I'm not going to eat my words about the current state of the Guggenheim. Still, it's thrilling to be able to say an exhibition at this museum is terrific. Probably no other New York institution would give a 36-year-old American artist this kind of space or produce such a lavish, well-researched, 525-page catalog. After a delay of more than a year—which, as luck would have it, improved the final focus of this exhibition—"Matthew Barney: The Cremaster Cycle" is a silver lining in the Guggenheim's dark cloud, a respite from this museum's... More >>>