Archive Press, a small publishing house in Champaign, Ill., that for more than 25 years has specialized in translated works, this year began a Slovenian Literature Series, underwritten by official groups in Slovenia, once part of Yugoslavia.
(Vivien Schweitzer) Classical Music American Classical Orchestra (Monday) The American Classical Orchestra, the lively period-instrument ensemble that has specialized in overlooked works from the 17th- through early-19th century, presents a program of Italian works, titled "Fiori Musicali," ending with a sort of Italian symphony, conducted by the orchestra's founder Thomas C. Crawford.
In 2007 Mitchell Algus, a dealer who has specialized in rediscovering forgotten artists, presented works by Mr. Bollinger in a two-person show.
