By Alexandra Peers 10/06/10 3:45am

Covet

High-Concept Survivor

John Baldessari has outlasted critics and art-world fads. The California painter has been around long enough to be hot, in, out, rediscovered, forgotten and, now, all but canonized.  A retrospective of Mr. Baldessari’s work opens Oct. 20 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Its name: “Pure Beauty.” 

Born on June 17, 1931, in National City, Read More